timlajaunie

Ahh, thanks for pointing that out. In retrospect I have no idea why I posted in Corsair Link. The powered hub is a pretty good idea. You're right that all fans will pretty much need to run in sync based on water temp anyway. Thanks for taking the time for my questions!

Thanks for the reply. I was actually referencing retail USD pricing from Corsair's official site. In all I will be using 10 fans. With one port of the Commander Pro being consumed by the pump/res, I'm left with 5 ports to run dual fan splitters. I asked a very detailed question in another post here 2 and half months ago about potentially overloading the power draw of a Commander Pro, and received no response. Regardless, my motherboard has two temp inserts and 8 fan ports that can handle dual splitters without breaking a sweat. This is all with the ability to control fan speed based on the temp reading. So, aside from the proprietary HydroX lighting, my motherboard has the functions of the Commander Pro covered and then some. And once I've dialed in fan curves, really all I'll mess with occasionally is lighting. Ultimately I believe the Lighting Node Pro is my only practical option. But I can't shake the feeling that I'm paying twice as much as I would if Corsair offered the controller box as an individual purchase for us "basic" HydroX customers. Thanks for the tip! I hadn't considered the adapter cable approach, which doesn't look difficult at all. I just wish Gigabyte had decent software to control their addressable headers. :p: Rock, meet hard place, right? Don't get me wrong, I do like the concept of the Commander Pro. But, I have 10 fans that would need to be split off the 5 available fan headers once the 6th is consumed by the pump header. After reading about the power draw limit of the Commander Pro, it's clear my motherboard can handle the task better. Sure I could get powered fan splitters, but to spend more on top of the CoPro when my motherboard has it all covered and more just seems silly. :laughing:

Hello all. I am planning a Hydro X build with all ML120 Pro (NOT RGB) fans. I notice the product pages for the CPU, GPU, and Pump/Res components mention lighting controllers are sold separately. That's fine, until I realized my two options are a $75 Commander Pro, and a $65 Lighting Node Pro that comes with 4 LED strips. The problem is I will only use the lighting ports on the Commander Pro, and I will not use the LED strips that come with the Lighting Node Pro. In either case I feel like I'm paying more for things I won't use. Are these really my two only options for getting my blocks and pump/res combo lit? Thanks!

Good day, readers. I'm gearing up for a new PC build that will include the following components of interest: Hydro X Series XC7 RGB CPU Water Block (115X/AM4) Hydro X Series XG7 RGB 20-SERIES GPU Water Block (2080 TI FE) Hydro X Series XD5 RGB Pump/Reservoir Combo ML120 PRO RGB LED 120MM PWM Fan - 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO ML120 PRO RGB LED 120MM PWM Fan - 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO ML120 PRO RGB LED 120MM PWM Fan - 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO ML120 PRO RGB LED 120MM PWM Fan - 1 Pack In short, I need to drive LED's for two water blocks, a reservoir, and 10 fans. I also need to drive the PWM signal and power for all 10 fans. I would like to do this with a single Commander Pro! Here is my plan for a single Commander Pro to tackle the task: (Starting CoPro supported power output - 4.5A minus MCU) CoPro Fan Ports 1 through 5 2-way fan splitter with 2 ML120 Pro RGB fans on each fan port 0.219A per fan * 2 fans per port = 0.438A per port * 5 ports = 2.19A total Possibly less power draw if the LED's are included in the 0.219A rating for each fan, which will be handled by lighting node pro explained below. [*]CoPro Fan Port 6 Pump PWM cable 0.0A power draw since pump is self-powered. (Remaining CoPro supported power output 4.5A - 2.19A = 2.31A minus MCU) CoPro LED Channel 1 Reservoir LED cable direct to CoPro channel. GPU LED cable to reservoir daisy-chain connector. CPU LED cable to GPU daisy-chain connector. (I cannot seem to find the power draw for all LED's in the CPU block, GPU block, and reservoir. Therefore, I cannot determine a power draw to add to the 2.19A total fan draw.) CoPro LED Channel 2 Lighting Node Pro LED Fan Hub on Lighting Node Pro Channel 1 5 ML120 Pro RGB fans connected to LED Fan Hub 1 LED Fan Hub on Lighting Node Pro Channel 2 5 ML120 Pro RGB fans connected to LED Fan Hub 2 (Remaining CoPro supported power output - 2.31A minus MCU and unknown GPU+CPU+Res LED power requirement = ??) Allllllll that just to ask, would this shake out as I plan it to? Am I overloading the CoPro unit considering it can provide up to 4.5A including MCU, 2.19A fan draw, and unknown water block + reservoir power draw? I appreciate any feedback!