A few questions regarding lighting, monitors, and other connections.

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Airrick

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This is the build Ive decided to do next month.

Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus IX Extreme LGA1151 DDR4

CPU
Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151

Graphics
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card x2

RAM
Corsair LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz C16 DDR4 DRAM

SSD
Samsung 750 EVO - 500GB

HDD
WD Black 2TB

Power Supply
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W Gold Fully Modular

OS
Windows 10 home 64

Case
Thermaltake Tower 900

Disk Drive
Asus Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-Ray Drive

Monitors
Asus vg248qe 205 24in x2

Mouse
Corsair Gaming SCIMITAR Pro RGB Gaming Mouse
Keyboard
K95 RGB PLATINUM Cherry MX Speed key switches
Headphones
Corsair Gaming VOID Wireless RGB Gaming Headset
Mousepad
MM800 RGB Polaris


Cooling
Thermaltake Riing 14 RGB 3-Pack 51.1 CFM 140mm Fans x2
2 liquid cool kits, 1 for motherboard/CPU. 1 added a month later for both graphics card


My main questions is in regards to aesthetics and connections.

Can I connect Thermaltake Riing fans to my motherboard instead of the thermal take controller to utilize the aura system from asus?

What bridge would you recommend for the two graphics cards? and will it fit if I am using the ekwb waterblocks? (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx-g1-nickel)

Right now I will only have 2 monitors, however could I add a third to run all three for gaming?

Is 850w enough to power this system? would it still be enough If i added a few extra rgb strips or rgb lighted fitting?



 
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velocityg4
Looking through some threads. The Aura system is not compatible with the RGB system on the Thermaltake Riing fans. It is designed to control 5050 RGB LED strips.

The Cooler Master Masterfan Pro 120 is Aura Sync compatible so is the Akasa Vegas X7.
http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/masterfan-pro-120-ab-rgb/
http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Fans&type_sub=LED&model=AK-FN093

Aura sync compatible case, light strips, &c. It is not an all encompassing list. But it is at least somewhere to start.
https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/Sync.html

Even with Aura Sync. I imagine the RGB will at best be a close match. I doubt there are standards for color consistency.

Whatever body that...
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Looking through some threads. The Aura system is not compatible with the RGB system on the Thermaltake Riing fans. It is designed to control 5050 RGB LED strips.

The Cooler Master Masterfan Pro 120 is Aura Sync compatible so is the Akasa Vegas X7.
http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/masterfan-pro-120-ab-rgb/
http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Fans&type_sub=LED&model=AK-FN093

Aura sync compatible case, light strips, &c. It is not an all encompassing list. But it is at least somewhere to start.
https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/Sync.html

Even with Aura Sync. I imagine the RGB will at best be a close match. I doubt there are standards for color consistency.

Whatever body that comes up with ATX standards. Needs to come up with one for RGB lighting. Then it will become much easier to find plug and play equipment.

Yes, if you get another matching resolution monitor. Preferably the same make/model for color and size consistency. You can run all three monitors in supported games.

According to the EKWB product page. The waterblock is not compatible with SLI HB bridges. I've read you can just remove the cover from the HB SLI bridge and it works. If it doesn't you can use a standard SLI bridge for decreased performance. I've also read you can use two SLI ribbons side by side. But it is still not as fast as the HB SLI bridge.

850w should be enough. With all the lighting, water cooling and I assume extensive overclocking. I'd up it to 1000W.
 
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