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Hello. First of all, sorry if my english is bad! I have recently build a new computer, spec is: Case: NZXT H710 (non i version). Motherboard: ASUS B500 -F Gaming WiFi CPU: Ryzen 3700X (due to shortage of 5600X and 5800X) CPU Cooler: NZXT X73 top mounted in the case, and the fans is on the top of the rad as exhaust. Memory: 16GB (2x8) HyperX 3200MHz CL18 (planning to upgrade to 32GB (2x16GB) 3200mhz or 3600mhz CL18,17,16,). GPU: MSI GeForce 970 4GB Gaming (from my old computer, due to shortage of gpu's). PSU: Corsair AX 760 (from my old computer). So to my question: Radiator fans: 3x120mm NZXT AER 120mm PWM fans. These are pretty noisy and I hear them good from about 1150/ 1200rpm and more, and that is kind of frustrating. I thinking about to change these 3 fans to start with, and I thinking about to change to Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans. Will this be a good choice? Or should I go for Noctua NF-P12 PWM instead? The fans is going to be placed on the top of the rad as exhaust, I think. I don't want to place the rad in the front of the case.. I also consider to change the 3 120mm case versions in the front, also with Noctua, but I am not sure if I am going to change those 3 fans with 2 140mm fans, or 3 120mm. Also here I thinking about Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM or Noctua NF-A14 PWM or NF-P12 PWM. But this change may be later, as the noise from the case fans is not to bad. Front case fans is original: 3 of NZXT AER 120 case version (non pwm I think, they are 3.pin so I have set DC in BIOS) in front. Don't think this is to noisy. (yet) Back case is original: 1 of NZXT AER 140 case version (non pwm, I think, they are 3.pin so I have set DC in BIOS) in the back. Don't think this is to noisy. (yet) I'm happy if anyone will help me to a decision about which Noctua fans I should buy.

I had just started my new build in my NZXT H710i case with the Kraken Z73 AIO and AER 2 RGB fans. I have replaced the 1x140mm fan with the AER 2 RGB one for the rear of the case, and also installed 3x120mm AER 2 RGB fans on the Kraken Z73. I'm not sure if I installed it correctly so far, which is why I'm here. I have attached pics of what my install currently looks like. Could somebody tell me if I have the fans mounted correctly? I've watched many videos on YouTube and tried to search to see how people install the fans, but it isn't really clear to me on how to exactly install it. I have the 3x120 AIO fans installe pointing downwards so that it will light my case. The 3x120mm fans are connected to the metal bracket that comes with the case and then on top of the bracket is where I mounted the 360 rad. So the metal bracket is in the middle between the fans and the rad.

