Corsair's New QX Fans Are A GAME CHANGER! 😍

[@timtoomuch]

As someone who owns everything corsair the price of this new product is insane nobody wants to spend the same amount on fans as a new cpu would cost

[@TheRealClaylex]

Ikr? Like don't get me wrong its kinda/sorta innovated but they really messed up pricing wise

[@kombatformortals]

Planning a 10 fan system, and the whole Link setup costs as much as a series x😂

[@Cubs0209]

@@kombatformortalssame here man..

[@hansolo631]

amazon has cheap ass chinese fans that do a good imitation of expensive fan company offerings, for literally 1/7th the price it's functionally the same. This fan stuff is getting out of hand, a dozen rbg leds and a quarter pound of plastic should not cost 65 dollars

[@awp4life928]

@@TheRealClaylexnot innovative, Lian Li has been doing daisy chain for years now

[@dregosplash8943]

Your in-depth reviews, tutorials, and thoughtful analysis have been instrumental in helping me navigate the landscape of PC hardware and software. Whether it's building a new gaming rig or optimizing my existing setup, your videos have been such a valuable resource, just wanted to show some love to the channel!

[@PcCentric]

Glad to help!

[@Ti-gx7ri]

I think that this is an awesome feature that's coming to the user market that was initially started by lian li, and is now being taken to another level by corsair, but just wait till this turns into a whole market full of each company with their own proprietary connectors

[@Dudson_2115]

that feeling when your fans are more expensive than your gpu

[@PcCentric]

IKR

[@hansolo631]

Yea it's getting way, way out of hand. Especially since we're all running AIO's now, which come with their own fans for the radiator, and the 4000 series is either super efficient or runs monster heat sinks like my 4080 suprim and the fans barely even turn on. At this point, case fans are a novelty, and I'm not having 1/4th the price of the computer tied up in a couple bucks of lighted plastic I don't even need. I bought a 6 pack of fans off amazon for like 30 bucks and they are gorgeous and have like 100 patterns in the controller, fuck corsair

[@c2plex]

As a huge RGB and Corsair fanboy, I appreciated this video - thanks for showing us! I'm gonna order the iCUE Link H170i tonight!

[@SkemeKOS]

And yeah, the pricing has changed since this video, now the single fans are even more expensive from amazon lol

[@ChessiCat]

As someone who now recently owns these kits, they have changed a bit since this video has released. The starter kits now include 2 cables (1 shorter cable and 1 long 600mm cable) which helps you to link up to more and more sets of fans. I picked up the starter kits which set me back $212 Australian, Which I think is reasonable, definitely not cheap by any means but with the addition of the extra cables now provided in the kits I think it is a bit more justified. I'm happy to pay the more premium price for these fans since it's far far far easier to setup than typical fans. The only real gripe I have with these is that there is currently no 140mm version. Edit: Additionally another gripe I have is that the connections on the cables don't have any smaller form factors or such, 90 degree cables would be nice because the connectors are quite chunky and very stubborn when it comes to trying to manipulate the cable. They are very very fiddly to get plugged in in tight spaces like to the top front fan or the rear exhaust etc.

[@jari9354]

I was always in fear of building a game PC, but thanks to you I have built my first PC and now I am in love with it! Thanks a lot, greetings from EUrope!

[@BlusViews]

nice fans but way too expensive for me and i have a high-end system (7900x, 3090Ti). I use Deepcool CF120 plus 3 pack of which is less than $50 USD and has LEDs on both the fan blades AND side ring.

[@sanietariq]

hahahahaha that look you gave when you didn't find the cable inside the single fan pack 😂😂😂😂

[@mynusten]

Solid overview of Corsair's iCUE LINK tech. I upgraded my system with the 360mm AIO and 3 140mm case fans. Overall, I'm very impressed with the tech and Corsair's addressed my OCD when it comes to cable management.

[@AlienNukes]

Corsair is becoming greedy with overcharging the prices it’s insane you could almost buy a whole Pc with the amount of money that all cost 😮

[@frankytanky5076]

Yea it’s getting out of hand. You get like 95 percent of the performance if not even more out of a 20 dollar pack of Arctic fans. If you don’t care about looks it doesn’t matter.

