CORSAIR Fans and Coolers at 2024 CES: Air A115, AF120 MAX Thick, and RX Series Fans

[btarunr]

CORSAIR at the 2024 International CES unveiled three new air cooling products; the A115 air CPU cooler, the AF120 MAX fans, and the RX Series Fans. We begin our tour with the AF120 MAX. These 120 mm fans come with a thickness of 30 mm, above the 25 mm industry standard. This 5 mm increase allows for a significantly bigger impeller, which results in a static pressure of 4.14 mm H₂O at its top speed of 2,000 RPM. The company hasn't disclosed its airflow and noise numbers, yet. It is also planning such thick fans in the 140 mm size. The fan is recommended for applications such as liquid cooling radiators, where the high static pressure comes handy. Next up, is the RX Series, a set of mid-range fans that come in RGB and non-RGB variants, and in sizes of 120 mm and 140 mm. The RGB ones support iCUE Link.

The star attraction is the new A115 air CPU cooler. This is a high-end D-type (dual fin-stack) CPU cooler, which uses six 6 mm-thick copper heatpipes that make indirect contact with the CPU through a copper base; 90 nickel-plated fins, a pair of included AF140 Elite PWM 140 mm fans; and an innovative new fan-installation mechanism that puts the two fans on rails, and has them slide into place from the top, with the heatsink installed, so you don't wrestle with clips and get cut. This sliding mechanism also ensures clearance for memory near the first "push" fan. The company's "Hold Fast" retention module is designed for easy installation of the heatsink; among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1700 (and by extension the upcoming LGA1851), AM5, and AM4.



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[ZoneDymo]

max thicc

 

[Deleted member 237269]

I really hope it become industry standard 30mm. With the ramping up of cooling needed instead of going at 3000rpm and loosing our sanity, better add 5-10mm of thickness for better results.

Lian Li P28 (120 x 120 x 28 mm)

Super Flower Megacool (120×120×30)

Phanteks D30 (120×120×30)

Phanteks T30 (120×120×30)

 

[Chaitanya]

I really hope it become industry standard 30mm. With the ramping up of cooling needed instead of going at 3000rpm and loosing our sanity, better add 5-10mm of thickness for better results.

Lian Li P28 (120 x 120 x 28 mm)
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Super Flower Megacool (120×120×30)
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Phanteks D30 (120×120×30)
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Phanteks T30 (120×120×30)
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Case compatibility is the big issue with thicker fans(they have been around for quite a few years from niche makers and for workstation market). I had antec case which had problems with fans thicker than 20mm which forced me to hunt down 15mm fans(10 years back they were quite as rare as they are today).

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Always nice to see new things on the Corsair front, I wonder, if they have any new keyboards they are showcasing this year?

I require a new keyboard, low-profile, linear, silent, the one I have is near perfect, it just needs some tweaking. The Corsair K100 Air is perfect but for the issues with the key switches, perhaps a combination with the MK.2 Rapidfire / Air eh Corsair? That would be great...

The Corsair Air Macro Keys and Media control keys are fantastically situated, now we just need and OLED/LCD in the top-middle, configurable to display something else than the Corsair logo, and make it so that I can turn off the showcasing lights on what is currently active on the keyboard (Num-Lock, Pause, CAPS LOCK) I already know what I have on and if you are forgetful, you can always turn it on.

 

[TechLurker]

I really hope it become industry standard 30mm. With the ramping up of cooling needed instead of going at 3000rpm and loosing our sanity, better add 5-10mm of thickness for better results.

Spoiler: Thicker Fans

Lian Li P28 (120 x 120 x 28 mm)
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Super Flower Megacool (120×120×30)
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Phanteks D30 (120×120×30)
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Phanteks T30 (120×120×30)
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Eh, I feel they should just do away with 30mm and go straight to server-grade standard; 38mm thick, and in some cases, 76mm thick. They've been around for awhile.

Spoiler: 38mm and 76mm Deltas

A good number of server-grade fans (even some Delta fan models) do quite well at lower RPMs while still blowing more air and being about as quiet as 25mm fans. Redesign double-fan coolers to just have a wider 38mm fan bay and a single 38mm fan.

Heck, for a time, the Triebwerk 120 x 55mm thick fans were a popular radiator fan, but the niche sizing in the early watercooling era made it difficult to fit into cases compared to nowadays where most midsize cases and larger have plenty of room for fans and rads of considerable thickness. But it competed well against the likes of the Gentle Typhoons in its time.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

Always nice to see new things on the Corsair front, I wonder, if they have any new keyboards they are showcasing this year?

