Corsair Finally Learned! Corsair iCUE Link LX120 Review

[@mbrosenb86]

Love the quality that you’re putting into these fantastic videos. 😂

[@fallenlegion1828]

Your subtle humor is actually hilarious and makes fan reviews somehow interesting 😂

[@HolloVVpoint]

Just turned my RX fans, was looking for reviews of the LX couldn’t one find any anywhere. Awesome review

[@JadeLivao]

Great review! It's good to see Corsair addressing issues from the QX120 with the iCUE Link LX120 fans. The performance improvements are impressive, but the price point does make it a tough sell. Thanks for the detailed breakdown!

[@zebedee23]

I got these fans for sale on Black Friday I seen a huge improvement over my older Corsair QL fans. I bought 3 triple packs and one single fans for my h9 flow case. My cpu temps dropped about 5-6 degrees Celsius

[@RetroFred]

I just bought 6 of the LX 120s for intake with an additional LX 140 for exhaust, and I love them. The time warp function is pretty neat, but is quite dim when compared to their normal brightness, so I ended up having to run the whole case at more of a dim color as a result. They're nice and quiet when closer to idle, and really get going when they need to. Providing they don't crap out at any time in the near future they get a big thumbs up from me.

[@pinnacleren4389]

Really Bad? The QX 120 was within 1 degree of the other fans. Please elaborate on why that was a disaster?

[@cablesalad3168]

Don't understand that either.

[@AnxiousVenom]

There are a lot of reports of the bearings on these fans breaking within just a few months of purchase. I myself have also experienced this with owning one for just 2 months. The fan started making a very loud grinding noise which shook my whole pc

[@cablesalad3168]

@@AnxiousVenom How does this have anything to do with the performance of the QX120 and how does it explain why 1 dgree difference is such a "disaster"?

[@AnxiousVenom]

@cablesalad3168 I am explaining why these fans were referred to as a disaster. The fans being 1 degree cooler isn't the disaster. It breaking only after a couple months is and I'm pretty sure if your fan isn't turning properly then that will make the performance worse no?

[@cablesalad3168]

@@AnxiousVenom This is absolutely not how it came across in the video - he clearly was talking about the QX's perofmance and temperatures, not some RMA warranty cases.

[@vdbmario]

Been using the QX fans for a while now and I have no issues with them. At 1000rpm they are virtually quiet and work perfectly on my Lian Li 011 as intake fans. RGB is nice and cooling is excellent. LX fans look way worse in the back.

[@kamiigami-gaming6203]

so if i resume ... one pack of 3 LX120 for my radiator and the RX120 for the other fan and i have a good fan setup ?

[@Sailor.V]

I JUST installed the LX120s in my new PC case (Corsair 3500X) and they look AMAZING! The outer LEDs are actually impossible to spot individually but the LEDs in the fan hub can be spotted individually. Just my personal opinion: 34 LEDs in a fan is excessive; for fans with LEDs on the hub and outer ring, I'd say the sweet spot is 16-24. The Cooler Master Halo fans had 24 and they looked great, but even the QX120s run circles around them performance wise...

[@CGingerbreadman]

I really want to know how the quality is vs the QX. I own 7 QX fans, and 2 of them have internal issues after just a couple months. One randomly stops spinning, and the other does the same but then makes a horrible noise when it does start again.

[@steveramundo4946]

Thank you so much for the video! Do you have any thoughts on the RX MAX?

[@KLICHO1992]

@STS can you test Phanteks D30 Regular nad Reverse ?

[@freesS3]

Will you review the new RX120 MAX RGB?

[@drayvnx]

I would like this as well!

[@Sir040]

Great video! Can you do a video on the new LX Reverse fans? I'm thinking on buying those for esthetic purposes

[@joshuwood7276]

Are you going to be doing the new RX max fans.

[@mihaimunteanu3831]

What about the ASUS TUF TR120 (Normal and reverse)? Are you interested in testing something like that?

[@oswaldjh]

The Corsair LL120 fans I've used are no longer available and had RGB in the fan and the ring for a cheap solution. They even made a LL140 which I used two of on the front of the PC case. Unless Corsair stops discontinuing fan models I'm going with a non proprietary system.

[@peterrj1973]

is it the same for the lx120 R? like they are the same but backwards

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

2:40 Now I'm an RGB hater. so maybe that's why I think the QX fan looks more like what RGB lovers would prefer. The rim on the LX fan either have no LED at all or they are so dim as to be useless.

[@SG-Megatron]

Don't mind me. I'm waiting for the Arctic stan in this comment section

[@dagameboy]

Erm, I’m actually using arctic p12 max performance rgb Rx qc sp high speed fans and they outperform these by 113.34% 🤓

[@cszolee7979]

Looking at the local prices, I can buy four P12PWM PST ARGB for the price of ONE Corsair fan. And they don't need stupid controllers and cables, they just plug into the mainboard.

[@boydolson5350]

As if corsair fans aren't the most annoying and die hard pc component fans out there

[@SG-Megatron]

@@boydolson5350 that's the Thermalright stan

[@boydolson5350]

@@SG-Megatron it's awesome paying less for more.

