Add More Fans & RGB ARGB PWM Fan Hub With Remote Control Gamemax V4 0 RGB Controller

[@mikesunboxing]

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[@catpsyche]

I had bought a Generic Version of this (Pano-Mounts vs GameMax Version) and was looking for Installation/ Wiring of this on KZbin. YOU gave me every bit of info I needed, AND MORE, that I was looking for. Much Appreciated --- So Good!!! ♥♥♥

[@mikesunboxing]

Glad I could help!

[@derekwilson285]

the DC / PWM really helped me out. was wondering why rgb fan's werent lighting up properly. then rememberd this video.all blingy now.

[@uglybob7505]

Pleased this was found to be working as it should.....looks like a great bit of kit. Just wish a supplier would do a hub with a decent remote :-) Thanks mike and kath.

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah it would be nice to find a hub that is a bit better in that department or just clear on what the buttons actually do, we will find the perfect hub one day

[@Vialli100.]

You did actually say in the stream, you thought the bios was in DC mode.. Great vid Mike & Kath..

[@mikesunboxing]

that is the problem with BIOS flashing all the time, you have to change the settings after ever flash, and i usually do, which is why it caught me out

[@Vialli100.]

@@mikesunboxing That's strange on Asus boards it's set to Auto when the bios is flashed..

[@Niclord7]

7:00 Lol, love those cheap manuals. Press the red key until the red. / Press the greey key until the green. It is also sold under other brand names like TZMRIT. (try to say that 10 times) Thx for the nice review.

[@mikesunboxing]

thanks for watching

[@Bebruga]

I bought set of gamemax vista white case, six gamemax fans and a hub. And I was trying to figure out where to insert this 3 pin from the hub, but it turns out its to gigabyte, damn they provided everything, thank you very much, if it wasnt for your video, I would have inserted this thing into 4 pins and burned down the house. Also, thank you for helping me figure out the amd wraith prism cooler. Very good videos, even though I dont know english well, its really better than russian tech bloggers.

[@mikesunboxing]

thank you very much and i am glad the video was useful.

[@xgrx2042]

4:48 i have connect it to chassis fan but the problem is i still can control the pc fans in remote , you mentioned that i should change to pwm in bios and software, i did one in bios but i don’t know how to enable it in software too?

[@mikesunboxing]

This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels

[@Doobie3010]

Always good to take a break,bit of time and look at an issue with fresh eyes at a later date.Good vid man.Btw mike,those new Arctic MAX fans are really NICE superb airflow, cheap + good build quality-be worth a look.

[@mikesunboxing]

Thanks 👍i'll try and check them out

[@bulldogboy100]

I bought my Aigo fans from Aliexpress and they came with a hub and a remote control exactly like the one you showed

[@paalosordoni7932]

This is one of the few hubs that has proper PWM control, many hubs claim it but never deliver.

[@mikesunboxing]

yes this is a winner as far as i am concerned

[@facelessvaper]

I gave my gamemax vortex fans (agrb) with the included pwm fan/argb hub to the other half. I recently plumbed for the coolermaster 3 pack argb fans gen2 rgb controller for £50 to go with the XG750 there is no need for mobo argb either since it's usb 2.0 and masterplus software for some sweet individual LED control.

[@mikesunboxing]

i do like the option of running separate rgb software. the Thermaltake RGB is pretty good

[@nazuof4927]

03:44 hello sir i hope u reply to message i lost that cable sata to controller whatever the name , sir i actually lost it and i wanna buy only that cable but i am not able to find the name of it please help 😞

[@mikesunboxing]

i don't think you will get one on its own. the whole thing is only £6.99 at CCL at the moment

[@123456789dark100]

How could I connect the front panel LED strip of a MINI Abyss cabinet (Gamemax) to this controller? I bought the package and the cabinet, but when trying to connect the front LED strip I realized that it is not possible, any solution?

