Question Can I adequately connect 7 ARGB fans and an ARGB AIO to the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X?

[leviathan1701]

Hi there,

This particular motherboard only has a single ARGB header and information is scare as to the actual capabilities of this particular header.

I'd like to find out if I can connect 7 Phanteks PH-F120D30 fans plus an AIO with ARGB as well. The stock fans on the AIO is going to be replaced with 3 of the Phanteks fans.

The fan specs mention something about having 30 LEDs per fan possibly.

Link to fans: https://phanteks.com/PH-F120D30.html
Link to AIO: https://www.fractal-design.com/products/water-cooling/lumen/lumen-s36/lumen-s36/

Unfortunately I don't really understand Watts and Volts and maximum number of LEDS that a single ARGB header can handle.

If anyone can assist, it would be greatly appreciated!

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

like to find out if I can connect 7 Phanteks PH-F120D30 fans plus an AIO with ARGB

if the fans are all daisy chained together there shouldn't be any issue with them.
if not, you would need to get a powered aRGB LED hub to connect them all separately.

if the AIO has a separate set of LEDs of it's own that can't be added into the fan's daisy-chain then you may be able to find a splitter to use the same signal from this single header.
but i've seen odd things when trying to split an RGB signal and devices not properly syncing colors or patterns.

do you already have this AsRock board?
if so, include a link to the manual.
odd that a newer board would only have a single header these days unless it was intended to be a budget option.

 

[leviathan1701]

if the fans are all daisy chained together there shouldn't be any issue with them.
if not, you would need to get a powered aRGB LED hub to connect them all separately.

if the AIO has a separate set of LEDs of it's own that can't be added into the fan's daisy-chain then you may be able to find a splitter to use the same signal from this single header.
but i've seen odd things when trying to split an RGB signal and devices not properly syncing colors or patterns.

do you already have this AsRock board?
if so, include a link to the manual.
odd that a newer board would only have a single header these days unless it was intended to be a budget option.

I actually don't have the board or fans yet. I'm currently running the older Corsair ICUE ecosystem with a corsair AIO and LL series fan which I hate and want to replace them out completely and transfer my build into better case.

I currently have quite a high end MSI X470 board that has two ARGB headers. Unfortunately I suspect two of the four RAM slots are starting to fail. Long story short, I don't want to upgrade to AM5 and found a pretty good deal on the aforementioned ASRock X570 board. Apparently it's supposed to be a high end board but like you say, it's weird that it only has a single ARGB header.

See, the ARGB situation is complicated because it seems Phanteks uses propriety ARGB connectors and I'm not able to get their proprietary hub. So I thought I could use an adapter to adapt from their proprietary argb to normal 3pin argb and plug that into a hub. The AIO would also need to plug into the hub, but now I'm also not sure because the AIO is a different brand and everything plugged into the hub might not all play nicely?

Also, another small problem is that I can only source the Phanteks fans in single packs and not triple, which raises another question. According to reviews, the three pack comes with the proprietary argb to 3pin argb adapter cable but I can't tell if the single packs do as well.

 

[leviathan1701]

if the fans are all daisy chained together there shouldn't be any issue with them.
if not, you would need to get a powered aRGB LED hub to connect them all separately.

It looks like you can daisy chain the fans together, however you'd have three argb cables to deal with, at least from my understanding.

Three fans daisy chained at the front, with a cable, three at top with another cable, and a single at the back with a third cable.

All three proprietary ARGB cables would then need to be adapted to standard 3pin and then plugged into an ARGB hub, plus the one coming from the AIO as well.

Would the single ARGB header be able to handle this? This is also factoring in the total voltage and number of LEDs.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

I thought I could use an adapter to adapt from their proprietary argb to normal 3pin argb and plug that into a hub

they should offer something to use or there would be no point to them other than in their own cases.
maybe these are just replacements or addons for their proprietary products?

if you can find/have found an available adapter, link it here.

It looks like you can daisy chain the fans together, however you'd have three argb cables to deal with

that plus the cooler itself?

you'd probably be better off with a powered LED hub that then connects to the single available header.

or just get a motherboard that offers more.
my last few boards offered a couple around the top, the right edge and bottom.

 

[leviathan1701]

they should offer something to use or there would be no point to them other than in their own cases.
maybe these are just replacements or addons for their proprietary products?

if you can find/have found an available adapter, link it here.

that plus the cooler itself?

you'd probably be better off with a powered LED hub that then connects to the single available header.

or just get a motherboard that offers more.
my last few boards offered a couple around the top, the right edge and bottom.

I'm going to try my best and make an illustration of what I'm thinking. I think we are both on the same track here but need to collate everything.

I think being able to see something visually is easier.

Right now it's, bedtime for me. Will post the illustration tomorrow. In the meantime, thank you so much for all of your assistance so far!

 

[leviathan1701]

This is the best I can do, I'm no designer sadly. I didn't include the AIO in the illustration as it seems straight foward.

https://imgur.com/a/1O4KN2X

View: https://imgur.com/a/1O4KN2X


Here is a link to an installation guide for a three pack fan. It shows how the three comes with the Phanteks proprietary JST (ARGB) connector to standard 3pin ARGB adapter cable that plugs straight into the motherboard. I'm hoping to do the same but just using an ARGB hub.

Regarding the AIO, it seems like it uses a standard 3pin for the lighting on the cooler face, so that could also go directly into the hub as well I'm guessing.

It also look like the Phanteks fans and the Fractal Design AIO are both compatible with ASRock Polychrome which is great.

Here is also a link to the motherboard specs: https://pg.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570 Phantom Gaming X/index.asp#Specification

Link for the installation video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J60UcMRaEdw
(triple pack)

I'm also starting to wonder if going for a board with only one ARGB header is a good idea...

 

[leviathan1701]

they should offer something to use or there would be no point to them other than in their own cases.
maybe these are just replacements or addons for their proprietary products?

if you can find/have found an available adapter, link it here.

They do offer a proprietary hub but I'm not able to find one. So that's why I'm probably to use their hopefully provided adapter cable and then plug them into a standard hub.

I believe this is the one: https://www.phanteks.com/PH-CTHUB_DRGB.html

However for seven fans, I'd need a few.