[SOLVED] Phanteks Halos Digital, do I need a hub?

[Exeonx]

Hello all,

After looking around for weeks I've decided to ditch the idea of getting ARGB fans and I'll be using these halo covers instead.

I'm going to get 5x140mm Phanteks halos digital (regular not the lux edition)

I'm going to add 1 Phanteks Neon LED strip of 1m lenght, for reference this is what I'm talking about: http://www.phanteks.com/Neon.html

So I want to sync these devices, I'm using a Asus Z390-E motherboard, I believe this one features both the 3 pin and the 4 pin header

Aside from purchsing these items, is there any hub or extra cables I need to connect these to my motherboard?

 

[Paperdoc]

Yes. The issue is that the connectors that Phanteks has always used on their ARGB strips and Halos frames are not the ones that have become standard on mobos. Phanteks does supply an adapter cable to connect to a standard mobo 3-pin ARGB header for this.

You plan 5 Halos frames and one Digital RGB Strip kit. For the latter, I suggest you get the Combo version that comes with two light strips and includes the adapter cable. Now, to connect six Phanteks devices to a single mobo ARGB header, I suggest you get one Phanteks Digital Controller Hub and three of the Phanteks Digital RGB Splitters. You connect the Hub to a mobo ARGB header with the supplied adapter cable, and to a SATA power output from the PSU for power to the Hub and its lights. The Hub also comes with a manual control box you will not use since you plan to feed control signals to the Hub from the mobo header. Then you plug the three Splitters into the Hub output ports, giving you six Phanteks output connectors for your six Phanteks light devices. (The two light strips come with connectors on both ends so you can daisy-chain them as one device, and even with an extension cord to run between those strips if you need one.)

Even if you had chosen other lighting devices that use standard connectors, you still would need an ARGB Hub and possibly some Splitters to feed 6 or 7 lighting devices from one mobo header.

 

[Exeonx]

Yes. The issue is that the connectors that Phanteks has always used on their ARGB strips and Halos frames are not the ones that have become standard on mobos. Phanteks does supply an adapter cable to connect to a standard mobo 3-pin ARGB header for this.

You plan 5 Halos frames and one Digital RGB Strip kit. For the latter, I suggest you get the Combo version that comes with two light strips and includes the adapter cable. Now, to connect six Phanteks devices to a single mobo ARGB header, I suggest you get one Phanteks Digital Controller Hub and three of the Phanteks Digital RGB Splitters. You connect the Hub to a mobo ARGB header with the supplied adapter cable, and to a SATA power output from the PSU for power to the Hub and its lights. The Hub also comes with a manual control box you will not use since you plan to feed control signals to the Hub from the mobo header. Then you plug the three Splitters into the Hub output ports, giving you six Phanteks output connectors for your six Phanteks light devices. (The two light strips come with connectors on both ends so you can daisy-chain them as one device, and even with an extension cord to run between those strips if you need one.)

Even if you had chosen other lighting devices that use standard connectors, you still would need an ARGB Hub and possibly some Splitters to feed 6 or 7 lighting devices from one mobo header.

Thanks for the advice.
I do believe the Halo's standard cable can be daisy chained.
So I believe I can join the cable into 1 hub port and have the neon LED strip go in another power and than connect the hub to the motherboard.
I'm not planning on individually lighting them.

I'm getting a huge case, I already have an order going for the 1M version, which was also cheaper for me than 2x400mm ones.
I was also considering the lian li ATX24 cable, but the price is rather off putting, but if I find a good deal I'd probably connect it to the third port if it's compatible