Hue+ I need help

[cmaxey123]

I’m about to be purchasing a hue plus and need some help. My pay doesn’t have a 4 pin molex plug I was wondering could I buy a sata to molex adapter and plug it in that way ? I’m still new to this whole pc thing any help / advice would be appreciated. My psu is a Corsair cx450m. Thank you ..

 

[cmaxey123]

Or do I have to plug it directly into my psu?

 

[staney]

you have to plug it into your psu. you can get these things
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA50M2RC6977&cm_re=molex_to_sata_power-_-9SIA50M2RC6977-_-Product
but your psu should have come with a molex lead.

you also have to plug the hue+ into a usb header on your motherboard, so you might have to get a hub as well depending how many usb headers you have and how many you are using. you have to make sure this works with nzxt products which is annoying because not all hubs do.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9H54ZV3602&cm_re=nzxt_usb_hub-_-9SIA9H54ZV3602-_-Product

 

[cmaxey123]

you have to plug it into your psu. you can get these things
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA50M2RC6977&cm_re=molex_to_sata_power-_-9SIA50M2RC6977-_-Product
but your psu should have come with a molex lead.

you also have to plug the hue+ into a usb header on your motherboard, so you might have to get a hub as well depending how many usb headers you have and how many you are using. you have to make sure this works with nzxt products which is annoying because not all hubs do.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9H54ZV3602&cm_re=nzxt_usb_hub-_-9SIA9H54ZV3602-_-Product

 

[cmaxey123]

So I can buy one of those and plug it into my sata daisy chain in the back where my dad and hdd are and plug the miles into it and it will work?

 

[staney]

you can get one of those and plug it into a spare sata power lead from your psu and it will have power. making it work requires a usb header on the motherboard and the CAM software (and of course all the fans, led strips etc)

 

[cmaxey123]

Can u send a link bro I’m a newbie lol sorry

 

[cmaxey123]

So ur saying in the back of my pic how I have spare Sata females I can buy one of those and plug in the hue and it will work?

 

[staney]

yeah no worries, we all were once.
go on youtube and look for "hue+ review" and watch a few videos.
TBH hue+ is very expensive and quite tempramental so maybe have a look at something like this to pimp your case?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tingkam-18leds-Controller-Desktop-Computer/dp/B01HXORJZ4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1513419224&sr=8-4&keywords=rgb+CASE+LIGHTS

Thats got a sata power plug, you just plug it in and use the remote control to change the colours. you can put the sensor inside your case by the window and just point the remote at it. I've got one in another PC and it works rreally well.

 

[cmaxey123]

Thanks but I’ve watched like 40 of those vids today on it I can’t figure it out is a moles lead a plug on the psu that looks like the plug on a gpu?

 

[nitinvaid20]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from cmaxey123 : "Hue+ n nzxt internal hub"

I have a Corsair cx 450m and wanna buy a nzxt internal hub and hue plus but it doesn’t have any molex plug ins would it be possible to buy a sata to moles adapter plug it into my sata daisy chain?

Yes that will work

 

[nitinvaid20]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from cmaxey123 : "Nzxt internal hub/ hue +"

I have a Corsair cx 450m and wanna buy a nzxt internal hub and hue plus but it doesn’t have any molex plug ins would it be possible to buy a sata to moles adapter plug it into my sata daisy chain?

Dont spam the forum
already answered your question

 

[cmaxey123]

So it will work? Cause I have spare satas in ten my pc where my ssd and he’d are plugged in.

 

[cmaxey123]

I’m dumb nvm I didn’t realize the molex cable that plugged into the psi was labeled peripheral. Thank you