[@Spazzfrom.1989]

go phanteks..or lian..way nicer look at decent prices..ill be building with phanteks myself

[@esotericjahanism5251]

yeah charging people for cables and not including them with the fans is super fucking stingy ThermalTake already has very similar fans that are half the price and you can pop in a reverse fan blade for them (which is included with every fan) so that the front of the fan and the light loop is always showing.

[@Steve30x]

I had two Corsair static preasure fans in my computer for a few years. They were supposed to be silent fans but they were far from silent fans. Compared to the be quiet fans I now have in my computer the so called silent fans were loud. I have the fans in my computer optimised to be as quiet as possible but move good air at the same time. The weakest link in my computer was the two Corsair fans for years. In fact I had two akasa fans in my computer that cost a third of the price as the Corsair fans and they not only moved more air but they were a lot quieter than the Corsair fans. Corsair do make some good stuff but I would be very very hesitant to buy Corsair fans again.

[@keblin86]

same! I got some corsair ones too thinking I was buying premium but the noise was horrible that I replaced them so fast lol. Ok at lower speeds but soon as it got to 800-1000 it was unbearable!

[@Crunkmaster]

that's because corsair is a memory company. they make high quality ram and solid states; their fans and keyboards and shit are extra stuff slapped on top of their brand with a big logo front and center to squeeze money out of fanboys. if you want fans, buy from a fan company - that's why i run huge ass 3000rpm noctua industrial fans in my rig

[@nicholastaylor9375]

It's a great system, I really think Corsair have nailed it when it comes to simplifying the mess of cables that normally occur with fan installation, but at the same time they're really taking the piss with some of the pricing. Single fans for £43-48 is daft, particularly when a single fan on its own is basically pointless unless you also buy the hub, which is £50. Compared to Lian-Li's AL120 V2 fans the Corsair system looks very, very expensive and I'm not sure it justifies the difference.

[@WilFitzz]

arctic p12's cost like £30 for a 5 pack...this is when you realise performance lies more in the more value products.

[@PCCharts]

Hi Marcus. Thanks for explaining to us why no one should consider paying such ridiculous prices to Corsair merely to avoid a couple of extra cables. Why pay Corsair US$160 for three ARGB fans when you can get three perfectly fine Thermalright ARGB fans for less than 10% of that (US$15.39). Daisy chaining three fan cables and three ARGB cables with Thermalright (no proprietary BS either) is well worth the US$144 savings. Rock on!

[@travisw.7732]

i dont care about rgb so i just went with 120mm without rgb payed £8

[@6r3ys0n]

Because those fans are ugly and noisy as shit. Phanteks D30's are the nicest fans out there and better performing at half the price of these ridiculously overpriced corsair fans. Lian Li's infinities and uni's are also half the price. Those thermalright fans are some of the ugliest fans I have ever seen from the backside when you need to use them as intake in cases like Lian Li 011's and NZXT's H9 Flow or Phanteks NV7 or the Y40

[@Jenks1]

No cables included in the box? Well Corsair are named after pirate ships aren't they? 😅

[@Garnett.]

I’ll stick w/ the corsair QL fans that I recently put on my first pc build these fans are too expensive.

[@Isengardtom]

I love the look of them a lot. Not having a cable in the one fan box is a bit annoying though at these price levels

[@GamerofGamesGG]

Quality video, absolute honesty with your work. Much appreciated. Keep up the great work.

[@__-fi6xg]

glad that phanteks fans effectively make it better and nicer looking and cheaper with the d30.

[@SiAnon]

"We designed a system of fans that gets rid of all the cables......................you need to buy a shit ton of cables too" - Corsair.

[@Hazz]

As an owner of the 420mm Corsair Link AIO & 10 of the link fans, I can confirm that they are not worth the money. The only way you’re able to control the fans is Via the iCue app due to the lack of PWM - Motherboard connectors. This would be fine if the iCue app was optimised, unfortunately it is not. My PC stutters, freezes & runs like garbage. So you’re essentially forced to use a garbage software just to control the fans/custom curves since they’re not accessible from the bios etc. Do not buy.

[@Cylindermaster]

You can only use them in either, AIO build or Air flow only. If using in a water-cooled build these fans become end of line, this is because you can only use one end for the Link cable and the other is blocked by the fittings coming out of the radiators. This is the problem I have now, might be turning down some fittings to make it fit.

