How to use different fans on your CPU cooler (all-in-one cooler compatibility)

In this video I want to talk about all-in-one CPU coolers and whether you can use fans of your own preference on them and how. What's the wiring logic when using Noctua fans on a Corsair all in one cooler? Or how do you connect up Lian Li fans on a NZXT Kraken Z73 cooler? Well, it is possible to do and the logic is fairly straight forward, so I'm going to show you how.

Sometimes you'll simply be connecting the fans from the radiator to a breakout cable on the pump head. Other times you might have to connect the fan power cables to the CPU Fan or CPU Opt connection on your motherboard. If they're not daisy chainable fans then you might need to use a y-splitter cable to do that.

If they're RGB cables you also need to consider the RGB connection. For Lian Li fans you'd connect them to the fan controller that you get in a triple pack, but for other fans you might connect to the 5V RGB header on your motherboard instead. For Corsair you could connect the RGB to an RGB node (or Lighting node) then connect that to your motherboard with a USB connection.

I'm showing the logic of each of these fan connections in this video to make your life a little easier. Hopefully it helps with the wiring logic. I'd also recommend that you watch these videos:

#PCfans #PCbuild #AllInOneCooler

USB Splitter:

Fan splitters:

Corsair Commander Core XT:

In this video, we'll show you how to use different fans on your all in one cooler. By doing this, you'll be able to customize your cooler to perfectly suit your needs!

Noctua, Lian Li and Corsair fans are all compatible with AIO coolers. By using different fans, you'll be able to create a cooler that is specifically tailored to your needs. This video will help you choose the right fan for your AIO cooler, and help you get the most out of your cooler!

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[clay_]

Absolute man of the people with this video 👌

[prentgc]

Thank you. Just got my h9 flow an lian li fans last night, how ever my aio isnt in stock for another 2 weeks so at least i know i can use my old aio for the time being

[SKCycling-kx]

Thanks for all you do bro, every time I do a build and search youtube you always have just what I need. Thanks for explaining things that it is easy to understand with great video quality to boot. Keep up the great work. New

[ronswanson]

I’m hitting that like brutton. Thank you for helping this first timer ❤

[jesusfreakster]

I’ve binged on many of the Illustrious Pawn’s videos today, as I’m awaiting build components to arrive -Lian Li cooler and fans (to be ordered)… excellent instructions. He could double as a book narrator for audible… hint hint😊

[Junt]

Im thinking about swapping the AF Elite that my Corsair H170i Elite XT 420mm brought for LX 140 icue link ones. I was a bit nervous about it but this video helped.

[kappasmurf]

does anyone know if they make a cable like the one at 3:30 for the SL-Infinity fans? I bought the 3 pack and some singles but they do not come with any cables that would connect to the sync port on the Lian Li controller. I am using them with a corsair AIO.

[iansanity]

Thank you so much for answering my only question with AIOs 👌

[georgedrexel]

The issue I’m running into with my SL INF 120 fans is that with the single pack splitter it has the 4-pin PWM and 3-pin ARGB connector that goes directly onto the motherboard not the controller so I can’t separate the AIO fans from the case fans.

[doodskie]

I use the AL120 on my 360 cooler. Never had issues and cools pretty much the same even with heavy cpu load.

[brcosmin]

no bs, and very informative. thank you

[ryankirby]

When connecting Lian Li fans in replacement for Corsair's default AIO fans, is there any way to control the Lian Li fan speed based on Corsair AIO liquid temp?

[BigDawgKG]

The problem is if you buy the 3 pack of SL Inf 120, you only get the cables that allow you to connect to Hub, but with the single pack, the cable doesn't have a connection that allows you to connect to the HUB. It has the 4-pin PWM and 3-pin ARGB connector that goes directly onto the motherboard not the controller so I can’t separate the AIO fans from the case fans. You are left with a choice of running everything from the hub, which doens't allow the pump to control fan speed, or connecting power to the pump and then RGB to the board which L-connect then wont control with all the other fans. Any solution to this?

