Cable Management inside Fractal Design DEFINE R6 Blackout TG

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Check below for a full list of Amazon Affiliated components used in this system. Check it out on Amazon: geni.us/a0dMjB Fractal Design DEFINE R6 Blackout TG Case: geni.us/AbJI Flexible Cable Card Extension Port Adapter: geni.us/5aC3A EVGA Z370 FTW Motherboard: geni.us/X9eVgAq​ ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports Heatsink: geni.us/alvnF9​ Intel Core i7 8700K Processor: geni.us/jD0s8D​ EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING: geni.us/BMB4U​ Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste: geni.us/xBKj​ WD Black 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe: geni.us/aTAxXyc​ Samsung 850 Evo 500GB: geni.us/QTA2​ Patriot Ignite 480GB SSD: geni.us/CdEvu​ WD Blue 500GB SSD: geni.us/VdqB7​ Kingston 240GB SSDNOW UV500: geni.us/mvwOPN​ Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W PSU: geni.us/7hdBk​

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[@MWDAdventures]

thanks for the video. I have the nexus 2 hub and the directions don't show what to do with it. I have a newbie and had no idea how to find where to plug all the fans into.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

I believe you would connect it into a fan header on the motherboard and to power, but I am not sure since I dont have this hub and i cant seem to find anything about it online. Thanks for the compliment my friend, it means a ton to me, I wish I could help you though.

[@MWDAdventures]

@@ThisBytesForYou kzbin.info/www/bejne/omHYnp6onJyhY8U. found this video. looks like stock fans are dc only. not controllable. So DC side is find to feed the hub it appears. so the sata on the hub confused me until I seen your video how to send power to it.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Well, at least I could help a little then haha. Dc, so they are 3 pin or 4Pin fan header?

[@ThisBytesForYou]

oh oh, notice, he says there are PWM fans as well, so DC and PWM fans.

[@LaidbackgamerzzOne]

Great job on the cabling Iggy. Nice to see you have a channel going.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Thank you Laidbackgamerzz One, I do appreacite your kind words, sadly that power supplies cables are just not the nicest but the newer power supply I have by beQuiet! is amazing. It is more effecient and the cables look so much nicer, you can see an example in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5PamoWrl8-fbpI Sadly with the way I had to manage some of the other cables, it might not be the best example of how i cable, but it still looks decent. Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting, it means the world to me. I am still reviewing on Dragonblogger and much of what I do here i do there as well, there are a few exclusives here I do to keep them a little different.

[@Bhis83]

Sorry if I missed it, where did you plug in the Fractal Fan Hub on mobo? CPU_FAN or SYS_FAN? Can you control the fan speed? Thanks! Great video!

[@andresmora8988]

I want to know too

[@powerbikesbg]

@@andresmora8988 You should plug in SYS_FAN - 4 Pin connector below the 4+2 Molex CPU Power plug on the motherboard

[@tonyleclerc3001]

My sys fan plug is 3pin ?? 🤔🤔

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Thanks, its hard sometimes to document it all, but I went with the CPU connection, I would never plug it in into anything else, I would prefer the motherboard handle the temperatures and with that, I can control it as well, not so sure about the fractal control. Thank you so much much for stopping by and checking out my video, I am so very sorry I never replied to you, I guess I missed this comment, I apologize.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

@@tonyleclerc3001 Let the motherboard control the cpu fan, that's its just, connect it to the cpu header.

[@powerbikesbg]

Nice build! I have the same Define S2 case! Was fun to move the hardware from my Cooler Master Mid tower CM 690III. Planing to upgrade the cooling to liquid and to mount the RTX2080 vertically! Regards!

[@ThisBytesForYou]

thanks buddy for the comment and the compliment, it means the world to me. I love this case, though I do prefer the S2 Vision RGB, both are great cases though. I don't recommend vertically mounted GPU's though, as it does not give the card enough room to breath, unless you plan on liquid cooling the card. What sort of liquid cooling are you planing on?

