Thermalright TL-C12C-S & TL-C12CW-S RGB Fan Review

[@SuperbowlVikes28]

So happy I found your video, literally installing them and thought I needed a hub(got a pack of 6). MB only has 2 fan hubs you pointing out the daisy chain just saved me time and $.

[@Ravie.]

Are you able to diasy chain more than 3

[@shizouka7088]

​@@Ravie. the description of the fans says u can daisy chain up to 5 fans, just 5

[@Angel-em6od]

Hi, how many fans did you daisy chained to the argb port?

[@shizouka7088]

@@Angel-em6od i daisy chained 3 fans back then but you'll really need a fan hub along the way so buying even a cheap one would be ideal since you can connect up to 10 fans in there, it's around 3-5 us dollars, it's cheap.

[@Angel-em6od]

@@shizouka7088 Would it be safe to connect 4 fans in series if I don't have a hub?

[@eigra2681]

Why does this guy not have more subs? You tackle all major concerns consumer have for every video you do regardless of the content. Good job..

[@RacingPotato12]

Because all his videos are over the top product ads. He never provides any useful information.

[@Legendarylynx622]

He does have more subs. This is the high speed version (so clips from the longer videos) of another much bigger channel

[@Lurch-Bot]

I'm a big fan of these fans, pun intended. I tried them out when I built a PC for a friend last year on a budget. I have compared specs with a $70 Lian Li 3 pack and the Thermalright fans have significantly better static pressure and flow rate, while actually being slightly quieter. I will concede that the Lian Li fans may look slightly better but not $55 better. Depending on the case, you might not be able to tell anyway. Certainly wouldn't be able to tell in a case with a proper high airflow mesh front. Cannot overstate the benefit of 'daisy chaining', ripped off from Arctic's PST. If you are using 12 fans, I wouldn't plug them all into the same power header though. Even a midrange board tends to have 3 system fan headers these days. Doesn't matter for the ARGB connections and I'll use just one even if there are 2 on the board. LEDs aren't going to overdraw the header or wiring but you hook up enough fans to one header, you might burn something. Probably the daisy chain connectors because you'd be drawing 12 fans worth of current through a single point through a connector that was really only designed for a single fan. I'd say 3 on one header is probably a sensible limit. Another fun thing you can do is piggyback the rear fan off the CPU fan header so that it runs in time with the CPU cooler. Pretty much a straight shot there and it is dumb to have that rear exhaust fan moving less air than the CPU cooler, which can happen on a lot of boards, depending on design and how they are set up in BIOS. The air stacks up, gets turbulent and impairs the extraction of the GPU heat out the rear vents and top screen via positive pressure from the front intake fans. I think on a lot of newer boards, the sys fan header nearest the CPU is set to run at the same speed as the CPU fan. This is but one of the many reasons why just slapping a PC together and running it for all of 5 minutes before packing it up and shipping it out the door is a horrible practice but is followed by all major SIs and the majority of smaller volume and custom builders. You can get a decent prebuilt or custom as long as you buy it from me or one of the half dozen other builders on the planet who go the extra mile and then drive a few more hours just to be sure. 'New' just means a component that has had very little testing. Used is actually often a better bet. I've seen too many new parts DOA or fail quickly due to poor QC. I just used these fans again in a build for sale yesterday. R5 2600/RX 6600. 3 fans in front, one in back and one on the cooler. PC runs cool and quiet, even with the GPU power limit at 120% and the CPU drawing 115W with an OC. I used an Assassin 120 X SE R cooler and was blown away when it kept the CPU at 52C during a burn test. It is the thinnest 120mm cooler I've ever seen but I'm planning to get one for my Ryzen 5600X. A recent GPU upgrade left me with more room and the 92mm cooler is looking awfully small. Been running an undervolt/underclock to keep temps reasonable and for $20, I can overclock the piss out of it and still drop temps by 10-15C.

[@qwwertyyuiopp]

you deserve more subs. edited like a 100k subs channel yet you only have 16 (17 now, you earned one)

[@_At0mz]

It’s his second channel lmfaoooo

[@ryozaki96]

He will would get more subs if he didn't have like 10 KZbin channel. The company behind this channel is weird.

