I will admit I was skeptical when Seasonic specially requested I come visit their Computex booth to discuss fans. I only knew of the brand for its power supplies and that cool but expensive case which had its own PSU and cable routing planned together but otherwise I had not heard a lot about the MagFlow non-RGB fan which was slowly being released in different regions at the time. A fan demo in an open show floor is quite useless too but holding the fan and noticing the LCP impeller already got me intrigued before the product manager showed me the upcoming ARGB versions he was extremely proud of. It also seemed evident that the team knew what they were doing and were not just relying on a factory elsewhere to do everything for them. It's been a few months since but it looks like Seasonic's beliefs have been mostly vindicated. The MagFlow ARGB 120 mm fan is really good for a lot of people, especially those who have been jaded after seeing fans adopt the RGB pathway to life and straying away from pure performance at lower noise levels.

The Seasonic MagFlow ARGB fan does not reinvent the wheel. In fact, there is nothing here which I can credit Seasonic for having come out with first. The daisy-chaining feature is cool and yet I've seen it implemented by others before. The fan bearings are tried and tested as is the metal shell-covered motor. There are plenty of fans with lots of ARGB LEDs in two rings per fan and there are many which have spent the extra to go with good quality LCP impellers that have been paired with a nice frame and blade design too. It just so happens that the MagFlow ARGB combines all these features to make for a compelling RGB fan which does not look like one and performs like a good non-LED fan too. It's not a perfect fan of course, although I must say those last two negative points aren't dealbreakers by any means, but I do think there has been a need for such a fan to come out for a while now. Adding LED frames/rings and other such accessories to non-LED fans can work for some who want it all but the added thickness, cost, wiring, and aesthetic compromises have led to that never becoming a true solution.

Seasonic knows it has something good on its hands here with the MagFlow ARGB and has, unfortunately to the consumer, priced it accordingly. At $35 per fan, it competes against other such daisy-chain capable RGB fans directly and bests them when it comes to pure performance as well as from a performance/noise perspective. As such I do acknowledge its strengths and recommend it too. But $35 is a lot for a fan when it is still bested by multiple non-LED fans which cost less. So it really comes down to whether or not you want the entire feature set and are willing to pay for it. Going with a triple pack helps justify things somewhat and does give you an LED controller as a small bonus. The bigger issue might be retail availability through since Seasonic is still rolling these out globally and these fans may not even be available for purchase for some readers when they read this review. Either way this is an excellent start to the Seasonic cooling portfolio and I look forward to seeing what's next.