Just finished a build in the Corsair 680X, with extra LL120 fans and the Commander Pro. Love Corsair stuff, but they do know how to charge. Also, their iCue Software doesn't run correctly if you have Hardware Monitor running, so keep that in mind if you intended on running both together.
Great info, I just bit the bullet and bought 9 of the ql 120s for my new lian li 011 dx build. Such great looking fans, pricey but will look fantastic in the end! Thanks for sharing!
get 3 more, i got 10 ql120s and lian li strimmers and 16 more gb of corsair ram to fill up my case, costed 750 usd for all of those stuff but its worth it
you forget to mention how you can select each RBG zone unique, so that different zones have different setups, so you can super costumize it. Inner ring back has 4 zones that you can do what you want with individually. same goes for front inner ring and the same goes for both the outer rings. It is amazing.
thermaltake quads are probably the best fans i have used. Corsair is lucky to have icue so polished. I wish asus and thermaltake would take notice at how good software, raises the value of mediocre hardware and how bad software lowers the value of premium hw.
You can buy adaptors to make other brand fans compatible with icue and sync them that way. It's not cheap you want to run a ton of fans but it's an option if you have a 200mm fan or something like that.
@@digitalcthulhu143 yes sir. You're absolutely right. I rebuilt my girls pc with a rog board and corsair ram, aio lcd and fans. Needed a adapter from a lian li triple vga controller to a corsair node pro. It's a beautiful thing.
I've had too many corsair fans die or become unuseable due to hub vibration that i simply don't recommend them unless you expect a max of 2 years of of your fans. Sidenote, all failures have been SP 120rgb elites while a much older first gen ML 120 seems to be doing fine.
ML fans have the longest life expectancy overall, which is why I will be spending just under $1,000 AUD on 15x Corsair iCUE ML120 RGB ELITE Premium 120mm Fans (already got 9, 6 to go)
@@StonedViper101Interesting flex. I bought a 3 pack for the front intakes, will see how long they last; Nice and quiet though. Also a fair bit brighter than the SP120's with the same LED arrangement.
@@MDxGano Umm that wasn't a flex... What did you buy a 3 pack of? the QL or the ML? I have received my first 3 pack of ML 120 RGB Elite (I have 3 other ML120's on my AIO, but they are not RGB) My second 3 pack of ML120 RGB Elite are on their way. I do have a concern about the RGB side of things, as 1 of my ML120 RGB Elite fans has flickering lights. No matter where I plug it in or the order of the 3 fans, the 1 fan won't stop flickering. Tried Youtubing it, tried many fixes, and still nothing changes. My best option is to set them to static colour and have it at blue. Not sure if I should contact the PC shop I bought them from, and try to get a fan on warranty, or if I should try using the Corsair Commander Pro instead of the lighting node core. Would you have any thoughts on this??
@@StonedViper101 Sorry, not often people mention spending a grand on computer case fans without some sort of ego boosting pretention. Nothing wrong with buying what you like. Got the same ML120 RGB elites as you, replaced all 3 front intakes. I've also had that OG red ML120 for as long as i've had a SF120 as a rear exhaust (going on 6 years i believe) and neither have given issues, just front intakes and hub vibration form the QL's. Come to think of it, all my Cougar fans died in similar fashion as well eons ago. Shame, they were so ahead of their time and just kinda fell off the face of the earth as a company. I dust my computer quarterly and it does sit on a desk. Sounds like you have a bad fan to me if you can plug any other fan into that RGB header and get no flicker. I doubt the computer shop would hesitate to just give you another fan. As much as i love rainbow unicorn...It's just a lot of money in fans and then wiring for rgb to replace all 8 applicable fans in my case. I like to keep both sides of the motherboard fairly tidy if i can help it.
@@MDxGano I just uploaded a video of my problem to my RUclips channel if you want to actually see what I mean. My build is only a few months old (started buying the parts in October) and am still buying upgrades for it. I have a Phanteks Enthoo 719 case, so I have to fill it out with fans, otherwise this huge case will look too empty and dull haha. Hence the 15x ML120 fans I'm putting into it haha
Hey nice vid, have you heard of the commander core? It’s one module that you can plug in the power and rgb cable in same module but I asked around in the Corsair discord and apparently it won’t work without the iCUE capelix cooler
Nice video bruh But 50cfm from 140mm sounds like joke infront of Noctua and gentle typhoon 70CFM Actually, even though this is most expensive fan, try to review Corsair ML elite, thats the flagship performer but doesnt look fancy
Well the title of this video is wrong.... Corsair iCUE ML120 RGB ELITE Premium Fans are the most expensive of the Corsair line.... Not the QL fans. Mag lev will always be more expensive that other bearing types
Im looking to build a new rig with 140mm fans only. Case is Phantek p500a, front 420mm intake, top 2 exhaust 280mm aio h115i elite and rear 140mm exhaust. I know Noctua make best 140mm fan, but I want one with RGB so should I get these QL140 or Riing Quad 14?
