Controlling More RGB Fans than Headers Available

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Im Planning a PC Build for an end of the year Project, but while researching Parts, i've come across a Problem. This PC Will Be using Aura sync almost entirely if available.

I have Selected 3 Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120mm RGB Fans, and a further 3 Regular Fans on the AIO
(All fans are 4 Pin). So that is 6 Fans , 3 of which are RGB. And im Planning on having 2 RGB Strips from Sliverstone - LS02 RGB Strips.
My Motherboard, Asus B350-F, Has 2 Available RGB Headers and 3 Available Fan headers (1 of which will be CPU Cooling Block (Water cooled)

Overall, There are 5 RGB Components (3 Fans, 2 Strips) , and 3 Non LED Fans.

So My Question is this, Is there a RGB Controller/Hub that allows me to control the Fans Speed and the RGB Strips and Fan lights (That is compatible with Aura Sync) , If there isn't a singular Commander that does that, Is there a Fan hub and RGB Hub i could use that is Aura compatible.
Basically, I want a Way to have More Fan headers (That control RGB and Speeds)

-Thanks to anyone who answered ( Sorry for the Extensive Backstory)

CURRENT PC LIST - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/XLwHGG
 
Solution
There are 4x RGB controllers/hubs that are compatible with Asus Aura. You can find all of them at here,
link: https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/Partners-and-promotions.html
(select RGB Controllers tab)

Silverstone LSB01 looks like the best option,
specs: https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=729&area=en

As far as having a fan controller with RGB control built in, there are no such devices that i know of which also would be Asus Aura compatible. From top of my mind, Corsair Commander Pro with Corsair Lightning Node Pro and Corsair LL-series fans or Corsair ML RGB series fans would give you fan speed and fan RGB control from one device (Commander Pro) and one software (Corsair Link).
There are 4x RGB controllers/hubs that are compatible with Asus Aura. You can find all of them at here,
link: https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/Partners-and-promotions.html
(select RGB Controllers tab)

Silverstone LSB01 looks like the best option,
specs: https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=729&area=en

As far as having a fan controller with RGB control built in, there are no such devices that i know of which also would be Asus Aura compatible. From top of my mind, Corsair Commander Pro with Corsair Lightning Node Pro and Corsair LL-series fans or Corsair ML RGB series fans would give you fan speed and fan RGB control from one device (Commander Pro) and one software (Corsair Link).
 
Solution


Thanks, I ended up with doing a Black and white style with RGB Strips (Lighting node pro) and The same Rad and Ram.
The New Part list is here if you're interested https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/QbNTYT
 
Do note that when your B350 chipset MoBo doesn't have a BIOS that supports Ryzen 2 CPUs, you're in trouble. Since when your MoBo doesn't support your Ryzen 2 CPU, your PC won't POST. And only way you can update the BIOS is when you put Ryzen 1 CPU in it. In this case, you either need to borrow Ryzen 1 CPU or bring your PC to the PC repair shop and pay them to update the BIOS of you (they then use their own Ryzen 1 CPU to complete the BIOS update).
Though, going with X470 chipset MoBo erases this concern since all X470 chipset MoBos support Ryzen 2 CPUs off the bat.

As far as your SSDs go, Samsung 860 Evo is ACHI drive and it will run in SATA 3 speeds, despite it's M.2 drive. In other words, it isn't any faster than regular 2.5" SATA SSD.
But if you want lightning fast read/write speeds, go with Samsung 960 Evo which too has M.2 interface but which is NVMe drive and uses PCI-E speeds. In my Skylake build (full specs with pics in my sig), i also have 960 Evo as an OS drive.
860 Evo vs 960 Evo comparison: http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-860-Evo-250GB-vs-Samsung-960-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-250GB/3949vsm200373

Though, i don't get why would you go with M.2 ACHI SSD and 2.5" SATA SSD, both 250GB while you can go with Samsung 850 EVO 500GB at cheaper price than the two combined and also get better performance out of it.

While 860 EVO is newer than 850 EVO, it's also a bit slower,
comparison between 250GB: http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-860-Evo-250GB-vs-Samsung-850-Evo-250GB/3949vs2977
And WD Blue 250 is much slower than 850 EVO,
comparison: http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Blue-3D-250GB-vs-Samsung-850-Evo-250GB/3948vs2977

You can get Samsung 850 EVO 500GB with $203,
pcpp: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/FrH48d/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e500bam
While WD Blue 250 and 860 EVO combined would cost you $212.

But if you need to have 2 SSD drives in your system (e.g C: and D: ) then just split the 850 EVO 500GB partition in half and your PC sees it as 2x 250GB drives.

Oh, i'd keep away any Seagate HDDs since out of 4 mayor HDD manufacturers, their drives are the most unreliable ones (source). You can also see it by the price since it's the cheapest 2TB HDD in pcpp. If you want more reliability then the rundown from the worst to best is as follows: Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba, HGST (Hitachi).