Corsair iCUE LL120 RGB LED PWM (16 Independent RGB LED
Corsair iCUE LL120 RGB LED PWM (16 Independent RGB LED, 120mm Fan Blade, 600 RPM to 1,500 RPM, Low-Noise Operation) with Lighting Node PRO (3 Pack) – Black
EXPANSION KITThis product is intended as an expansion of the LL120 RGB LED 3 fan kit with Lighting Node PRO. The RGB functionality of this product requires an RGB Lighting hub and Lighting Node PRO.
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COMPLETE COOLING CONTROL
Using an optimised 120mm fan blade and PWM control, set the speed of the fan anywhere from 600 RPM to 1,500 RPM for precise noise and airflow adjustment.
| Weight: | 490 g |
| Dimensions: | 11.99 x 11.99 x 2.49 cm; 489.88 Grams |
| Brand: | Corsair |
| Model: | CO-9050072-WW |
| Colour: | Black (RGB) |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | CORSAIR HOLDINGS HONG KONG LTD |
| Dimensions: | 11.99 x 11.99 x 2.49 cm; 489.88 Grams |
Well build RGB can be set to whatever you want the software to control the RGB is good and this one is super quiet. Just like the ones in the AiO cooler.
I’ve used corsair fans in my systems for years and they’ve been quiet and reliable all that time. Wiring on these older units is more complicated and you do need an ecosystem to run them, if you don’t want RGB then they are just expensive fans that will suit any system, but should want the RGB then you need the hubs and controllers from Corsair, this kit has them included which makes the cost more reasonable, but the wiring trips people up, I’m experienced with them but I do see a lot of people who have tried to fit them and just get lost.
Icue though is probably the best OEM software out there for controlling RGB and being Corsairs own software and FREE! you can adjust all the setting you want for these fans through it and not have to fiddle around in BIOS.
Had to buy other ones from elsewhere but thought I’d leave an amazon review anyway.
Corsair fans! Simple to setup and the RGB looks fabulous, quiet and sleek, makes any build pop out great. Would recommend if you have the money, too overpriced in my opinion however.
Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm
Great quality fan, You can always rely on corsair. The fan worked as intended. The RGB effect were great and using the iCue i was able to link the fan to be in sync with the others in the case.
Noise was quieter than my previous one which while not the nosiest this is noticeable more quiet however, depending on your setup and how many fans you have you might not hear a noticeable difference.
Overall great quality, good airflow, great replacement fan or addition fan if you need one.
Corsair have been known for years for amazing in sync RGB and decent prices and these are no exception. Amazing addressable RGB from the Icue software. I advise on getting the commander xt as it has more to offer if your running fans pwm and rgb. You can customise your own patterns or use preset ones and use lighting link to control all matching rgb from corsair. Overall great fans and amazing RGB.
Amazing product, works really well defo worth the money the only mistake I made was plugging the rgb connector in the wrong slot in the rgb controlle
Very good fans, they still work as new after 1 yea
Best kit you can get. It brings all the tools you need, still they are not easy to install for a newbie like me i had to do some reasearch before install, if you don’t have any fan connection availabel probabily you will need to buy a double plug to have more connections, it but now they are perfect. Love them.
Excellent quality fans, easy to control rgb with the help of icue, might be best to make sure all rgb components in your case are corsair or icue compatible as this gives the best in game effect also helps to set a common color theme for the whole setup. additionally as these fans come with an extra node, you can also attach a pair of CORSAIR ICUE LS100 extensions as these extensions are cheap especially in warehouse deals.
Works very wells lovely RGB display feature down side is you have to use the icue software and are not compatible with most RGB headers accept when used with the icue node has great fan speeds and amazing product overall, i will not use any other fa
These fans are really good and very simple to install, there are quite a few cables. After installing the fans the corsair i-cue software is easy to install and use. They also look very nice with many different colour schemes. Overall brilliant fans.
I’ve been wanting to add some flair to my build for a while, after realising my motherboard didn’t support ARGB( z390) I started looking for RGB fans that could use a controller to bypass the need for an ARGB header.
