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Warbelian

Warbelian

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Case
CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® STRIX B550-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

After going a bit back and forth the build finally got done and prior to Christmas which was amazing,
Previously the idea was to place the H115i installed on the top, but didn't seem to work out for size due to the RAM,

Also the H115i doesn't seem to be a well fit for the 4000X and 3070TI so had to either swap to the H100 or H150 so went with the H150,

Very snappy as you'd expect, struggles somehow with DOOM Eternal on High Settings, could be CPU, need to benchmark it but currently the 5600X is a place holder.

Will share some Fire Mark results after it finishes installing & all that.

Question, the H150i, has the front fans but somehow I can't seem to change their colour in iCUE, are they controlled stand-alone ?
 
B4zookaw

B4zookaw

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Warbelian said:
IMG-2345.jpg


Case
CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® STRIX B550-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

After going a bit back and forth the build finally got done and prior to Christmas which was amazing,
Previously the idea was to place the H115i installed on the top, but didn't seem to work out for size due to the RAM,

Also the H115i doesn't seem to be a well fit for the 4000X and 3070TI so had to either swap to the H100 or H150 so went with the H150,

Very snappy as you'd expect, struggles somehow with DOOM Eternal on High Settings, could be CPU, need to benchmark it but currently the 5600X is a place holder.

Will share some Fire Mark results after it finishes installing & all that.

Question, the H150i, has the front fans but somehow I can't seem to change their colour in iCUE, are they controlled stand-alone ?
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Very nice build, close in spec's to my own. Have you had a chance to play around with fan curves for GPU and CPU?
In terms of the front fans, they would need to be connected to the Commander Core that came with the H150 to be controlled I think. Looking at your photo, I can see that there are fans connected to Chassis Fan 2 and 3 headers, could be the front ones which would explain why they're not in iCUE. Might be worth popping back panel off and seeing if you can trace the wiring.
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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IRLRobinS said:
Very nice build, close in spec's to my own. Have you had a chance to play around with fan curves for GPU and CPU?
In terms of the front fans, they would need to be connected to the Commander Core that came with the H150 to be controlled I think. Looking at your photo, I can see that there are fans connected to Chassis Fan 2 and 3 headers, could be the front ones which would explain why they're not in iCUE. Might be worth popping back panel off and seeing if you can trace the wiring.
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Any of the i series coolers will work independently of a commander core or lighting node, the pump header includes rgb addressability.
 
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B4zookaw

B4zookaw

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
SpyderTracks said:
Any of the i series coolers will work independently of a commander core or lighting node, the pump header includes rgb addressability.
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So basically plug the pump head directly to SATA and USB Header? Which would make sense but I thought the OP was asking how to control the case fan colours. They would need to be connected to a commander or node right? They can't be connected directly to ARGV or RGB header, as they have proprietary connectors for RGB I think?
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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IRLRobinS said:
So basically plug the pump head directly to SATA and USB Header? Which would make sense but I thought the OP was asking how to control the case fan colours. They would need to be connected to a commander or node right? They can't be connected directly to ARGV or RGB header, as they have proprietary connectors for RGB I think?
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No, that's what I'm saying, I series coolers don't need a commander or node, they'll work independently.
 
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Warbelian

Warbelian

Bronze Level Poster
IRLRobinS said:
Very nice build, close in spec's to my own. Have you had a chance to play around with fan curves for GPU and CPU?
In terms of the front fans, they would need to be connected to the Commander Core that came with the H150 to be controlled I think. Looking at your photo, I can see that there are fans connected to Chassis Fan 2 and 3 headers, could be the front ones which would explain why they're not in iCUE. Might be worth popping back panel off and seeing if you can trace the wiring.
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I'd probably fry something if I tried, I've been a laptop user all my life, it's my first good pc, last one I've had was in year 2002 if I'm not wrong which was rocking a strong Pentium 4 at 3.0 Ghz

With the fans I was playing around with the colors to see what's what, the H150i fans are on the top which can be controlled with iCue,
The front ones seem to be the ones that already come with the case, for those I'll need to purchase a lighting node, says google at least.

