3 pin versus 4 pin pwm a regular 3 pin fan has wires for power ground and tach tach relays information to your motherboard or software like rpm.
Corsair link control 3 pin fans.
The 4 th pin found on some case fans allows for pwm pulse width modulation control which allows your motherboard or fan control software to adjust the speed of your fan.
A 3 pin fan connector will be smaller in size than the 4 pin pwm fan connector.
Corsair link 4 9 9 3 corsair link dashboard software allows you to monitor your system and gives remarkable control over your case fans lighting and compatible corsair power supplies and hydro.
Both are included with all ll series rgb fan kits or sold separately.
This must also be plugged into the power supply via sata.
Stunning rgb lighting for your pc two rgb lighting channels combined with powerful corsair icue software complete customization of individually addressable rgb led strips and corsair rgb fans.
Instead of using the lighting controller use a 3 pin female adapter to connect the lighting node pro into the commander pro port labeled led 1.
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A 4 pin pwm fan connector will have four square holes on the front and four wires entering the back.
I think you can control the fans through corsair link also i m going to buy the msi z87 g45 which has all pwm headers and fan control software somewhat simillar to the asus fanxpert and lastly my case nzxt phantom 410 has a 12v 7v 5v fan controller but supports only 3 pin headers.
Corsair one 2017 2018 msi live update 6.
How to set up fan control system lighting in corsair icue.
Connect the included corsair link cable to a corsair link control module such as the corsair commander mini available separately and download the free corsair link dashboard software.
You can control pwm fan speed directly from your windows desktop and you can change the color of the leds from their default red to any of 16 8 million colors.
Rgb led lighting requires a corsair rgb fan led hub and a corsair lighting node pro.
This is still considered a 3 pin fan.
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Corsair link for one.
Corsair link is required for software lighting control.