It's a 4 pin connector with only 3 pins ( IOII ) and uses 5v. The 3rd kind is ARGB, addressable RGB, which is quite different and often mixed up. 12v is usually for rgb led strips as they have far more lights to make work. So if you have an available RGB port that matches, you can use that, if you don't then you use the CM utility and USB. Because of the differences in motherboards, some not having an RGB 4pin at all, CM was nice enough to design and include a non-RGB way of using the lighting. The Wraith coolers are built by CM for AMD. The only way it'd be somewhat acceptable is if the pc was bought 2nd hand/used and you were well informed it was 'as is'. That's like buying a new car and not getting a spare tire. I would contact whomever installed the cooler or built the pc and get them to send you the cables, they should have been included In the first place along with any and all other cable equipment that comes with components. The rainbow affect is the default setting, it'll run like that whether there's cables plugged in or not.