I came across this pack of 3 that came bundled with a controller and hub, incredibly easy to install just make sure you have a couple spare Sata cables as it requires 2, the controller and hub come with sticky back tabs for easy installation, download iCue and you’re ready for rgb, I’ll be grabbing a few more at some point, now I have the fan hub I can buy singles as it has space for 6 fans total with an expansion slot to add up to 12.
hese fans are perfect for people who want to make a custom lighting setup throughout their room
they are low noise
they do look hard to install by the rats nest of wires but you arent really given the oppertunity to get them wrong
It’s good fans. They give good airflow and have a low noise level. Excellent RGB customization, and the RGB looks good. It was just tough to install each fan and to hide the wires. If you can do that quickly or have the time to then, this is a great product. 9/10
I bought these, along with a couple of ML120s, to use in a water-cooled setup that I wanted to make a little flashier.
They are quiet, help keep the water temp about 5C above ambient, look great and installed just as easily as the Arctic fans I was used to on my old modded prebuilt Piledriver PC despite the rubber blocks on each corner.
One problem, Commander Pro didn’t save my RGB profiles to itself, My K70 is guilty of this too. I use OpenBSD most of the time so I can’t install iCue and be on my way. I remedied this (and most of the RGB cable clutter) by using a Farbwerk 360 and Splitty4s from Aquacomputer, turning 6 RGB cables into 2 before running them to the 5.25″ bays to hook up to the controller, if you want to nuke your cable clutter problem this is the best method.
The cables are thin which makes me worry about breaking them inside but they all still work fine after a year of running and all the lights still work, so I am a happy camper for now.
PROS:
– very easy to install
– really nice ICUE sync and look
– definitely nicer than most corsair fans as it comes with rgb light inside the middle and outside.
– great control on ICUE for fan control
CONS:
– the noise is a little loud
– expensive for what you get
– if you don’t have the same fans all around all fans don’t look as synced.
Overall, I can’t complain much about the item. It definitely does what you want. It does look very good when synced up to everything else. A little loud for my liking but I used them under my gpu and above my psu. Definitely better than other corsair fans. 9/10
They are very bright, so bright that they can give the room a nice ambient glow if you have 3 front ones setup like me.
They do their jobs as fans and do it well. I’ve dropped 10+ degrees in CPU and GPU temps by upgrading to these fans and doing some better cable management. They can spin quite fast for times where you need extreme cooling, otherwise in my PC they sit at 30% for most of the time and are essentially silent. It is worth noting that at full speed, they can sound a bit like a jet engine!
Corsairs RGB software is one of the best out there and is a major reason I chose these fans. I have a corsair RGB Keyboard, mouse and mouse mat to pair this with and keeping it all under one program is very very useful. Corsair even have different RGB profiles on their site you can download and find one which you like.
10/10 – Pricey, but worth every penny 🙂
I bought these as I initial bought the wrong fans for my first build. These fans are now installed and have really brought my PC to life. I like the defused light effect that you get, as LED’s are not just glaring at your eyes.
I ended up buying 3x Single 120mm fans as I already had the Commander Pro that came with my AIO.
I do not think they are very loud, but I do not have any reference as this is my first build. I have all fans on Extreme and with my headset on, I can barely hear anything from the fans.
Bought these when I changed to a nicer case (Lian Li O11). Very bright and colourful with loads of different presets, as well as functionality for custom lighting modes via iCUE.
One thing to note; they are not as good on a radiator as something like an ML120, also made by Corsair. The LL120’s are not a static pressure fan, so they perform worse when paired with a rad.
Simple Quick Review
Pro’s
Fully Programable lighting & Effects, easy install comes with manual.
I strongly recommend ensuring you buy with your bundle the Node controller.
Gives you full controlee over all the lighting and allows you to sync all the lighting, has to be Corsair products to be fully be compatible with the syncing (ICUE software).
Con’s
Fans are a bit louder than some vs some the cheaper options, but you can set your own fan curves via your bios on the PC use YouTube for a tutorial very easy. ICUE software can be sometimes a bit buggy on rare ocations.
I score this 4.5/5 I’m experienced builder these are best RGB fans I have bought out my 4 builds I have made.
Very impressive lighting effects on the ring and fan blades very bright but can be lowered using software.
As usual Corsair delivers on the asthetics of the product but the price is pretty insane for some fans.
The product listing was super confusing, atleast for me, as to what you actually get.