[@zGoalOfficial]

​@@ryozaki96read the name

[@ryozaki96]

@@zGoalOfficial yup it's a secondary channel, the original channel has 193k subscribers. Still he has at least 3 secondary channels with different names

He deserves less subs. He’s not a nice person.

[@baddestmofoalive]

I like this series of ARGB fans because they also have a 120mm reversed AND a 120mm 15mm slim and 140mm in both black and white that all match. In my white PC, I needed 2x 120mm slim fans, 3x reverse 120mm, 4x standard 120mm and 1x 140mm to mod the PSU. This let me keep everything uniform across my PC, and didn’t break the bank 👍

[@Piano791]

Wow! Thank you for this video! It helped me a a lot 😀

[@Vovoyfiaher]

is there a software to control the fans?

[@OnlineProfitsTips]

FanControl does good job

[@Poeticzx]

@@OnlineProfitsTipsdoes it also control the liquidcooler fan for the cpu

[@ertgb_]

Probably just about any RGB software. It just uses a 3 pin RGB header on your motherboard.

[@LokumYT]

Use Signal RGB

[@zelppaniP]

Which software did you use to control the color of the RGB?

[@Kryoth]

Aura sync as you can see he has an asus rog mobo

[@zelppaniP]

@@Kryothdo you use softwares based off the motherboard?

[@isaiah9160]

@@zelppaniPyes

[@Lurch-Bot]

I recently discovered that you can control RGB through BIOS on a Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite V2. Not sure about the Asus Tuf board I have in my gaming PC but everything else on it is better speced than the Anus board. But since I was putting the Anus board in a PC I'm going to sell, I found it a very useful feature for staging my product photos without having to use an app (in my experience, they all suck). Another point worth mentioning is that there is some spotty cross-compatibility between manufacturers. I have used an EVGA app to control lighting on a Asus board before. The card was EVGA and using the Asus app to control the lights on the EVGA card didn't really work properly. I also had a Wraith Prism in the mix which is 12V RGB. The Asus app also didn't seem to like doing both 12V and 5V lighting, which was probably the issue with the GPU also. I don't really do RGB, I just tried it once so I knew how to do it as a builder. I hated it and will never RGB a PC for my own personal use. It used to be a huge waste of money but these Thermalright fans are way cheaper than the Noctua fans I typically use. It really doesn't cost extra to have basic RGB these days but I still won't do it. I might buy these fans for one of my own machines but it will be the non-RGB variant.

[@rabiulislam92]

@@Lurch-BotAnus board! Nice 😂

[@kangerer8886]

You can remove the sticker to make it look better

[@adxl4331]

What app did u use to change the color ?

[@Ravie.]

Yo did you find what app is used to change colors

[@adamhall7077]

OpenRGB

[@secrets.]

i want

[@jonathan-Rcs]

What software do you use to control the RGB?

[@darrylarmand1053]

How do you change the color of it without going to bios

[@rodturner6759]

was there a cap on the rgb plugs?

[@FAILMASTERTHEGAMER]

How do did you control the color for these fans?

[@pxnter1002]

Do you know? I have also been struggling with finding this out

[@themarketgardener]

@@pxnter1002 Usually your motherboard software if you connected the ARGB to the motherboard. You can also use OpenRGB I think for a better software

[@ertgb_]

Probably with the Motherboard manufacturer's RGB software, or just any generic one out there.

[@va09sa]

can your choose colors on the fans i mean to chance it to white?

[@Nocee]

i'm definitly taking theses, in france we have a legal warrenty of 2 years so if something breaks we get a refund or a replacement

[@build3rcraft25]

What IS the name of his case ?

[@ccclxix24]

Do they need a controller to connect the kit of 3 or do they connect to each other? thank you

[@yansideabacoa6257]

skip to daisy chain

[@diegoxdgh45]

What rgb software are you using?

