I got so fed up with different control software that I simply went with OpenRGB when I builty my new PC in May. It controls the lighting on my Fractal fans, EK AIO, Corsair RAM, Corsair keyboard and Razer mouse whilst using virtually zero resources.

@bgeezus3955

5 ай бұрын

SignalRGB>

@592Johno

5 ай бұрын

Just use signalRGB

@kubuntukowalski

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I use Linux so none of the proprietary software's have ever been an option. I only used openrgb cause i had hardware with rgb i couldnt turn off. With my new build I went with no rgb lol and a keyboard with built in rgb controls... which all should have. Openrgb though is pretty decent for having all in one saves a lot of time and resources since windows uses 12gb of ram at idle every little bit counts.

@jaxxarmstrong

5 ай бұрын

Great solution to the RGB software pollution indeed. What the video didn't go over was how much extra CPU resources the software will use when you add this Chroma functionality in comparison to just have it control a keyboard and a mouse, for instance. THIS is what's important for the real geeks.

@bgeezus3955

5 ай бұрын

@@jaxxarmstrong like 300mbs of ram and .2% cpu utilization

You should keep it at 6 not override to 12 - the count is there to get effects correct for waves etc, not anything to do with power. You have 6 addresses out of your maximum of 8.

@NALOW84

5 ай бұрын

This right here. Theres people including myself running 3- Lian Li SL-Infinity fans on a channel which are 40 LED fans for a total of 120 LEDs per channel but the lights are paralleled so there is actually only 20 addressable LEDs per fan and they will be recognized as 60 LEDs on any RGB software.

@demontekdigital1704

5 ай бұрын

Sometimes you have to override the bead count to get all the lights to work correctly. With my CM Halo fans I had to re-assign the number from 16 to 24 so I could split the hub lights from the rings. This allows more customizability with your devices. I had to set the fans as a strip. The 16 ring lights are at the beginning 8, and ending 8 of the strip. For me, having exact counts is absolutely necessary because I go full bore with customization. My three Halo fans have a bounce/fill effect, and the hubs are the same, but reversed. Now if you have multiple devices connected to one port via a hub then you're absolutely correct. It's because Synapse 3 only sees the ports, not the devices. Three fans will only appear, and function as one, and the effect will be applied to those devices separately.

@ImnotgoingSideways

5 ай бұрын

Parallel wired LEDs are counted as 1 and multiple parallel strips need to be counted by the longest strip. The way ARGB works is that each LED will read its bits and then forwards the remainder to the next. Counting is necessary to make sure the final LED gets its bits. With a pair of strips, one 10 long and one 20 long, needs 20 count. The first 10 paired will operate identically. The remaining 10 will operate fine on the long strip while nothing on the short strips gets updated.

Just built my first pc using your videos for reference. Now I’m going through your videos about tuning. Built in the NV5 with a 13700k/7800XT using the phanteks glacier one and their d30 fans.

Jay, a Molex connector can deliver up to about 130 watts on the 12v line depending on the quality of the wiring backing it up; SATA can't do that. A SATA 15-pin connector is designed to deliver a maximum of 1.5 amps of current at 3.3 volts and 5 volts and 2.0 amps at 12 volts.

I really like the narrative style you use to present your topics. Even though I am not so interested in RGB, I found your presentation very interesting. This is why I rarely miss your videos.

That overcurrent warning is super cool to see. ASUS need to implement that. Would be interesting to see if other companies eg corsair, lian li have that.

Being able to get different effects, depending on the position of the components in the virtual layout is actually pretty awesome, because effects will stretch over the whole plane. This way, especially rain or the effects that run from side to side, are represented 1:1 in the real world, and you will see the colors changing in the order there are laid out physically.

I have one of these for my build, I have too many rgb devices for my motherboard headers and I did not want any splitters in my build. I love this little box and will definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to build with a bunch of rgb devices. I did have an issue with the 3pin connectors staying plugged in, but I made it work once I cable managed everything together.

16:09 the grid is basically a large bitmap but razer isnt rendering the bitmap so you dont know what the colors will be, they should look at how signal does it and make their background of that grid the actual bitmap so its easier to judge.

Being able to give the ports a "user friendly alias" would be great. That way it can use Port4 internally but you can see Rez, or front bottom fan, etc

I bought one of these as well, and one of the reasons was it's compatibility. (Plus I have a Razor mouse and headphone stand.) I love it. Agree with some of the usability issues of Synapse but it gets the job done.

