To enable DRAM control in Mystic Light, you need to install the latest iCUE release, latest MSI Center release, and the latest Mystic Light feature set from MSI Center. To do this, you will need to connect the hub and manual controller or a commander and lighting node to control the lighting of the fans.
For MSI, it is not possible to directly plug Corsair Vengeance RGB PROs into Mystic Light. Users must choose between iCUE or Mystic Lighting for memory control, as it is not possible to do both. Disabling the SDK won’t work because Mystic Lights are not compatible with Mystic Light.
Natively, only Corsair’s 10 LED each strips or their LS100 strips will work off the CC XT’s lighting channel. If you get an adapter cable, you can run any normal 3 pin ARGB strip. However, there is nothing that will make ICUE directly control Mystic Light. You can bypass the ARGB headers and cut Mystic Light out of the loop and then use Corsair controllers and adapter cables.
To enable DRAM control in Mystic Light, you will need to install the latest iCUE release, latest MSI Center release, and latest Mystic Light. The JCorsair pin header provides up to 3A (5V) power supply to Mystic Light software compatible CORSAIR devices. It connects directly to RGB fan hub via 3pin cable (included) at one port and connects led strips at the second port.
The strips work with the hub, but they require a Lighting Node Pro or Commander Pro. They are compatible with MSI Mystic Light Sync, Asus Aura Sync, and Gigabyte RGB Fusion. You can also control it using Corsair Link. MSI’s Mystic Light Sync available on certain MSI Gaming motherboards can now synchronize with other brand’s products coming from Corsair.
📹 Ultimate Guide To RGB Controllers And Adapters
This video will cover the difference between addressable 5v and non-addressable 12v RGB. (3-pin ARGB/DRGB vs 4-pin RGB), …
What RGB software works with MSI?
MSI Mystic Light provides comprehensive control over RGB lighting in a single software program, encompassing lighting elements from the motherboard, graphics card, and PC case. Furthermore, the software is compatible with Mystic Light Sync products, thereby enabling users to construct a comprehensive RGB PC and optimize their gaming configuration.
Does Corsair iCUE work with mystic light?
In order to enable DRAM control in Mystic Light, it is necessary to install the latest iteration of iCUE, the MSI Center release, and the latest feature set from MSI Center. The latest version can be downloaded from the download section and a system reboot is then required.
Does Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro work with MSI mystic light?
Affirmative. The device is compatible with MSI Mystic Light Sync, Asus Aura Sync, and Gigabyte RGB Fusion.
Does Corsair iCUE only work with Corsair products?
CORSAIR iCUE is a software that allows users to control the lighting of their ASUS motherboards and GPUs, as well as compatible peripherals and components. It is compatible with iCUE-integrated smart lighting from Philips Hue, Nanoleaf, and Govee, extending the lighting scene beyond the desk and into the entire room. The software also offers features such as setting up Direct Device Mode (DMM), customization of RGB lighting, controlling fans, and monitoring CPU and system temperatures. The latest version of iCUE v. 5. 13. xx is available for download.
Does Nanoleaf work with Corsair iCUE?
Nanoleaf’s smart lighting devices are compatible with CORSAIR iCUE-compatible hardware and peripherals. In the event that a user has already obtained a set of Nanoleaf’s Lines, Shapes, or Canvas through the Nanoleaf mobile application, a brief iCUE update (presently version 4. 29. 201) can facilitate the integration process. To commence the configuration process, navigate to the Settings menu and select the Integrations option.
Why is mystic light not showing my Corsair RAM?
To enable Mystic Light to recognize your Corsair RAM, you may need to install iCUE and reboot after installation. Newer iCUE may not have the option to enable the SDK. It’s unclear why Mystic Light detects your Corsair RAM for the first time, but it’s likely due to the installation of iCUE.
When installing ICUE, your RAM is detected, but most articles suggest that ICUE and Mystic Light don’t work together. To resolve this issue, try installing iCUE and attempting to reconnect after installation.
Does Corsair RAM need iCUE?
If your RAM is not detected by iCUE and restarting your PC doesn’t resolve the issue, it might be due to a software conflict. Running other software that controls RGB and hardware components may cause Corsair interface drivers to deactivate. RAM will continue to operate normally, and its functionality will not be affected beyond changing RGB settings. Some software conflicts with Corsair hardware control include:
- Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
- Adobe Illustrator CC 2015
- Adobe Photoshop CS5\n4
Do you need MSI Center for Mystic Light?
