Question about Corsair RS140 ARGB

Corsair's RS140 ARGB fans are designed to connect directly to the motherboard via a 4-pin PWM connector and a 5V ARGB connector to control both fan speed and lighting. They support daisy-chaining of multiple fans via these connectors and are compatible with ARGB controllers from motherboard manufacturers such as ASUS Aura Sync, MSI Mystic Light Sync, ASRock RGB and Gigabyte RGB Fusion. Control via Corsair's iCUE software is not absolutely necessary, as the fans can also be controlled directly via the mainboard without iCUE.

The iCUE Lighting Node CORE is a separate controller that is supplied with some Corsair fan kits to control the RGB lighting via the iCUE software. The RS140 ARGB fans are not explicitly mentioned in the official product information as being compatible with the iCUE Lighting Node CORE, and there is no indication that this controller is included or required.

To summarise, the RS140 ARGB fans are primarily designed for direct control via the mainboard ARGB header and not specifically for use with the iCUE Lighting Node CORE. Compatibility with the Lighting Node CORE is therefore not officially confirmed. If you want to control the fans with the Lighting Node CORE, you should check this carefully before purchasing or use fan kits that explicitly include and support the controller.