About the Molex, apparently high LED count controllers use Molex because SATA just can't provide enough juice to reach higher numbers

@jgorres

5 ай бұрын

I was going to say that it isn't about how old molex connectors are... It's about the power. And, since that's the reason Jay bought this, it's as good as he's gonna get.

@analogicparadox

5 ай бұрын

@@jgorres since I have no idea where the issue itself comes from, I wonder if it could be fixed with 2 or 3 data connectors on the same controller

@lyianx

2 ай бұрын

humm.... explains why my pump was molex then... and i went an used a SATA adapter with it.

We desperately need newer standards in this segment, preferably both for the interface and software. OpenRGB does help, but they can also only do so much with reverse engineering. In the meantime I have a rPI Pico with Corsair Link emulation and some soldered ARGB connectors, but the box looks nice as well, as long as it works with OpenRGB (because the Pico emulating a Corsair Lighting node pro, it can only run 2 headers, not 6). Also you should probably set the LEDs to the number of controllable LED groups. So the 12x strip should be 6, not 12, because it can only control 6 groups. It needs the count not for power or anything physical, but to be able to correctly do effects. So for something like a ping on the strip if you set it to 12, but it only has 6 groups it will cycle to LED 1-6 and you will see it, and then continue with 7-12 which doesn't exist, so you can't see anything as it addresses LED groups that don't exist. So you should probably just let it figure out the count on its own.

@BigFatCone

2 ай бұрын

There is a standard, WS2812B, aka A-RGB.

@cromefire_

2 ай бұрын

@@BigFatCone Yes, but they only standardize a basic hardware interface, not a software interface...

@BigFatCone

2 ай бұрын

Oh, you mean so one could use a pattern made in Synapse directly in OpenRGB? The way you can open a .doc in any word processor? I think it's coming to Windows 11. @@cromefire_

Been using one of these since 2021. I had to RMA the first one because two of the ports died, but the replacement has been solid. It's been being used in combination with SignalRGB as I have another third party controller that is no longer made in combination with it to give me a total of 14 individually controlled headers.

11:14 but if you set it to 12 if there is only 6 "pairs" any light effects will be shown only half way.

Been using this exact controller for 2 years and absolutely love it! Been able to make the fan blades one color and the rgb rings on the fan frame a different color. Have never had an issue or a bugged update. I do agree that they need a way to rename the connected devices though. Thanks for doing this video!

I actually used this exact box and 6 argb strips to make a budget ambient back light system my setup. You can use the ambient awareness function and have a system similar to the Phillips back lighting system for a fraction of the cost.

I have one of these controllers and while I'm no longer using it, I did have good experiences with it (when I had Razor devices especially). I agree with you that RGB hardware and software in general is a mess and it would be nice if the companies would cooperate with each other.

I just finished setting up one of these in my system to handle my Phanteks D30 fans with SignalRGB. It works great and was easy to set up. I did have to re-wire a few things though since it will only handle 2 of the fans per channel. Other than that it's pretty awesome. Especially for only being $40.

@lyianx

2 ай бұрын

Really? only 2 fans? That seems very limited... or those fans have too many LED's.

@chrisf.2857

2 ай бұрын

@@lyianx they do have alot of LEDs I believe (I've got the 140MMs and the 120s) it's like 30 or 32 per fan. I could be mistaken how exactly it's setup but I know I tried initially with them daisy chained (3 connected together) and I would get weird lighting problems. Like part of the fan a default color or not illuminated. As soon as I reduced the chain to 2 fans per channel the problems went away. I haven't played around with it enough to see if it was a signal RGB problem or the Razer controller but, it all works now.

@Retroxyl

Ай бұрын

@@chrisf.2857 How have you done your wireing then? I'm asking because I want to buy these fans and maybe also the Razor Chroma to controll them. I would have 3 140mm D30 on one channel as intake. You tried daisy chaining all 3, wich was too much LEDs per channel, so how did you still have 3 fans basically right next to eachother without the 3rd one being daisy chained to the 2 previous ones?

Looks like a great box! I’d love to see a video on how much system resources is used by each brands software to find a definitive winner from an efficiency standpoint.

Jay could do a whole month of comparing and contrasting Signal RGB vs OpenRGB and testing em with different hardware.

This was an awesome style video. Do more of these!

