Corsair Announces Air Series LED High Airflow PC Case Fans

btarunr · Oct 1, 2013

Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC hardware market, today announced the immediate availability of the Air SeriesTM AF120 LED Quiet Edition and Air Series AF140 LED Quiet Edition high airflow PC case fans. The new fans are the only LED fans to use Corsair's award-winning AF series impeller designs to produce higher airflow at lower noise levels. The Air Series LED fans are available in 120mm and 140mm sizes with red, white, blue, or purple LED lighting.

The Air Series LED Quiet Edition high airflow PC case fans are designed with custom-molded, ultra-thin, clear frosted blades with a sleeved bearing system and four vivid LEDs. The result is a visually striking fan which helps users build great looking PCs while delivering outstanding cooling with exceptionally low vibration, noise and turbulence. The fans are ideal for mounting at the rear or top of PC cases to exhaust heat from a PC's CPU, graphics accelerators, and other heat generating components. The Air Series LED fans work equally well as unrestricted intake fans for areas like side panels or bottom intakes.

"Users often feel they are sacrificing quality when using LED fans," said Xavier Lauwaert, Director of Product Marketing at Corsair. "Our new Air Series LED fans combine the proven low-noise, high-performance design of our standard Air Series fans with just the right amount of LED visual flair. Now users can enhance and customize the look of their PCs with LED fans without compromising performance."

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The Terrible Puddle · Oct 1, 2013

Cool. Just need LED SP fans now.

Ja.KooLit · Oct 1, 2013

That looks cool....

MxPhenom 216 · Oct 1, 2013

No that is not what I asked for Corsair. I want SP140s!

sneekypeet · Oct 1, 2013

Is it wrong that I want LEDs but I still want the colored rings too?

manofthem · Oct 2, 2013

sneekypeet said:
Is it wrong that I want LEDs but I still want the colored rings too?

Yes, you are asking for far too much.

I'm actually excited about these; they look nice. I'd love some led SP120q fans, quiet style. I don't know if I could actually go back to leds in my case after not having them for so long. :rolleyes:

DoomDoomDoom · Oct 2, 2013

Sleeve bearings? D'oh.

theonedub · Oct 2, 2013

Purple LEDs, nice. Now all I need is a purple and black motherboard and a new build could be in the works

newtekie1 · Oct 2, 2013

sneekypeet said:
Is it wrong that I want LEDs but I still want the colored rings too?

Is it wrong that I'm not excited about cool LED fans anymore? I think I'm getting old, but I'd prefer them to release their SP120L fans to the public instead.

sneekypeet · Oct 2, 2013

newtekie1 said:
Is it wrong that I'm not excited about cool LED fans anymore? I think I'm getting old, but I'd prefer them to release their SP120L fans to the public instead.

I just kind of like the rings more, but if I had both I would use ones with LEDs just for shits and giggles. I still have a set of 12" CCFLs in my TJ-11, so these wont matter much.

EpicShweetness · Oct 2, 2013

MxPhenom 216 said:
No that is not what I asked for Corsair. I want SP140s!

I understand that alot more! Flashy lights are to much anymore. :ohwell:

buggalugs · Oct 2, 2013

omg I just replaced my 3 LED fans yesterday......and theres not much choice for quality LED fans. Oh well lucky they were cheap, I might try some of these anyway.

Heath-tO · Oct 2, 2013

I wonder if they are as good as Xigmatek CLF fans which I am pretty happy with those at the moment

FreedomEclipse · Oct 2, 2013

Personally, Corsair fans 'click' too much for my liking when undervolted. how loud it clicks can vary

Prima.Vera · Oct 2, 2013

I like purple lights only under my car.

Wshlist · Oct 3, 2013

It's sort of amusing how techpowerup uses those advertisers blurbs, the silly language in them is so only seen in such press releases.

Wshlist · Oct 3, 2013

DoomDoomDoom said:
Sleeve bearings? D'oh.

On the plus side, they don't start making a lot of noise after a while like ball bearing reportedly do, although we have fluid-dynamic as an alternative these days though.

fullinfusion · Oct 3, 2013

sneekypeet said:
Is it wrong that I want LEDs but I still want the colored rings too?

I think you may have your wish, the first picture shows the tiny tabs to mount the rings.

Im in also.... cant wait to have a red glow at the front and rear of my case :rockout:

FreedomEclipse said:
Personally, Corsair fans 'click' too much for my liking when undervolted. how loud it clicks can vary

I think you might have bum fans, I have mine as low as the mobo bios fan controller will alow and it's whisper quiet.. mabey it's something with your 240v 50Hz power over there?

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Corsair Announces Air Series LED High Airflow PC Case Fans

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