I bought the three fan pack, which includes the LED Hub. This does not include the commander and is not required unless you want the corsair hub to control the fans instead of the motherboard.
Installation is great, the manual is clear and intuitive. My problems stemmed after installation, I got the machine booted and the fans were all lit like I was hoping but at POST the RGB on two of the three fans stopped working. I tried swapping out the fans in the different ports on the hub and only the first port on the hub seemed to be working.
After searching the internet for a while this seems to be a common problem…
Install corsair link and go through the terrible UI and you can configure the RGB correctly. It should looks something like the attached image. I configure white only at that point but you can change that as needed.
Now I need to find a way to get these fans for intake on the front of the with the RGB facing the inside of the system!
One thing to note is that the fans are actually quite a lot louder than the stock corsair ones I got with my 4000D, running at the same speeds. So if sounds matters that much to you then you may want to go for the “magnetic” ones they are offering for a slightly higher price point.
Assuming you already have a Corsair ICUE ready PC case with free connectors on your RGB hub and lighting controller, these fans are straighfroward to install. Depending on your setup, may need a little planning for the additional cable layout. Once connected, the new fans were recognised straight away by the ICUE PC sofware. Note this pack is only the fan with attached cables, and the required screws to attach to your case – no controllers or hubs. Other packs with these included are available.
The fan is great love it it was easy enough to install and hooked it up with the light sinc so now it matches the three fans at the front I was going to give 5 stars but the screws they provide with the fan are far to big and got stuck and wouldn’t tighting so I had to end up using my old fans screws witch is fine but again I was hoping to be able to use the new screws with the new fa
Very Happy with this fan it does what it says on the tin. The rgb looks great and alongside the my other Corsair fans in the case it all looks brilliant.
Super easy to install I just plugged it into the rgb and fan controller and it was all working fine with icue, the fact that these come with the rubber edges already stuck on is great because I seem to forget to add them.
The software can be a pain sometimes but general it works well enough.
I have noticed these are a little louder than my previous cheaper fans however I then get lower temps, the only downfall of this product is the price however the quality is very good and should last a while. I would recommend
Just completed my first RGB overkill build for my brother in law with these fans.
After unpacking them all and being slightly daunted by the prospect of so many cables, I was actually pleasantly surprised by how easy it all was.
Cable management aside, the lighting node controller and included instructions were very good and we had it up and running in no time.
We had several different RGB components in the build and corsairs icue software was absolutely by far the best thought out and easy to use in the bunch. I wish i had have bought their vengeance ram instead of the crucial stuff we went with.
I love the fact you can wire them in a row so you can have certain lighting effects running in a circuit.
Noise and airflow are also very good once you have tuned them in a bit. Depending on your motherboard this is usually very easy and it only took a few minutes to get to a sweet spot of noise vs airflow.
Overall would absolutely buy these again and recommend them.
Installation of these fans are fairly straight forward, however be prepared for serious cable management. You’ll need sata power for both the RGB controller and the node core controller + a free USB header. These fans DO NOT plug into your RGB or ARGB headers on your motherboard. Make sure you have somewhere to stick or hide these devices at the back of your case. (The commander pro, is both these devices in one, with the addition of being a fan hub too). With so many mobos having different RGB headers, this system makes it much easier to RGB your system without having to worry about compatibility.
Once hooked up you’ll need to install the iCue software which is when the true magic of these fans are realised. iCue is EASILY the best RGB customization software there is. It’s not even close. If you own an Asus motherboard and graphics card, iCue can now be used to customise these too, via a plug in available from the Corsair website.
A nice surprise was the reactive RGB profile that activates when playing Farcry 5. The LEDs change colour based on what’s happening in the game. I hope to see this in more games going forward.
Very happy with my purchase.
I have four of these fans running in my system – two in the front, one in the back, and one attached to my CPU heatsink. The fans themselves are quite easy to install; the lighting however is controlled by a separate cable which must plug into an RGB fan controller, which itself is plugged into a corsair lighting node pro; both of these require a SATA power connection each and the LNP connects to the motherboard via USB header. The fan hub and LNP are included in 3-packs, but not single or duo packs. Be prepared to do some cable management, but it’s worth the results.