[@failsafe503]

Good review! I have the two fan AIO LCD cooler and tripple fan kit. Yes they cost more, but they are SO easy to install and configure with the iCue software. Also they are whisper quiet. Worth.

[@TeamGB-Diving]

I have started building my gaming PC. With all your KZbin videos Marcus, you have helped me no end. It’s amazing, thanks for all advice. 👍🏻👍🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻

[@Drewkungfoo]

I'm copping these but I DO Agree with you Corsair should lower the prices a bit and add a 2nd CABLE

[@michaeljarcher]

I just got delivery of the QX120 fan kit, my price was converted about 102quid. Quality of packing presentation etc all very nice.

[@themaurogenovese]

What about the QX Fans performance in terms of cooling your system? Better then AF or ML?

[@TheRealClaylex]

Omg yes! Glad to see someone reviewing these!

[@austin_colt]

I went with Thermaltake Swafan EX. Basically the same idea for a fraction of the price and the ability to swap the fan blades so you never see the "rear" of the fan.

[@biggranny000]

As good as these look, I can't be convinced because even noctua fans are cheaper than these and noctua fans will destroy corsair fans any day, especially with reliability.

[@LMIP7777]

Corsair is great but definitely not for tracking your temp. It is always off by 5-10 degrees or no where close to what it actually is

[@furioustester4056]

I hate people using so many lights when the product uses rgb, I can't see how well it looks when it's gonna be dark and in low light, which will be what it is when I'm using it.

[@thomasenright5282]

Could you please do a full build with these fans and AIO in the top of the case I am very interested in getting this set but I just want to see how it connects altogether.

[@Thund3r4]

Can ypu do a video on how fans ideally should be mounted. Intake vs exhaust? So you started with the front fans as intake, but moving them to the top they're now exhaust?

[@I-HAVE-A-BOMB]

Canada prices. Cpu cooler 449.99. Single 120mm fan 74.99 mo cables. 214.99 for the 3 pack. 150 for a double pack of 140mm. And 55.99 for a 600mm cable. Problem is I still want to do it, I saw a build with these fans and you can do some pretty crazy stuff

[@timothypatch5080]

If I’m not mistaken that placement of the AIO is fine it’s about if the pump itself is higher than the tubes.

[@celery4564]

I hope they have made an improvement on the LED's from the QL fan series. Since I built my system 2 years ago which has 7 QL120's in, I have had to send six back due to failed LED's. Four of the replacements already have failed LED's on them and I just can't be bothered sending them back anymore and will probably not buy Corsair RGB fans in the future.

[@clem_chret]

Same with LL so imagine with 34 leds en these fans ahahha No thanks.

[@davekerby9020]

"No pun intended". Narrator: "The pun was absolutely intended"

[@PrestoMoto02]

The usb c port on the radiator does not need to be plugged in for the lcd screen. It’s powered with small contacts on top the cooling block

[@gregzy789_gaming4]

After watching this and how Corsair want you to buy cables etc for these fans and not include them. I will stick with my LL120’s until they bring the price down.

[@Spilityz]

Those fan look sick especially in 4000D 5000D

[@jonboy2950]

Ive got 9 D30 fans connected to 3 fan headers on my motherboard using fan control to manage all my fans with curves setup against the gpu and cpu according to what im using my PC for. So im quite happy with my nice neat set up.

[@him9613]

i’m getting 10 of those fans and should I plug the pwm into the fan headers or an argb and pwm hub

[@jonboy2950]

@@him9613 if you have 4 fan and 4 RGB headers on your machine, you dont need a hardware hub, you can use fan control to control the fans and another sofware called open RGB to control the lighting. Thats probably the simplest and cheapest method to reduce clutter and bloatware. I find this to work perfectly.

[@him9613]

@@jonboy2950 the asus prime z790 has 3 argb headers on it

[@ennspek]

In a world where you can get a BeQuiet case with 4 rgb fans prewired into a hub for £99 this is insane.

[@ennspek]

I still want it though!

[@atomicdeath10]

Once this daisy chain takes off with other manufacturers it will be the future. I went with the starter set of fans for my new build because I HATE dealing with fan wires and RGB wires. So clean to install.

[@lassejensen2149]

Is there a CPU Fan dummy header included??? please answer i cant find it anywhere..

