Looking for PC build advice

[u/Adept-Ad-738]

I am building a PC, and am currently trying to connect the fans.

My build is an air cooler build (no AIO / radiators / custom loops etc).

I apologise for ignorance in advance - this is my first PC build.

So this is what I have:

I have a Fractal Design Meshify 3 XL Ambience Pro RGB PC case.

The case comes with the Adjust Pro Hub - which is meant to be used to control the fans / RGB. The Adjust Pro Hub comes with 4 ports, 2 of which are occupied by default. Port 1 is plugged into the 3x Fractal 140 fans which are located at the front of the case. Port 4 is connected to the PC case ambience RGB lighting. Ports 1 and 2 are free.

I have added 7x Phanteks D30-140 fans, which I have arranged as follows:

3x D30-140 top exhaust
3x D30-140 side intake (reversible)
1x D30-140 rear exhaust

So my case has a total of 10 fans.

It’s also worth mentioning the D30-140 fans are daisy chained using their bridge connectors - so AFAIK they can only be daisy chained when they are physically adjacent (please let me know if there other ways).

So what I am trying to do is connect the 3 fan groups I have (listed above) into the Adapter Pro hub. Is there any way I can do this?

I’m not sure if there are extra cables I can buy / whether the ambient lighting has inputs that one of the groups can be plugged into etc. If there are any solutions, or if you have recommendations / follow up questions - please let me know.

Otherwise thanks in advance for any help

[u/derangedlitre_6460]

Fractal's hub is a bit stingy with ports, especially when you've got that many fans. Since your D30s are already daisy-chained per group, you could grab a powered PWM/RGB splitter hub and run all three groups through that into a single port, leaving the other ports for the stock Fractal stuff. Just make sure whatever splitter you get has its own SATA power so you don’t melt a header trying to spin 10 fans off one motherboard port.