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Haha old tv tubes, thats great! Im definitely spoiling myself with this build a little, all the new fancy toys were whispering to me. The AIO is just a holdover until later this summer when I dip my toes back into doing a custom water loop. The only watercool builds I did back then were soft tubing so Im anxious to play with some distro plates and hard line tubing. Anyways, im rambling. Also, yeah, I took a look at the FAQ and wow, a wealth of info - thank you! I appreciate the welcome, bro. Blessings!

Oh wow, I think it was possibly an earlier version of that exact graphic I found on google images that I was going by. Thank you. I appreciate the response. This is my first desktop build in about 8 years so all of the RGB stuff is pretty new to me. Back then it was pretty much cold cathode tubes and basic led fans. lol Anyways, thanks agin.

Hey all, Im building a new PC and Im a little confused on how I should go about doing my cooling. I have at my disposal... 9 QL120 RGB case fans 3 Node Cores 1 Commander Pro 1 8-way powered pwm hub 2 pwm Y-splitters and also using a Kraken x73 with its 3 fans in push pull with 3 of the aforementioned QL120s I think I have most of it figured out....I understand the power limits on the Commander Pro - no more than 2 per header and its recommended no more than 9 total But Im wondering if someone can verify that these recommendations can be ignored IF im using the powered pwm hub connected to one of the CoPro headers? Essentially, what Im thinking is this... 6 QL120 fans rgb connected to 1 Node Core 3 QL120 fans (in a push-pull config with the Kraken x73 fans) rgb connected to a 2nd Node Core both Node Cores connected to CoPro and then all 12 fans (including the 3 Kraken x73 fans) connected to the CoPro by way of the powered 8-way pwm hub to 1 header plus 4 additional headers on the CoPro. I apologize if this is all over the place, hopefully you can get the jist of what Im saying. Thanks in advance!

Honestly, you're asking the wrong person. lol But yeah, as far as I know, the Commander pro gives you control over the PWM fans, plus it has 2 channels for RGB. So yeah, I would think if you didnt want the PWM control, you could leave that out entirely.

This is essentially the very same setup that Im trying to put together. Same case too. Kraken X73 w/stock fans PLUS 3x QL120 - push/pull 6x QL120 case fans Not even exactly sure where to start tbh. I know I need a Commander Pro, possibly 2 plus the Node Cores that come with the 3 packs Anyways, good luck man. Gonna keep up with this thread to see if I can learn anything from it.