I'm looking to upgrade my son's PC case to the MSI MAG Forge M100R, but I need some help connecting the fans. My motherboard is the Asus A320M-K, which only has a single 4-pin chassis fan header. The new case includes a fan hub, and I want to know if I can connect four case fans to this hub using a SATA power cable. Will the hub control both the power and the ARGB lighting for the fans, or does it only handle the lighting? Also, since my motherboard doesn't have an ARGB header, can I still make everything work? It's fine for the fans to run at full speed, and I'd prefer controlling the lighting through a button on the case rather than software. Any advice on how to set this up? Thanks!
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You're all set! That fan hub should allow you to chain all four fans together, connecting them to the single 4-pin header on your motherboard. The hub will manage the RGB lighting, and it sounds like it connects to a button on the case for easy control. No extra ARGB header is necessary! Just make sure to connect the hub to a SATA power supply as well.
What about the fact that the fans are 3-pin? Isn't it weird to connect more than three fans through one splitter?