The lights are pretty even and powerful and show through strong filters (my case has a thick dust mesh at the front), and the lights are controlled through corsair’s icue software. Each fan can be individually controlled with 12 lights on the outer ring (same as a clock’s numbers) and four on the inner ring, each light independent from one another. I prefer simple ‘base and highlights’ colour schemes but there’s a lot of scope to be creative here.
The fans are often somewhat louder than what I was using before – generic PC Specialist fans and Fractal Design’s stock fans – with significant volume increase at about 57% speed and 70+%. While not particularly loud, the difference stood out to me and I value consistency. I recommend customising your fan curve in BIOS to get what you want and monitor temperatures.
Firstly, Its corsair so you know its going to be more expensive than it should be, it does look nice in a system however to use the RGB function you need to buy 2 more products from corsair raising the bill even more. not only that the RGB is ONLY on the intake side of the fan. meaning if you want to actually look at the RGB ring without the backplate getting in the way then you can only use these fans as an exhaust.
Installation was quite annoying aswell, they include anti vibration rubber pads that on mine were slightly off centre of the screw hole meaning i had to use quite abit of force to properly screw them on.
Controlling the LED lighting sequence is very easy via the Corsair i-Cue software (not supplied with the fans, but can be downloaded for free via Corsair’s website).
During “normal” working, these fans are super silent and as the CPU gets hotter, they speedup increasing the noise level – however, even then, they are nowhere near the noise level of the fans they replaced.
Extremely pleased with the performance of the fans and would recommend them in a heart beat.
I have owned the majority of the different types of RGB Corsair fans and the ll series are definitely the most visually appealing and are definitely the brightest they kick out a lot more light than any other of the fans and have the outer RGB ring around the fan which further improves the appearance they also very quiet and have anti-vibration pads in the corner to improve sound transfer the only real downside to these fans is the cost at current pricing 75 for a pack of 3 is quite steep but I can understand why they cost that much compared to the other fans
After buying a new (Corsair) computer case that came with 3 lovely RGB fans it also came with a fourth non-RGB fan fitted at the back that I had to replace, after all it’s all about the RGB nowadays!
The Corsair LL140 RGB fan comes well packaged and in the box you’ll find the fan itself, a bag with 4 screws to attach it to your case and the attached RGB & PWM cables neatly packed inside its own little cardboard section.
Fitting the fan was a tad more awkward than it needed to be, I have no idea why manufacturers have decided to use such chunky screws to attach fans (and I’d imagine other accessories) to cases they are quite difficult to thread right and take some good old fashioned elbow grease to screw in tight, but not TOO tight as there are rubber anti-vibration pads on the fan to help with vibration noise and if you tighten the fans too much you’ll end up squashing the rubber areas on the fan!
After plugging the fan into the Lighting Node Pro (NOT included with the single pack!) and attaching the other end to a PWM fan hub which also controlls my case fans this was up and running in no time! The fan is quiet and operates perfectly well when attached to a PWM fan hub (in my case the and when plugged into a case fan header on a motherboard.
Pros
RGB looks AWESOME, specially when used with the intended Lighting Node Pro!
Operates quietly when at low-moderate fan speeds, does get a little louder at higher fan speeds (but what fan doesn’t?!).
Pulls a decent amount of air (using mine as an exhaust fan).
Feels like a quality product that will last.
Cons
Installation can be a little tricky, the chunky screws used are easily cross-threaded and take some eblow grease to properly tighten.
At the time of purchasing the single fan pack cost me 23 which has since gone up to 28 which is a little steep for a case fan but it is good quality, depends on your budget.
I deducted one star from “value for money” because it’s quite expensive for a single fan, but as I already have a Corsair 500d case with 3 of theses fans, I wanted to match this one, which is used as exhaust on the rear of the case, with the 3 front intake fans.
One star deducted from “easy to install” because the screw holes didn’t have groves on them, so it was difficult to drive the screw through the holes the first time. Perhaps it is intentional for some reason, but it did make it a bit difficult to screw on.
All in all very happy with this fan. Adding it as an exhaust on the rear of the case has reduced the GPU temp by up to 5 degree celsius with 3x120mm intake fan on the front and 2x240mm exhaust fans on the top (cooling CPU aio radiator)
They look good, were easy to install and are fairly quiet. I bought a 3 pack and a single but ended up not being able to fit the single without removing my hdd tray and I decided against it. My only real complaint was the 3 pack had 1 slightly noisier fan (a light rattle noise) that I could have lived with, but since I had the spare I swapped it. If I was less OCD, or there was no rattle, I would saved money by returning the spare.