I'm surprised you're only just getting one of these, Jay. I was given one of these as a test sample a month before they were released and I was able to give feedback as well. I've been messing with the different effects for a few years now, so I may be able to help if you have any issues. I've never tried any other controller and I doubt I ever will. The only thing is I believe you can still only use 1 of these controllers per computer, which sucks since I have way more than 6 rgb devices and some need to share effects.

@jayztwocents you need to break down the fans into separate fans on the software (fine to wire them in series still). You do this on that first screen you were on with the controller by selecting "add fan". Then divide the number of LEDs up between the fans. It means you can then have different effect on each fan as well. And in the studio you can also name them

@jonathanchalmers7844

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I just installed one of these a few days ago and didn't know I could do that!

This is actually helpful for my sons PC we just built. Thank you for sharing and explaining this.

This is a really cool little toy. TYSM for sharing it Jay!

Thanks so much for making this video! I am putting together a computer for a friend and the board I am using is an older Z370 that only has a 12v rgb Header! Absolutely perfect timing

Great thing about synapse is that you can use it for lots of other companies components and peripherals like MSI, Asrock Lian li etc. I use synapse for all my razor peripherals with my corsair icue fans+ adapter and argb aio to the chroma hub and msi gpu all detected and working.

Aw man, about time. This thing is awesome. I've had mine for years. As others have said, the led count is for effects, not for a total. Having a higher count then what's actually addressable isn't too bad, but having less will have the end of the strip not light up. Also, it's molex for a reason. It's a higher power spec, allowing the device to actually power a huge amount of LED's per channel.

Picked this up last week in order to work around an matx motherboard that had no argb headers. It works great, glad to see some cool customization options from your perspective!

Merry Christmas Jay and family thank for the years of pc content.

Dannng I weas looking for a video about this product for some time now. Got similiar problem in my system and was wondering how capable this little box is. Thanks Jay!

Arctic have rgb box cheap and easy to use works fine over years and ther fanhub too works fine ! :)

Yo Jay this video was a real live saver for me! When I set up my system roughly 4 years ago I bought a little box with sata power that connects to the motherboard rgb header and has like 9 rgb ports on it. I'm rocking static green color and everything seemed fine (I have like 16 RGB devices in my system so I daisy chained a few of those 9 ports). About 3 months ago the RGB on my GPU block started to go nuts. It would color cycle, some LEDs would randomly turn off/on etc. I was gonna drain/refill it over new years anyway so I began researching how to swap the RGB strip in my GPU Block, as I figured that was the problem. That is until I saw your video. I tried to change it to pure white as you said, and just like that it began to act strange on all my RGB stuff. So I bought the same razer box you picked up and just like that everything is working fine again. The GPU instantly went back to normal. To relieve the stress I put what I could on the razer box and left everything else on my sata splitter box. Anyway, I just wanted to say that this video saved me the headache of taking apart my GPU block, replacing the LED strip only for it to not even fix my problem! Also probs to Razer, the box actually works just fine with SignalRGB! Thank you so much for the awesome content and hard work and good luck with your health in 2024!

Honestly super cool to see Jay showcase products like this. I didn’t know if even existed before now 😮

Been loving the channel as a new PC user!

@-Flabbergasted-

5 ай бұрын

We all get this moment at one point

@chosen1one930

5 ай бұрын

A little late aren't you? I was born in mid 80s and my new pc user moment was before 2000, better late than never

@rynow1992

5 ай бұрын

Ya I'm a bit late considering I was born early 90's. Grew up a console household. Consoles just don't cut it for me anymore, so I got lots to learn. ​@@chosen1one930

I used the razer argb hub because i had zero argb headers on my motherboard and it works great, i use signal argb to keep everything together and easy, only downside is its really hard to remove argb connections from the hub, takes a very strong grip! Other than that its great

Ive been using one for 3 years now to sync my non corsair products to signal RGB. I often get drops though as not all three pin connectors are built equally. Some wedge snug others fall out over time. I've remedied by wrapping with black Teflon tape to make up difference in connector width.

@Uchia18

5 ай бұрын

gonna try this, ive been using zipties to hold my cables down, but its not the best solution

@nexaner7

5 ай бұрын

Same here, had mine for nearly 3 years and always had problems with the connectors not staying plugged in. After using a new Razer hub in another build, without the problem, I found out that the old one had some plastic pieces that prevented the connectors from fully sliding on. Removed the top plastic, cut them away, and I had no problems since then.

