Hey everyone! I'm building a new gaming rig for the first time in many, many years. After reviewing my parts list several times, I'm still feeling unsure about how I'm going to deal with all the rgb fans I'll be using; this is new ground for me. Here's a short list of the relevant parts:
Case - Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX
Power Supply - EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850 (full modular)
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro [8 Hybrid Fan connectors, Smart Fan 5, RGB Fusion 2.0]
360mm CPU AIO - Deepcool Castle 360EX
240mm GPU AIO - Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Aorus Waterforce
Fans (x9) - Pccooler 120mm Fan Moonlight Series, PC-3M120 RGB LED w/ 4-pin PWM
My plan, so far, is to replace the three [3] stock fans on the 360mm rad, the two [2] fans on the 240mm, and add 3 or 4 as intake case fans.
I'm 99% sure I can easily swap the Deepcool stock fans for the Pccooler fans. I'm only 70% sure I can swap the Waterforce stock fans.
I just don't have the experience to know what I'll need to plug where and whether some kind of hub or controller is needed.
IIRC, each 3-pack of Pccooler fans come with a 3 to 1 rgb connector.
So, my questions:
It seems the Aorus Waterforce radiator fans plug right into the GPU card? Is swapping them still okay? How will these fans be controlled?
Do I need, or would you recommend, some sort of 3rd party Fan controller/hub and/or RGB controller/hub?
Can the 3 to 1 RGB connectors be daisy-chained?
Feel free to treat me like a complete fan/rgb noob, because I am.
Thank you in advance for your help and input.
Case - Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX
Power Supply - EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850 (full modular)
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro [8 Hybrid Fan connectors, Smart Fan 5, RGB Fusion 2.0]
360mm CPU AIO - Deepcool Castle 360EX
240mm GPU AIO - Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Aorus Waterforce
Fans (x9) - Pccooler 120mm Fan Moonlight Series, PC-3M120 RGB LED w/ 4-pin PWM
My plan, so far, is to replace the three [3] stock fans on the 360mm rad, the two [2] fans on the 240mm, and add 3 or 4 as intake case fans.
I'm 99% sure I can easily swap the Deepcool stock fans for the Pccooler fans. I'm only 70% sure I can swap the Waterforce stock fans.
I just don't have the experience to know what I'll need to plug where and whether some kind of hub or controller is needed.
IIRC, each 3-pack of Pccooler fans come with a 3 to 1 rgb connector.
So, my questions:
It seems the Aorus Waterforce radiator fans plug right into the GPU card? Is swapping them still okay? How will these fans be controlled?
Do I need, or would you recommend, some sort of 3rd party Fan controller/hub and/or RGB controller/hub?
Can the 3 to 1 RGB connectors be daisy-chained?
Feel free to treat me like a complete fan/rgb noob, because I am.
Thank you in advance for your help and input.