Salsiccia Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Hi guys, (Back again after an extended absence, but back into the latest iteration of my build from 3 years ago which has stalled due to COVID and other assorted medical fun - fun times !!!!!) In my current iteration I now have an H150i Elite Capellix and its 3 ML120 fans and the included Commander Core - all good. I also have a set of 3 ML120 RGB Elite fans which just come with a Lighting Node core. What I am hoping to be able to achieve is to have the H150i fans have their colour and speed set by the coolant temp, I have no problem with this, and I am expecting it to work just fine. I also want the other 3 fans to be coloured based on GPU temp as they will be placed near the GPU, but I am uncertain if I can achieve that with the Lighting Node core. On thinking about that second point, since the LN Core has the RGB connection, but not the Fan connection, maybe it will work? Obviously I can't control fan speed, but I have spare headers on the motherboard I can bring into play for that. I do also have an older Commander Pro lying about I could bring into play - seems like overkill for just 3 fans though, but maybe that's what I should do and then I can also hang temp probes around if I want to. I am assuming that I cannot set the LN Core to control different fans based on different sensors. I f I am wrong there then I think that is my simplest answer, but I have not yet installed Windows on this build so I can't play with it yet, I want to get the hard cabling right first. Any tips much appreciated !!! Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hoang Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 You can actually create Custom fan curve for each fan. Each custom fan curve can be controlled by different sensors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsiccia Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 28 minutes ago, John Hoang said: You can actually create Custom fan curve for each fan. Each custom fan curve can be controlled by different sensors. Brilliant, Thanks very much for this, that sounds like exactly what I want - appreciate the prompt feedback - that saves me a USB header port as well !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsiccia Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 Actually, a thought came to mind - great that I can control the fan curve off different sensors - does that also include the RGB colour? Ideally I would like to vary both based on different temps. Reference being Coolant temp for the top rad/ fans and GPU temp for the bottom 3 fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 In software mode you can subdivide the larger group into smaller lighting and speed control groups. In CUE 4/5 it’s a little easier with “fan button” assignments, but still can CTRL + drag a box around specific LEDs if needed. You can create two different RGB temp dependent lighting effects, each with a differ source and applied to different fans I don’t see any reason to bring in the second controller here unless you needed different lighting assignments in Hardware Mode for extended non-CUE time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsiccia Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 10 hours ago, c-attack said: In software mode you can subdivide the larger group into smaller lighting and speed control groups. In CUE 4/5 it’s a little easier with “fan button” assignments, but still can CTRL + drag a box around specific LEDs if needed. You can create two different RGB temp dependent lighting effects, each with a differ source and applied to different fans I don’t see any reason to bring in the second controller here unless you needed different lighting assignments in Hardware Mode for extended non-CUE time. Brilliant c-attack, as always !!! I have no need for different hardware mode vs i-Cue mode behaviour so it definitely sounds like just the one controller will be perfect for me. I will cable it up like that and then when I get Windows and iCue installed I will play around. I just noticed you mentioned iCue 5 - that's new to me. The last time I played was a couple of months ago and I was on iCue 4.<latest version at the time> so I am keen to take 5 for a test drive now too !!! Thanks for the help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 (edited) Within the software, most everything will look the same. The big step in CUE 5 is the modular nature. It will only install the modules you need for the devices connected. Connect a new device and it will download the new module. It does change the update process quite a bit. Can't roll back to precise versions and the software always will seek out the most current CUE and device modules. Here is a mock up on the dual temp sensors using a Commander Pro, just to make sure it worked. Edited June 1 by c-attack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsiccia Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 Tha'ts brilliant c-attack, thanks for that. I like the modular approach too, although the downside is if I'm ever offline and add in a new component then it won't update to detect it. Having said that though: 1) How often am I offline? Almost never. 2) How often am I going to add more components? Almost never. 3) Whenever I add any new component to anything, a part of that process is always "Go online and look for updates". So I don't really see that as a major downside and if it reduces the installed footprint then I'm all for that. Good job Corsair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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