Asus Aura control via Hub or splitter?

[BJBBJB]

Greetings,

All of my builds the last several years have been Asus ROG.  The last build had limited RGB and I just used a splitter cable.  This time I purchased a 3 fan TUF gaming RGB fan pack that comes with a hub.

My question is about the difference in controlling the RGB if it is connected to the hub vs. using a splitter cable?  My sense is the same as the motherboard "sees" each as one device.  I am okay with that.  I won't be using the manual control on the hub, just motherboard control, but just wonder but the better way to go and any pros or cons.

Thanks!

BJBBJB

[inge70]

With a "splitter cable" all RGB connected to it are recognized as one device as far as I know. As are fans that are connected together via a splitter/distributor cable. They are controlled as one fan and all rotate at the same speed.
When using a HUB, the devices connected to it should also be individually controllable, since the HUB is also connected to the mainboard via USB and forwards the data accordingly to what is connected to it.

But if you connect the splitter cable to the hub, the HUB only sees 1 device that is connected.
The HUB, like a mainboard, does not recognize how many devices are connected to the splitter cable.
That's why HUBs have multiple connections so that multiple devices can be connected.

So proceed as follows:
Connect your RGB devices directly to the HUB, without a splitter cable
Connect the hub according to the instructions and test whether everything can be controlled as desired.