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  1. Just go with the commander pro which comes with the lighting pro .... I bought it and it controls all my six RGB fans, all their leds and four led light strips.
  2. Whilst I think about it ... you might want to think about the Corsair 500d rgb case. I personally use the 500d case as I wanted something a bit more subtle .. see these images (N.B. these were taken before I bought the RGB RAM): http://familywray.co.uk/images/500d3.jpg http://familywray.co.uk/images/500d1.jpg http://familywray.co.uk/images/500d2.jpg
  3. I have a very similar setup ... Z370 motheroard, i7-8700 CPU, 6 rgb fans in total, 4 LED strips, H115i RGB, commander pro and LED hub connected as per your diagram and all works fine. Mind you, mine are all ML rather than LL fans. I also have Vengeance RGB pro 3200 RAM and that works fine too. The bit that confused me was when you mentioned a 360 radiator as the H115i has a 280mm one?!
  4. andymw

    icue sensor

    I'm guessing that your motherboard temp sensors are all saying around 34 degrees C based on the pick. For me, I've connected one of the commander pro sensors to measure my case temp near the exhaust fan and that works better in general.
  5. OK, I've played with the settings and tested it for a few days now and am happy with my setup. I've ended up with: * For the AIO cooler: from 27 to 30 degrees C liquid temps I have the fans turning at 630rpm. above that I ramp up in a curve to 45 degrees where I have the fans at max * My front middle intake and rear output fans are at 625 rpm from 29 degrees C to 32 degrees C case temps. They then ramp up to 1400 rpm at 35 degrees C. * My other two intake fans are set as follows: @33 degrees case temp, 753 rpm, @34 degrees 1200 rpm, @ 38 degrees 1400rpm This seems to work well to keep the temps inside my case at 34.5 degrees C or less regardless of what I throw at it whilst also keeping noise levels really low.
  6. Thanks c-attack; that gave me plenty to think about. I've basically modded my settings so that top fans are always at at least 600rpm, so that I have a nice very quiet breeze throughout the case. I am, though, a fan of micro-controlling the other fans based on case temp as that seems to be working really well to keep things under control whatever the weather and whatever my graphics card is doing :)
  7. OK, so I am trying to get iCue to control my case and AIO fans in the best possible way and am looking for feedback/advice. My main aim is to get the best possible combination of low noise and optimum cooling. This is where I have got so far: My case is a Corsair Obsidian 500D with 3x 120mm (ML120) intake fans on the front, 1xML120 rear fan and 2xML140s on my H115i liquid cooler on the top. My kit is Core i7-8700 and an Nvidia RTX 2060 (open air-cooled) on Asus Prime 370 PII So, the way I have it set up is: My H115i fans cut in when the H115i liquid temps reach 29 degrees C All my other case fans are controlled via a temp probe that is near my rear fan and is controlled by the Corsair Commander Pro. My central front intake fan and my rear exhaust fan cut in at a case temperature of 30 degrees C. My other two intake fans at the front are set to cut in at a case temp of 32 degrees C. So what does this all mean? Basically, the AIO fans tend to spin at 600 RPM most of the time (except at night when they turn off) All my other fans tend to be off whenever I'm just doing web browsing, email, word processing etc. If I start to do a bit more or the weather picks up then I get one front intake and one rear fan spinning at about 600 rpm. Start gaming and all my fans eventually cut in and expel the air from the RTX 2060. I really like the way you can get this kind of granular control with iCue and a Commander Pro and have a near-silent computer most of the time, yet automatically having the fans ramp up (based on case temp and AIO coolant temp rather than CPU temp). Am I just over complicating things or do any of you do this?
  8. I've been trying to optimise the setup of my fans for best balance between noise and cooling and realised there are so many ways to do it. I wondered what the rest of you do. Currently I do the following: 1) My case fans are controlled by a temperature probe within the case (near the outlet fan) connected to my Commander Pro 2) My Centre front intake fan and rear outlet fan cut in when the case gets to 30 degrees C 3) My other two front intake fans cut in when the case temp gets to 33 degrees C 4) My AIO fans (2 x 140mm venting out of the top of the case) are controlled by the temp of the AIO liquid and cut in at 28 degrees C (i.e. on almost all the time) N.B. MY GPU is air-cooled (open style rather than blower), so the above setup works well as the case fans ramp up quickly when the GPU starts pouring hot air into the case. When I do all of the above I end up with an under-load case temp of between 33.5 and 34 degrees C, My i7-8700 at 60 degrees or below and my RTX 2060 at 80 degrees or less. Thoughts?
  9. I think their reference design makes a lot of sense ... the heat from the two main heat-generating components gets transferred via the cooling liquid to the radiators that are on the outside and the fans blow it out of the case ... the remaining components remain in the relatively cool environment (probably about 30 degrees) that is left behind. I've been surprised by how I've had to actually lower the intake fan RPMs on my 500d to keep case temps lower. One tip: If you have a commander pro, then use the temp sensors around the inside of your case ... it's a real eye-opener.
  10. I'm having no problems with the update ... specs as follows: ASUS Z370 Prime PII i7-8700 Non-RGB Vengeance 16G 3200 CM16 ASUS TUF 2060 OC EVO Plus NVME 500G main drive Seagate FireCuda 2TB secondary drive 4xML120 PRO RGBs, 2xML140 PRO RGBs H115i cooler RM750i PSU Corsair 500D case 1080P 60 5ms monitor Windows 10 Pro x64 AVG Free antivirus
  11. Sorry about the last post, hopefully this one looks better. This is my first attempt at a Corsair 500d build. I originally bought the case just to smarten up my old PC components, but to be honest the only things that are original are the OS, software and data ;) The specs are: Asus Prime 370 P II motherboard Intel i7-8700 ASUS TUF 2060 OC Samsung NVME EVO PLUS 500Mb 2TB Seagate Firecuda 7200 RPM Commander Pro + RGB Hub RM750i PSU ML120/140 Fans H115i AIO Cablemod pro cables Corsair Vengeance ddr4 3200 RAM Please let me know what you think of my choice of components and the cabling layout. http://familywray.co.uk/images/500d1.jpg http://familywray.co.uk/images/500d2.jpg http://familywray.co.uk/images/500d3.jpg
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