If you’re going to set these up to be intake, then I suggest going with the QL as the LEDs on the back side are very distracting to the overall look.
Very happy with those white fans! They look fab, love the black accenting on the pads and screws. Relatively quiet, although beginning to sound like a jet engine at full speed. They are very fast! I have 5 of those in total in my case and rarely have to go above 50% max rpm. Easily recognisable in iCUE (amazing software) and easy to set up. RGB customisation options and the individually addressable LEDs are out of this world, so many possibilities!
Colours are nice, although I wish they were a bit more saturated. The light from the LEDs is not evenly dispersed, so I can see slightly brighter and dimmer areas around the fan.
Easy enough to install, seem quiet, reliable and the lighting is reasonably effective…
My main gripes are you are limited to the effects preset within the iCUE software and to me it is over simplistic, that and Corsair, like Apple (must be an American thing) they are hell bent on making sure that you can only have an all Corsair lighting system and components; unless you want to clutter all your internal USB 2.0 headers with multiple controllers from other LED fan/strip manufacturers. Maybe there should be a standard that all manufacturers comply to as there is for PC PWM fans.
Equally maybe Corsair might like to consider that not everybody wants to own a Corsair case and that some cases provision the use of 180/200mm case fans which would be just as nice with LEDs on and this is a big hole in Corsairs fan range as are sub 120mm sizes; it’d be nice to have a living, breathing HTPC case, but with Corsair’s product line up you can forget it! Some of us love our “Heritage” or “Legacy” cases and would just like to update them slightly as they are seen as a familiar old friend!
I bought a pack of 3 and all also a single fan to add to replace my current case fans. At first I didn’t really understand the whole set up process (plugging each fan into and fan header and also the rgb hub with then plugs into the lighting node pro). However, as i started installing the fans i began to understand the process. One other issue i find with the fans is cable management, as by the end of the installation I was left with a swamp of cables. With that said the fans do look BRILLIANT and they are quiet too. Yes, they are a bit overpriced but you won’t find any better looking fans.
I picked the Corsair LL120 (120mm) RGB gans up in the Black Friday sale… I had been looking for some time but as it is not an essential purchase I wanted to get them at the right price (54.99), the price does fluctuate a little and personally I couldn’t justify the full RRP.
The product itself is great and of good build quality and does what it says in the tin so to speak.
Install although not difficult was a little bit of a faff due to there were so many components to plug into each other (fans, cables, to hub then to provided power source and finally back to USB header on the motherboard… as a side note I would check the number of fan headers you have, I just presumed this came with a splitter to which it did not.
The iCue software is easy to set up and enables you to sync your other supported corsair RGB products together as one pattern or colour, or alternatively you can choose your patterns and colours separately for each supported product.
I’ve bought 6 of these fans in total and a pack of the Corsair LED strips (4 strips in the pack). A pack of 3 fans that includes the lighting node pro and 3 individual fans (all white). All fitted into a Lian-Li 011 Dynamic case.
For what they are, it’s a very expensive choice. The trade off is a hassle free, easy setup that beats other brands I’ve used before.
The performance is solid too. It pushes a good amount of air through the case (3 intake at bottom, 3 output at the side of my case). The fans are very noisy if running at 65% speed or higher. I’ve set a fan curve in my motherboards BIOS to stay below 50% speed at lower temps. It’s nice and quiet when doing normal day to day work but the performance is there when needed for gaming/production.
The highlight has to be the Corsair iCue software. It makes it simple to control everything and the options for customisation are insane. You can download RGB profiles other people have made. Some of them look stunning and are way better than anything I can come up with. The RGB software for my motherboard (MSI) and graphics card (Asus) are rubbish and buggy in comparison.
Despite the higher cost than expected, I’m very happy with my purchases.