[@halifaxaviation9724]

Tysm! 😊

[@ramenshells9715]

Do you have a video on how to daisy chain the fans together , not too many helpful videos on how to connect the wires properly when connecting multiple fans especially for first time pc builders it would be much appreciated if you made content on where it connects to and how it works in death thank you👍

[@mgoogyi]

Most likely you have male and female connectors on every fan and you connect the fans to each other and the last one is connected to the motherboard.

[@luxxy7x]

how do you change the colour

[@emoninja_30]

Cool vid but i didn't understand can the fans be set only to one color like blue

[@jacobtinkle9686]

You can change the color of the fans to whatever youd like, you can also make it cycle through colors or other stuff

[@EgoExperience]

Are these fans compatible with Msi b550 gaming gen3? I tried to connect it into my mother board but I don’t have any 3 pin headers mine are all 4. And I’m confused on what hub to buy can you please help?

[@TurboKid33]

Can you turn the lights off on these?

[@iLene655]

You can using your motherboard software

[@NGreedia]

There's also a newer version now, the TL-C12W-S V3 with infinity mirrors in the hub

[@asd-me7xz]

Can I just connect it with the 4pin into the motherboard?

[@Lurch-Bot]

How long is a piece of string? This question is more suitable for Reddit, with photos and other info provided so someone can actually give you a real answer. The answer is conditional on numerous factors you have not elucidated.

[@EpicHuman2114]

i’m thinking about getting these but just wondering, how do you change the rgb do they have a software?

[@boootyslayer8598]

yep its a program u can install

[@w3st_fx]

@@boootyslayer8598 whats it called, i cant find it for the life of me

[@alannotemo2835]

Yes I recommend “Signal RGB” it’s one of the easiest softwares to use

[@joshuajones3557]

Is there a way to get to the bearing in this fan? mine started making noise, and I want to lubricate the bearing with some 3 in 1 oil, but I'm not sure if I can.

[@bluexo256]

Yoooo nice video, I think I'm gotta get those for my next build. Are there any limits of the daisy chaining? Is 3 fans the maximum or could I chain all my coolers?

[@yuanzhu1073]

What did you end up doing?

[@bluexo256]

@@yuanzhu1073 nothing bruh im not gonna build it now maybe to the end of the year, but all I heard of this fans seems to be pretty good. Same for the peerless assasin 120 se, thermalright has good prices for the performance.

[@Farrow5405]

3 chained is max for one header

[@painszu]

@@Farrow5405 You sure? I can't daisy chain 4 for example?

[@rootgarage]

How many LEDs does this fan have in the argb?

[@ruffyaus]

How do i make them all one single color? I have a Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard

[@Evejiavzvekej]

Maybe in ur Motherboard softwere

[@robert6106]

If you're putting these into an older machine without an ARGB pin you will need an ARGB controller to light them up. Putting them on a chassis 4 pin will make the fan spin without RGB.

[@MinhDo-vy4rm]

how can we adjust the led light to be static ? Im using Msi motherboard

[@Way2go926]

what is the highest rpm does this fans could spin up??

[@jacobtinkle9686]

1500 rpm

[@sii72]

Are these THERMALRIGHT TL-C12C-S compatible with a Gigabyte H610M S2H DDR4?

[@wockreaper]

Motherboards don’t need specific fans to work, but yes, these will work with any case. If you want a radiator for your cpu, this is the wrong type of product and I would look into heat sinks or aios

[@angelh3423]

I can’t figure out how to daisy chain them. Is it only the two connections shown in the video for all three fans? If so would I just leave the rest of the cables hanging?

[@ciexll]

the hanging cables is to keep daisy chaining other fans

[@El_ctm_de_jorch]

hello, how is in radiator?

[@xxDrain]

Costs double that where I live, but that's still a great price for a 3pack with ARGB and daisychaining

[@calwinka]

Is there a softest you can use to change rgb

[@dreyj0204]

openrgb or the mobo software

[@todegaming4954]

hello how to control the rgb of the fan pls

[@Ravie.]

Did you find how to change rgb

[@pxnter1002]

@@Ravie.did you find out?

[@dibu28]

Can I control speed of those fans with motherboard?

[@jacobtinkle9686]

Yes, as they are PWM fans

[@VashhStamped]

Hi, how is the noise? I have the cougar mx330-g air case, the stock fans at 1300 rpm hit 41 Db. Are these thermalright fans louder or not?