Mystic Light software represents a comprehensive RGB software solution application that enables users to control the RGB LED light effects of MSI and partner products. The software is available for download from the MSI website or MSI Center.
Can you use mystic light without MSI center?
MSI provides the MYSTIC LIGHT software, an integrated RGB software solution that enables users to control the RGB LED light effects of MSI and partner products. This software is available for download from the MSI website or MSI Center.
Who owns MSI?
MSI Express, a middle market private equity firm, is majority owned by HCI Equity Partners. The company was formed in 1988 by the merger of Express Packaging and Manufacturing Solutions International. In 2020, it acquired Power Packaging. MSI Express’s headquarters are located in Portage, Indiana. HCI is a middle market private equity firm that partners with family and founder-owned manufacturing, service, and distribution companies.
Do non-corsair fans work with iCUE?
The system features an iCUE LINK AIO CPU cooler, three extra iCUE LINK QX fans, and 3x CORSAIR QL fans that are not iCUE LINK compatible. These fans can be connected via a USB port on the motherboard, and both the iCUE LINK System Hub and the iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT will appear in iCUE. The iCUE LINK System Hub automatically registers all connected fans, while older QL fans require manual setup. Each controller needs to be connected to its own separate USB port on the motherboard. If the motherboard lacks internal USB ports, an internal USB hub like the CORSAIR Internal 4-Port USB 2. 0 Hub can be used.
📹 How To PROPERLY RGB Your PC!
Love it or hate it, RGB for gaming PC’s is here to stay but if you do choose to add lighting there are plenty of ways to properly do it.
“Less is more” so true! i love the flexibility of RGB lighting, but i really hate the rainbow puke unicorn fairytale RGB marketing. Tomorrow i’ll be recieving my new case. O11 Dynamic White (it was actually your case review of the O11 that made me pick it), and i got a shitload of RGB fans im gonna install. and maybe a few RGB strips aswell. going for a subtle White/Black component colour scheme, and cyan or blue lighting. Side note: Your chanel is my fav. for case reviews, and in general one of my fav for any pc related content. 🙂 Keep it up!
I handled the compatibility problem by setting up each software (ASUS, Gigabyte & NZXT) after another, always deinstalled each software after setup. I can’t change the colors on the fly now, but everything boots up perfectly with the right colors and effects, no errors or crashes and no “bloatware” installed on my system. If you know what your rig should look like, thats the easiest approach imho…
The only Corsair component I use is my RAM, but I still use iCUE to control everything. It controls my ASUS motherboard, my Cooler Master AIO, and even my EVGA 2080 Super. lol. It’s an incredible piece of software, and you can even take it a step further with JackNet RGB (software is free, and there’s a article on here showing how to set it up)
I bought the Phantek LED frames 5 total and used Artic Cooler Case Fans (White Blades) mounted into a P350X. I used the RGB Header adapter from Phantek to hook into the MSI Mortar B450 motherboard RGB Header and it works well. I could not integrate with the onboard Phantek controller in the P350x case. Overall, love the frames and I used PWN PST Fans that daisy chain together a nice feature from Artic Cooler. Love the RGB advice, yes the ICUE software has come along way with their newer gear really working well and behaving in a civilized manner :). Be Safe, my friends at Hardware Canucks from Cape Cod, MA!
Ideal setup for sync and easy control: RAM, cooler, fans, light strips: Corsair (+ lighting node pro for the fans) Mobo, gpu: Asus (because most modern Asus motherboards can be controlled by Corsair’s iCue software, GPU control will probably come in the future). For external light strips (outside your case, on your desk etc.) you can buy the same Corsair neon light strips and they also connect to iCue, so you can control EVERYTHING from a single program. iCue is also the best choice because of 1. Unlimited customization, 2. Very good stability, and 3. Hardware lighting profiles. If you configure things like this, the only thing you can’t control through iCue (yet) is your GPU, but I would choose Asus not just because in the future it will be compatible with iCue, but also because they make reputable, silent and great coolers for their GPUs. + you can just set the GPU through aura sync to white and forget about it. Which means you control everything through iCue (1 program instead of 3-4) which is great.
