Mergatroid

You're right, I should have avoided all third party RGB strips, done away with my 760 case and purchased a system completely from a single manufacturer where everything will work all together, and never purchase any third party. Of course, hardly anyone does that, and nor should they need to. Other standards exist to get things to function together, and I don't see why PC RGB manufacturers should be any different. Besides, corsair does not have a product that competes with ARGB since they clearly post that they have no plans to support ARGB. Also, considering they support controlling motherboard RGB with their software, it's obvious they don't mind supporting other products if it's to their advantage. Did it occur to me that they tried? Of course it did, but obviously they either didn't try, or they didn't try for everything. Take note of the OP. They say they don't want to do it because of how complex the software would be with so many zones, and nothing about motherboard manufacturers not wanting to cooperate. I have a lot of Corsair fans in my system, but when they are to be replaced, I am going to replace them with something that will work with ARGB. Who's losing a sale now? As for research, yeah I did, just like I always do. The RGB landscape is a quagmire in the PC world, and even after several days of checking around I did not see any information that said the Corsair software would not support ARGB, but only information stating it supported ASUS Aura motherboard RGB, until I found this post. That was after everything was already ordered and half of it here. I do believe I mentioned that, if this information had of been more prominent I could have avoided this. I have been doing this for a long, long time, and this RGB issue reminds me of how computers parts and cases didn't quite all fit together in the early days, and how it took them so long to get everything sorted well enough that you could be confident of compatibility and fit. If I had of gone to the Corsair RGB RAM page, and it has specifically stated compatibility with ASUS Aura motherboard RGB and "4-pin RGB headers", that simple bit of information would have avoided the entire problem. Please don't tell me I didn't do my research just because, out of the entire Internet, I didn't find this OP in this thread of this forum. There is a lot of info out there, and it's impossible to find it all. Corsair should take the lead here, and forge a standard. Get other companies on-board. Come up with some new products that will make the standard highly attractive (hey, like maybe ADDRESSABLE RGB???). I mean, really, they're Corsair. It wouldn't be the first time they took the lead. Instead, here I sit, a sad panda, with sore solar plexus.:[pouts:

OK, I had just left a post asking about this before I saw your post. It's unfortunate that there are no plans to add ARGB support for motherboards. Think about it. Someone planning a PC build, and wanting RGB. They find that Corsair will support the ARGB strips they plan on purchasing, so who's product do you think they will purchase? This is exactly what just happened to me, except I never came across any information stating that ARGB is not supported, so now I'm sitting here with parts that won't work with each other. Really, this is crazy. I think what should happen here is that Corsair should approach motherboard companies and offer them all the specs for their RAM and other products. Those companies could then build in support for those products in their motherboard software. I mean, at the very least the RAM should be able to be controlled by the motherboard if not external accessories. We need a standard, and it's about time all these companies got together and forged one. Or maybe ASUS and other motherboard companies should start making their own RAM, so when we're putting a build together we can skip 3rd party RAM, and purchase RAM we know will work/sync with all the motherboard's features. Of course, this could mean 3rd party RAM manufacturers would start losing sales, but what are we consumers supposed to do? If this information had of been more prominent somehow, I might have purchased the 12V strips (even though ARGB is vastly superior). You mention how difficult it is to manage more zones and how complex the software would get, but come on, there is a lot of way more complex software out there. Plus we are paying a premium for these products. My 760T is dying for RGB, but it's not going to sync now. I realize ARGB is new on motherboards, so not having compatibility yet is understandable, but to come out and say there is no plans for this compatibility is a pure body blow to the solar plexus.

I have just waded into the addressable/syncable RGB quagmire. Wow, what a mess. I have four sticks of Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro RAM, and it's working fine (even though I mixed kits...nya nya nya)... I have an ASUS Prime Z490-A Motherboard. This motherboard has both 12V strip headers and 5V Addressable headers. Of course, I only read that Corsair RAM supports ASUS Aura, so I picked up six strips of 5V addressable RGB. Now I find out that's not supported. Oh joy. 1. Are there any plans to get the Corsair iCue software to support 5V addressable strips? or 2. Is there a way for the ASUS Aura software to control the Corsair RGB Pro RAM? 3. Failing this, is there any way to get the Corsair iCue software to completely ignore the ASUS Aura RGB so I can at least set that up with no interference? Do I just remove the software and reinstall it without the addon? I have downloaded the Corsair Plugin For Aura Sync. Is this software JUST to get the Corsair software to control the 12V Aura headers, or is it to allow the ASUS Aura software to control the Corsair RGB Pro LEDs? In any case, I don't see any way in the ASUS software to control the Corsair RAM. 4. The documentation for this is almost non existent and / or all over the place. Why is there no instruction manual that comes with the software when you download it? (not to be rude or anything, but in my final year of college, if I had of handed in a project with no paperwork, I would have failed my courses). I do not find this to be very professional even though it is becoming more and more common these days. Yes, I did watch the videos, but they don't answer all the questions or supply all the information an instruction manual could. I have a set of Corsair fans which I wish I had not bought. They are the RGB fans that have their own controller, but it cannot be software controlled. I bought them for my previous build. They are nice fans, but they won't sync. Since I can't afford RGB juggling, instead of purchasing a complete set of 6 Corsair addressable RGB fans, I have decided to purchase three more of these fans, only the 140mm variant. At least they will sync with each other using the controller, but now I have spent a lot of money trying to get my motherboard, strips and RAM synced, and failed. Needless to say I'm not very happy. I realize it's not really anyone fault, and that RGB is far from being a mature technology for PCs, but still I am pretty depressed over all the money spent ending up in a failure. My PC is still going to end up looking nice, but the fans will not sync with the main board or RAM, which will not sync with the strips. I am definitely a sad panda. So, any plans to get the software working with 5V strips? Any way to control the RAM RGB from the ASUS Aura software? In any case, thanks for taking the time. I think I'll go smoke a joint. That should make me feel better (I'm in Canada, so I'm allowed). Maybe I can make my own RGB....