[@duyanhtran4009]

Thermalright is well known for their quiet fan. That's it for you

[@peterperez3894]

Kinda late but i just got 6 for my corsair carbide spec 05 and even at max speed they are really quiet

[@Cars_30_]

How do I change rgb colour on the fan?

[@librixundred2201]

use signal rgb

[@Ink.In.The.Meat.]

Is there any software to control the fans light?

[@jacobtinkle9686]

Use your motherboards manufacturer software

[@Ink.In.The.Meat.]

@jacobtinkle9686 thank you

[@TopSchnitz3l]

Great review

[@painszu]

So does this mean, if I have 4 fans of these, i can daisy chain them all together, and plug just ONE connector to the header (SYS_FAN1) for all of the 4 fans and they'll work?

[@jacobtinkle9686]

Theoretically yes, it is however not recommended, as 4 fans may be too many. I would say a max of 3, better 2

[@painszu]

@@jacobtinkle9686 Thanks, I am currently running a setup of 3 fans all daisy chain connected, I am debating with my self if I should buy atleast one more, since it doesn't look complete and airflow could be improved, for now I don't know, but I might...

[@mikegc3816]

Hi, do you know what the difference is between to C-S and W-S - thanks

[@themarketgardener]

Color

[@haidarahmed5386]

hi, nice video, can you please tell me how to set up the rgb and how to change it please? Is there some sort of software for it? i have a corsair rgb fan hub and downloaded icue, but it didnt detect it.

[@krishnaanand3413]

Hi this is argb which connects to your motherboard rather than the proprietary connection that corsair uses. You can buy an argb to corsair converter but the use is variable

[@ledgamer3554]

how do i daisy chain these please

[@mattygaga2013]

Dude you're so pretty haha! Couldn't concentrate on the fans since I, a gay, am your fan now lol

[@RuneDall]

My mobo doesn’t have an rgb header I do have a commander core from Corsair that I have two a120s connected to. I’m thinking about getting the 90mm fan for the low profile cooler but not sure if I’ll be able to hook it to the command core and the cpu fan controller pins. I’m wanting to add one more tiny rgb fan to the cpu basically but don’t have the rgb header.

[@isaacay88]

How do you put the colors you want cuz I can’t

[@user00merc]

did u figure it out cuz I can’t

[@isaacay88]

@@user00merc me too

[@DanielMorosini-hs5iv]

Can i connect 6 of them togheter?

[@rohinvfx]

yes

[@ruimelo9469]

Do you feel less power?

[@garavonhoiwkenzoiber]

at 0.20A each you can do 5 on a 1 amp fan header, and 10 on a 2 amp fan header. You also need to pay attention to drgb power draw.

[@JuiceMachine187]

where do you get the rgb software download for these fans as the only have the aio cooler software on their website

[@switchblad333]

Your motherboard should be able to control these, mine is an MSI motherboard so it's called Mystic light

[@antosotvik3465]

If you download a software called signal rgb, it is actually good.

[@4x4forlyfe]

That sticker can be removed super easily. I actually remove mine and place white vinyl over them. It looks so good in the end.

[@AmorFatiistaken]

like a white vinyl sticker? Where did you get them?

[@4x4forlyfe]

@@AmorFatiistaken yep, I ordered a vinyl sheet from Amazon and some circular craft punches. Ordered two sizes of the punch: 1.25" and 1.50"

[@pxnter1002]

@@4x4forlyfeHey man do you know how to change the colors on these?

[@4x4forlyfe]

@@pxnter1002 I plugged the aRGB connector into my motherboard and use SignalRGB. It's a free program, but it has a bunch of features.

[@rhlparkr]

Can the daisy chain to hooked to ARGB fan controller hub or has to be plugged to the motherboard?

[@robbensolly31]

Ask chat gpt bro

[@ledgamer3554]

How do I control colors with what software

[@iconfuez6538]

motherboard argb software

[@zacbao-dai3045]

What Rgb software do i use for these fans

[@Ravie.]