First off here are my specs: My Main Computer: CPU: Intel i7-6700k MOBO: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming Aura RAM: G.Skills Ripjaws V Series 32GB DDR4 3200 (4 x 8GB) GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Edition CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv TG + Phanteks LED Strips STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD + Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD PSU: EVGA P2 750W + Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 Sleeved Cables in Black MONITOR: Asus ROG Swift PG279Q CPU COOLER: NZXT Kraken X62 + 2 x Noctua IIPC-2000rpm AF-14 CASE FANS: 3 x Corsair ML Pro 120mm White LED (top) + Corsair ML Pro 140mm White LED (rear) KEYBOARD: Corsair K70 LUX RGB (Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech G Pro AMP/DAC: Schiit Magni Uber + Schiit Modi Uber + Schiit Vali HEADPHONES: Sennheiser HD598 SE OR Fostex T50RP MK3 (Shure 1540 Pads) MIC: ModMic 5.0 OS: Windows 10 My Old Computer (Now My Partner's): CPU: Intel i5-6600k (OC @ 4.4ghz) MOBO: Asus Z170-A RAM: G.Skillz Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4 3000 (2 x 8GB) GPU: Asus GTX 980 Ti Strix OC 6GB CPU COOLER: Corsair H100i V2 PSU: EVGA G2 750W STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Samsung 850 EVO 250GB x2 SSDs + WD Black 1TB HDD CASE FANS: Corsair ML PRO 120mm x 3 + Corsair ML PRO 140mm CASE: NZXT H440 Razer Edition MOUSE: Logitech G303 KEYBOARD: Corsair K70 RGB (Cherry MX Browns, non-LUX) AUDIO: Schiit Fulla 2 HEADPHONES: Sennheiser HD598 CS MIC: ModMic 4.0 OS: Windows 10 Hi All, I just have a few questions before I finalize some things for my build. As you can see, currently I'm using the Phanteks LED strips with my Evolv TG. However, I really hate them lol. The white on them is so blue!!! I mean, it's barely less blue than the light blue setting. I ask anyone who comes over to my place what colour the lights look and they all say "light blue". Also, there are only 10 colours. I'm not much for the super gaudy, gamer-styled, colourful PCs, I just want the lights to be white... I mean, I'm looking at RGB lights instead of just plain white light strips because I'd like the option to be able to change it in the future or whenever I'm in the mood if I desire to. Also, most of the larger companies that I am familiar with, don't have kits for just plain white. Or at least they don't as far as I know of... I may be just ill-informed on that though so don't quote me on that. If you know of any white led kits let me know! But anyways, back to the questions; basically, I'm wondering if the Hue+ will be any better with the white than the Phanteks LED strips? I figured I'd go with NZXTs Hue+ and Aer fans because I'm using a Kraken X62 and have to use CAM software anyways.So I figured I might as well have all the lighting settings in one place. Also for the Kraken, there are tons of different lighting modes and basically limitless colours to chose from. The 10 colours and 3 or 4 modes the Phanteks strips have are nothing compared to the options there are in the CAM lighting software. I also chose the Aer fans because I wanted to upgrade my plain white led ones from Corsair, and when I looked into Corsair's offerings with their RGB HD120mm fans, I didn't really like the way they looked because they were way too bright and I don't want the fans to be the center piece of the build... Also for some strange reason, Corsair doesn't offer a 140mm variant. Only drawback to the NZXT Hue+ and Aer fans is that the Hue+ is connected by a molex... gross! Anyways to summarize, I'm just looking for some people's experiences with the NZXT Hue+ and Aer fans; I'm wondering if the whites on them are better than what I'm used to? And if there are better options out there let me know, I can always put the Hue+ and Aer fans into my spare pc which is turning into my partner's pc. Any recomendations and/or feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks Guys/Gals! ♥ P.S. The lights in the photo look more white than they do in person.. In person you can see the major difference between the White Corsair fans and the LED strips around the case.

Hey guys, So I am putting together a new rig and absolutely adore both of these fans and cannot for the life of me decide what I like more. Honestly I don't think I can go wrong but I can't find anybody directly comparing the two units. Just wanted some community feedback on the topic Cheers

Hi all, So shortly i'm getting an NZXT Kraken x52, the radiator will be installed at the top of my case and will be in a push config (fans at the bottom) So in the pursuit of aesthetics and lighting, im torn between the NZXT aers and the Corsair SP120 RGBs (these are the ones with the controller not done through software) My main worry is between the two I prefer the look of the Corsairs but I am really worried that they are bright, and I mean really bright, looking at images online and on PCpartpicker they look like they'll just swamp every other light source I have in there including the new bloody cooler, my worry about the Aers is that they're not bright enough and wont even be visible. Does anyone have these Corsairs i'm on about and can share photos or opinions on what they think of the brightness? Many thanks