I require a new keyboard, low-profile, linear, silent, the one I have is near perfect, it just needs some tweaking. The Corsair K100 Air is perfect but for the issues with the key switches, perhaps a combination with the MK.2 Rapidfire / Air eh Corsair? That would be great...

The Corsair Air Macro Keys and Media control keys are fantastically situated, now we just need and OLED/LCD in the top-middle, configurable to display something else than the Corsair logo, and make it so that I can turn off the showcasing lights on what is currently active on the keyboard (Num-Lock, Pause, CAPS LOCK) I already know what I have on and if you are forgetful, you can always turn it on.

Wow, you HONESTLY prefer Corsair keyboards? I've actually always wondered if there were really people who prefer Corsair keyboards....I always just assumed Corsair was more of a "my first mechanical keyboard" keyboard and once people realized their preferences they went elsewhere....what do you prefer about them that you can get elsewhere?

 

[Hxx]

I really hope it become industry standard 30mm. With the ramping up of cooling needed instead of going at 3000rpm and loosing our sanity, better add 5-10mm of thickness for better results.

Lian Li P28 (120 x 120 x 28 mm)
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Super Flower Megacool (120×120×30)
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Phanteks D30 (120×120×30)
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Phanteks T30 (120×120×30)
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What was wrong with 25mm thickness ? Nothing . I feel quite the opposite and really hope that 30mm doesn’t become industry standard consumers shouldn’t have to spend more and deal with bigger cooling components to accommodate intels lack of innovation or gen5 m.2s that require active cooling to not throttle at stock speeds.
Let the industry figure this shit out without requiring high end cooling.

 

[Deleted member 237269]

What was wrong with 25mm thickness ? Nothing . I feel quite the opposite and really hope that 30mm doesn’t become industry standard consumers shouldn’t have to spend more and deal with bigger cooling components to accommodate intels lack of innovation or gen5 m.2s that require active cooling to not throttle at stock speeds.
Let the industry figure this shit out without requiring high end cooling.

I have 3× Thermaltake Toughfan 12 pro and 3× Thermaltake Toughfan 14 Pro in my case. Very happy even with 25mm. If you have the clearance for higher it’s the way to go. Better performance for the same noise. Imagine a Noctua fan quality but thicc 30mm+

Source : https://hwbusters.com/cooling/noctua-nf-a12x25-pwm-fan-review-recheck/8/

 

[Dave65]

Last Corsair fans I bought were the MAGLEV fans, loud and not very good air flow.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Wow, you HONESTLY prefer Corsair keyboards? I've actually always wondered if there were really people who prefer Corsair keyboards....I always just assumed Corsair was more of a "my first mechanical keyboard" keyboard and once people realized their preferences they went elsewhere....what do you prefer about them that you can get elsewhere?

I have only had the one from Corsair, it is the Corsair MK.2 Low-Profile RapidFire, Linear + Silent (Yellow switches) but have used other products from them in the past that have not failed me yet (PSU as an example) so I regard them highly

That being said, it's the best keyboard I have ever used, I had several from Logitech, Razer, Viewsonic, etc. that haven't lasted me nearly as long, this one is just about 6 years old now and would have gone on for much longer if I didn't spill tea on it and it is at end-of-life and I can't find it anywhere anymore without it costing me more than a newer version I have my eye on.


What I love about this specific model is simple: (Now almost 6 years old)

• Aluminum brushed finish
• Sturdy, none-bendable
• No-key-chatter
• Silent
• Low-Profile
• Feet underneath, pull out sideways (making it more sturdy in the lifted position if you move your keyboard forward or backward a lot, so they don't break off easily or collapse to the flat position.
• Software is stable
• Media control keys with a Volume scroller
• N-Key rollover
• 1ms Response time
• USB-Passthrough

The Corsair K100 Air Wireless looks amazing, not just in looks, but functionality, it has all the modern necessities one could want but the Ultra-Low-Profile-Switches are said to be unreliable, so it would be great if they used that layout with the things I mentioned in my original post, hopefully they can sort out the problems with the ULP switches, then I will take that in a heartbeat, but with the improvements I mentioned. The K100 Air is very pricy though, I don't think that price is warranted.

Anyway, I am keeping my eyes out for the one that will replace this keyboard I am currently using. I managed to get it working again after the spill. I had to open it up and unplug some ribbon cables that led to damaged components (luckily, nothing I use often) but it will need replacing eventually.