[SOLVED] Can't figure out how to connect case fans

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Geeksman

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Hello guys, first of all i'm new to PC building. And i have the Coolermaster TD500 mesh with 3 ARGB fans with a small controller. I don't know how to connect them. The ARGB fans case have three cables. Two of them are 3 pins which i think i should connect one of them into the controller right? Now i want to know where should i connect the 4 pin cable on my motherboard? My motherboard is Asus b550 f gaming wifi.
And that's an image for the cable
View: https://imgur.com/T47yRpz

I also want to buy Cooler Master MasterFan MF120R ARGB 3 IN 1 fans and connect them directly to the aRGB header as my motherboard has only one aRGB header. But is it possible? And thanks in advance!
 
The 3pins (not labelled) are RGB - so controller & daisy-chain to the next, I believe. At some point, that will have to communicate with the motherboard too.

The only you circled connects to a fan header on your motherboard. Looks like a 3-fan splitter, connects to one header on the motherboard?
 
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Hello guys, first of all i'm new to PC building. And i have the Coolermaster TD500 mesh with 3 ARGB fans with a small controller. I don't know how to connect them. The ARGB fans case have three cables. Two of them are 3 pins which i think i should connect one of them into the controller right? Now i want to know where should i connect the 4 pin cable on my motherboard? My motherboard is Asus b550 f gaming wifi.
And that's an image for the cable
View: https://imgur.com/T47yRpz

I also want to buy Cooler Master MasterFan MF120R ARGB 3 IN 1 fans and connect them directly to the aRGB header as my motherboard has only one aRGB header. But is it possible? And thanks in advance!

From your picture, I cannot determine the exact situation with your case fan controller, but I would assume.... that you would connect the fans to the controller, and then connect the controller to the single ARGB header available on your motherboard. Or, you would connect the fans to your controller and use the controller to manage the fans... depends on the capabilities of your case fan controller.
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Thank you for your assistance, and i figured it out. The 3 pin cable should be connected to Cha-fan header on the motherboard. And the 3 pin ARGB cable should be connected to the small controller, or the ARGB fan header on the motherboard too.
 
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