[@MrUriel250]

Attention to those sensitive to coil whine: I purchased these fans along with the LX140, and they were a major disappointment. The motor noise becomes unbearable at speeds over 1000 RPM, and certain RGB effects (like "Rainbow Wave") cause the LEDs to emit coil whine. For the price, this is unacceptable. Do better, Corsair.

[@theholypeanut473]

Honestly it sucks that they didnt add the airguide technology thingy to their reversable LX120s,

[@Gildermesh]

No issue with the QX fans they keep my pc running really cool. Yeah you could probably run cooler with a different fan but my Ryzen 9 5900X runs well below 40 degrees so no issue for me

[@audis8v102]

im running 21 corsair qx120 in my corsair 1000d case and yea if you crank it youll hear it but who does that and if so with watercooling with good radiators you dont have to crank them and im on ambient temp so between qx annd ql yea i still go for qx because of the temp sensor if you know how to work with it you can do a whole lot with it dont expect everyone to know how to work with it but i like it a damn lot :)

[@bikedoc4145]

Corsair people like me that has purchased 100's of dollars on your fans would love for you to make reverse fans to go with them! I promise people will purchase them and you will make lot's of money so why not. I like the back of the QX120's look better than the "Air Guide" ones but reverse ones would be the best of all

[@billcipher534]

Corsair just release reverse LX fans. I honestly think they are moving away from the QX fans a little as they have probably realized it doesn’t perform as well as they had hoped.

[@bikedoc4145]

@@billcipher534 Thanks will have to check them out, I have 10 QX120's with the sensors but would try the new ones if they have reverse, Thanks

[@jagjitsinghbhangoo6753]

Are the qx better than these

[@jagjitsinghbhangoo6753]

Nevermind just finished the vid. Is the rx 120 max better than the lx 120

[@mcdonaldz-sprite2353]

If they had reverse blades that’d be a W

[@tracyfox1892]

They have the reverse blades for sale on the Corsair website

[@Sailor.V]

The only downgrade from the QX to the LX is the RGB. QX120 has 34 LEDs and the LX120 "only" has 18. Not to mention the jet engine aesthetic you get with the LX120

[@itsprod.472]

Meh, the whole Icue link ecosystem is pretty expensive still on top of having to use Icue in general lol

[@sysxtem]

Yes

[@guppo26]

Honestly, it's competing with the Uni Fan TL which performs slightly better, costs 25% less and, in my opinion, looks a bit better. Then there's also the Phanteks D30, which is about 35% cheaper than the LX120. I just don't think these are viable at this price. Aside from the fact that all these daisy-chained RGB fans are already ridiculously expensive. Personally, I'm probably going to just forgo the RGB entirely and put Silent Wings 4 HS as case fans and Pros as radiator fans.

[@JurassicF4rt]

And has the worst quality control known to man. Do you wanna know how many Lian Li fans I had to constantly RMA? Never again.

[@matthewrezuke8130]

I prefer the lian li sl infinity fans.

[@JurassicF4rt]

Lian Li has the most shittiest Quality Control when it comes to fans. Enjoy!

[@matthewrezuke8130]

@ never had an issue yet.

[@JurassicF4rt]

@@matthewrezuke8130 lucky you

[@I3o0M]

old version looks better in my opinion

[@robertmoore119]

The LX fans are very good. The QX fans are actually also a good fan considering the specifications. They just aren't as good as the LX. The LX are a huge improvement as far as static pressure is concerned. Really, there actually aren't very many fans that can even produce that much static pressure. I would also say that if they do, I wonder at what RPM they produce that static pressure at. Nice work on the part of Corsair!

[@HoLDoN4Sec]

the problem with the QX isn't that its a bad fan, its that its price is just ridiculous and for that price you get bottom of the barrel performance. if the QX was selling for around 40$ each, which is still overpriced for a FAN, i think this wouldn't have been such of an issue - it does have some of the best RGB out there if you're into that, and that temperature sensor is useful if you use a bunch of them for intake and exhaust, and have a corsair AIO because if you got the time for it you can create an automated system fan profile which is dependent on the temperature of the air coming from the intake and on the air coming out of the exhaust. as far as i am aware the QX is the only fan out there (at least PC RGB fan) that supports this sort of function

[@blackjack19811]

Now if only Corsair could get iCue stable. As it stands I would never recommend a Corsair product due to how awful iCue has gotten.

[@smamas114]

I am going to buy the LX because thy have also reverse so will look much better than QX which the back looks the same as QL, booooring

[@griffin1366]

Corsair products in 2014+10 :~) lol

[@post-leftluddite]

Bottom line: Theyre Ugly, like most of corsair's fans

[@JurassicF4rt]

Nobody cares

[@RoyAfuta]

i replaced my AIO fans with those fans (240 aio) and TBh they perform perfectly fine consider that i have an old AIO that i used on my 9700k and now i use it on a my 14700k which get much hotter and the CPU dont go above 65 even when i overclock to 6.0 so....