My PC Parts Picker List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DnHBpb Final Build: Inspiration for Build: I followed this build about a month ago for my new small form factor PC. I did a few things differently like keeping the Krakenx62 fans because I didn't see the point of RGB fans being covered by the front shroud... I initially went with Corsair RGB RAM instead of the G. Skill but the Corsair RGB RAM had clearance issues with the Krakenx62 AIO Cooler. The pump inputs go on the side of the cooler next to the RAM instead of directly on top so it doesn't work with tall RAM sticks. Corsair's LED/RGB RAM sticks are very tall because of their additional aesthetics so I went with their non-RGB RAM instead which were way shorter and cleared just fine. I also went with an ASUS 1080 Ti OC edition instead of the regular 1080. I also went with Samsung for my M.2 hard drive and Corsair's RM1000i Power Supply(I know it was overkill but I was trying to keep it within the theme of 1080, so it was a 1000W with 80+ Gold rating...I know it's silly). On the Hardware performance side everything is working great, I was able to OC the CPU to 5GHz and the GPU runs beautifully. But my main issue overall is the intolerable noise levels, the PC makes my desk vibrate when it's running and there's a loud intermittent humming sound even when the PC is Idle. I've updated all the software/drivers for NZXT's CAM and all ASUS software but nothing changes... I'm running out of ideas because even if I change the fans and pump to silent in CAM, the noise level doesn't change. Feels like all the fans and the pump are running at full speed at all times... The NZXT CAM software is unreliable and doesn't detect the Kraken at random times, forcing me to reinstall to fix this. The sound is so loud that when I tried streaming, my Blue Yeti was picking up the humming sound... ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 5 doesn't detect all my fans, only the pump and in the BIOS as well. I wasn't expecting this build to be super quiet but I thought it would have tolerable noise levels... But it's proving to be louder than my previous PC which was a 5 year old Alienware Aurora... So if I can't fix the noise I'm probably going to return all my NZXT components and go with something else like maybe Be Quiet... Please someone help, if you guys have tips or any things you recommend I check that I might have missed let me know. This is my first DIY build in 10 years but I spent like 3 months catching up and doing research before jumping back into it... These are all the initial components displayed together.

Hi all, Quick question, I'm thinking of getting some Aer RGBs. My question is how many USB 2.0 headers do I need on my Mobo. I currently have 2, one taken up by my HUE+ and 1 taken up by my Kraken X62. Reading a few install guides they say you need one free, do they mean you need one for the HUE or is it you need an extra one for the fans for whatever reason? D: Bit confused Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, So in my rig at the moment I'm using a Coolermaster Master case 5 with a HUE+ and four Purple LED Corsair SP140s, I was thinking of getting a singular AER RGB fan for the exhaust as the big purple glow at the back is a bit off putting from the HUE but potentially having the HUE with the AER RGB I can switch up my colour schemes. SO my question is does anyone own any NZXT AER fans that they can share opinions on? How bright is the LEDs? Any known issues with them so far? etc. I can provide photos of my PC if anyone cares Cheers

Greets, ANybody else with this mobo having issues ? Gigabyte Z170X ultra gaming (http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Ultra-Gaming-rev-10#sp) flashed to F23d bios gives *LOTS* of pcie errors in both linux and windows, as follows : From linux it looks like this : [ 83.276126] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e4 [ 83.276138] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, id=00e4(Transmitter ID) [ 83.276146] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: device [8086:a114] error status/mask=00001000/00000000 [ 83.276152] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: [12] Replay Timer Timeout [ 87.372121] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e4 [ 87.372133] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, id=00e4(Transmitter ID) [ 87.372141] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: device [8086:a114] error status/mask=00001000/00000000 [ 87.372147] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: [12] Replay Timer Timeout [ 107.852091] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e4 [ 107.852102] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, id=00e4(Transmitter ID) [ 107.852111] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: device [8086:a114] error status/mask=00001000/00000000 [ 107.852116] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: [12] Replay Timer Timeout mint ~ # lspci -tv -[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers +-01.0-[01]--+-00.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 67df | \-00.1 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device aaf0 +-14.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller +-16.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 +-17.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA controller [AHCI mode] +-1b.0-[02]-- +-1b.2-[03]-- +-1c.0-[04]-- +-1c.1-[05]-- +-1c.2-[06]-- +-1c.4-[07-3f]----00.0-[08-0c]--+-00.0-[09]-- | +-01.0-[0a]-- | +-02.0-[0b]----00.0 Intel Corporation DSL6540 USB 3.1 Controller [Alpine Ridge] | \-04.0-[0c]-- +-1d.0-[40]-- +-1d.4-[41]-- +-1f.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller +-1f.2 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC +-1f.3 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio +-1f.4 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus \-1f.6 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V so it seems to be a problem with the DSL6540 controller.- thunderbolt. From Windows it looks like this : EVENT 17, WHEA-Logger A corrected hardware error has occurred. Component: PCI Express Root Port Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express) Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x4 Vendor ID:Device ID: 0x8086:0xA114 Class Code: 0x30400 The details view of this entry contains further information. Detailed view: - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> - <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger" Guid="{C26C4F3C-3F66-4E99-8F8A-39405CFED220}" /> <EventID>17</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-09-08T12:39:14.193263300Z" /> <EventRecordID>1239099</EventRecordID> <Correlation ActivityID="{12FDEE6A-4783-4D20-AA4C-658E67E14714}" /> <Execution ProcessID="2860" ThreadID="8636" /> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>DESKTOP-LRDJ414</Computer> <Security UserID="S-1-5-19" /> </System> - <EventData> <Data Name="ErrorSource">4</Data> <Data Name="FRUId">{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}</Data> <Data Name="FRUText" /> <Data Name="ValidBits">0xdf</Data> <Data Name="PortType">4</Data> <Data Name="Version">0x101</Data> <Data Name="Command">0x10</Data> <Data Name="Status">0x406</Data> <Data Name="Bus">0x0</Data> <Data Name="Device">0x1c</Data> <Data Name="Function">0x4</Data> <Data Name="Segment">0x0</Data> <Data Name="SecondaryBus">0x0</Data> <Data Name="Slot">0x0</Data> <Data Name="VendorID">0x8086</Data> <Data Name="DeviceID">0xa114</Data> <Data Name="ClassCode">0x30400</Data> <Data Name="DeviceSerialNumber">0x0</Data> <Data Name="BridgeControl">0x0</Data> <Data Name="BridgeStatus">0x0</Data> <Data Name="UncorrectableErrorStatus">0x0</Data> <Data Name="CorrectableErrorStatus">0x1</Data> <Data Name="HeaderLog">00000000000000000000000000000000</Data> <Data Name="Length">672</Data> <Data Name="RawData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ata> </EventData> </Event> Now, gigabyte support takes a while to process my ticket cause I opened one so i'm asking the community. What are my options ? Note, that if i disable thunderbolt in bios, I still get the same errors, just fewer. Otherwise, there's a LOT of them. (linux dmesg or tailing syslog moves so fast is unreadable) Thankies !

