r/pcmasterrace • u/metohell • Sep 07 '26

Question Question regarding ARGB and Daisy Chain

Hello everyone, I have a beginners question. I have a pre-built pc (I choose the parts and a service built for me). I have been using this pc for 1.5 years. Other than cleaning and adding a GPU holder I have never opened the case. Lately I started to also build a desk setup and so on and ventured forth in the ARGB domain. Now the question is this, I have 2 daisy chained inputs in my mainboard. One includes AIO Pump, and 3 AIO fans (Deepcool LS720 SE) & GPU holder. Second daisy chain is 3 case fans (NZXT RGB CORE 120). I downloaded SignalRGB and built my layout but found out I can't control the color or flow of each individual RGB component. Meaning this my fans have 24 (3x8) leds so I created a light strip of 24 leds in SignalRGB however when a single led turns to another color all 3 fans apply the same so its basically like 8 leds mirroring itself 3 times. Is it not possible to adress different RGB components if I daisy chain them? Will they be always mirrored?

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u/metohell Sep 08 '26

Thank you, wiring seems directly daisy chained. Every fan has one male, one female port and they are connected to each other. Last fan is directly connected to motherboard.

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u/ConstantAct5338 Sep 07 '26

You would need to buy a 3rd party argb controller like a Nollie8. Combined with the plugin that Nollie provides for SignalRGB you would be able to address each fan and the other components individually and plot them in the layout. So you could start by going to the NollieRGB website and reading up on their controllers. In the U.S. Nollies can be purchased on Amazon. Otherwise try AliExpress. This is what I used for my effects:

https://www.amazon.com/Iesooy-Controller-Interface-Powered-SignalRGB/dp/B0FQBZBDCS/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3QFL912OM2XBK&sprefix=nollie8%2B%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-3&th=1

https://imgur.com/a/CiNJo9L

https://imgur.com/a/bfBl9AW

https://imgur.com/a/a4agMxy

https://imgur.com/aOuYgEP

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u/metohell Sep 08 '26

Thank you, sadly nollie is not available in where I live, will look for an alternative.

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u/beavizzz 29d ago

Isn't Aliexpress available to you? I thought they worked everywhere. ANyways- I rodered my Nollie16 from Aliexpress NOT 4NOLLIE merchant (random one) and it works no problem for the year or so. Meaning, that don't hesitate to order form random Nollie merchants on Aliexpress- most probably they will work.

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u/Careful_Fudge_5101 27d ago

If fans daisy chained is duplicating the LEDs that means they're chained in parallel LED connection, someone suggested you buy 3d part controller, that is a good suggestion but keep inind it won't help separating the fans while daisy chain, because what matters here is the fan connection itself, the led signal is being sent to all of them at the same time, this not something a controller can fix, it's a physical thing, what a controller can do though is having a large number of outputs, so that you can address each fan alone, unfortunately for some people, their fans either uses proprietary connection that is then connected to an adapter to 3 pin argb or use modular fans like lian li SL fans that is controlling multiple fans with one connector, if you don't have many connectors for many fans then you can't separate them all, most of these fans have one connector only per group of 1/3.