all 5V leds are ARGB. The Farbwerk 360 has only 4 channels, not 8. the connectors are doubled up in case you want to use Aquacomputer RGBPX, or standard 3 pin ARGB.


apparently the fans come with a splitter. one connection for 3 fans, so you could use 2 channels for the radiators (6 fans), one for the back fan, one CPU, one GPU, one distro plate, one for the case front strip.

that's 7 channels.

You could see if you can add the back fan to one of the other fan channels depending on what splitters they send with them.. or maybe use a splitter to connect the distro plate and the case strip to the same header, that would go down to 6 channels. (The EK G1 distro plate has 18 leds, the O11 strip has 28, so you cna set the channel to 28 LEDs and both would play)

With a FW360 (4 channels) and an octo (2 channels) you're done and that would be the cheapest solution.

The FW360 already has standard ARGB headers so you're good to go. For the Octo you'll need a couple of these to convert the RGBPX connector to standard ARGB https://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_inf…roducts_id=3829


Now you could forfeit the Octo channels (they dont support transparency and effect stacking like the FW does), and use two FW360 just for ARGB. Then you have 8 channels and can have more individual control without using splitters.

Quoted from "Remayz"

With a FW360 (4 channels) and an octo (2 channels) you're done and that would be the cheapest solution.

Bear in mind that there is no synchronization between the RGBpx ports on the Farbwerk360 and the Octo. This may or may not be an issue, depending on what RGB effects you want.

I have 2 Farbwerk360's in my system and I discovered very quickly that there is no sync between them, or between them and my Octo. Aquacomputer devs posted a few weeks ago hinting that they were going to release an update that would allow multidevice RGBpx sync. I don't know when or exactly what the new capabilities will be. There is an Aquabus connector on the Farbwerk360 that the owner's manual says is "Reserved for future use". Maybe they could use those ports to send data between units. Aquabus is just a serial data bus. It has limited bandwidth but it might be able to carry clock/timing signals. Or maybe they can do it over the USB ports. However they do it, I think it will be a significant improvement in systems that have multiple devices with RGBpx ports. In the mean time, if you are planning to use effects that chase or cycle, you need to think through how you allocate RGBpx ports to devices with LEDs. Also, as Remayz mentioned, the Farkwerk360 RGBpx ports support transparency which is a very powerful feature that the Octo RGBpx ports do not support. If you want certain LEDs to have multiple concurrent effects, they need to be connected to a Farbwerk360 RGBpx port.

There were hints at a new feature of an upcoming version of Aquasuite with.. sync capabilities. I'm looking forward to see what it is about
The FW360 won't be synced with each other as of now. And of course you can connect your fans to both Octo and FW, they do two different things that are completely unrelated.
In aquasuite you'll have the Octo page to set your fan curves, and the two FW360 to set the lighting effects on all lighting channels.



That's actually how i use it :

https://gyazo.com/ace2a7e65e024d615ac40860ca05083c

Aquasuite has profiles that you can use to toggle between lighting effects / fan speed curves etc.. and you set yourself what those profiles do. It doesn't matter if your fans motors and LEDs are in different devices.

Like here. when i want unicorn puke RGB, i set all the FW devices to profile 2 which is RGB goodness, and the Octo to profile 1 for the fan curves. Could be anything really.
Aquasuite is like an empty canvas, and you create your own fan and pump control, your lighting the way you want, control it the way you want, even automate it the way you want. It's stupidly powerful, but you can also use basic features and presets and be done in 5 minutes.


https://gyazo.com/de50b259f8040179dc36edb8fece64fa


It's really easier to grasp when you start using it anyway.