This is what I use in my custom Batman build with Arctic ARGB fans. Its sooooo good, by far the best thing I've come across for customisation. Effectively have 3 different effects behind different bat logos.

Thank you jay i was looking for this tape of controller .

Tbh, I just bought a Chinese RGB controller on AliExpress (7,55 $) and it's driven by a remote. The only thing that is linked to my PC is the SATA power and the USB 3.0 cable to insert the light show/program that I want. Once it's done, I remove the USB cable, I close the software, and from this moment all my RGB thingies are just controlled by my remote. No CPU resources used. No RAM space wasted. And the best part is that I just have to click on one button of the remote to shut it down when I go to bed (because my PC is next to my bed and I hate having a UFO with flashing lights trying to blind me when I'm trying to fall asleep ^^).

Well done, very informative!!!

I've been using this for awhile! It's great, you can save profiles and they have a cloud save too!

Signal RGB works with the Razor Chroma Controller perfectly. I also have Lian-Li controller that works well too. Only problem is that the refresh rate is slow when you have more than two channels. Signal RGB doesn’t have any data for EK parts but they are basically LED strip and can be manually added.

I picked up the Razer Chroma early this year. I'm running 5 Be Quiet light wings fans through it. I control the lighting on my fans, ram, gpu and keyboard with Signal RGB. It takes a little work, but everything looks amazing. Signal has a few videos on KZread to help you set it up.

I used to have that same controller and I remember being upset about the molex connection but I guess it needs that as it can provide more power than a data connection and that’s how it is able to support 80 leds on each channel

Thanks, Jay! This answers the problem that I am having with my build. I'll set it to rainbow with MSI then I'll come back and it's off. Great Video.

I bought a Corsair hub for my new build and was grumpy because I just use Synapse for my peripherals...returning it and getting one or 2 of the Razer! Thanks!!! 11 fans, 2 reservoirs...that should cover it nicely. Just have to deal with onboard lighting for the MoBo and RAM. Which sucks, but doable. Drives me crazy...I don't want/need fancy FX, just a solid color with a dimmer. Yeesh. Having finished the video now, yes, 1000% getting these over the Corsair. This is going to make things SOOO much easier. I had no idea these were a thing. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!

I've been using the Razer Chroma module for a couple of years now and have been very happy with it. I am also overloading it but only once in a great while does it show that warning message and once I shut down the system and power it back up again, it works just fine.

I have one of these, and the only gripe I had with it is the sockets for the RGB plugs were too tight and hard to plug in. And since you can't see the pins while you do it, I ended up bending pins. So I ended up taking the case apart and ditching the top cover, and putting magnets on the bottom. I only kept the bottom plastic intact. It works great.

Very cool video, keep up the good work!

Found this on amazon the other day was gonna ordering but wasn't sure if I could put 3 fans per channel, now I am thanks!

I went with razer chroma on my build at the beginning of the year. Also have be quiet fans and an nzxt elite 360 aio with an nzxt fan conntroller. That way i can use razer for all my lighting and nzxt cam for my cooling. It works great and looks awesome in a corsair 5000d flow

The Razer hub is really good, currently using it together with my MB to get 8 dedicated ports with one of them connected to another replicating hub providing power to some fans with a mirrored effect. It is basically invisible with only the USB plug connected and works perfectly on Linux with OpenRGB.

I have the croma hub as well. That along with an Asrock z790 Taichi and corsair vengeance RGB ram. I use Signal RGB to control it all in 1 program. It even does my Rival 600 and GMMK pro. They are adding support for all kinds of things all the time. I know it also works with Mystic light and Aura as well. 1 piece of software to run them all...

I've wanted this for a long time and it looks like the software might even be good. huge razer w.

I use and love this device. All my gaming builds I make us of server motherboards. Servers motherboards don't have RGB but with this device they do.