Anyhow, I'm not an RGB fan, so just want to actually turn them off lol
 
RichLan564

RichLan564

Bright Spark
SpyderTracks said:
No, that's what I'm saying, I series coolers don't need a commander or node, they'll work independently.
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Huh ? You sure about that ?

The 24pin cable that comes from the pump plugs directly into the Commander Core, it can't go anywhere else, you don't see the Commander in iCUE as a separate unit but it still needs it, or am i misunderstanding what you are saying?

From the H150i Elite Capellix manual:

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B4zookaw

B4zookaw

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Warbelian said:
I'd probably fry something if I tried, I've been a laptop user all my life, it's my first good pc, last one I've had was in year 2002 if I'm not wrong which was rocking a strong Pentium 4 at 3.0 Ghz

With the fans I was playing around with the colors to see what's what, the H150i fans are on the top which can be controlled with iCue,
The front ones seem to be the ones that already come with the case, for those I'll need to purchase a lighting node, says google at least.

Anyhow, I'm not an RGB fan, so just want to actually turn them off lol
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I hear you, my last personal PC was of a slightly newer vintage that your P4, but not by much.

I found with my GPU (Zotac 3070 TI) that Firestorm (Zotac's config tool) auto settings ramped the GPU fans up to 100% way too soon, so PC was like a hair dryer playing games. So I installed MSI's Afterburner and created a custom curve that has the GPU running at full load with temps steady at 75C and fans only 66% RPM. Much quieter.

Will do something similar with case fans once I replace my front fans with Corsairs so everything can be controlled in iCUE
 
RichLan564

RichLan564

Bright Spark
IRLRobinS said:
I hear you, my last personal PC was of a slightly newer vintage that your P4, but not by much.

I found with my GPU (Zotac 3070 TI) that Firestorm (Zotac's config tool) auto settings ramped the GPU fans up to 100% way too soon, so PC was like a hair dryer playing games. So I installed MSI's Afterburner and created a custom curve that has the GPU running at full load with temps steady at 75C and fans only 66% RPM. Much quieter.

Will do something similar with case fans once I replace my front fans with Corsairs so everything can be controlled in iCUE
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The front fans are Corsair, i think from previous threads you should be able to connect them to the H150i Commander Core and get control of them that way
 
B4zookaw

B4zookaw

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
RichLan564 said:
The front fans are Corsair, i think from previous threads you should be able to connect them to the H150i Commander Core and get control of them that way
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Yep, that's the plan. Swap Cooler Master case fans for ML120s to be consistent with H150i fans. ML120s arriving today.... My case is the TD500 mesh, so I don't have the built in PWM repeater or lighting node that OP has with his Corsair case.
 
RichLan564

RichLan564

Bright Spark
IRLRobinS said:
Yep, that's the plan. Swap Cooler Master case fans for ML120s to be consistent with H150i fans. ML120s arriving today.... My case is the TD500 mesh, so I don't have the built in PWM repeater or lighting node that OP has with his Corsair case.
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Ah sorry, i got my replies wrong way round, i though was replying to OP as it was a 4000x case but sounds like you are sorted.

Personally i would have gone LL120 as they have more LED bling!
 
B4zookaw

B4zookaw

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
RichLan564 said:
Ah sorry, i got my replies wrong way round, i though was replying to OP as it was a 4000x case but sounds like you are sorted.

Personally i would have gone LL120 as they have more LED bling!
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Yeah, but wanted consistency in the look of RGB, plus LL's max out at 1500 RPM vs 2000 for ML Elites
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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RichLan564 said:
Huh ? You sure about that ?

The 24pin cable that comes from the pump plugs directly into the Commander Core, it can't go anywhere else, you don't see the Commander in iCUE as a separate unit but it still needs it, or am i misunderstanding what you are saying?

From the H150i Elite Capellix manual:

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My bad, I totally forgot the new units come with a commander Core so it is a part of the unit as such. I was basing my info off the older models.

Sorry for confusion!
 
Warbelian

Warbelian

Bronze Level Poster
RichLan564 said:
The front fans are Corsair, i think from previous threads you should be able to connect them to the H150i Commander Core and get control of them that way
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Will have a look into this, the commander should be stored on the cable managment side right ?
I wonder if it's an option, shouldn't it come pre-done when building ?
 
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