[@jeremiahcrosby5350]

Do you think this is worth the price

[@lassejensen2149]

@@jeremiahcrosby5350 if you have the money for it why not. Looks like a quality product with some cool and new features

[@robert3892]

If you are running short of USB 2.0 connections as mentioned in the video try the Corsair Internal 4-Port USB 2.0 hub.

[@SkemeKOS]

I love the look, but the price is killing me. I cant!

[@stephenriggs8177]

To me, the internal temperature monitors are the headline, and the magnets and wire reduction is secondary. I ordered six Corsair fans, just yesterday, but they're all old-school (and much cheaper). I got a Corsair Shift power supply, because I got tired of trying to add and remove cables from basement-mounted power supplies. (My big case has no floor and lots of room, so the conventional layout works fine, there.)

[@greatyellow7351]

Interesting build. I think both the cpu and gpu are the best choices. Ryzen 7700 performs on a par with the 5800x3d. The 4070 has decent performance and 12gb. They would both be my choices for this generation for price v performance

[@enternamehere6686]

😂

[@diablodima]

Not gonna lie, these fans set to green through the iCue would make a superb ambient forest vibe for yew chopping in Runescape 3.

[@ChrisHall123]

I got a cable in my single QX120 fan, albeit a short one, in the box. As it turned out it was perfect length between my AIO and rear fan. I’m in the UK, not sure if that makes a difference.

[@GuyverGamingTV]

Loving the new Corsair connections. I so need to change all of mine and get rid of the old corsair wire mess in the back of my machine. My aio is only a couple of years as well but less cables is well worth the upgrade. Byuing extra cables is a pain, plus iv noticed no Led strips either. Now to win the lottory lol or sell my kids hahaha

[@smamas114]

I found on deals from 360 down to 200 buck corsair icue link LCD 360 aio white with QX fans i hope there's no issue with that , no deal for black variant

[@n8dawg727]

He must of not realized there is a 2nd mini/smaller cable in the box too which does allow to split on the 3 packs. Unless they added it later but got 2 with mine a week ago in both the 3pks too. 2 longer and 2 shorter and was plenty to install 3 x controll box x2x1 on the otherside. Still had 1 cable leftover actually even after plugging in both sides of the control box. Anyways expensive but they look great and super easy being able to adjust the fans rpm, curve ect. Also the cable management helps alot. Spec if your like me and have 8 case fans or more. Comes down to personal preference I guess.

[@NateFromIT]

I just hope these fans and system dont have the LED light sticking issue that some of their older fans have. I cant run all white because colors bleed into my older fans.

[@IOTWVUVWTOI]

Currently rock 7000D, Corsair iCUE H170i ELITE CAPELLIX, Corsair HX1000i, Corsair ML140 PRO RGB x4, Corsair ML120 RGB ELITE x4 and Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 32GB... despite being a huge Corsair fan boy (unintended pun) these fans shown might be overkill 😅

[@gangaindenial]

Doing a fresh build by the end of the month with this setup 👌

[@jeffmoneyyy]

I had the typical 9 lian li SL fans. a couple had issues staying connected and would just stop spinning. I cleaned the contacts and moved them to different spots in the chain but would frequestnly have this issue. Got a new set of 9, similar issues. Bought the AL v2 and have had 2 go bad with bearing issues within a few months. I'm excited to expand the daisy chain model to other fans for sure. Bit pricey for now but this is a good shift for the industry in the name of cable management.

[@polarbear1034]

Best practice is not tubes at the bottom. Having the pump as the highest point of your loop can let any air bubbles in the system got to the pump/cpu and get stuck there and create a poor cooling environment and cause premature failure of your pump and shorten the life of the cpu. Gamers Nexus does a very good video on this.

[@LookItsDev]

Tubes at the bottom is perfectly fine and is actually a good way to mount an AIO. The air gets trapped at the top of the radiator and has no chance of making it to the CPU and getting trapped there.

[@HolloVVpoint]

💯 Corsair changed the game with this and the Shift PSU. Might be pricy now but to me it’s worth it and from here we will only start to see others copy which is a good thing for everyone.

[@superjke718]

250 for fans is insane - who's paying that??

[@FIRESHOCK88]

You also have the 360 rad blowing the heat into the case.