Now you're in my wheelhouse, Jay. I have one of these, and it works great. If you want to name the devices you have to name them in Chroma Studio. That won't translate to the hub, but once you get to playing with your chroma profiles you won't ever touch the hub portion of the software. A known issues for this is it's limitation in Synapse 3 only allowing one hub per PC. When you plug the second one in it won't do anything. Razer HQ is trying to address it, but for now if you want 2 hubs you'll have to buy their dev kit hub. (The one that controls external LEDs for your desk.) For this device Molex is perfect because you may not have a spare SATA cable, or plug available on the SATA line. It allows you to completely bypass SATA altogether. You can also buy adapters to convert it from molex to SATA. They did this so everyone can use it. That config also allows you to know exactly where it's plugged in because it'd most likely be the only device on a molex line. Just be prepared for Synapse 3 shenanigans because it LOVES to crash while working in Studio for too long. Sometimes it won't let you rename the folder groups, or devices until you close it, and re-open it. I've had one of these since they first launched so I have a tiny bit of experience with it. At current I have 3 CM Halo fans, 4 Deep Cool fans, and an Airgoo strip connected to it. The Halo fans, and strip are on their own ports, but the 4 deep cool fans are connected to a singular hub that's connected to one of the Chroma ports.

Thank you, needed a solution for my ARGB fans. Just bought it!

The price for this is really good. I have a couple of "dumb" RGB hubs that were about 20 bucks each. They are SATA powered to take the load off of the motherboard header, but they just split the signal 8 ways and still leave Armoury Crate controlling everything. The shortcoming of this is that all the LED strips, fans, or whatever other RGB devices split off of the hub need to have close to the same number of LEDs or the lighting can look like it's not synced. It works with all motherboards that have RGB control since it just plugs into the ARGB header on the motherboard directly for the lighting signal and any open SATA power connector from the PSU. I bought them on Amazon years ago and they are made by XSPC. They also make hubs that look identical for 12v RGB and PWM fans, so be careful and double check if buying them.

Been using the 1st gen version since it came out, its really useful. Only downside is the ports are a touch too large to for the cable to stay in snug on its own.

@ikryten42

5 ай бұрын

I had some loose cables as well, I found that extensions cables from Micro Connectors fit snugly though so I used some of those.

@--_DJ_--

5 ай бұрын

Would a wrap or two of electrical tape on the outside of the connector be an option to snug them up?

The led count in the software is for the series count, it doesn't care about parallel. It needs series to address properly. Setting your dual string of 6 to 12 just tells it its 12 led's long so in reality you have 6 extra addressed led's that dont exist.

I just stuck an esp32 with wled on in the side of the case. Works fine. Addresses upto 256 LEDs without a problem. Unlimited customisation for less than $5

Cool video. Since I discovered signal RGB over this past year I've been getting heavily into creating very cool aRGB setups with many regions. Signal RGB allows me to create phenomenal looking light shows with even cheap RGB fans. Course it takes a bit of tweaking and know-how but once I got to understand that program it is quite impressive. Forget icue😅....

I went total Lian Li. Their 3 packs have the controller that can handle up to 8 fans with leds etc. Daisy chaining and only connector helps a lot. Takes 2 Satas to power it fully though...

Another option for this would be an aquacomputer quadro or octo paired with an aquacomputer farbwerk or something else that runs over the RGBPX bus that aquacomputer have, that would sort you for fan control and also RGB all in one piece of software

@jurakerleha

5 ай бұрын

Using Aquacomputer Quadro with older Aquaero 6XT and love it, just one thing which I don't like on Aquacomputer is new license which you need to purchase But agree with you on Aquacomputer stuff Once I had installed Razer Synapse SW and CPU usage was crazy that time hahaha, won't touch Razer stuff 😂

@blazingmatty123

5 ай бұрын

@@jurakerleha Yeah, but then you get an amount of licence included with each part of their ecosystem you buy into, I've not found the updates to be doing anything really all that useful, I'm out of the year that came with my quadro and I just ignore the prompt to update whenever I have to launch up (which is rare as I run static fans anyways), by all means the purchase isn't necessary, just gets rid of the annoying popup whenever you launch telling you there's a new update haha

@andreyhoru1873

5 ай бұрын

This! Plus you can have 4 profiles to swap between while not even running software itself on your PC

@blazingmatty123

5 ай бұрын

@@andreyhoru1873 oh does that apply for the rgb too or are fan and rgb tied together in those profiles? I can't say I've used the rgb side of it but I have heard good things of it

@jurakerleha

5 ай бұрын

@@blazingmatty123 Agree it's bit annoying regarding the updates pop-ups,I think I'm on Aquasuite x36 which is okay and as you said don't need to update for every new version etc Still don't understand why Jay never reviewed Aquacomputer stuff,they're legendary in water cooling and fan control,their Aquaero series are legends and software would say it's one of the best

Since I have a razer mouse and keyboard, I snagged one of these a few months ago. It's been great so far! MSI dragon center for RAM and MOBO lighting. The rest is on the Razer chroma controller.

