Question Question about RGB control (Meshify 2 Compact RGB Case) ?

[Vert]

So I'm slowly building my PC, already bought the case (meshify 2 compact rgb), psu, ssd, aio etc. But I have a question regarding controlling rgb using hardware button on the case. Let's say I want to have all my rgb stuff (case, aio, ram and maybe motherboard and gpu and a led strip) controlled with a single button on the case, is it poasible? For example I want Northern Lights colors on case, and the rest of the components. Is that possible, or will I have to install some software for controlling lights from within Windows?

I guess ram, gpu and probably motherboard rgb will need to have a dedicated software installed on pc, right? Since they aren't directly connected to the case controller? For case and aio (both from fractal) that won't be a problem since they i can daisy chain them. but what about the rest? Or should I build my PC around connecting every rgb component to the motherboard? Hopefully it's clear enough what I wrote. Thanks in advance.

The reason I'm asking is I'd rather avoid installing crap ton of rgb software. My previous board (msi) needed Msi center installed to control rgb lights. It was quite buggy and couldn't detect some of the components. So if I could control lights from a single hardware button that would be awesome...

 

[dwd999]

The only option appears to be to disconnect the fans' argb cables from the case controller and connect them to one of your motherboard's argb connections. The you could use whatever software you prefer to control everything.

 

[Paperdoc]

I know that lights on RAM nodules have NO connection to "standard" ARGB controller ports - they are powered and controlled through the contacts in the RAM slots, and thus must be controlled by software running on the mobo. IF the mobo itself has any built-in ARGB lights, I fully expect the same thing. Very probably that also applies to any video card with ARGB lights but those particularly may need software supplied by the card maker. Now, a mobo maker that supplies lights on the board AND ability to control lights in RAM modules VERY likely will do that using the SAME software tool it uses for its "standard" ARGB lighting headers that power and control lights in strips and fans. So it IS possible that all of those can be co-ordinated using that one tool. Whether that mobo and its software tool ALSO can do this with a lighted video card depends entirely on whether the video card maker co-operated with the mobo maker to make that happen.

However, you say you would prefer NOT to have a mobo maker's software running your lights. In that scenario you should be able to connect to the CASE's lighting controller output all of the "standard" lighting units in AIO, fans, lights strips, etc. and have them all do the same thing. This simply would NOT put any lights on the RAM, mobo or video card in that pattern group. But there IS a LIMIT to this, and you need to check Tech Support for the CASE on this question. Every ARGB Controller (and that is what the case includes for connecting the lights in its fans) has a max current limit it can supply. I expect that limit is lots more that the set of case fans included with the case, but we do not know that for sure. So you would need to collect the max current consumption specs for all those added units (AIO pump, fans, light strips) and add them up, then ask whether that added amps demand can be connected to the case lighting output connector. IF the answer is yes, then you would need an ARGB Splitter with enough outputs for all those added lights. Since the fans supplied have daisy-chain cables on them for lights, maybe you could just plug the Splitter into the end fan's male output connector - THAT arrangement also requires that the lighting wires for the case-included fans is heavy enough for that total lighting load.