[@mikesunboxing]

the front section plugs into the cases own hub, so that can then be plugged into this hub

[@123456789dark100]

@@mikesunboxing but the problem is that between the version 1.6 controller of the cabinet and this v4.0 controller they do not have the same connections... im going to discord tech support

[@juanpablocyt]

It’s mandatory to connect the cpu fan to this hub or I can keep it connected to the cpu fan socket from the motherboard, because I only want to use this hub for the chasis fans

[@mikesunboxing]

plugg your fans in where ever you like, it is up to you

[@tudorrr_p4k]

Does it come with the little sata power cable? Or do I have to buy the small Sata-controller cable?

[@mikesunboxing]

the sata power cable will come from your PC power supply

[@tudorrr_p4k]

@@mikesunboxing i'm talking about the one that goes into the hub itself. The power cable that comes out of the hub :D

[@RoboChemist]

​@@tudorrr_p4kThat is included! What I'm wondering is if it's possible to get a moped one because I've run out of sata power connectors 😅

[@jamesmiscellaneous]

Ethics 💪

[@mikesunboxing]

without them we are done for as a society and community

[@emiya_muljomdaoo]

Thanks for the video! if my mobo is old and doesn't have 3v argb header, then this hub is connected only via SATA cable (and controlled using controller) right?

[@Senrab46]

What a good idea for controlling both speeds and colours! I agree I would keep cpu fan separate in case unit failed, unlikely but safeguards cpu imo. If you mixed 120 and 140mm fans do you mean if the fan linked in red port with mb control was at 40% then all the other connected fans would also be at 40%? irrespective of each fans ability? Still a bargain in my view and my F15 hub as never had any issues after 3 years use! Thanks Mike and Kath👍

[@mikesunboxing]

yes that is right, PWM values are based on the fans RPM range so a fan at 500 - 2000rpm at 10% pwm speed would be around 650rpm , a cheaper fan with an rpm range of 800- 1500 rpm would be at around 950- 1000 rpm so it might be louder than its higher quality counterpart so ideally keeping the fans either exactly the same or very colse spec makes it easier to tune the system for noise and cooling

[@Senrab46]

@@mikesunboxing Thanks for explaining Mike, I assumed all same brand but diff sizes, never thought mixed brands and quality. 👌

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

Can even be used in a retro build. and have RGB too 😛

[@mikesunboxing]

yes that is a good use case

[@hasanahmad]

I tried this but the pin slot in the box is very tight. it is so easy to bend the pins because of how the pins are set up

[@mikesunboxing]

yes the tolerace is very slim

[@Jules_Diplopia]

Nice. Perhaps just clearer instruction set up guide was needed. But thanks for the clarification.

[@mikesunboxing]

No worries!

[@howor]

Can you connect old 4 pin 12v RGB in the PWM slots in this control? Most of my fans use RBG but an AIO I recently bought has 3 pin 5v AGRB. Could I connect both to this and control them together?

[@mikesunboxing]

you cant really do that, there used to be a 12v rgb to 5v argb adapter but i haven't seen one of those in a long time

[@howor]

@@mikesunboxingto bad :( thanks for clearing that up for me

[@Matt___B]

what about daisy chaining? is each of those header the full fledged 5V 2or3A and 12V 5A or do they come with just enough 0.5Amps for 1 fan? the aio i have uses magnetic daisy chained fans, is it safe to connect those 3 to 1 single header on this hub and not burn the hub header?

[@mikesunboxing]

that should be okay, but i don't know for sure

[@riceball3756]

Like Mike said in the video, it is not recommended to connect the AIO to this device. Just plug it directly into CPU_FAN on your motherboard and connect all the other fans into this.

[@Mitsumi2i]

Hello, Using this hub... will the rgb color work if I don't connect the argb on the motherboard? I will only connect the pwm for fan speed control, my motherboard is msi A520m-pro (no rgb connection)

[@mikesunboxing]

yes that is one of the main benefits of this controller

[@hiraksarma3068]

Do I need seperate pwm fan hubs if intake and exhaust are different size and speed, intake (3 x Arctic Bionix A120), exhaust (2 x Arctic P14 Max).