As case fans, I really do like Corsair LL (which I own) or the new QL – BUT I really don’t like that iCue is using between 3% and 10% gpu for simple static effects. Software is really important in these instance, please Corsair work on that. For my next build, I’m thinking about buying all Noctua black chromax, and maybe using the Phanteks Halos rgb frame.
to me, the whole point of rgb isn’t to go for rainbow puke, but so you can tailor it to the one perfect color to fit your preferences, or maybe color code based on something such as when a new notification is in or based on cpu/gpu temp/utilization, fan speed, memory use, etc. I actually regret getting a mobo with lighting, but only went with it cause it was the best price when I was making the jump from my old bulldozer to ryzen. Only using linux, any of the built in lighting is best left off, or it stays in demo mode. I just got a $15 usb powered rgb light strip, set it to my chosen color, and attached it around the edge of my plexi window facing in. I just needed to chop it into appropriate lengths and used clip on extenders so i could make the corners.
The problem I have is I want the Rgb to actually send some information to you, so you just look in your PC window and don’t have to scatter your screen with hardware infos. Aquacomputer with its rgbpx controller is the only one I know so far that can show some systems stats. Like temps or rpm or usage. I want RAM or HDD rgb to show bandwidth or capacity. Fans to run color wheel with rpm synced. Etc
This is a good vid. I specifically went RGB-less when i found out the iCUE profile doesn’t hold in the lockscreen, and since my PC was in my bedroom it was hard to sleep to disco lights when my computer was locked. So i took all the RGB out and went full non-RGB components. Then i found out about hardware profiles…🤦♂️
if you want rgb to be more effective get a white case for instance if you put red rgb lights on, the case will look red a black case it wont and a colored case will just create rainbow puke a white case gives you more options a red interior one day or a blue then next etc. look at a white case as a blank canvas.
I’ve been using iCUE with an Asus Motherboard. I really appreciate that Asus and Corsair played nice enough so that by downloading a beta plugin you can control the RGB on the motherboard and the addressable header on the motherboard through iCUE. Before that, I used JackNet RGB to try to sync the motherboard and RGB connected to the motherboard with the Corsair Stuff. It was not ideal.
I have trident Z royal and a MSI motherboard with lights on the back. I can control my ram with mystic light but the gskill software has more colors and modes. MSI mystic light drives me nuts because every time I open it to change my mobo lights it corrupts the lighting on my ram making it this weird glitch of half illuminated leds that only goes away after like 6 reboots. Corsair is the only one who does a good job with their software and rgb product integration I’ve never had a problem with my H100i pro xt, RGB fans, or lighting node pro strips.
This is great. I have all my parts in to buiild my nerw PC sitting in my dining room waiting for Friday as I work night shift and won’t have time until the weekend. I got some of the Phantex Strips for it. In my current PC (2014 build) it has Orange Fans that are Orange only. I don’t like it but it was a free hand me down machine from my wife. The only RGB in my current setup is my Keyboard and mouse My plan for the new system is to make sure everything controls with Aura, and for Colour Scheme i am going to match exactly the colours I have set up in my Logitech Software on my Keyboard and mouse. I have a nice vibrant Blue and purple on those with the odd key (macro keys) Highlighted in different colours and I have also used Aurora (Diferent from Aura) to program my F1-F12 + Escape + G6-G9 keys of my G910 to Function as a Clock. Also I used this for the feature I thought was most missing from Logitech’s Software that made me search it out in the first place. the ability to have Modifier and lock keys Change the colour of the keys they effect. For example when I press Shift the Alphaneumeric and symbol keys which are normally blue turn amber in colour as long as shift is depressed. Caps lock turns the Alphabet keys and itself Amber, Num Lock turns the number pad and itself Amber Scroll lock turns itself amber and also activates a hidden Second hand built into the above Function Key Clock display.
