What's up with Corsair's New ARGB Fans?? New wiring logic explained
75Prawn here with a look at the new ARGB fans. These are the RS120 RGB fans, which come with the Corsair 3500x ARGB as standard but also can be purchased separately. They are a departure from the standard Corsair fans, which use to need an LED/RGB core or hub or a Commander Core or Pro. If you're looking for that then check out this wiring guide
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These fans instead connect directly to the motherboard and use 5v RGB connections and fan power that needs to be connected to SYS fan or cha fan headers.
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