You found what the software is

[@zacbao-dai3045]

@@Ravie. I used the rgb software for the mother board that I had

[@joseguevara184]

My mobo RGB connector has 4 pins, the fan rgb connector is 3, should I bend the pin at the mobo?

[@ciexll]

you have no 3 pins?

[@SaifAli-oe3ph]

No no no please don’t the 3pm is rated a 5v whilst the 4 pin is 12v it could cause a short or even a fire you could buy a rgb converter though deep cool does a good one for £12

[@EgoExperience]

@SaifAli-oe3phwhat’s the specific one your talking about called?

[@liav1609]

great video just got these

[@DavesDimension]

as for regular or reverse flow would u just flip the fan? are the fans still working well for you

[@JustWolt]

you can flip the fan but then you have the back part of the casing spindles blocking some of the fan rgb. Reverse fans allow you to have the airflow direction you desire while still having the fan case spindles on the opposite viewing side.

[@BeaKOnYT]

What software do you use to control the RGB on these?

[@neev4367]

Just use your motherboard RGB software?

[@BeaKOnYT]

@@neev4367 the ASRock software is bad and has nowhere near this much control

[@neev4367]

@@BeaKOnYT Agreed. My old board was AsRock and it was a pain in the ass to download the PolyChrome RGB Software and the software looked like it was built by a 6 year old

[@Outware0]

@@BeaKOnYTtry openrgb

[@alexwolf3181]

Thank you

[@ALAiNKH3]

1:33 I want to figure out how do you put that fan on top of the PSU in the case. Explains

[@Jc88500]

It’s a feature of the case. Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh.

[@modenach]

I found the TL-C12B-S V3 and TL-C12W-S V3 better than the TL-C12C-S. And the 3 pcs pack of the TL-C12B-S V3 only are 14€ in Europe.

[@Ross-DM]

So the W is reversed?

[@scottsenior5319]

The r

[@syedfaiqiqbal9153]

Anyone know.if.I can find a reverse fan for this model?

[@OwenPeraino-cu2ri]

Are they loud

[@jacobtinkle9686]

The manufacturer gives 25.6 dB

[@axelmorondo7063]

is the white light the whitest white the RGB can do?

[@degoamaya1135]

i believe so

[@super_slav_6183]

Hello guys, i would appreciate if you could help me, i hav x99 a that doesnt have rgb header and case msi armor that has inbuilt rgb strip that diesnt work and it comes with rgb controller whitch makes fans attached to it work but no rgb, what kind of rgb controller would i need (sata/to 3pin?) and can i use it for these fans from vid if i decide to buy them ?

[@Kryoth]

One question. If you buy a one pack does it also come with daisy chainable capabilities?

[@izTruong]

Yes it does. I have 7 of them (actually 8 with the se-214-xt), sync perfectly, no hub needed

[@ruimelo9469]

You got 8 connected together?

[@lahtenci]

@@izTruongso then how do you change the rgb colors?

[@Angel-em6od]

​@@izTruonghow many fans did you daisy chained to an ARGB port?

[@siryaaann]

What if you don’t have argb header? I did buy the thermalright argb hub. How do I install it?

[@Lurch-Bot]

You get one of those $20 cheap AF hubs that comes with a remote that lets you change the color and pattern. Some hubs are just hubs, while others are controllers. From what I can discern from a quick search, it looks like what you bought is just a hub and will not work without a control signal from a MB ARGB header. It is just a holdover from before they started doing the daisy chain thing and you would have to have a header for each fan. Thermalright also makes a very basic controller for around $8 you could get to make it work but it will have limited functionality. It looks like a little inline dongle with 3 buttons on it and you'd have to open the case whenever you want to change the color and/or pattern. Also, the only thing I am seeing for hubs with a Thermalright brand is actually a PWM hub, not ARGB. AFAIK nobody makes one to plug into an internal USB header for control with software, which seems so obvious but now it is actually cheap enough to produce that, it is an edge case anyway because even the 5 year old ASUS Prime B450 I have has both 12v and 5v headers. How many people want to spend $50 to have software controlled RGB on a 10 year old platform? The USB linked hub would cost at least that much. Nevertheless, I'm going to get to do it at least once because I am building a PC to sell with a 4th gen i7 and a 1080. The 1080 has RGB which will have to be controlled with software and then the case fans will have to be set manually with the remote. Will be a PITA for whoever buys it but on a $500 PC that performs as well as it does, these are the kind of things most people will just cope with. And it will have functional RGB. TL;DR, here's a link to a YT vid that will say basically what I said using a lot more words and taking up a lot more time than just reading this comment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZvLYX6rq6acpsU

[@kursed1080]

What if I have a 4 pin rgb header on my motherboard ?