[@InTecknicolour]

can you do a comparison to lian li's sl120 daisychain fans?

[@natedogg3765]

Idk when the new aio will be in stock can only find the qx120 but not the icue link aio in the stores

[@aroudingo]

Something about having magnets in my PC scares me

[@hectorgonzalez4792]

I'm having a problem with the cables... u don't get enough in the packages.. the are expensive... they are bulky... and they won't sell u a double 90

[@Meemza]

Can you control fan speeds with this? Like how the commander pro was?

[@hosshydraa1181]

I’m waiting until they come out with the LCD display on the AIO for my new build.

[@PcCentric]

You can buy an upgrade kit for the h150i ICUE Link

[@thesquish7878]

It shouldn't be much of a problem considering the fact that the top of the tubes are higher then the placement of the pump.

[@Meincraft.]

hello, can I put 7x 140mm Fans and 3x 120mm Fans in the Corsair iCUE LINK 6500X RGB , Tower Case ?

[@philrdaly]

They are a really cool concept but that price is ludicrous. I also think that choosing to power it with a 6 pin pcie is a mistake as most people don't tend to have a vacant pcie power slot. The single fan should 100% come with its' own cable for sure. I've never been a big iCue fan because it is such a resource hog and my experience with it wasn't the greatest. Now if they lowered the cost down to the current SL Infinity price and allowed Hwinfo64 access to the monitoring and third party programs that are less resource heavy like Fan Control and OpenRGB to control the fans I would consider it...but I imagine Corsair would never let that happen

[@smulansson2009]

Would you like to do a build with these new corsair fans into a nzxt h9 flow case? would be COOOL!

[@BomberH]

I built a new PC just over a year ago. At the moment I have a Lian-Li O11 Dynamic XL case and 10 Lian-Li UNI SL120 fans. These were great to build with, due to the connections etc. However, these Corsair fans look even better. My fans cost me about £310 and I do love them. I don't think I could rip them all out and buy these Corsair ones as the cost to replace the 10 fans would be around £460! (just the fans, no AIO, just the fans, 3x 3 pack and a single) I thought that the cost of the Lian-li Uni fans was expensive, but the Corsair ones are ultra expensive. If I was building my PC now, I would probably buy them. but as I have really good fans already, I couldn't really justify the expense, even if I sold my Lian-Li ones! I do agree, Corsair should have included a cable with the single fans, taking into consideration the single fan is between £42-£45. Plus it would stimulate more sales too. Great Idea, works well and less cables, even less than the Uni fans I have. The cost is the problem though, if you have multiple fan positions to cover. You could get the AIO, which would give you 3 fans, but at the moment, the AIO head is a very boring 'just colours' no screen. I know it will come, but perhaps they should have had it available at launch, as I wouldn't go back to a non screen AIO now!

[@SirSone1]

are these better quality and performance then LL series?

[@xxxbg311]

Is this air cooler? And will it be enough for 14900k?

[@EvanLavigne-ez4hs]

love how they shorted me a pcie cable… dont have enough to run this and the 2 required 6+2 for my 4070Ti

[@terryoreilly5642]

Hi everyone. I to myself have a full corsair setup in my system including the corsair 5000T RGB case with 13 LL120s all in white. I love corsair gear as much as the next guy or girl. Its expensive yes but you get what you pay for. QUALITY. Even down to the packaging with corsair. Before you get to the item in the box you know its gunna be of high quality. But i to think if you wanted to break the triple down to a single and a double were is your other cable? Also it is a massive P... take from corsair to charge what they are charging for a single fan and not have a cable in it. So i thought you touched on and made 2 very good points when you picked up on that. It is nice NOT TO have to hide all those cables if you have alot going on like my system has i have now but i won't be paying those prices for any of that. I plan to build a new gen 5 gaming system in march but i am going with the Lian lee set up in the 011 evo xl. And these prices are for the black corsair products. "wait till the all white is out" if its not already. I'm sure that will be even more. Nice video by the way.

[@m-reynolds]

Question: Don't Lian Li have a similar product with the Uni Fans??

