Question Can Lian Li UNI Fan SL-Infinity 140 Reverse Blade Connect to Cooler Master PL360 Flux ARGB Hub?

[DrCactuar]

Hi everyone,
I’m upgrading my PC cooling setup in a be quiet! Light Base 900 FX Black case with a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice motherboard, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and RTX 5070 Ti. I’m considering adding three Lian Li UNI Fan SL-Infinity 140 Reverse Blade fans (single pack, no controller included) as bottom intake fans to complement the pre-installed Light Wings fans.
My Cooler Master MasterLiquid PL360 Flux AIO includes an ARGB hub, which I believe supports standard 3-pin 5V ARGB headers. The Lian Li fans also have 3-pin ARGB and 4-pin PWM cables for direct motherboard connection. My questions are:

1. Can I connect the Lian Li fans’ ARGB cables to the PL360 Flux hub to control lighting via my motherboard’s RGB Fusion software, or will I need a separate Lian Li UNI HUB SL controller for full functionality?
2. Since the PL360 hub doesn’t support PWM, I plan to connect the PWM cables to my motherboard’s headers. Will this work seamlessly, or are there compatibility issues I should be aware of?
3. If the PL360 hub isn’t ideal, would you recommend sticking with Thermaltake CT140 EX ARGB Reverse fans instead, which don’t require an extra controller? I’m trying to avoid additional hub costs and prioritize cooling in a warm climate (Ibagué, Colombia).

Any advice on compatibility, setup, or alternative fan suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,

 

[Lutfij]

Why not just pick up the same style of fans from Coolermaster, that are ARGB? As it stands you can connect the Lian-Li fans ARGB ends to the Coolermaster ARGB hub per their manuals;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vzfj3jvPqgxKCPvEM5KEERgsLmuz42SR/view
and
https://coolermaster.egnyte.com/dl/Dz6jHMK6l1
but I'd stick to one ecosystem = either Coolermaster or Lian-Li. In order to gain full functionality of the Lian-Li fans, you're goin to have to get the hub that Lian-Li sell in tandem with their L-Connect software.

 

[DrCactuar]

Why not just pick up the same style of fans from Coolermaster, that are ARGB? As it stands you can connect the Lian-Li fans ARGB ends to the Coolermaster ARGB hub per their manuals;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vzfj3jvPqgxKCPvEM5KEERgsLmuz42SR/view
and
https://coolermaster.egnyte.com/dl/Dz6jHMK6l1
but I'd stick to one ecosystem = either Coolermaster or Lian-Li. In order to gain full functionality of the Lian-Li fans, you're goin to have to get the hub that Lian-Li sell in tandem with their L-Connect software.

Thanks for your reply.

The main challenge I face here is that as I stated before, I'm located in Colombia, which makes a bit harder to get PC components, I'm stuck with Amazon products that have international shipping and the only reverse fans available right now are:

- Lian Li UNI Fan SL-Infinity 140 Reverse Blade
- Thermaltake CT140 EX ARGB Reverse PC Cooling Fan (3-Fan Pack)
- CORSAIR iCUE Link LX140-R RGB 140mm PWM Reverse Fan (which needs a separate hub)
- Squama 2503R Reverse Blade RGB PWM Fan

And no cooler master as an alternative, hence my question.

 

[dwd999]

As long as you have sufficient connections available on your motherboard there should be no problems. I have 6 of the Lian Li 140mm UNI SL-Inf Reverse fans and 1 regular 120mm UNI SL-Inf fan. Since 3 of the fans lock together in a block there is only 1 set of connections for the 3 fans. So you would need 1 open PWM and 1 open ARGB connection on the motherboard for your 3 new fans. If you don't have those you can use any sort of splitter that they sell on Amazon. I bought these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJFJ7GPN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

to connect my 7 fans, case and AIO cooler to my motherboard. (Eventually I will be adding a GPU with ARGB so I'll be controlling 6 devices with 3 motherboard ARGB ports). I use the SignalRGB software to control it all.

If you need PWM splitters I buy these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PXLHNZ6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

[DrCactuar]

As long as you have sufficient connections available on your motherboard there should be no problems. I have 6 of the Lian Li 140mm UNI SL-Inf Reverse fans and 1 regular 120mm UNI SL-Inf fan. Since 3 of the fans lock together in a block there is only 1 set of connections for the 3 fans. So you would need 1 open PWM and 1 open ARGB connection on the motherboard for your 3 new fans. If you don't have those you can use any sort of splitter that they sell on Amazon. I bought these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJFJ7GPN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

to connect my 7 fans, case and AIO cooler to my motherboard. (Eventually I will be adding a GPU with ARGB so I'll be controlling 6 devices with 3 motherboard ARGB ports). I use the SignalRGB software to control it all.

If you need PWM splitters I buy these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PXLHNZ6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

But, are you forced to control the Lian Li fans using L-connect?

If I buy them I'll have the be quiet pre-installed fans from my case, cooler master AIO and Lian Li at the bottom as intake.

 

[dwd999]

But, are you forced to control the Lian Li fans using L-connect?

If I buy them I'll have the be quiet pre-installed fans from my case, cooler master AIO and Lian Li at the bottom as intake.

No, you do not need to use the hub or the L-Connect software. They only work for fans attached to the Lian Li hub through their special 7 pin cable and a usb2 connection from the motherboard to the hub. They are not really necessary.

You can use whatever software you want to control all 3 of the argb connections on your motherboard in unison.

SignalRGB controls all of my argb devices. The case is a Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO RGB; 1 motherboard argb connection. The AIO is an Arctic Freezer III Pro; 1 argb motherboard connection. The DIMMs are G.Skill Trident Z Royal Neo. And the 7 fans are the Lian Li. Since the fans consist of two 3-fan blocks and 1 single fan they only require a 3 to 1 splitter to connect all 7 of them to 1 motherboard argb connection. There is also an led built into the cover of the back area of the ASUS X870-A motherboard. SignalRGB controls all of them in unison and I use their Color Cycle theme at its minimum speed setting of 1 so that all of the leds in the case cycle through all of the colors at a slow speed.

SignalRGB

Control and sync your RGB devices from one free application. SignalRGB is the only RGB software you'll ever need.

signalrgb.com

All of my fans are connected through regular PWM connections on the motherboard for speed control through bios. Or you can use 3rd party software like FanControl to control all of the PWM connections on your motherboard.

Fan Control - A highly focused fan controlling software for Windows

Fan Control is a free software that allows the user to control their CPU, GPU and case fans using temperatures.

getfancontrol.com