Yeah… I got Dominator Platinum RGBs for my Threadripper system, only to realize the Zenith Extreme won’t play nice — even with the Corsair ASUS plugin for iCUE, it can’t see the RAM. So everything is set to rainbow vomit, except for the strip around the case that’s set to white + UV that I didn’t get the remote for because it was second hand with the case… and the fans which are on 3 different Thermaltake controllers that won’t do a rainbow, so the ones on the left are red, middle is green, right is blue…
I personally won’t go RGB until I have software that can write profiles to a controller (which connects to all my RGB things), and then I can close and/or uninstall, and that profile will work offline. For things like ram to work in that paradigm though, we’d need a motherboard header that sends info about the RGB ram to the controller, or the controller would be on the board itself (the latter of which uses precious motherboard space). In my super ideal world, I’d have a controller like before, except it would he wifi connected, and expose a management console I can access over the web that runs on the controller itself, meaning no software installation on your PC whatsoever. That’s the best solution for me, but I don’t have time to make it myself, and it’s very niche so I doubt someone is about to release it
When I first turned on my new PC a few days ago the fans were all on randomised rainbow but not in sync while I was doing the BIOS and installing Windows, just looked like a total christmas tree in the worst way. A bunch of the colour change presets for most brands are a bit too garish. Currently have iCue set up with the fans oriented correctly in the mapping, with a red to blue top to bottom static scheme, which gets matched on my Corsair keyboard as well for a unified look.
Forgive me for asking, but say i have 6 RGB fans in my case. Does each fan come with it’s own power cable, and RGB cable? Thus needing 6 fan power headers, and 6 ARGB / RGB on my motherboard? Or does 1 ARGB / RGB header on the motherboard control every RGB device? (I think my question makes sense – if it doesn’t i’ll reply to this to try to further clarify if need be) The reason i ask is – I plan to buy the Phanteks P400A Digital case. It comes with 3 RGB fans included. I plan to add 3 more to the case, of a different brand.
In 2004 rgb led fans and cases were on the market. They had light bars too. It was stupid waste of money then and it is now. This just keeps the Fad and it is a fad moving. I have had more devices fail that have had rgb than I have ever had in the past and the includes keyboards and mice. I got a keyboard that still works from the 80s but the Asus strix flair keyboars gets installed as a mouse and then to fix it u have to install asus armory crate which tanks your computer. I am going to stick with zero rgb and have less points of failure.
have a simple RGB setup with a solid razer green theme but having to use mystic lights, aura sync and the the wraith prism max software makes it a hassle during start up. the mystic lights kept interfiling with the cooler software turning it to a solid red color by default. have to open the cooler software and reinput the color profile with each time i boot the system
Nice article. I mostly use Corsair parts (fans, RGB strips, keyboard, mousepad and headset) with a sidekick of Asus (mainboard, GPU, Phanteks neon strips and Gskill ram). The iCue software is just the best as I can configure so many different profiles, it’s insane. There are so many cool lighting settings and themes you can do, I got around 10-12 ice or winter themed setups alone. Sadly the asus aura software is the worst thing I’ve seen so far, one time it killed itself after trying out the software for the Gskill ram and even after 2 days of trouble shooting would not work. I could only reinstall windows to get it back to work again and now I’m daring to update it. As for backlight I got some philips hue lightbars on the back of my main monitor and some cheap 20 EUR led strips from Amazon that still work fine. I can get a decent white for most parts but I got a really bad gripe with yellow: There is no real goldish yellow possible, either it’s more looking like a light green (or lime) or an orange. The worst part however is the GPU (Asus GTX 1070 TI), the white always looks like purple and some other colours are not well met either (light blue, yellow etc).
Here is my dilemma, I need a base for my wall-mounted rig, I want a deep, dark green glow (think Hulk). So do I use an emerald green transparent acrylic with white LEDs or clear acrylic with green LEDs?? I am getting confused as I don’t have a bunch of material to test with and I can’t get any straight answers on the internet.
1 thing id like to pint out about ICUE if you look at sequential (2:38) ICUE sees the 2nd DIMM as the 1st DIMM and vise versa, This issue happens to me as well with my ROG Crosshair 7. Just a current issue id like to point out. There is away to get around this, you just need to be more of a power user then most are.
I chose to keep it simple for my first RGB project. I went with Corsair Vengeance Pro RAM, Corsair LL120 Series Case fans & the Corsair H100i V2 AIO 240 water cooler. I connected it all through the Corsair Lighting Node Pro & Commander Pro. Then I put all of that into a Corsair iCUE 465X RGB Mid-Tower ATX Smart Case(Black). I didn’t bother with any RGB strips because in my case less IS more. My system looks like it belongs in a showcase. It’s awesome.