Is it the camera or does the white of the fan over power many colors on these fans? I see so much white on these fans and it's upsetting. I WANT to get them but that keeps me away. These fans are about 40 bucks a piece here and I don't want to pay that if the colors get Overpowered by the fan itself.
@@dontask4346 ye only problem is i have to pull my whole rig apart and then pay $50 to send it back under warranty. not worth it and most companies know this. still doesn't change what a total piece of crap this fan is
Excellent review Stan. Glad to see the timestamps, wish more reviewers used them. Keep up the good work.
Just finished a build in the Corsair 680X, with extra LL120 fans and the Commander Pro. Love Corsair stuff, but they do know how to charge. Also, their iCue Software doesn't run correctly if you have Hardware Monitor running, so keep that in mind if you intended on running both together.
Wtf is hardware monitor?
@@brockbrawn1524 It's a program that shows power consumption, Temperature, and a few other things for all of your parts. Good for stress testing.
Best review on these fans ive seen. Thanks for putting this out
Great info, I just bit the bullet and bought 9 of the ql 120s for my new lian li 011 dx build. Such great looking fans, pricey but will look fantastic in the end! Thanks for sharing!
I have 7 QL 120s in my Lian Li Dynamic case. It's gorgeous
get 3 more, i got 10 ql120s and lian li strimmers and 16 more gb of corsair ram to fill up my case, costed 750 usd for all of those stuff but its worth it
@@dakheelalmutairi2715 no where to put them.
@@whiz57 you have he mini lian li o11 case?
@@dakheelalmutairi2715 no, the XL. And I have a water distribution block
@@whiz57 i have the non XL lian li and I can fit 6 QL120 + 360 aio in top exhaust
Good job man! First time watching any video from you and you're not hard to listen to unlike a lot of other reviewers. You got a new sub right here.
your reviews are amazing, your channel definitely needs to get more recognition
I know I'm kinda off topic but does anyone know a good site to watch new series online?
@Axton Karson I would suggest Flixzone. Just search on google for it =)
@Alexzander Colten yea, I've been using Instaflixxer for months myself =)
you forget to mention how you can select each RBG zone unique, so that different zones have different setups, so you can super costumize it. Inner ring back has 4 zones that you can do what you want with individually. same goes for front inner ring and the same goes for both the outer rings. It is amazing.
these fans are so expensive but really good at the same time i can't wait to get these for my new case i just bought
NIIIICE, no one has a decent review on this fan and being of the best ones I feel there should be more, thanks for the video 👍🏻👌🏻
Great video. You have a lot of potential. I hope your channel grows a lot more.
truly yours, you biggest fan, this is stan
I just bought a 3 pack and a single pack of the QL120's for my new build. Hopefully my eyes are happier than my wallet.
thermaltake quads are probably the best fans i have used. Corsair is lucky to have icue so polished. I wish asus and thermaltake would take notice at how good software, raises the value of mediocre hardware and how bad software lowers the value of premium hw.
You can buy adaptors to make other brand fans compatible with icue and sync them that way. It's not cheap you want to run a ton of fans but it's an option if you have a 200mm fan or something like that.
@@digitalcthulhu143 yes sir. You're absolutely right. I rebuilt my girls pc with a rog board and corsair ram, aio lcd and fans. Needed a adapter from a lian li triple vga controller to a corsair node pro. It's a beautiful thing.
I've had too many corsair fans die or become unuseable due to hub vibration that i simply don't recommend them unless you expect a max of 2 years of of your fans. Sidenote, all failures have been SP 120rgb elites while a much older first gen ML 120 seems to be doing fine.
ML fans have the longest life expectancy overall, which is why I will be spending just under $1,000 AUD on 15x
Corsair iCUE ML120 RGB ELITE Premium 120mm Fans (already got 9, 6 to go)
@@StonedViper101Interesting flex. I bought a 3 pack for the front intakes, will see how long they last; Nice and quiet though. Also a fair bit brighter than the SP120's with the same LED arrangement.
@@MDxGano Umm that wasn't a flex...
What did you buy a 3 pack of? the QL or the ML?
