RGB fan controller and fan speed

May 3, 2018
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So I bought a case that comes with RGB fans and my mobo has no RGB headers.
I think about buying this: http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cooling-rgb-accessories/wired-rgb-controller-c10l/

My question is:
Will make the fans run at 100% speed all the time(?) So it's gonna be noisy as hell(?)

Thanks a lot.

P.S
Can't buy this one: http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cooling-rgb-accessories/rgb-led-controller/
because I can't find it in a normal price shipped to my country.
 
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First, let's clear up something. Control of LED light effects and control of fan speeds are two separate functions and are handled separately. From the case website it is not explicitly stated, but I believe the fans included are their MasterFan Pro series. On this fan, each has two electrical cables. One is for power and control of the LED's in the fan. The other, ending in a different 4-pin connector that is a standard female fan connector, is for power and control of the fan motor.

Control of the LED's can be done in three ways:
(a) a LED control header on the mobo (which you don't have);
(b) the Cooler Master Wired RGB Controller C10L (the first one you posted) that allows you to set colour displays manually with buttons; or,
(c)...
Tell us the maker and exact model number of the fans so we can look up their details. Or, maybe easier, tell us maker and model of the CASE that the fans come with. How many fans? Does each fan have a single cable from it ending in one connector? Or, does each have two cables with separate connectors?

Also, tell us what maker and exact model number of your mobo.
 
First, let's clear up something. Control of LED light effects and control of fan speeds are two separate functions and are handled separately. From the case website it is not explicitly stated, but I believe the fans included are their MasterFan Pro series. On this fan, each has two electrical cables. One is for power and control of the LED's in the fan. The other, ending in a different 4-pin connector that is a standard female fan connector, is for power and control of the fan motor.

Control of the LED's can be done in three ways:
(a) a LED control header on the mobo (which you don't have);
(b) the Cooler Master Wired RGB Controller C10L (the first one you posted) that allows you to set colour displays manually with buttons; or,
(c) the Cooler Master RGB LED controller (which you say you cannot get) that allows you to control the LED's using their software tools.
So, option (b) is available to you. If you get it you MIGHT be able to control those LED's, HOWEVER, the website does not make it clear whether that controller can connect to the LED's in the fans that are included with that case. ASK the Tech Support people at Cooler Master whether that combination can work.

Now, for power and control of the FANS, there will be four 4-pin fans with the case and your mobo has two headers (SYS_FAN1 and 2, but NOT SYS_FAN3) that can do that for you. If I am right about the fan types, each consumes a max of 0.16 A current, so you can use a SPLITTER to connect all three front fans together to one of those SYS_FAN headers, and then connect the single rear fan to the other header. To do the three front fans you will need a Splitter like this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423163&cm_re=coboc_fan_splitter-_-12-423-163-_-Product

or this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423162&cm_re=coboc_fan_splitter-_-12-423-162-_-Product

that has one input arm to plug into the SYS_FAN1 header, and three output arms fro the front fans. Note that this device, unlike a Hub, does NOT have a third type of arm that plugs into a power output from the PSU.
 
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