I decided to get A-RGB accessories for the versatility and options they provide. I wanted to create the affect of my PC being an aquarium, as though the components were submerged in ocean water. So I set the fans and AIO pump to a nice cyan/teal slow wave pattern and the motherboard and RAM to a slow-breathing red for a nice contrasting pop of color. I even managed to rig up a solution to mimic a subtle version of Cooler Master’s ‘Mirage’ lighting effect on my Deepcool CF120 fans. My only complaint is that the LED’s on the Enermax Liqfusion AIO block (I wanted a flow meter, so sue me, lol) aren’t super well-diffused to the slow ‘water’ pattern I have it set to doesn’t provide the cleanest effect on the block itself, but the light spill from it onto the rest of the system is exactly what I was looking for. It’s a lot of work to get RGB right, but when you figure out the ecosystem and take the time to learn the nuance, you can accomplish some really great things with it.
Are the Phanteks Neon strip somehow controllable through iCue (Corsair’s software)? I would rather not buy another RGB controller when I already have the Corsair Commander Pro and Corsair Lightning Node Pro currently in my case. I also do have 2 RGB headers left over on my motherboard (but they are just regular 4-pin RGB connectors) but I wonder how I would be able to add any effect when I attach something to it (Asus Aura Sync?). My motherboard is an Asus ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming. Plus are they magnetic by any chance?
Hi 👋. I’ve got a problem. I like the look of the new NZXT Kraken coolers (The screen ones) but I like the other components made by Corsair (e.g. Ram and peripherals) Is there a way that we can sync the kraken cooler with Corsair icue or do we have to just “eye-up” the colours and get them almost right?? Thanks
Watch it back and pay attention to how many times you say “bonus tip” and when you start numbering the “bonus tips” the fourth time you said “bonus tip” you said it was number 2. My point is, you don’t have to have “bonus tips” to maintain your audiences attention. This was a good enough article without any “bonus tips”
My motherboard doesn’t have a 5v addressable RGB pin set but I’d like to be able to use razer synapse with lighting and fans. Can I use a hub in order to be able to use the different effects that synapse has? Personally, I really enjoy the ‘fire’ effect and would like to use that in my case. Any help is appreciated.
The best way to save your glorious RGB build from turning into “Rainbow Puke” is- Hiding the light source. If you can’t, use defusers on strips. RGB build is meant to be eye catching and soothing, not something irritating and blinding people. Unfortunately, this is where lots of people mess it up. Give it a try. Peace!
My only problem with RGB is that every brand is using its own software. CAM for my cpu cooler, ICUE for my corsair fans, AURA for my motherboard, RGB Fusion for my graphics card, Razer Synapse for my keyboard, and Mionix hub for my mouse. 6 different apps that are all pretty much doing the same thing. I feel like the same thing is happening with games and their launchers i have steam, bethesda launcher, epic games, battlenet, origin. why can’t we just keep everything together in one place!
I use icue to controll all my lighting. having 6 SP120RGB and 4 QL120 allong with corsair vengeance RGB ram as well as 2 corsair node pro’s and a commander pro and a bunch of custom cables for the A-rgb on my EK GPU waterblock, customised A-RGB alphacool CPU block and the EK distro plate as well as custom adapter made for the RGB strip in the lian li 011D X i can light everything up like a christmas tree or tone it down to whatever level i want. normally its set to static blue with a little bit of pink and purple moving around in it.
the article is great, i was undecided on the rgb theme. i have the cooler master td500 and not a big RGB fan. i was willing to go artic non-RGB PWM fans and just replace the included fans on the case. after seeing this it helped me reevaluate the aesthetics for my upcoming build, i specifically liked the complementary RGB suggestions when “same RGB colors” dont match. As usual great content from you guys!!!
For people that are having problems with MSI Mystic Light RGB program, read this: The new “Dragon Center” program from MSI has now a new version of Mystic Light inside it that now has a cog icon where you can disable the overwriting of ML over other RGB programs. Just click that, keep Dragon Center open on tray bar, open your preferred RGB program and set the RAM RGB to your liking. That’s it! Done. Just don’t mess up with the performance “scenarios” on Dragon Center, or they will lock your CPU on a certain clock speed or raise the fans speed to max.
