[SOLVED] I'm a bit lost with RGB

[pmjm]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help me figure this out, because I've been reading articles and watching videos on this for hours and it still makes no sense. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY RGB STANDARDS FFS?

I'm building a Threadripper 3970x system that I basically want to poop rainbows. I'll be using a MSI Creator TRX40 so it will support Mystic Light Sync.

• My case comes with 3 rgb fans and two exterior rgb strips. These are all 5v 4pin rgb connections (my motherboard ships with two of these 5v headers)
• I bought an additional rgb fan that is also 5v 4pin.
• 8 sticks of G.Skill TridentZ Neo RGB
• I bought an additional Phanteks rgb strip for the inside of the case that is 12v 4pin (my motherboard has a dedicated header for this)
• My cpu cooler also has addressible RGB via USB2 header
• I got Lian Li Strimer for both the 24 pin and 8 pin connections, but these require some weird 3pin connection that my motherboard doesn't have (also ships with its own controller).

The biggest question I have is how I'm supposed to connect all my rgb fans to the two rgb headers on the motherboard and still have them be independently addressible.
Then is there a way to convert Lian Li's 3-pin to 4-pin and connect it in the same way?
Will I be able to control all these devices from MSI's software or am I stuck loading and manually syncing like 3 different rgb suites?

This is maddening and it shouldn't be this difficult to make things light up.

Thanks in advance for any clarity.

 

[CountMike]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help me figure this out, because I've been reading articles and watching videos on this for hours and it still makes no sense. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY RGB STANDARDS FFS?

I'm building a Threadripper 3970x system that I basically want to poop rainbows. I'll be using a MSI Creator TRX40 so it will support Mystic Light Sync.

• My case comes with 3 rgb fans and two exterior rgb strips. These are all 5v 4pin rgb connections (my motherboard ships with two of these 5v headers)
• I bought an additional rgb fan that is also 5v 4pin.
• 8 sticks of G.Skill TridentZ Neo RGB
• I bought an additional Phanteks rgb strip for the inside of the case that is 12v 4pin (my motherboard has a dedicated header for this)
• My cpu cooler also has addressible RGB via USB2 header
• I got Lian Li Strimer for both the 24 pin and 8 pin connections, but these require some weird 3pin connection that my motherboard doesn't have (also ships with its own controller).

The biggest question I have is how I'm supposed to connect all my rgb fans to the two rgb headers on the motherboard and still have them be independently addressible.
Then is there a way to convert Lian Li's 3-pin to 4-pin and connect it in the same way?
Will I be able to control all these devices from MSI's software or am I stuck loading and manually syncing like 3 different rgb suites?

This is maddening and it shouldn't be this difficult to make things light up.

Thanks in advance for any clarity.

Basically there are two types of RGB lights and connections.
1- Straight RGB, 4 pin connection which works at 12vdc.
2.ARGB (Addressable RGB) with3 pin connection which works at 5vdc
They are not interchangeable and each one needs appropriate connector and controller be it on the MB or separate controller.
Both types are regulated by software, mostly by SW appropriate to your MB or separate controller and in some cases by SW provided with lights, fans, controller or cooling system and/or case.