CORSAIR iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE Fan

[Norkris]

Lol, for being the """kings of fans""" they sure make the worst motor noise I've ever heard.

P12's have some RPMs that make some noise, this is true. However, for ppl that know about this can very easily avoid this by just using RPMs that is good.
And for the best performing fan out there in black.. I would take that tradeoff

Maybe if Arctic ever responded to my email

How thick and how much/high FPI the rads in the airflow test have?
if u dont mind me asking

 

[Deleted member 205776]

P12's have some RPMs that make some noise, this is true. However, for ppl that know about this can very easily avoid this by just using RPMs that is good.
And for the best performing fan out there in black.. I would take that tradeoff

They made noise all the time. Not to mention unholy vibration.

My Silent Wings 3 have no such issue. And have no vibration either.

 

[Norkris]

They made noise all the time. Not to mention unholy vibration.

My Silent Wings 3 have no such issue. And have no vibration either.

Arctic P12? you must have been unlucky.. gotten a bad unit or something. never heard any1 say that before.

 

[Deleted member 205776]

Arctic P12? you must have been unlucky.. gotten a bad unit or something. never heard any1 say that before.

Both P12 PWM PST and P14 PWM PST. Lots of them. Bought for testing, 'cause I heard they're too good to be true, which was correct. I then promptly returned them. Spent some cash on three Silent Wings 3 140mm instead, which have actual, Panasonic-licensed Fluid Dynamic Bearing and not some Rifle bearing pseudo-"FDB" that the Arctics have. Worth it.

Idk if the CO double ball bearing variant is any better, but I'm not about to try. They're welcome to fix their raggedy fans first.

 

[Norkris]

Both P12 PWM PST and P14 PWM PST. Lots of them. Bought for testing, 'cause I heard they're too good to be true, which was correct. I then promptly returned them. Spent some cash on three Silent Wings 3 140mm instead, which have actual, Panasonic-licensed Fluid Dynamic Bearing and not some Rifle bearing pseudo-"FDB" that the Arctics have. Worth it.

Idk if the CO double ball bearing variant is any better, but I'm not about to try. They're welcome to fix their raggedy fans first.

What method for speeding them up and down did you use?

 

[Deleted member 205776]

What method for speeding them up and down did you use?

I use Argus Monitor for controlling all my fans since Ryzen spikes cause fans left on Auto to go up and down and that infuriates me considering my hearing is extremely sensitive.

These fans managed to make an irritating noise at any RPM bar for very low RPM levels (200-300) but what kind of cooling do you even get out of that anyway.

My Silent Wings 3 never made such a noise, and are quiet up until around 1200 RPM. I don't need to run them at such RPMs anyway - no improvements in temps over 900 RPM.

 

[Norkris]

I use Argus Monitor for controlling all my fans since Ryzen spikes cause fans left on Auto to go up and down and that infuriates me considering my hearing is extremely sensitive.

These fans managed to make an irritating noise at any RPM bar for very low RPM levels (200-300) but what kind of cooling do you even get out of that anyway.

My Silent Wings 3 never made such a noise, and are quiet up until around 1200 RPM. I don't need to run them at such RPMs anyway - no improvements in temps over 900 RPM.

Aha so MB control. From my testing, the p12's had a high pitch from 1100-1200 and 1550-1600.
all I need to do is to tell the Corsair cmd pro fan control to avoid those and we good.

 

[Deleted member 205776]

Aha so MB control. From my testing, the p12's had a high pitch from 1100-1200 and 1550-1600.
all I need to do is to tell the Corsair cmd pro fan control to avoid those and we good.

I wish my fans had high pitch only at those RPM levels which I would end up not even using as I stay under 900 RPM. Too bad they had this pitch all the time.

Told Arctic about this, they said they're "looking into it", we'll see how that pans out. I really want to like and use their fans considering the price, I really do, but they're not for me. Either my ears are more sensitive than a Linux fanboy, or the fans are just crap.

 

[Norkris]

I wish my fans had high pitch only at those RPM levels which I would end up not even using as I stay under 900 RPM. Too bad they had this pitch all the time.

Told Arctic about this, they said they're "looking into it", we'll see how that pans out. I really want to like and use their fans considering the price, I really do, but they're not for me. Either my ears are more sensitive than a Linux fanboy, or the fans are just crap.

Operating system fanboys for linux are not sensitive to noise?

 

[lciarlo]

can you combine the sp120 rgb pro fans and the sp120 rgb elite fans on the same lighting node and/or commander pro and control them from icue software

 

[VSG]

can you combine the sp120 rgb pro fans and the sp120 rgb elite fans on the same lighting node and/or commander pro and control them from icue software

If both have the same number and type of LEDs, then yes. I believe that is the case here too, but verify it with someone from CORSAIR to be sure.

 

[lciarlo]

If both have the same number and type of LEDs, then yes. I believe that is the case here too, but verify it with someone from CORSAIR to be sure.

any corsair people on here? or should i go to corsair.com support

 

[VSG]

any corsair people on here? or should i go to corsair.com support

Just checked the two, you should be fine for lighting control. But one is a 3-pin voltage controlled fan, and the other is a 4-pin PWM fan. So speed control will be different on both.

 

[Mussels]

can you combine the sp120 rgb pro fans and the sp120 rgb elite fans on the same lighting node and/or commander pro and control them from icue software

no, icue wont let you mix and match fan types - you need a seperate header on the commander pro/lighting node pro, connected to a seperate corsair fan RGB hub for each fan type
(while some types get lucky and work, theres been plenty of reports from people doing it and getting weird lighting results, especially on animations)

 

[jackson019]

Hoping you guys can review the latest refresh of the ML fans: The ML120 RGB Elite. They appear to have come up with a new design with their "AirGuide Technology anti-vortex vanes" similar to the SP120 Elites.

Corsair really does an odd job with the ML line. There are so many different skus. To top it off, if you bought one of the AIOs that came with RGB fans prior to the newest ML RGB Elites, those were a superior version compared to the separately available ML120 RGB that was available in 1 and 3 packs.

Also of note is Corsair appears to have brought down the 5-year warranty of the ML line to 2 years per this press release.

Model	ML120	ML120 Pro LED	ML120 RGB	ML120 RGB Platinum (AIO Only)	ML120 Elite Capellix (AIO Only)	ML120 RGB Elite
RPM Range	400 - 2400	400 - 2400	400 - 1600	400 - 2400	400 - 2400	450 - 2000
CFM (Max)	75	75	47.3	75	75	58.10
Static Pressure (Max)	4.2mm-H2O	4.2mm-H2O	1.78mm-H20	4.2mm-H2O	4.2mm-H2O	2.90mm-H20
Sound (Max)	37 dBA	37 dBA	25 dBA	37 dBA	37 dBA	30.4 dBA
Warranty	5 Years	5 Years	5 Years	5 Years	5 Years	2 Years
Release	2016	2016	2017	2018	2020	2021