[@garavonhoiwkenzoiber]

that'll be a no. A 4 pin rgb header uses 12 volts, drgb/argb uses 5 volts.

[@mrsupertash]

Having the same issue right now on my B450 Tomahawk Max. I'm looking for a separate ARGB controller to completely bypass the motherboard headers which are 4-pin 12V and thus not addressable. These Thermalright's 3-pin 5V A-RGB can light up each LED individually, while with 4-pin 12V ALL LEDs show the same color and brightness at the same time. There are some 12V to 5V converters but they only let you connect the 5V ARGB to your 12V RGB motherboard header but you will lose the functionality to individually address the LEDs and thus what ARGB really is about. So with these converters the ARGB fans will behave as if they were 12V RGB fans and only show a single color at a time for all LEDs. The only gain would be you could control them with the software that the motherboard comes with, but most of them are horrible anyway, it seems. So, a separate ARGB controller bypassing the mobo headers is the way to go for me. Just need to figure out which one is actually good.

[@xxGwoodxx]

Bro I bought these but i have no idea how to hook the the rgb

[@Mullotov]

Just a quick question I’m about to buy these I don’t have an argb 3 pin v5 can I use them simply without argb until I get a new motherboard

[@Mullotov]

Just a quick question I’m about to buy these I don’t have an argb 3 pin v5 can I use them simply without argb until I get a new motherboard

[@boot-strapper]

I used to get pc fans for 2 bucks a pop in 2007

[@KyP-Anti]

Yea but how tf you change the rgb

[@dxmii.h]

motherboard software

[@AdamElmachkour-r7s]

Don't understand how these small youtubers make money with such a typical KZbin name and such little views.

[@Coronenia]

Hi may I know how to control the Rgb lighting ?

[@ddain_]

And then I noticed he have only 5k subs

[@quinnetjetielemans1619]

How do i change the collor of the fans

[@josh8oh8]

Use motherboard software or use an argb hub

[@x-noobtheproducer]

i bought a few of these and after a week of having these they started screeching and making terrible sounds i will not buy this brand ever again.

[@ItsKagan]

the review is really good thx for that! but one quatsion i saw on other vids that one fan can connect another one to him but not 3 if i have one 5v argb vdg connecion and one pwm 4 pin connector on my mother board how much fans can i connect to it 2? 3? or maybe 4 idk

[@ruimelo9469]

Did you got the asnwer?

[@Painindaazz]

like, subbed and commented :D will do so on the mainchannel, keep up the great work ^^

[@n3tskyy151]

bro why are your all fans exaust ☠

[@dreyj0204]

can i daisy chain 5 of this

[@Evejiavzvekej]

No

[@Evejiavzvekej]

For 4pin Maximum 3, 2 better

[@SWIFTzTrigger]

Bad review, no mention of sound at all, which is a very key aspect of fan specs.

[@Revon-Feuer]

Not when you're buying a pack of 5$ fans.

[@Factsfun-kg4xc]

lets be real. the Artic P12 is just as cheap or cheaper and some of the best performing fans you can buy. they are under $5 but they have 0 RGB another plus in my book.

[@DankRice63]

Bro how tf did you install that shit has no threading on it

[@hansvogel4335]

What horrible models of memory.

[@ChristopherMaier.]

RGBTQ

[@xNinjaEdits]

how can u program the lights to be different colors?

[@phillysupra]

Rgb header. Motherboard rgb in uefi as most mobo can do this nowadays

[@toolie478]

how do you control the fan speeds having problem

[@pxnter1002]

Did you find out?