I have received my first 3 pack of ML 120 RGB Elite (I have 3 other ML120's on my AIO, but they are not RGB)
My second 3 pack of ML120 RGB Elite are on their way.
I do have a concern about the RGB side of things, as 1 of my ML120 RGB Elite fans has flickering lights.
No matter where I plug it in or the order of the 3 fans, the 1 fan won't stop flickering.
Tried Youtubing it, tried many fixes, and still nothing changes.
My best option is to set them to static colour and have it at blue.
Not sure if I should contact the PC shop I bought them from, and try to get a fan on warranty, or if I should try using the Corsair Commander Pro instead of the lighting node core.
Would you have any thoughts on this??
@@StonedViper101 Sorry, not often people mention spending a grand on computer case fans without some sort of ego boosting pretention. Nothing wrong with buying what you like.
Got the same ML120 RGB elites as you, replaced all 3 front intakes. I've also had that OG red ML120 for as long as i've had a SF120 as a rear exhaust (going on 6 years i believe) and neither have given issues, just front intakes and hub vibration form the QL's. Come to think of it, all my Cougar fans died in similar fashion as well eons ago. Shame, they were so ahead of their time and just kinda fell off the face of the earth as a company.
I dust my computer quarterly and it does sit on a desk.
Sounds like you have a bad fan to me if you can plug any other fan into that RGB header and get no flicker. I doubt the computer shop would hesitate to just give you another fan.
As much as i love rainbow unicorn...It's just a lot of money in fans and then wiring for rgb to replace all 8 applicable fans in my case. I like to keep both sides of the motherboard fairly tidy if i can help it.
@@MDxGano I just uploaded a video of my problem to my RUclips channel if you want to actually see what I mean.
My build is only a few months old (started buying the parts in October) and am still buying upgrades for it.
I have a Phanteks Enthoo 719 case, so I have to fill it out with fans, otherwise this huge case will look too empty and dull haha. Hence the 15x ML120 fans I'm putting into it haha
Hey nice vid, have you heard of the commander core? It’s one module that you can plug in the power and rgb cable in same module but I asked around in the Corsair discord and apparently it won’t work without the iCUE capelix cooler
I dont get it if i bought the duo pack i have to buy also the commander pro? Cant control their speed with my motherboard?
Most expensive....Well guess what? They released a new rgb fan even more expensive haha
can you make these sync with corsair rgb ram?
Good review gracias!
Nice video bruh
But 50cfm from 140mm sounds like joke infront of Noctua and gentle typhoon 70CFM
Actually, even though this is most expensive fan, try to review Corsair ML elite, thats the flagship performer but doesnt look fancy
Well the title of this video is wrong....
Corsair iCUE ML120 RGB ELITE Premium Fans are the most expensive of the Corsair line.... Not the QL fans.
Mag lev will always be more expensive that other bearing types
Im looking to build a new rig with 140mm fans only. Case is Phantek p500a, front 420mm intake, top 2 exhaust 280mm aio h115i elite and rear 140mm exhaust. I know Noctua make best 140mm fan, but I want one with RGB so should I get these QL140 or Riing Quad 14?
Go for the noctuas if you don't give a shit about rgb.
You just described my current dilemma same case. QL140X4 &QL140X3 OR NOCTUAS for half the price(lets be honest 1/4 price)
Is it the camera or does the white of the fan over power many colors on these fans? I see so much white on these fans and it's upsetting. I WANT to get them but that keeps me away. These fans are about 40 bucks a piece here and I don't want to pay that if the colors get Overpowered by the fan itself.
what are the other rgb fan options?
Does anyone know if this is the same fans,that come with the Corsair 7000 x rub case?
Most expensive? I thought that crown goes to TT premium ring quad 12/14. 🤔 Although their software is crappy af.
"This is about six inches away from the fan" -places it three inches away- 🤔
If you buy these fans you are supposed to buy Corsair commander pro as well else why even bother with these fans
The tr riing quad is most expensive
What? No. A single thermal take Riing 12 goes for 29.99 while a single Corsair QL120 goes for $44.99 🤷🏻♂️
@@SuprUsrStan if you find them at this price, i'm willing to link. I don't have them below 50
46,49 for 1 TT Riing quad 12
Ah you’re talking about the quad, that’s listed for $39.99 on the official store.
Avoid these. The rgb's on mine started to fail after 4 months!!!! total rubbish
You get 2 year manufacturer warranty, definately use it. I bet theyd replace for you.
@@dontask4346 ye only problem is i have to pull my whole rig apart and then pay $50 to send it back under warranty. not worth it and most companies know this. still doesn't change what a total piece of crap this fan is
Cool review!!