Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE Performance 120 mm PWM Triple Fan Kit with iCUE Lighting Node CORE (CORSAIR AirGuide Technology, Eight Addressable RGB LEDs, Low-Noise 18 dBA, Up to 1,500 RPM) Black

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https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Fans/RGB-%26-LED-Fans/iCUE-QL-RGB-PWM-Fan/p/CO-9050098-WW Not to be outdone by be quiet!, Corsair also weighed in with some pretty heavy hitters of their own in the shape of the ML 120 and the ever popular SP 120. In contrast to the be quiet offerings, we have a plethora of LED’s here to feast our eyes upon, including the SP 120 in all of its RGB glory!

The 2nd top performer on our list and possibly most stylistically elegant in design, the Silent wings 3 from be quiet! is a must have if RGB isn’t your thing and you want an alternative route to Noctua’s basic and famed beige colour scheme; something Noctua has been working on changing with their new Chromax products.This particular 120mm offering from Noctua sits top of our performance charts and is in no short thanks to the fast 3000rpm speed. If you’re all about performance and don’t care about things like RGB (god forbid), then this is the fan to go for!

I have included fans in charts where the rated RPM is within 50 RPM of the chart cutoff point, and have also removed fans either too old or simply redundant because an updated version has been introduced. I did keep the older CORSAIR HD120 RGB simply because I no longer have the older SP120 RGB, or the SP120 LED and SP120 QE which were tested elsewhere. In addition, I have removed fans that only appear once or twice in these charts since they are not good for comparison as more entries are added to the test database. The specific RPM values chosen reflect usage scenarios most popular with watercooling even though some fans (the Noctua NF-A12x25, for instance) go higher. The charts are to be considered for comparison within this result set only and are not to be compared with results from another test elsewhere owing to different testing conditions.

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Fans/RGB-%26-LED-Fans/iCUE-SP-RGB-ELITE-Series-Fans/p/CO-9050109-WW#tab-tech-specs So we’ve tested them all in the exhaust case fan position and our findings are pretty interesting. The best performing fan in our testing is the Noctua NF-F12 Industrial PPC 3000rpm which may come as no surprise. It’s also one of the most expensive offerings from the list and is the strongest indicator of pure performance without being flashy, especially against those in the price range which extra premium is spent on RGB lighting such as the Corsair SP120 RGB fans. It wouldn’t make sense to conclude everything individually as the results above speak for themselves. When choosing a 120mm to act as a case exhaust, the variation in temperatures between all of the fans tested is minimal with the biggest differences coming from purposely designed slower fans against the fastest with speeds up to 3000rpm. Another option would be to mount the RGB fans on the TOP of the case but I'd need some sort of extender for the top glass... it is possible I suppose. It'd need a roughly 30mm lift to fit the fans between the top of the outer case and the bottom of the glass. A further single fan entry sees Antec join the party… and boy do they make an entrance, with not only RGB LED’s but also chrome effect fan blades! If anyone is planning a low-rider inspired gaming PC, then these are most definitely the fans for you! It’s very obvious that when cooling components, a variable amount of airflow is needed to assist in heat dissipation for whatever it is from VRM heat sinks, graphics card VRMs etc. It’s no secret that the range of available case fans over the last couple of years has exploded with stalwarts such as Cooler Master, Noctua and be quiet! leading the way in PC case fan design. On top of that, you have legendary companies like Corsair redefining their current technology and adding some of the best RGB we have seen from a case fan into the equation.

https://www.corsair.com/ca/en/Categories/Products/Fans/sp-series-rgb-led-config/p/CO-9050059-WW#tab-tech-specs Last, but certainly not least, we have the premium cooling specialists from Austria…Noctua. These guys were pulling no punches whatsoever, sending us 2 variations from their premium range, but also 2 speed iterations of their Industrial PPC fans. These guys really mean business! I might move the rad to be mounted on the roof then I can fit the 4 fans, unfortunately due to 3060TI size and Motherboard (mATX not mITX) I cannot fit fans on the bottom. In the 5000X, you should have the hardware you need unless you are ready to add RGB strips. Those types of devices require a Pro controllers. The Core controllers only accept fans by default.

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I need some assistance, I've spent hours researching and I'm understanding most of it, but not all. Our friends over at Cooler Master weighed in with one of each of their 3 designs of the new RGB laden MasterFan Pro 120; sending us the Air Flow, Air Pressure and Air Balance. These fans will be of particular interest during the testing, to see just what temperature difference each of these fan design & layouts make when it comes to exhaust performance. You will have to use the Commander Core as one controller since it is required to power/control the Elite series AIO. That's not a problem and it gives you 6 PWM and 6 RGB ports on the other side. The Lighting Node Core that comes with the case can be saved for later expansion or something else.

LL and QL are ARGB, adressable RGB which means you can make animations for each LED and color. So the price is for maybe how many LEDs there are on the fans, and if it's RGB or ARGB, also what type of motor the fan is using and pricing high because why not.

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Minimum temperatures were taken at idle and the system was left on for 4-6 hours before the reading was taken. Temperatures at Play3r are done in Delta which gives a more consistent and broader set of results. Delta is room temperature minus core temperature in this case. At maximum, Prime95 with AVX was loaded and run for 2 hours; the maximum core temperature was taken after this time. Performance Your ML-Elite and SP-Elite are a perfect match, 8 LEDs center and same color tone. The LL is going to be the oddball in the mix. It may look just fine (rear exhaust?), but be aware nothing can make the other fans do the "ring style" effects native to the LL or QL series.