- Jul 24, 2023
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Hi everyone!
I've been itching to build a pc most of my life, and with a career and budget, I finally did! The relevant components are as follows.
Mobo: B550 MAG Tomahawk Max WiFi AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard
AIO: Deepcool sl520 AIO 240mm cooler
Fans: Lian Li Uni Fan AL120 V2 Fluid Dynamic Bearing 120mm Case Fans
Essentially this is the predicament I am in. I was able to put my build together all well and got everything up and running just as it should. Upon using the computer for a while this weekend, I noticed that one of the sl520 (Deepcool FC120 A-RGB PWM fans) fans seems to rattle (or chatter) a good bit and doesn't rotate perfectly concentrically on the hub. Honestly its driving me crazy and as such, I am looking to replace it. I have two options I am contemplating.
1. Replace the Deepcool fan with the same type and rebuild the AIO radiator assembly and run it as is.
or
2. Replace both Deepcool fans with two better Lian Li AL120 V2's as mentioned above. My case is already filled with four of them and it would be very easy to add the two for the aio radiator using the Lian Li fan controller that is already installed in the pc. I would very much so like to do this option for both the ease of syncing colors and fan curves together and upgrading the radiator cooling overall (the Lian Li's are much more efficient with higher static Ps)
The issue with the second method that I am having is that if I do the second method and just go ahead and use the fan controller, then I am going to be leaving the CPU_FAN header empty. The controller takes a SATA cable from the fan units and controls them all from the fan controller (See this link). I was planning on using the Lian Li's app for the radiator fans instead of the MSI bios. Yes, I can use the splitter to have the fans plug into the CPU_FAN header and use the aRGB header, but for ease of use and cable management and RGB programming, I would really like to use the hub.
The other potential solution I have is to have the fan header from the fan controller plugged into the CPU_FAN header. It seems in the MSI Bios that the fan hub does send back a fan speed to the header it is on now but I do not know if there are any minimum RPM's that the mobo has. (It'll go down to 300 RPPM that I have seen in BIOS)
My main question is as follows. Will I get a warning or no-startup if I have no fan header connected to the CPU_FAN header? The AIO_PUMP header will still be plugged in. I have heard that you won't get a warning if a AIO_PUMP is installed but I did not know the validity in that. If I will get a warning/no startup, how can I go about getting around this? I would really like the Lian Li's on the radiator and synced with all the other fans.
Thanks for all the help!! The post on this form have been such a lifesaver for the build and overall troubleshooting.
I've been itching to build a pc most of my life, and with a career and budget, I finally did! The relevant components are as follows.
Mobo: B550 MAG Tomahawk Max WiFi AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard
AIO: Deepcool sl520 AIO 240mm cooler
Fans: Lian Li Uni Fan AL120 V2 Fluid Dynamic Bearing 120mm Case Fans
Essentially this is the predicament I am in. I was able to put my build together all well and got everything up and running just as it should. Upon using the computer for a while this weekend, I noticed that one of the sl520 (Deepcool FC120 A-RGB PWM fans) fans seems to rattle (or chatter) a good bit and doesn't rotate perfectly concentrically on the hub. Honestly its driving me crazy and as such, I am looking to replace it. I have two options I am contemplating.
1. Replace the Deepcool fan with the same type and rebuild the AIO radiator assembly and run it as is.
or
2. Replace both Deepcool fans with two better Lian Li AL120 V2's as mentioned above. My case is already filled with four of them and it would be very easy to add the two for the aio radiator using the Lian Li fan controller that is already installed in the pc. I would very much so like to do this option for both the ease of syncing colors and fan curves together and upgrading the radiator cooling overall (the Lian Li's are much more efficient with higher static Ps)
The issue with the second method that I am having is that if I do the second method and just go ahead and use the fan controller, then I am going to be leaving the CPU_FAN header empty. The controller takes a SATA cable from the fan units and controls them all from the fan controller (See this link). I was planning on using the Lian Li's app for the radiator fans instead of the MSI bios. Yes, I can use the splitter to have the fans plug into the CPU_FAN header and use the aRGB header, but for ease of use and cable management and RGB programming, I would really like to use the hub.
The other potential solution I have is to have the fan header from the fan controller plugged into the CPU_FAN header. It seems in the MSI Bios that the fan hub does send back a fan speed to the header it is on now but I do not know if there are any minimum RPM's that the mobo has. (It'll go down to 300 RPPM that I have seen in BIOS)
My main question is as follows. Will I get a warning or no-startup if I have no fan header connected to the CPU_FAN header? The AIO_PUMP header will still be plugged in. I have heard that you won't get a warning if a AIO_PUMP is installed but I did not know the validity in that. If I will get a warning/no startup, how can I go about getting around this? I would really like the Lian Li's on the radiator and synced with all the other fans.
Thanks for all the help!! The post on this form have been such a lifesaver for the build and overall troubleshooting.
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