Martinr36
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Show @AgentCooper a photo of that he loves cable management......................
RGB Fan
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Ubuysa did a fine job - I was just going to tell you to increase the bandwidth and retune the dilithium crystals
TonyCarter
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Yes, just feel the back is missing a bit of colour, and even looking at the Corsair website I'm not sure if my case has a core/pro/commander/RGB hub or what....and that's before I have to decide between an ML/QL/SP/LL/XX/PQ/DP fan type.
Plus I can't find a way to turn off the stupid bright white Zotac logo on the 3070, or how to make the bottom front fan (of the 3) follow my instructions. The top 2 are fine, but the bottom one ignores all speed controlling efforts (RGB control is fine).
But I don't want to risk breaking anything, so I'll probably leave it as is unless I can see VERY easy instructions (I'm a Mac user normally...and since I moved on from my old MacPros, the most 'modifying' I've done is to install SSDs in place of HDDs in MacMinis.
It comes with the lighting node core that looks like this...
And if your Zotac GPU does have controllable lighting, it'll probably be via Firestorm Spectra (check the bottom of this page)...
www.zotac.com
SPECTRA 2.0 Lighting Capabilities | ZOTAC
Silky smooth visual lighting transitions and displays
www.zotac.com
TonyCarter
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So, from my extensive research, that will control the RGB and the speed comes from the board PWM?
I should have a slot or two spare if the front fans use 3 slots, and the AIO uses a 1-3 (does this use a single channel or one for each of the fans & pump?).
If I want to control the speed as well as the RGB from the iCUE software I'd need the Corsair Commander Pro unit I think, and a 120mm or 140mm fan in the same SP specification to ensure the RGB works the same as some have more/less LEDs...although it looks like the front fans are SP and the AIO fans are ML...more confusion...and I haven't even opened up the case yet
TonyCarter
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The basic Zotac 3070 I've got doesn't have RGB, just the single, bright white illuminated Zotac logo (the Firestorm software Spectra tab is disabled).And if your Zotac GPU does have controllable lighting, it'll probably be via Firestorm Spectra (check the bottom of this page)...
SPECTRA 2.0 Lighting Capabilities | ZOTAC
Silky smooth visual lighting transitions and displays
I'd need to prise off the side of my 220T when I get home to check and see how many are in use, my set-up is virtually identical to yours. Or if you have a look first, let me know!
TonyCarter
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Right, finally took my cover off again...to find this...
I have snipped off the cable tie in the red area and positioned the cables vertically...which also allows room for the cables in the green area to flatten down a little to enable the case to close more easily, but there's more multi-level thick cabling towards there bottom, which means I currently need a hand on the top, middle, bottom and back at the same time to be able to engage all the catches.
One benefit is there's definitely a spare connector to connect a 140mm rear fan to
As soon as I release the screws and pull the cover back slightly, this is how much the over pops up...
Investigating further shows there is more than one area that's causing this and I'll have to spend some time unsnipping the cable ties to sort it out - maybe when I put the new fan in.
I have snipped off the cable tie in the red area and positioned the cables vertically...which also allows room for the cables in the green area to flatten down a little to enable the case to close more easily, but there's more multi-level thick cabling towards there bottom, which means I currently need a hand on the top, middle, bottom and back at the same time to be able to engage all the catches.
One benefit is there's definitely a spare connector to connect a 140mm rear fan to
As soon as I release the screws and pull the cover back slightly, this is how much the over pops up...
Investigating further shows there is more than one area that's causing this and I'll have to spend some time unsnipping the cable ties to sort it out - maybe when I put the new fan in.
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SpyderTracks
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Good investigation there.Right, finally took my cover off again...to find this...
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I have snipped off the cable tie in the red area and positioned the cables vertically...which also allows room for the cables in the green area to flatten down a little to enable the case to close more easily, but there's more multi-level thick cabling towards there bottom, which means I currently need a hand on the top, middle, bottom and back at the same time to be able to engage all the catches.
One benefit is there's definitely a spare connector to connect a 140mm rear fan to
As soon as I release the screws and pull the cover back slightly, this is how much the over pops up...
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Investigating further shows there is more than one area that's causing this and I'll have to spend to some unsnipping the cable ties to sort it out - maybe when I put the new fan in.
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I would send an email to PCS linking to this thread, not so much to complain or anything (unless you feel you want to), but to help them with training, I think the assembler of this PC has fallen short on the cable management.