So i just built my pc and im running into some problems with my AER RGB hue+ FANS THEY SPIN AND EVERYTHING BUT THE LEDS DONT WORK (SORRY FOR CAPS) ---------- They are being picked up on the CAM software but i cant do anything to them bonus question its unrelated though : vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv in games this fps counter pops up all the time and its annoying anyone know how to get rid of it? (I have a screen shot of it )

Hi guys, I wanted to make a colorful build so I wanted to use LEDs with my case. for my case I found the Phanteks Evolv ATX, I really like this case. for lighting, I originally was going to go with the hue+ led strips and call it a day, that's when I found the nzxt aer fans. I wanted to know a few things about them. on the front of the case it has two air intake vents on the left and right; how well would the light go through that and if it would look good. I also wanted to know if there was a better case that would complement these fans in a better way. or vice versa, better fans for this case that do LEDs. On a side note, I have not gotten my case yet and it would be cool if I got some opinions on the color too; I like the gray one but would it be better to get the black or white one more or stick with gray? Thank you guys!

Good morinnig LLT commuinty, so i have a trouble on what fan should i use for my next build but i dont know which one to use i took a look on both but they both look good and some of my Peripherals are from corsair like mouse/keyboard But at the sametime i have an nzxt cooler/case so i dont know which is one fits best.

Hello Fellow Friends, I have recently done some searching regarding the NZXT x62 and the AER RBG fans. I have never seen a very clear answer, so I came to ask. Could I replace the radiator fans with 2 140 AER RBG fans? I would currently be building with a core i7-8086K, obviously the NZXT x62. An H500 case, and an ASUS ROG Z370-E. Thank you in advance.

Hi, I recently got the NZXT Aer RGB fans and Hue plus to give my pc some style, but quickly came across a few different problems. 1. On the newest version of the CAM software, my Hue Plus and the components attached to it are not being detected. This is a more common issue that I have seen others are having trouble with as well. 2. After downgrading to version 3.2.23, I can't seem to control the leds on my fans. The rgb strips work perfectly fine, but when trying to address the fans only one of the leds on a single fan seems to change color. I am not running the rgb strips through the same channel on the hue plus as the fans, and I'm 99% sure that I plugged everything in correctly, although there still is that small chance that maybe I made one mistake or so. The installation was fairly straight forward, so pretty confident in myself that it is software side? Anyway, any guidance as to what might be causing this whatever the case would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!