Many generations after WW3, when the world was destroyed by nuclear war. Scavengers find a still functioning RGB gaming computer, and manage to power it on: “What is this amazing machine?” “Perhaps it was a secret prototype for time travel designed by a world renowned tech company in the old days?” “Nah man. This was high level military tech.” “Dude, I’m telling you, aliens did this to our planet! This is alien tech!” “Bro, turn it off! A super AI is in that thing. Its gonna kill us all!” Nope, it’s just a gaming PC
5 months late, but glad I found this, because I definitely want to add some good RGB to my case that seems a little dark with only the G.skill TridentZ RGB dimms, and the Asus Crosshair VI Hero motherboard lighting it up, and with this custom loop it feels like a waste to say we can’t fully see it in the dark
What RGB truly needs is a proper open source standard upon all manufacturers, these companies are so stubborn actually, they could save so much time in production when it comes to design new hardware and of course increase their profits since customers would have been able to use them everywhere they could think of it…
Just glue some baking paper to the ‘underglow’ strip you showed and said you don’t like. Two sheets should diffuse it plenty. If one’s completely happy with the positioning of things like fans in the system, then where cable-management’s concerned remove the pins from the plugs so you can slip heat-shrink over the cables, before putting the headers back on (be careful of working with the headers, look up a article on removing the cables and securing them again if necessary, and make sure to mark on your header and cable which cable goes with which header and in which order/orientation)
I love the halos fan frames ( the cheaper non lux type) However I hate the hotspots that they create on my white Phanteks fans. So I dissembled it and removed the RGB strip inside and used it as a regular RGB strip. Actually works out since its so thin in comparison to other strips, you can fit it in places that regular strips wont.
I HAVE GOT 7 QUESTIONS: 1- Whats the difference between 12V RGB ports and 5V RGB? Can’t a 12V port be used as « adressable » in anyway ? 2- Do RGB controlers all have 5V adressable RGB ports? (as in are they only made out of these types of ports and no 12V ports?) 3- How many RGB controllers can you install in your desktop configuration? Will it create any sort of problem if too many are plugged in? 4- Can you plug an RGB controler to another one, therefore creating a whole chain? 5- How easy are they to install? Do you stick it on an interior or exterior side of your case, or do you just leave it dangling down inside or outside the case? 6- Does it only control RGB and how actually sofisticated is it for controlling the lighting with it? 7- Is their anything that could make me dislike Phanteks’ RGB controller (for its own existence or compared to another brand’s RGB controller)? Anyway, I vote for phanteks, I’m mounting my very first PC this summer and I’m a little bit lost with RGB (although it’s essential for good performance, everyone knows that). I’m pretty convinced to buy Phanteks’ Eclipse P600S case (I think it has an integrated fans hub/controller, not actually really sure what it is and if it only controls fans) and I think I’ll go with Phanteks Halos RGB thingies and Phanteks RGB controller(s). If you need any other information about what components I’m going to put into my desktop PC with which you think you could answer one of my questions better, feel free to ask me (for instants, I will be buying Asus RIG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX Motherboard which I think has got 2x 5V addressable RGB headers and 2x 12V RGB headers), I kind of have nothing else to do but to answer back which therefore I will do often within a few minutes.
Well. I have some issues with RGB… I Have two RGB mousepads (you read it right, two mousepads) that have no software, a x470 Gaming 7 Motherboard (with plenty of RGB lightning and an awful software), Rizen Wraith Prism Cooler (with Cooler Master Wraith Prism software), 2 sticks of Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro RAM and on the peripherals side of things, I have a Logitech g502 HERO, an Alienware AW768 Pro Gamer Keyboard and an Alienware AW3418DW monitor. All of these have RGB. And at the end of all this mess, I have 4 RED Led Fans installed on my Corsair Spec Alpha White/Red Case (I already bought a Corsair Spec Omega RGB and I am just waiting its arrival). I Simply gave up on organizing the colors and set everything to “Rainbow” (every RGB piece displaying a different color at any given time, since there is no sync between all of those different brands ) and, of course, the 4 Fans displaying the RED color. It is a Freaking RGB mess)