[@AIlSystemsGo]

You should take out the extra hard drive cages so it doesn't impede airflow and I don't know if you mentioned this but you can also mount 2 SSDs in the front with the two sad trays

[@ThisBytesForYou]

thank you Muro, I did mention it in the build video, its in here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZCum5aqeK6bZpI, its long but hopefully I give lots of information.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

thanks for your recommendation Muro, recorded it and it should go live on Wednesday just showing people how to do it, its not very easy.

[@Lorenzo.Jaques]

Nice build sir. Why the 1200 psu? Wouldn't almost any 750 brand-new gold 80+ PSU be more efficient be a better fit? I may have missed the reasoning in a previous video. I am trying to understand the usage of a 1200 PSU because based off of the build log videos, there are not an additional GPU, or a crazy looped water-cooled system being set up in the tower.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

thank you for your kind words Lorenzo and your comment is a very common one. Prior to being a reviewer, I was a Product Development Engineer for 2 Boutique PC builders, one of which got so huge they were bought out by the largest OEM PC Builder and the other one, is still doing pretty well. During my time, I would test all configurations and only about 1 or 2 ever even got close to 1000 Watts, and that was a triple SLI, overclocked, over memoried, over SSD'ed, over HDD'ed beast of a machine and that 1000Watts was stressing ALL of the components at the same time. The heat build up alone caused it to get that high, without the heat it might have gotten to 900Watts. Before that, I only tested to about 700Watts. With that, if I would have only thought 700Watts was the MAX I could have reached, that machine would have shut off on its own and I would have not understood why, but I gave it 1200 and never had an issue. The power supply is the most important part of the PC and like good SSD's, you should over provision, not for what you have today, but what you may have tomorrow. I see many people buy what they need today, then less than a year later are having issues because they upgraded and have no idea why, or they bought a cheap power supply and it blew up cuz they looked at it funny. I have had this 1200Watt PSU for a little over 5 years and aside from the ugly cabling it has.... I have never had a single issue with it or concern that it cannot provide enough power, I have never looked at a power spec in years because I know my power supply can handle it, one less worry. A higher wattage and efficiency power supply comes at a much higher cost that a lower wattage power supply, but piece of mind is so much more valuable. Never having to worry if you power supply can or will is awesome. The savings of not having to buy a power supply every 2 years because the old one blew out, or you don't have enough PCI-E cables to run Crossfire/SLI or even some sort of future card that requires more, those savings alone make it worth it to me. Now as a reviewer, even more I need to have a power supply that can handle anything, because I don't know what's coming out tomorrow, so I need to be prepared. With that said, I will be soon rebuilding this machine, with less explanation, more speed but utilizing what I feel right now is the better power supply, I just did an unboxing last night and will upload shortly. It provides slightly less power, at 1000Watts, but as for right now looking at the power rails and amperage seems to be much better, higher efficiency rating and my god, the cables are so much nicer and it is touted to be quieter too, but I have not put it in a system yet, so I dont know just yet. Please keep your eyes peeled on ThisBytesForYou for those videos. I hope I have answered your question and if you have more, please do let me know.

[@ThisBytesForYou]

also, this is a 80+ gold power supply as well so the efficiency would be almost identical but again, another video coming up soon on a different power supply.... and you know what, I think I will add another GTX1080 TI in that video, thanks for reminding me.