Very bright and colourful fans the iCUE software has so many amazing looking programs the RGB hub that comes with this has space for 6 RGB fans number 1 to 6 in order of which way your want your fans to use the effects and the other part supports 2 Corsair RGB devices so you can use this and another RGB hub for an addition 6 fans or LED strips depending what you have as an RGB Hub
Requires a USB connector on your motherboard to work and 2 Sata power connectors on your power supply
Comes with double sided adhesive so you can stick your RGB hub and RGB controller somewhere on your case to make cable management easier
Does not come with support to plug the actual 4pin fan headers into so you will need a separate fan controller like the commander pro
These fans are great aesthetically, but for what they are, they are VERY expensive. I am sure you could get much better fans at this price, but you could not get RGB like these. They get my recommendation for those who choose form over function, but for no one else. In addition, the installation process is a bit of a pain, having to deal with two cables for each fan. One to the fan header and one to the RGB Hub, which requires a SATA power cable and another cable to connect to the lighting node pro, and then the lighting node pro connects to the motherboard via USB 2.0 to your motherboard. iCue is also a great software experience.
TL;DR: They look great, but aren’t great value are a pain to install. Do I regret my purchase though? No. Not at All. In fact, I love these fans and would probably buy more.
So let’s get things straight. The fans look amazing, the range of colours are amazing and they make your build look… Amazing. But let’s just get this out the way first. No they are not worth the price tag. You are a absolutely paying a hefty premium and I knew that before I bought it. So bare this in mind, thus is a product that by your standards are willing to throw out extra money for the aesthetic. As for the product itself, the fans feel expensive, they feel like pure quality. Installation is easy when you figure it out but it’s time consuming. Also bare in mind, you can’t actually control the fans speed unless you dish an extra 50 or so quid on the commander Pro and the fans speed can’t even be controlled by other software even when plugged directly into the mobo. At least from my experience anyway. Couldn’t try them with asus fan expert because it breaks my OS. however you can use the fan control in the bios menu to set speeds for temps etc. So overall its a very fiddly process for getting the fans running, they do a great job at pushing air through your system and then lighting is amazing but only if you are willing to give in to the premium corsair are locking this product behind.
Also note. You absolutely have to buy the multipack with the node Pro to control lighting. Don’t buy the singles as they are expansions to the 3 pack.
If you’re in a similar position where you want RGB LED with a software-based controller and lack a dedicated header on your motherboard, I genuinely do think it’s worth saving a little bit longer to get this solution.
Corsair has made a good number of products I’ve bought in the past and this hasn’t let me down.
A quick rundown of what i loved and any difficulties these overall great fans provided:
Pros: 1.Exceptional cooling, case is 10C cooler with these added.
2. RGB lighting looks fantastic
3. Fits easily in even my relatively small case without hitting the RAM or cpu power cable.
(Minor) Cons: 1. The 2 nodes took a little it of figuring out, but were simple once all the parts fell together.
2. Not advertised as needing 3/4 pin fan headers when you definitely need them to power the fans, as well as a Usb 2.0 header
3. You need to use a SATA power connector to power the 2 nodes, also unmentioned in guide.
4. Fans can be tricky to screw in due to very tight plastic hole that isn’t threaded. Just takes a bit of a push.
Overall: Really great performance, they add colour and cooling at a reasonable price for the aesthetic. 10/10 will be buying again when i upgrade my case.
So the fans themselves are amazing. They work flawlessly, They are super quiet and the rgb is stunning. What I really don’t like is how they sell these. So you have to buy the Pack of 3 to actually get the RGB hub and the Lighting Pro or whatever, but what they don’t tell you and what I didn’t even find from pre-researching is that each fan has its own individual fan connector for the motherboard to actually spin. And I’m guessing for many people like me they don’t have 6 4-pin fan connectors on their motherboard so you need to buy splitters and stuff. The thing is, even with many splitters you need to be careful not to overload them and you can’t control the fan speeds so corsair is gracious enough to provide a solution to all of this! …. For 50 Extra… So buy these if you know you will be able to facilitate them on your motherboard or if you are prepared to pay an additional 50 for the “Commander Pro” (I just call it a crappy piece of plastic but whatever) otherwise stay away
After spending an hour installing, I finally got to power on the system. At first I thought all was looking good but the Lighting node pro did not show up in iCue. Then after checking the USB connection two of the fan lights went off and started to flicker. After doing research on the corsair forum I found that there is an issue with installing firmware. Although I had not upgraded the firmware yet. I followed the instructions to reset the Lighting node pro, delete the firmware and add it Manually. Then it all came to life and worked as it should. Total installation time came to 2 hours due to the issue with the firmware.