My first thought was to just connect 12v to 5v rectifiers to the 12v controller, something like 7805 rectifiers. But that would probably have its own share of issues and possibly won't work correctly if it uses variable voltage to change the colors instead of pwm.

I bought one of these and it works absolutely excellent. I too was having the same problem. I was also so tired of having multiple RGB softwares, so when I would go and turn on my computer I would have like six different softwares trying to boot and it would slow it down. But this controller has seem to take care of all of that in my system. It works awesome. I've had no problems with razer products. And this is no different. It's a good product and it took care of the problem. My motherboard doesn't have RGB headers. So that was the whole reason I got this.

that blue loading ring on the mouse cursor does the same for me & i figured out its because of the lian li software & soon as close out of it from system tree

I just built a new system using a Lian Li o11 dynamic Razer edition case, ASRock Taichi Razer motherboard, and Razer 140mm fans exhausting out the top. However my intake fans are Pccooler fans and they would not communicate with the argb header on the motherboard. So I plugged everything into one of these Razer control boxes and everything is working flawlessly now. It was definitely worth the purchase!

Signal is so much better! Please do a little review on signal. I absolutely love it. Everything that you showcased there in razer studio is significantly improved in signalRGB Currently using Lianli strimer v2, 6 cooler master halo fans, 1 ek rgb fan, and a gpu 12 LED holder. All connected via the razer chroma. So in total I exceed the total amount the controller can “handle” but still works great. Thanks for all the awesome videos as always❤

Idk if anyone else noticed this but the 12 led strip that are in parallel got brighter when you switched it I think it gives it more power to feed the extra legs you input it in the tool.

I have been using this controller for a couple of years. It works great. You should check out the ambient awareness effect. I use it to create an ambilight effect behind my monitor and under my desk it looks sick!

I am quite new and built my first pc a week ago (i9 13900kf and rtx 4070ti on a gigabyte z790 uc ad). Everything is good except for not having enough rgb headers lol. I swear this video couldn’t have come at a better time for me lol. Appreciate the work you do Jay! Cheers from 🇨🇦

@user-dw1ft6zk5i

5 ай бұрын

If you just game, you got your parts balance wrong. You’d have been far better off with a 13600k and a 4080. It will easily out perform the 13900k and 4070ti combo. Not being a prick, just cause you said you was new…..

Awesome ! Good stuff! Thanks j

That's just like the old ROG Aura Terminal from Asus that they discontinued, it has 4 channels, up to 90 rgb leds per channel but with a max of 210 leds connected. It has a 5th channel but it is for the logo. It has SATA power and as someone mentioned, there is a limit on the power SATA connectors can deliver, but the ROG Aura Terminal also came with an external 19v brick to use it externally. I like it because at the time it was basically the only one that good, but Asus discontinued it, and now I'm surprised that there is not a lot more of those with microcontrollers that communicate with software to set them up.

Yeah this ARGB hub is awesome, i've used mine since it came out!

Look at the task manger, signal rgb is constantly sending data and cpu cycles, it is constant. Similar for this too.

You cannot install 2 of them on the same system! It is documented by razor on their website. Only 1. Also if you have phantek fans or other argb phantek, you won't be able to properly fit them. I bought some y adapter online to fix this issue cause it did cause a lot of problem.

Mahalo Jay and crew for all you hard work on these videos. The hassles of setting up red is one of the main reasons I have stayed away from incorporating it into my builds.

Asrock taichi boards have RGB control built into the BIOS(can only confirm for x670E board but im sure z690/790 has it too). No software needed but no one talks about it so its a feature that goes unnoticed sadly. It works across all manufacturers products, works with ram, GPU Leds, 5V headers, USB 2.0 and you dont have to pay 1000 dollars for the board to get it.

I have corsair icue setup with a dynamic temperature profile. Its rather useful because I can glance at my pc and see about where my temps are from the scale I set

I love this thing. As soon as I saw the thumbnail I thought it was what it was. I use this and the Razer PWN fan controller to control everything in my customized Alienware Graphics Amplifier

it also gave you three notifications ...white being dim,,,all red (common OC symbol) and then the software...sounds well made and exactly what i need...im getting one

This is why people Love/Hate RGB. Like I like RGB when it works. It allows a level of customization that is really nice. But getting it all to work, play nice, and scale is not easy. And sometimes you can't even tell why it's not working. I'm glad you found something you thing will work for you.