[@SceneArtisan]

Does anyone have a definitive guide on how to use and wire up the integrated fan controller in the R6? I have a fan set up that I'd like to control in sets but on my Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming mobo there are only 4 (or is it 5?) fan headers that can accept non-cpu fans - I have 9 fans (+2 for the CPU cooler). How do I wire up the 9 case cans so they can be controlled, thus: A). 3 x 120mm Intake. - Front. B). 2 x 140mm Intake. - Bottom. C). 1 x 140mm Exhaust. - Rear. D). 3 x 120mm Exhaust. - Top. I want to control the 4 sets separately (Arctic Cooling (my 6 x 120mm fans) recommends no more than 3 x 120mm fans per header for my specific mobo but to only use the Q-fan type) for simplicity and ease-of-use. They also say if I add 4 or more it might overload the header and reduce the RPM by appx 150-200rpm per fan if the header does manage to cope. Can the integrated fan controller in the R6 (Blackout edition) be wired up to allow me to control the fans in 4 _separate_ sets, rather than 9 fans individually? Control would be faster and less hassle, in the longer term anyway. Also, how does the integrated controller connect to the motherboard? If it's fan headers, how, where, how many and what cables are supplied with the case? I've looked at getting a simple knob operated front-panel fan controller (either the Akasa AK-FC-08BKV2 or the Thermaltake Commander F6). Do you know anything about those and which would be best at giving me the specific fan control I'm looking for? My CPU is a Ryzen 3900X, so it needs serious air-flow / cooling - but I loathe fan noise, hence the desire to control the fan speeds to find the sweet spot between noise and temp's. FWIW: I've got 2 x 5 port 4-pin fan controller hubs (with 1 x 4-pin connector) in my arsenal too, how might I use those for my desired set-up? Ebay UK search: *5-Port 4-Pin PC Motherboard PWM CPU Cooling Fan Splitter Hub Adapter Cable Lead* Sorry this is so long. :) Any actual knowledge would be appreciated, thanks. :)

[@ThisBytesForYou]

So you could put 3 fans to 1 connection using this geni.us/4b78k4, though the fans will not receive 100% power, only slightly reduced. The controller controls 6 fans, and 3 of PWM controlled fans, so you will be able to get all your fans in there. Note, 6 will be at 100%, while the other 3 are PWM controlled. You can control the PWM ones from your motherboard but will only register as 1 device since its 3 headers into 1 cable.

[@SceneArtisan]

​ ThisBytesForYou I think if I can't get any sense out of the FD R6's manual for the integrated fan controller, I'll be using 3 of these: bit.ly/3ea3kmX instead; I really don't want any fans running at 100% unless my Ryzen 3900X is under high load. Referring to my OP above: I'll attach Set D (3 fans) to one, Set A (3 fans) to another, Set B (pair) to a third and have Set C on its own. That'll mean I'll use 4 mobo headers,.. and have the CPU one left for the CPU pair (of fans) on the DR TF cooler. That's the plan anyway. Here's hoping it works! :) Build parts arriving tomorrow (17th). Woohoo! :)

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Yup, that's where I was going with it as I mentioned only 3 were PWM controlled. Now just realize, the adapter you purchased will not allow the fans to review up 100% since the fan power for those 5 connections will be coming from 1 header, although it may not be a bad thing for you. good luck my friend, I hope it works out for you. Please do let me know.

[@SceneArtisan]

​@@ThisBytesForYou I'm only attaching 3 fans (each) to 2 of those 5-port hubs and 2 to another (8 fans in total) with one fan on its own so I can control my desired 4 sets of fans as sets (intake or exhaust). They'll all go up to 100% if/when I need them to - in theory. ;) 5-port fan hub #1 = 3 fans. Front. 1 mobo header. Intake. 5-port fan hub #2 = 2 fans. Bottom. 1 mobo header. Intake. 5-port fan hub #3 = 3 fans. Top. 1 mobo header. Exhaust. Last fan, no 5-port hub. Just run fan to the last header on mobo. Exhaust. That's the idea, anyway.

[@alexpolshikov2046]

the only way to make a good look to any case is order in cabel mod special cabels but the prise .........

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Cablemod cables are nice, but to me, the price is too high, I am also a member of the group for a few years but the price is just too high for me

[@Rohambili]

What if i say, you doin it wrong... some things...

[@ThisBytesForYou]

Please do tell what you consider wrong?