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I have an Asus Sabertooth X99 Motherboard. And I recently purchased a set of MASTERFAN MF120L RGB from cooler master. After receiving the fans, I realized on opening up my machine that the Sabertooth X99 has no connections for the RBG lightning cable that comes with these fans. Is there any way to connect this fan to the MOBO. is there any converter cable that would be available?

If not what are my options on RGB fans whose lighting can be enabled AND would have connections that are already available with my Motherboard?
 
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Your mobo does not have an LED port on it, so you need to buy an accessory controller for the lights on the fans. Cooler Master makes two types. One is a small box for manual control with a modest group of pre-set lighting effects you change by the pushbuttons.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cooling-rgb-accessories/wired-rgb-controller-c10l/

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811999383

It appears to have only one output connector and a cable to plug in one LED strip or fan, but note the splitter cable that comes with the other controller (below) - MIGHT be available separately. It gets power from a 4-pin Molex power output of the PSU

The other is a RGB LED Hub controller hubrun by software from Cooler Master...
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I don't think my motherboard has a separate connector for RGB lighting. but I have other case fans with led lighting connected (just that they are of single color). Hence my question. Is there a way I can use any extra cables of sort to get my fans to work with this Mobo.
 
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Your mobo does not have an LED port on it, so you need to buy an accessory controller for the lights on the fans. Cooler Master makes two types. One is a small box for manual control with a modest group of pre-set lighting effects you change by the pushbuttons.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cooling-rgb-accessories/wired-rgb-controller-c10l/

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811999383

It appears to have only one output connector and a cable to plug in one LED strip or fan, but note the splitter cable that comes with the other controller (below) - MIGHT be available separately. It gets power from a 4-pin Molex power output of the PSU

The other is a RGB LED Hub controller hubrun by software from Cooler Master, not manual buttons. It contains more options for lighting effects and comes with a splitter to power and control three fans, but it costs significantly more. For that matter, the Hub has 4 output ports on it so you would not need the splitter cable. It must connect to a SATA power output from the PSU, and to a mobo USB2 header.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cooling-rgb-accessories/rgb-led-controller/

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999379

 
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