I have an aerocool fan hub and there are currently 3 case fans connected to my fan hub. Now, I want to buy 2 more case fans, but I'm going to buy ID cooling fans because the aerocool fans are currently sold out here in my country. My question is, will ID cooling fans work on an aerocool fan hub? I'm using the aerocool p7-h1 hub, and I'm planning to buy the ID cooling sf 12025 case fans.
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Sorry, the answer is probably not, but maybe.
That P7-H1 Hub is a RGB lighting Hub, NOT a fan control Hub. Its function is to provide power and control to RGB Lighting LED units, whether they be LED strips or LED's built into a fan. It says it does no control of fan motors. It does read the speed signals of its fans and report those via its USB2 connection to the Aerocool software for display.
However, it does have a connection to a mobo fan header, and it does also have a connection to a PSU power output. So it would be possible for it to have included in its design the "normal" functions of a fan speed control Hub also. Technically, such a device does not control its fans' speeds - it merely relays the control signal from its mobo SYS_FAN header. That normally works only with 4-pin fans, and only when the host mobo header is using PWM Mode for control. The P7-H1 website page does NOT say it does any of this.
So, OP, the real question is, does that unit you have now actually achieve some kind of control of the speeds of all fans connected to it? And let's be careful about this. You do not tell us how things are connected now. The case has three fans, but where are they plugged in? Their MOTORS may be connected to some case-mounted fan speed switch, OR they may be plugged into the Hub. NOTE that, for EACH fan the Hub works with, there are TWO cables from fan to Hub. ONE cable is for the RGB lighting functions and those go to two RGB ports on the Hub. The other cable from each fan ends in a standard 3- or 4-pin female fan connector and goes to one of FIVE fan ports on the Hub. So IF the fans' MOTOR connectors are plugged into the Hub's FAN ports, then the Hub is providing power to the fans and MAY be able to control them. On the other hand, if ONLY the RGB cables form the fans go to the Hub's RGB ports, then fan MOTOR control is being done differently independent of the Hub.
So, are the motor leads going to the Hub's Fan ports? If yes, then do the speeds of those fans change as your workload changes? If yes to both questions, then the Hub IS able to control fan speeds, and it will work with the new fans, too.
That P7-H1 Hub is a RGB lighting Hub, NOT a fan control Hub. Its function is to provide power and control to RGB Lighting LED units, whether they be LED strips or LED's built into a fan. It says it does no control of fan motors. It does read the speed signals of its fans and report those via its USB2 connection to the Aerocool software for display.
However, it does have a connection to a mobo fan header, and it does also have a connection to a PSU power output. So it would be possible for it to have included in its design the "normal" functions of a fan speed control Hub also. Technically, such a device does not control its fans' speeds - it merely relays the control signal from its mobo SYS_FAN header. That normally works only with 4-pin fans, and only when the host mobo header is using PWM Mode for control. The P7-H1 website page does NOT say it does any of this.
So, OP, the real question is, does that unit you have now actually achieve some kind of control of the speeds of all fans connected to it? And let's be careful about this. You do not tell us how things are connected now. The case has three fans, but where are they plugged in? Their MOTORS may be connected to some case-mounted fan speed switch, OR they may be plugged into the Hub. NOTE that, for EACH fan the Hub works with, there are TWO cables from fan to Hub. ONE cable is for the RGB lighting functions and those go to two RGB ports on the Hub. The other cable from each fan ends in a standard 3- or 4-pin female fan connector and goes to one of FIVE fan ports on the Hub. So IF the fans' MOTOR connectors are plugged into the Hub's FAN ports, then the Hub is providing power to the fans and MAY be able to control them. On the other hand, if ONLY the RGB cables form the fans go to the Hub's RGB ports, then fan MOTOR control is being done differently independent of the Hub.
So, are the motor leads going to the Hub's Fan ports? If yes, then do the speeds of those fans change as your workload changes? If yes to both questions, then the Hub IS able to control fan speeds, and it will work with the new fans, too.
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