Monday, July 11th 2016
CORSAIR Launches New ML Series Fans With Magnetic Levitation Bearings
CORSAIR, a world leader in enthusiast memory, PC hardware and components today announced the launch of its new range of ultimate, high-performance cooling fans, the ML Series. Equipped with a revolutionary new Magnetic Levitation Bearing and custom rotor design, the ML Series redefines fan performance to deliver higher airflow, lower noise and better cooling, whatever the requirement.
When powered, the magnetic levitation bearing completely suspends the fan blades from the motor housing, delivering almost frictionless operation. The huge reduction in friction, in comparison to all conventional physical contact bearings, allows the ML Series to offer lower noise at higher RPMs giving PC Enthusiasts a true no-compromise fan.
Offered in ten different variants, the new ML Series is available in a full range of colors and multiple sizes, letting you customize both your build and your performance. Launching in standard ML, ML PRO and ML PRO LED models and in both 120 mm and 140 mm sizes, there's an ML fan to suit almost any performance PC cooling requirement.
All ML fans offer a huge PWM range, giving users total control over how their fans perform. Value silence above all else? At their lowest speed of 400 RPM, the ML Series will push more airflow at near silent 16 dBA (decibel A-weighting). Performance junkie? ML Series fans push up to 97 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of air. Be it a low noise case, high density radiator or anywhere in-between, the ML Series delivers best-in-class performance.
ML Series also provides next-level fan customization. ML PRO fans feature removable color co-coordinated corners fitted to the fan's vibration dampening rubber grommets, allowing easy color matching to accent your build's color scheme. ML PRO LED goes even further, mounting four ultra-bright LEDs into the central fan hub to radiate vibrant, even lighting through the fan's frosted blades.
"We built the ML Series to be the ultimate fan, offering exceptionally low noise levels to those who value silence and insane airflow for those who demand it" said Michael Hooper, Product Manager for Cooling at CORSAIR. "With the use of the Magnetic Levitation Bearing and custom rotor, we're able to create a single fan that lets the user choose their perfect balance between airflow, static pressure and noise with no compromises."
Specifications:
When powered, the magnetic levitation bearing completely suspends the fan blades from the motor housing, delivering almost frictionless operation. The huge reduction in friction, in comparison to all conventional physical contact bearings, allows the ML Series to offer lower noise at higher RPMs giving PC Enthusiasts a true no-compromise fan.
All ML fans offer a huge PWM range, giving users total control over how their fans perform. Value silence above all else? At their lowest speed of 400 RPM, the ML Series will push more airflow at near silent 16 dBA (decibel A-weighting). Performance junkie? ML Series fans push up to 97 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of air. Be it a low noise case, high density radiator or anywhere in-between, the ML Series delivers best-in-class performance.
ML Series also provides next-level fan customization. ML PRO fans feature removable color co-coordinated corners fitted to the fan's vibration dampening rubber grommets, allowing easy color matching to accent your build's color scheme. ML PRO LED goes even further, mounting four ultra-bright LEDs into the central fan hub to radiate vibrant, even lighting through the fan's frosted blades.
"We built the ML Series to be the ultimate fan, offering exceptionally low noise levels to those who value silence and insane airflow for those who demand it" said Michael Hooper, Product Manager for Cooling at CORSAIR. "With the use of the Magnetic Levitation Bearing and custom rotor, we're able to create a single fan that lets the user choose their perfect balance between airflow, static pressure and noise with no compromises."
Specifications:
- Magnetic Levitation Bearing: Harnesses Magnetic Levitation technology to provide lower noise, higher performance, and a longer lifespan.
- Custom Rotor Design: Delivers the perfect balance between high static pressure and high airflow, operating flawlessly in the most challenging environments.
- Extensive Control Range: A 2,000 RPM control range gives you total control between low noise and absolute performance. At 400 RPM ML Series 120mm fans provide 12 CFM of airflow at just 16 dBA for near silent running. At 2,400 RPM, the same fans offer a huge 75 CFM of airflow, at an un-intrusive 37dBa. You choose the balance between silence and performance, and the ML Series delivers.
- Color Customization: Replaceable corners mounted to anti-vibration rubber dampers allow you to match your fans with the rest of your build while delivering quiet operation at higher speeds.
- Bold LED's: ML120 PRO LED and ML140 PRO LED are available in Red, White or Blue, with ultra-bright LEDs mounted to the center rotor, outputting a vivid blast of light and color.
29 Comments on CORSAIR Launches New ML Series Fans With Magnetic Levitation Bearings
If you plug them into a voltage controller and drop the voltage, the magnetic bearing loses efficiency and the fan may get louder and you may shorten the lifespan a bit. It will still work, we've used them with +7V controllers, but I would HIGHLY recommend PWM for this fan.
Spoiler alert: They last virtually forever.
www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/sunon-fans/3161-MEC0251V1-000U-G99/259-1657-ND/4291614
EDIT: Oh, wait...That made me do a double take too. It turns out that's a 2 pack. That makes it a little better at about $20.00 a fan.
I'm wondering if corsair has come up with some new innovation over these previous systems or if they've just licensed a prior tech and stuck the corsair badge, styling and QC on it as is so common.
I doubt any innovation has really taken place since the Sunon patent, as it's already pretty damn cool tech and what more can you do with levitating bearing via magnets in air? Fill it with something lower friction like Helium maybe? Be expensive I picture. These are probably all licensed cut and pastes, with better blade sets of course.
Edit: performance-pcs is selling them for 27.99$ which is still high.
I feel for your shipping costs. Have you tried asking on bit-tech forums (bit-tech is UK based) about closer suppliers?
No I haven't tried bit-tech but in Europe compared to US taxation is a lot higher(like India) so I dont end up with a good deal at the end of the day if I get things from Europe.
Absolute silence at 600 rpm and yes, these do last forever.