[SOLVED] How to connect 7 aRGB fans to my motherboard without frying anything

[RulesSpew]

Hi, I'm building a new pc and I want to use 3 intake (front panel) fans, 1 exhaust and 3 fan (360IO coolers) exhaust fans.
I want to use Arctic P12 aRGB fans for my build.
My motherboard will be B760 AORUS MASTER DDR4

I've read a few articles about daisy channeling more than 3 fans at once, that I can potentially fry my (motherboard?) and I'm really confused about how to connect 7 RGB fans to the motherboard, when I only have 2 RGB connections.

How would you go about this personally?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Lutfij]

If you're referring to these fans;
https://www.arctic.de/en/P12-PWM-PST-A-RGB/ACFAN00232A
then they each will need 0.4A at 5v,
https://www.arctic.de/media/cb/67/c0/1638880679/Spec_Sheet_P12_PWM_PST_A-RGB_0dB_EN_white.pdf
so 7 of them will be 7x0.4A=2.8A

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileL...1001_e.pdf?v=29095b6df91026fb9c3062a2339672ac
page 24, point # 9, the ARGB header can handle up to 5A.

You're good to go with the daisychaining of the fans off that one header on your motherboard...provided all you're going to plug into that header are the fans.

how to connect 7 RGB fans to the motherboard, when I only have 2 RGB connections
Your motherboard has 2x RGB headers(LED_C1/LED_C2) and 2x ARGB headers(D_LED1/D_LED2), they are not the same headers.