[@Justanotherbeautifulday]

Pc Part Picker says the Icue link h170i RGB only pulls 15 watts. Did Corsair tell you personally that it’s not OK to Daisy chain from the graphics card PCIE??? I have to call customer service tomorrow morning/tech-support. Because everything on my rig is running just fine. I have the 7900 XTX paired with a Ryzen 7 7800x3d. I don’t have any issues yet

[@arcyarcanine]

"Not pretty sure about the fact that the sides flicker as well." I mean, the side lighting uses the same LEDs used for the ring lighting. 🙃

[@slavetothesystem9854]

I've got a H150 in my rig also. Keeping CPU extra cool indeed!

[@darthja8292]

I’m thinking of building my 1st gaming rig, but the thing that’s putting me off is the (seemingly) insane amount of cables and where to plug everything in!😧😧. I’m knew to this PC gaming world, and tbh, is scary stuff, so anything that helps to reduce the amount of cables which simplifies things is very welcome 😂. Your channel tho is very helpful and informative, and your style is refreshing 👍🏻👍🏻

[@BluD]

Well the cable thing is pretty ridiculous but it makes sense why its like $10 cheaper to buy them in singles rather than doubles.

[@Gamakatana]

How insane is that that whole fan setup is more expensive than the PC setup shown in this video....

[@ripperripi]

Another youtuber posted a video with these fans but it has some kind of coil on them. Maybe its from his psu. Do u had any issue with them?

[@buschmaster4600]

Idk whats up with my link system hub but when i click on it, i only have the option to check for an update. I cant reorder any of my fans...

[@LauraTakesTheKris]

Great video and very helpful. I purchased the 360mm radiator and 4 fans. Everything appeared to have installed fine and RGB is working and the pump header shows the default cooler temp display, however I don't appear to have any display settings within Icue to change the display of the pump header. Ive powered off and disconnected the PSU overnight and also disconnected and re connected all cables but still no option to change the display on the pump. I have also plugged direct into a USB header on MOBO rather that using the provided splitter. Have you come across this issue at all and if so how did you resolve it? TIA

[@PcCentric]

Not had that issue, as long as all the cables are connected it should work - does the display come on at all? IE the default splash screen? And are you using the newest ICUE!

[@LauraTakesTheKris]

@@PcCentric Thanks for the reply, Yes the default splash screen is on with the coolant temp showing. All firmware/software shows as up-to date. Maybe ill try deleting Icue completely and re installing

[@X3.X3]

*starting a new build in the 6500x case and just ordered this AIO with the LCD and also a set of the new QX fans...can't wait to see how it comes out!!! oh also had to buy the new back connect project zero z790 mb to make it even cleaner haha*

[@TheRealDlo]

I just can't use Corsair due to Icue being so damn inconsistent

[@mariogorilla]

Hey nice video as always. So I am planning on changing all my fans into QX icue link. And I was wondering if we can pair together a set of QX120 fans (which will be on the right side of the case) and some RX140 fans NON RGB (at the bottom of the case) please? My Case is the Hyte y70 Thanks!

[@jlmonterrosa14]

Im confused. I thought best practice is tubes at the top so tbst the oump doesn't have to work so hard against gravity

[@Gulf76]

Air rises to the top. So if lines are at top you could be moving air with pump. AIO’s contain 2-10% air due to cost of manufacturing and to prevent pressure build up under high thermals. Air is compressible where as liquid is not.

[@Kenshin1870]

Upgrade to LCD version with the type c connector? What you mean, mate?

[@PcCentric]

There's a spare USB C port on the cooler if you want to buy the LCD head when it comes out

[@flamechicken415]

this is really good because i hate dealing with too much cables only really bad thing i can say about it is the price and the aoi tubing looks so odd

[@kanjixp1761]

Will there be pc build with the fastest cpu on the market? 13900ks

[@wille_stjerna]

Have you connected the corsair hub 6 pin PCIE to the same PCIE cable that you use for the graphics card?

[@ClingyParasite]

out of curiocity, is it possible to change the fans on that AIO radiator to a diffrent brand of fans?

[@SiAnon]

Yep and Corsair will sell them to you for ££££££££££ but you need to buy more cables so you don't have so many cables.

[@Josh-b5b]

Hi Mr Pc Centric, currentyl building my first pc using the same aio and the corsair rm850e power supply. I've got the same problem with not having the right cable to plug the controller into the power supply. What do I need to get in order to sort this? thanks

[@Overlord-Chainsaw]

It’s trickled down for lianli, lianli fans now are wireless nearly