Corsair supplies, from what I can make out, two free software utilities to manage the fans RGB: ‘Link’ and ‘iCue’.
From what I gather ‘iCue’ is the latest version, and ‘Link’ is the older version.
I’m using ‘Link’ as: (A) I’m pretty sure the installations instructions told me to download ‘Link’ and not ‘iCue’, (B) I’ve read various bad user experiences of ‘iCue’, (C) I’m slightly taken aback by the fact that ‘iCue’ is nearly 300MB compared with ‘Links’ 40MB, and, (D) I found out about ‘iCue’ after I downloaded and configured ‘Link’ and I can’t be bothered to download and reconfigure all over again.
‘Link’ is relatively easy to use. However there are some UI annoyances here and there – but overall pretty good.
In terms of installation, you will need a spare USB 2.0 header on your motherboard, two spare SATA power connectors, and each fan will need a PWM header to drive the actual fan speed (or you can use PWM Fan Splitter cables if you have limited PWM headers) – see basic sketch included in photos. The ‘RGB Fan Hub’ and ‘Lighting Node Pro’ are only there to drive the Fans RGB LED’s – that is all.
For fan speed control you will have to use your motherboards BIOS or applicable software available within Windows.
(If you don’t want to use your BIOS or other applicable software – then you could purchase a Corsair ‘Commander Pro’ which will allow you to control your fans from within ‘Link’ or ‘iCue’ – the wiring connections are slightly different, in essence you can drop the ‘Lighting Node Pro’ in favour of the ‘Commander Pro’).
The fans are quiet and RGB effects look great – although – you should read independent tests/reviews of the fans on other Tech web sites for proper noise Vs air flow comparison to make sure they are the right fans for your application.
I have recently bought 4 Corsair LL120s to complement my Corsair 280X and, I must say, this looks absolutely superb! I’m very impressed with the performance of these fans!
I have 3 attached on radiators, and 1 on chassis, and they definitely give my PC excellent air flow.
I have to add that these fans are also PWM, and not DC controlled ones, so it uses the full 4-pin fan slot.
It is rather dear, in my opinion, going around 20 a pop, but whenever this product becomes on sale, I suggest you go grab yourself one!
Note: You would need a Corsair Lightning Node Pro kit to have the RGB function via iCue. Without it, your fans are simply normal fans.
These are great looking fans, but i have to give them 4 stars for a couple of reasons, 1. i had to do alot of messing around with them to get them working properly, updating firmware, downgrading firmware, and 2. the halo is only one sided so if you got a case like mine the rear of the fans looks out of place, i also ended up with 1 faulty fan but that happens with all electric products, Amazon as good as always sent me out a replacement straight away.
the lighting is amazing, 1 on its own sure it looks great but if you put 6 together it looks breathtaking, with the Corsair Link software you can sync them together to make great effects, Rainbow, Rainbow wave, Colour Shift, Colour Pulse, Colour Wave, Static, Visor, Marquee, Blink, Sequential (channel Effect), Arc, Heartbeat, Pong (it mimics the old pong cant, battle a ball from one fan through all the fans then back again) Temperature (can sink it to turn a different colour to match temperature of your hardware)
you have 2 wires from this, a Corsairs own RGB header and a normal PWM fan header, You get two controllers with this triple pack, a “Lighting node pro” and a “Fan LED controller” which plugs into the lighting node pro, how ever the fan controller only controls the LGB of the fans and not the fans itself so you will still ned to plug them into a PWN slot of proper fan controller.
**Lighting node pro**
The lighting node pro (same one that comes with the LED strips) plugs into the usb 2.0 slot on your motherboard, and also needs a sata power cable to power it
**Fan controller**
The fan controller just need a Sata power lead, this does not need the USB 2.0 slot as it plugs straight into the Lighting Node Pro
Do they work with Aura? No
Do they work with NZXT? No
Do the work with Mystic Light? No
as of this post date it only works on Corsair Link (im using Corsair Link 4)
Feel free to leave a Comment and ill be happy to try and answer any questions you may have