[babysnakes]

Just waiting for my V2 Uni Fans to turn up before fitting them to my EK360 Nucleus... can't wait!

[Taeee]

So for Lian Li fans on an NZXT cooler I’d connect the single cable to the break out cable on the pump head and then the other cable to the Lian li connect hub to control the RGB?

[ezequielrosado]

Hello, I was just wondering what cable you used to connect the lian li fans to the mother board in 4:29 (the white one)

[NonLegitNation]

I'm having a strange problem. i just bought a new case, Lian Li 011 Air Mini. I'm using all the same hardware i was using before except now it seems like iCUE isn't controlling the fan speed on my AIO rad fans. I'm using ThermalTake Tough fans and have them connected to the pump head like I did in my last case, then I have the AIO sata power connector connected to a sata cable and I have the pump connected to a usb 2.0 header, just like in my last case. I have my fan speed in iCUE set to max for the fans and extreme for the pump yet it doesn't seem to be working. I have great idle temps at 38C but just a few mintues ago while running a video through handbrake my temps jumped to 92C which has never happened before.
I've used 3 different brands of fans with this AIO and I've connected all of them to the fan cables on th AIO and iCUE controlled the speed so I don't know why it's acting up now.

[Spinelli__]

I've done fan-standardized testing of the original Swiftech H320 AIO VS the Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 360 AIO.

I ran both AIOs with 6x Swiftech H320 Helix fans in push/pull, 6x Arctic P12 fans in push/pull, and 3x Phanteks T30 fans (push or pull, can't remember, same for both coolers) at different RPMs: 1000, 1400, 1800 plus 2200, 2600, and 3000 for the Phanteks. I repeated the tests, cooler mounting, and thermal paste application multiple times. Conclusions for the results are as follows:

The Swiftech H320 is always 2-4 degrees cooler than the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 in every test when comparing same fans and same RPMs (all fan models, all RPMs). This is shocking because the Swiftech cooler has both less radiator fin density AND less radiator thickness. What makes the Swiftech win must be a combination of the Swiftech's cold plate, copper radiator (Arctic's is aluminum), and probably the biggest difference being Swiftech's pump which, unlike most AIOs with low-speed pumps in the 25-60 L/hr range, runs at around 600 L/hr (when set to it's max speed which I ran for the tests).

Other things to note:
- I re-mounted the Swiftech 3 times. I always got the same temps (fantastic consistency!). On the other hand, the first time I mounted the Arctic, I got temps that were 5 - 9 degrees C hotter than the Swiftech. Upon re-mounting the Arctic 2 more times, temps improved to 2-4 degrees hotter than the Swiftech for both the 2nd and 3rd mountings so it looks like that's the best I could get
- CPU was an Intel i9-11900K overclocked and locked at 5.1 or 5.2 GHz (can't remember) all-core
- stress tests were either 5 or 10 (can't remember) Cinebench R23 runs each
- ambient temps were controlled and always within 0.6 degrees C for every test
- each fan performed as expected with the Arctic P12 always performing cooler (at equal RPM) than the Swiftech Helix, and the Phanteks T30 always performing cooler (at equal RPM) than both other fans
- cooling always improved with increased fan RPM with both AIOs, even with the Phanteks T30s all the way up to their maximum speed of 3000 RPM (surprised)
- thermal paste used is SYY-157 (one of the best pastes, 95-99 % the performance of Thermalright TFX)

[Rick-xejj]

Hello Sir.
At 2:38 you pluged the fans into AIO spitter. And the aio pump into aio fan port on mobo. Now my question is, the rear exhaust and front intakes that are connected to the controller, do i plug the 3 plug (from the bottom of contoller) into cpu fan port on mobo or system fan port?
You've helped me alot along the ways.
Cheers.

[alexplays]

My infinity fan 1 pack doesnt come with that cable that connects into the fans and the controller, only to 3 pin argb and 4 pin usb