Would you Buy RGB Fans?

FireFox · Dec 7, 2018

Hockster said:
I don't think they can be connected directly, you need to connect the Corsair hub to the J connector. Not positive though.

I have ordered two set of those single that comes with the Controller and Hub, i want to do some tests before i buy the rest of the Fans.

oxrufiioxo · Dec 7, 2018

I will say that for me at least with the Corsair LL or ML RGB fans a commander pro is a must. I would buy the ML over the LL if the LL hadn't already came with my case. I have 5 ML non RGB and 4 LL fans in my case and the ML fans vastly outperform the LL fans.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 7, 2018

oxrufiioxo said:
Did someone say RGB!!!!!!! lolView attachment 112125 View attachment 112128 View attachment 112126
What my led's are typically set to.

neatfeatguy · Dec 7, 2018

oxrufiioxo said:
My wife loves it or else they'd probably just be set to off. I leave them off during gaming.

Is she broken? The short duration I had LED fans in one of my builds, the wife did nothing but constantly bitch about them.....then again, maybe mine is broken.....hell, all wives are broken.

Personally I grew to dislike LEDs in my towers after about 30 minutes of having them, and that was before the wife even started to complain about them.

Deleted member 67555 · Dec 7, 2018

Orange and purple at the moment.

The cool thing about RGB is you get to decide the color or colors or effects or none at all
Personally my favorite is dark but vibrate red...is sexy

John Naylor · Dec 10, 2018

neatfeatguy said:
I've only purchased two fans with LEDs in the past - a couple of Thermaltake ones. They moved air like mad! Loved that they pushed air so well, even if they were blue LED fans. But that was back when I first started with PC gaming and I thought it would be fun to have a "glowing" case to light up the room. That was short lived....about 30 minutes after I had the system in use I regretted it. The fans worked well and I kept for them for a while....just wish they had the ability to turn of the LEDs. At the time, I was too lazy to try and remove them, so I just lived with it.

Many offer the ability to turn the LEDs off ... if not a set of dikes works wonders

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eidairaman1 · Dec 10, 2018

If they can be configured to colors you want, yes.

FireFox · Dec 12, 2018

Got the fans for test today and as i hoped they can be controlled with just one control even if they are in different Hubs.

Gorstak · Dec 12, 2018

well, the only two fans working in my case are the PSU's fan and the sys fan that came with case, I unplugged the cpu fan as it became very noisy...Arctic Cooling makes good coolers, but their fans aren't really top of the line products. I still have lighting though, it works for 2 years now without issues, called LC-PCI-LED. Basically it's two led strips and a controller for them, powered by a sata connector. It's not real rgb, you get to pick one color and it stays that way until you press the button again.

FireFox · Dec 12, 2018

Gorstak said:
I unplugged the cpu fan

And how in the heaven are you cooling your CPU :confused:

Arctucas · Dec 12, 2018

No, I am way over the 'Ooh, pretty!' thing.

I like a neat and clean, professional looking rig, but performance is what really matters.

FireFox · Dec 25, 2018

Before Rebuild

After Rebuild

Almost finished still need to do a few things.

Hockster · Dec 25, 2018

I'm not seeing the changes. :roll:

Durvelle27 · Dec 25, 2018

I won't even lie, i hate RGB like no one else but i did buy 3 new RGB fans for my current build :roll:

FireFox · Dec 25, 2018

Hockster said:
I'm not seeing the changes.

Durvelle27 said:
I won't even lie, i hate RGB like no one else but i did buy 3 new RGB fans for my current build

I don't like them either

Mussels · Dec 25, 2018

RGB with saved hardware support (like corsair has now) is the best choice

I got quality fans i'm happy with noise and performance levels, and i can go change them to any color i like, SAVE THEM TO THE DEVICE and chance my color scheme on a whim without needing new hardware.

FireFox · Dec 25, 2018

Mussels said:
I got quality fans i'm happy with noise and performance levels,

I dont know how good are those Lian Li fans i bought just hope they dont die after a month

Athlonite · Dec 25, 2018

I thought about RGB fans then I slapped myself to bring me back to reality although I did have a set of Silverstone AP181 blue LED fans in my case at one stage I just got sick of the look

taz420nj · Jan 2, 2019

If I'm building a rig for someone else and they want lighting, absolutely. It's a high profit item that sells itself. "I could use solid colors or I could use RGBs that you can change with the push of a button". For my own rig, no way. I am not a fan of lighting in my own machines. I honestly don't even like cases that are see-through (open-frame is an exception). Why? Because I used to have two of them that I built, and they had LEDs. They looked great. But I can't tell you how much I HATE HATE HATED having to open it up twice a month to clean the dust out. Even putting filters on the inlets didn't help. They looked presentable for about a week before you could start seeing the dust everywhere. I've never bought a window case since.

Bert63 · Jan 26, 2019

No RGB for me - where my computer sits you can't see it anyway.

I just built a new machine and decided to go with a AIO this time around (Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium Edition). I'll likely turn the LEDs off. My motherboard (Gigabyte Aorus Ultra) also has a deck of RGB that will likely be off. My video card (EVGA 2080 XC Gaming) also has RGB that will likely be turned off.

I already bought my case fans - Noctua.

I do like a nicely done RGB build though - to look at.

Shambles1980 · Jan 26, 2019

voted no.
BUT i have in the past (because i had no choice)

Seems stupuid to add cost or to use lower quality fans for the same price, if your just gonna turn the led's off

FireFox · Jan 26, 2019

I have mine running white color and the brightness right down to a point that it doesn't bothers me.

F7GOS · Jan 26, 2019

Yup, most my fans are RGB.

Doesn't mean they are blasting rainbows into the room though, depending on the build colour scheme they will usually be set to static colour or even white to give some illumination.

Most are the diffused Ring type though rather than seeing individual LEDs

xtreemchaos · Jan 26, 2019

yes its better to not need them "turn them off" than to need them and not have them

. charl.

FireFox · Jan 26, 2019

F7GOS said:
Doesn't mean they are blasting rainbows into the room though, they will be set to static colour or even white to give some illumination

Exactly

I tried different colors but static white was the one.

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Would you Buy RGB Fans?

Would you Buy RGB Fans?

Yes

No

They are too colorful

It depends

I do not know

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