[@mikesunboxing]

ideally yes but not entirely necessary

[@DelineatedMercy]

I have my chassis fan header set to pwm in bios and the controller connected but the remote still controls the speeds (rpm). Is there anything else I’m missing?

[@mikesunboxing]

is the fan connected to the primary port on the hub?

[@ayiiik]

i had this issue too, i just wanna the fan just back to automatic by system but the remote still controls the speeds.

[@mistergareth99]

im having the same issue with all 4 chasses headers. chan_fan 4 only spins 3 out of 7 fans. it used to be auto till i pressed auto tuning on army crate now bios isnt picking anything up

[@xgrx2042]

Same hope there is a solution

[@CheffRL]

Where do you put this in the pc? And how would i fit fan cables from the top to the pc to i assume the bottom

[@mikesunboxing]

put it wherever you like or are able to. most PC fans come with a reasonable amount of wire, but cable extensions are available if needed

[@CheffRL]

Would i just put it next to the power supply?

[@FANETO2688]

do you only set the header that the hub is plugged into? the 4 pin chassis header right? sorry im new to pc building and i just recently built my pc and my gpu and fan hub are coming in tomorrow and i got 6 fans in total with only 3 headers, 4 including my air cooler header.also if i know what header im pluggin the hub into, can i preset it in the bios or do i have to do it for every header?

[@mikesunboxing]

it is probably a good idea to set all the headers to PWM, it is quite rare to get a 3 pin fan power plug these days

[@FANETO2688]

@@mikesunboxing thank you

[@lucaargento9552]

Nice Video. So in my case where i need to connect different ARGB device, Can i use a hub like this to connect for example 9 ThermalTake fans ARGB SWAFAN 12EX, 2 EZDIYFAB strip led and 2 cable (Mobo+GPU) ARGB by Lian li, all of these on the hub and at the and connect the hub to mobo with 5V ARGB 3 pin connector? Thanks in advantage

[@mikesunboxing]

Yeah should be fine

[@lucaargento9552]

@@mikesunboxing Thanks for the answer. There is a hub that allow me to connect bot rgb and argb device? after that its enough connect hub only on argb connector on Mobo? Because i see that LianLi Cable for GPU is ARGB but for Mobo exists only in RGB version, and no others cable like this found in internet. Thanks in advantage

[@PolPingo]

Can i use this just to use ARGB? I do not have a ARGB connector on my mobo, so i need something to make my pump and radiator fan led work. I don't really want to connect the fan on the hub, I only need it for my Argb fan. And it seems that this controller preset are actually argb, so the rainbow effect should look good

[@mikesunboxing]

Yes that is a good way to do it

[@riceball3756]

If your motherboard doesn't have an ARGB header, then I don't think this device will even work because it comes with a 3-pin connector, so you need a 3-pin header on your motherboard to connect it to.

[@PolPingo]

@@riceball3756 The 3-pin connector is only to synchronize the hub with the mobo, nothing more. You can use the preset on the hub only.

[@ryuken7999]

one fan must plug in the red pwm connector.

[@elmachico8133]

can u control/see the rpm?

[@mikesunboxing]

the PWM pass through is totally done by the motherboard fan header, the remote control PWM has 4 speeds off low medium and 100%

[@fayezfawaz7784]

It has pwm?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes PWM only no DC fans can be used

[@fayezfawaz7784]

@@mikesunboxing And can I connect it to the sys fan or only to the cpu fan?

[@EzzzEzovic]

I clicked S- i think several times, now my fans stopped spinning. Please someone help me how to fix that.

[@mikesunboxing]

not quite sure what you have done there. i don't have a set here with me at the moment to check it, maybe try the auto or mb buttons

[@EzzzEzovic]

@@mikesunboxing Is there any way like to fix it in BIOS or mobo software?

[@EzzzEzovic]

Or like to reset the fans to default so it spin again.

[@mikesunboxing]

@@EzzzEzovic This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels

[@danbrit9848]

i swear you pc guys and fan noise ...its always so sad when childrens ears are stronger then an adults

[@mikesunboxing]

i am really sensitive to fan noise for some reason, what can i say :-)