Summary

Case fans are one of the biggest headaches when it comes to cable management.

Even if you daisy-chain them together, each fan still needs its own cable.

At least, they did until now.

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In modern systems, this is usually handled by a 4-pin PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) connector.

With each fan contributing its own cable, things quickly turn into spaghetti.

The thing is, lots of modern PCs need this many fans.

A gaming PC with Kingston memory, RGB fans, lights, MSI CPU cooler, and GeForce RTX GPU.

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So this certainly smells like a problem worth solving.

Enter Cable-Free Magnetic Modular Fans

This is where MSI comes into the picture with theirMPG EZ120 ARGB.

These fans use a magnetic coupling system that transfers both power and data from one fan to the next.

MSI’s magnetic fan connector blocks.

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Even with reliance on a hub, you’ll still have a major reduction in cabling.

Technically this will be a single continuous line by my estimation, and that’s just cool.

MSI EZ120 fan diagram.

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MSI daisy-chain diagram.

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MSI daisy-chain diagram.

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