I have something similar, my new PC case came with a 4 way controller/splitter. That is, it can run independently and control and power 4 RGB 3-pin/5V ports, and it can be connected to the PC reset switch so that pressing it changes the ARGB mode instead of actually restarting the PC, so no need for any kind of RGB software or even RGB control on the motherboard if I didn't have it. Otherwise it can be plugged into a motherboard 5v ARGB header and act as a 4-way powered splitter or daisy chainer type thing. The way I ended up using it was a hodge-podge of fans and light strips not really logically laid out in terms of how the splitters are used LOL, so I just leave it all in motherboard's rainbow mode rather than trying to do anything fancy with stacking effects or anything like that.

I bought 2 interfaces from Coolermaster, I have almost the same number of LEDs, with one exception, I have 4 strings of UV LEDs, and they are connected to the 4 pin 12V connector. Because they either have to be on or off. Functions perfectly. And works with Aura Sync. I have a be quiet case and took out the controller, precisely because I only wanted to work with one type of software. I can also fully adjust the RGB of my Corsair memory and of the GPU as well.

I use that very same Razer ARGB Hub in my system, i have a total of 14 ARGB Devices (11 Fans, 2 RGB Strips and the EK Waterblock) all connected, I use the different ports for different fans (3 Intake Fans at front, 3 Fans on Radiator 1, 3 Fans on Radiator 2, 2 fans on Radiator 3, 2 LED Strips and the ARGB Water block. Best hub i have ever used so far

You can use argb spliter with sata or molex connectors it’s deliver power from psu and you can forget about overcurrent. It crabs + and ground from psu and ground and data from controller.

I'm using Cooler Master hubs. They work perfectly and allow you to change each connected device individually. One of the two is ARGB 2. And the software works decently enough. Always make a backup of your profiles when you finish though. It always messes with them when you update the software and updating is mandatory. The only thing I hate about it.

Jay and Crew. You folks are some of those that when I see success I don’t think you were given it or don’t deserve it. I think Good on you. Why? Because even with all of your pressure and obligations you still love the core of what you do and it shows in every video you guys post. I wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and I hope that life treats you and your families more then kindly in this coming year!

I have 4 in my rig, the only downside to synapse (last time i checked) is it will only recognize 1 controller where as openRGB and signal rgb(i currently use this one) will recognize all of them. I would definitely go back to synapse if they would change it to recognize more than 1 controller at the same time

The Aquacomputer Farbwerk is also very good, much better than all onboard solutions 😊 their fan controllers also have rgb controls for 90 or 180 LEDs respectively.

@mrwoct30

5 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. Best RGB controller on the market.

@freakyflo369

5 ай бұрын

@@mrwoct30 I completely agree 👍🏻 the software is also very good, at first a bit hard to understand, but when I got it, I was amazed at the possibilities.

My problem with the Razer RGB controller is not only the Molex connector for power, but each physical channel makes the weakest physical connection out there. I literally had to use a ton of zip ties to secure each connection into each port because it was so poor. If they aren’t fully secure they may not power on. Otherwise operationally it works fine, the only other thing is that you do need to know how many leds there are on the device that’s connected

I have 4 of these in my family computers and swear by them. They simply work with no issues no matter what rgb software I use. I couldn’t recommend them enough.

I’ve never had a bad experience with Razer. Chroma gives you a huge amount of customisation that does require you to watch a KZread tutorial. But I’ve loved their products. Asus on the other hand has been a huge pain to work with along with their 50 million updates every single year.

I have been using that for over a year and used it in 2 systems. I had it originally in my Alienware Aurora R13 and you can get a SATA to Molex adapter to use with it. That's how I ran it. Best part is you can set each individual LED a different color. So, my fans, the hub is one color, and the ring is another color. My only complaint is the software MUST be running.

@keithvsmith

5 ай бұрын

One more con, is I hate the recessed connectors. Some connectors can be a pain to plug in if they are just a little bigger then the recessed hole, but even with that. I think it's the best ARGB solution ATM.

Thermalright makes one that splits your ARGB using your mobo header and software for like 7 bucks. It powers them via SATA.

Razer Chroma fixed my rgb on the Inwin Dubili. 2.5" drive mount is absolutely clutch. i have this on a usb splitter and it still work: better than a lian li controller in that aspect.