RGB case and components

[luclievin]

So I'm building a rig and thought it would be fun to play around with LED's. I see that alot of components have LED support and something called 'RGB'.
But I was wondering, how do you control the whole thing? As not to have 3 different version of software or manufacturers which are not compatible with each other etc.

So how do you make sure all your different components who support LED RGB all speak the same language? Is the motherboard controling everything? Are there different versions of the supported LED's?

Also, this is what I had in mind so far:

Intel® Core i7-8700K, 3,7 GHZ (4,7 GHz Turbo Boost) socket 1151 processor
ASRock Z370 Extreme4, socket 1151 moederbord
G.Skill 16 GB DDR4-3200 Kit werkgeheugen
Sharkoon TG5 RGB tower-behuizing
Cooler Master MasterAir MA410P RGB cpu-koeler

 

[Lutfij]

It depends, most components on a case for example will have an LED controller bundled with the case to control the LED's in the case (strips+fans) and apart from Phanteks, you can't work with both the controller and the motherboard's RGB header. Corsair have a proprietary controller/connection as does Thermaltake.

If you're talking about the Trident Z ram kit, they will be supported on Asus (AuraSync)RGB software. The cooler will also have an inline RGB controller as well as the case. The key difference with the cooler is that it'll plug into your motehrboard's RGB header(without the in-line controller ofc and have the board manage the color of your ram and your cooler.

 

[luclievin]

So basicly it's 2 controllers. 1 is your case for all build in stuff like fans/LED strips and the other is your mobo for all the components plugged in it?