SP120 or ML120? (radiator fans)

[Bananasplit_00]

Found some money i dont care about, want new radiator to add some lighting in my case and because one of my Fractal Design GP x12s is dead so is there much to justefy the price increase of the ML120s over the SP120s? 5 ML120s comes out to €125 and 8 SP120s is €55 so the price difference is quite large, i could definatly get some other stuff i want with the money i save on the SPs over the MLs.

 

Thanks for any help  

[Skiiwee29]

Truthfully, both are great fans. I personally have 6 ML120/140 fans in my system, 5 on radiators, and love em. They are whisper quiet. From your question that you have money to burn and want more lighting.. go with the MLs. Is it worth the double in price for the lights? No, not really. But at this point its more for looks than cost. 

[Quadriplegic]

If you really want those lights, then get RGB Vardar fans.

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, Quadriplegic said:

If you really want those lights, then get RGB Vardar fans.

not an option, i only have one store and they have an absolute garbage selection of stuff  

18 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Truthfully, both are great fans. I personally have 6 ML120/140 fans in my system, 5 on radiators, and love em. They are whisper quiet. From your question that you have money to burn and want more lighting.. go with the MLs. Is it worth the double in price for the lights? No, not really. But at this point its more for looks than cost. 

yah im just thinking i could get like a 2TB HDD too if i get the SPs, its a hard choice  the MLs are right at the limit of the money while the SPs leave quite a bit of room left that i could do something with. Sucks that the only store i can spend this money at has jack shit in the way of watercooling stuff like ratiators or hardline tubing. all they have is one shitty EK CPU block, a coupple of fittings from bitspower and a crapload of super expensive shitty 240mm AIOs

[Corsair Nick]

Corsair does offer worldwide shipping to most places.  Just another option since you said the local store has limited stock.

 

If you're looking for all out performance, I would go with the ML series.  They push a good amount of air at lower RPM's, which makes it so you don't have to crank them up to cool your rig.  In addition, the Magnetic Levitation makes them quiet across the entire RPM band due to reduced friction.  Let me know if you have any questions about them.

[Bananasplit_00]

7 hours ago, Corsair Nick said:

Corsair does offer worldwide shipping to most places.  Just another option since you said the local store has limited stock.

 

If you're looking for all out performance, I would go with the ML series.  They push a good amount of air at lower RPM's, which makes it so you don't have to crank them up to cool your rig.  In addition, the Magnetic Levitation makes them quiet across the entire RPM band due to reduced friction.  Let me know if you have any questions about them.

Well the store has plenty of SP and ML fans, just a very crap assortment of other computer parts and so on. Mls seem like a better option though because the SPs with the white LEDs don't seem like as good of a radiator fan

[JoostinOnline]

15 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Found some money i dont care about, want new radiator to add some lighting in my case and because one of my Fractal Design GP x12s is dead so is there much to justefy the price increase of the ML120s over the SP120s? 5 ML120s comes out to €125 and 8 SP120s is €55 so the price difference is quite large, i could definatly get some other stuff i want with the money i save on the SPs over the MLs.

 

Thanks for any help  

I upgraded to four ML140 fans last year, and it's a double edged sword. They are incredibly quiet (obviously still loud from the airflow when they reach high RPM, but some tweaking with my fan curve fixed that), but in the absence of the fans humming I realized just how loud my hard drive is. A dull hum may be preferable if any of your drives are loud, so keep that in mind.

[Bananasplit_00]

2 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

I upgraded to four ML140 fans last year, and it's a double edged sword. They are incredibly quiet (obviously still loud from the airflow when they reach high RPM, but some tweaking with my fan curve fixed that), but in the absence of the fans humming I realized just how loud my hard drive is. A dull hum may be preferable if any of your drives are loud, so keep that in mind.

Sound isn't a major concern, Il probably just slam them with 7V and leave them, unless they are quieter than I expect and I run them faster than that. Feels kinda shit to strap nice fanns to my 240 rad because it's kinda shit. It's an EK Coolstream SE which really doesn't seem to do much to me

[JoostinOnline]

1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Sound isn't a major concern, Il probably just slam them with 7V and leave them, unless they are quieter than I expect and I run them faster than that. Feels kinda shit to strap nice fanns to my 240 rad because it's kinda shit. It's an EK Coolstream SE which really doesn't seem to do much to me

Well how quiet they are is the major selling point of the ML series fans. Definitely get the cheaper ones if you aren't going for a silent system.

 

[Corsair Nick]

7 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Sound isn't a major concern, Il probably just slam them with 7V and leave them, unless they are quieter than I expect and I run them faster than that. Feels kinda shit to strap nice fanns to my 240 rad because it's kinda shit. It's an EK Coolstream SE which really doesn't seem to do much to me

If you're talking about voltage, these are PWM fans, and will require the fan header or fan controller to be set to PWM mode so they run at 12v full time to properly operate.  You'll still be able to control fan speed in PWM mode.  If you run them with voltage control, you run the chance of them producing noise and not performing correctly.

[Bananasplit_00]

16 minutes ago, Corsair Nick said:

If you're talking about voltage, these are PWM fans, and will require the fan header or fan controller to be set to PWM mode so they run at 12v full time to properly operate.  You'll still be able to control fan speed in PWM mode.  If you run them with voltage control, you run the chance of them producing noise and not performing correctly.

Ah shit didn't think about PWM, only got one or two 4 pin headers, never had any PWM fans tbh... Don't think I can get a PWM splitter in that price so I guess SPs it is? Not sure if I want to get the LED variants or the non LED ones and a light bar, LED ones are cheaper but seem to perform worse? 

[Corsair Nick]

The SP120 RGB fans would be the option to go with if you don't spring for the ML120's.  Improved frame and fan blade design similar to the ML's.  They are 3pin, so you can use voltage control as well.

[aezakmi]

16 minutes ago, Corsair Nick said:

The SP120 RGB fans would be the option to go with if you don't spring for the ML120's.  Improved frame and fan blade design similar to the ML's.  They are 3pin, so you can use voltage control as well.

I have SP140s (the ones bundled with the H110i GTX) and they use 4 pins, are those a different model? voltage control works with these too

[Bananasplit_00]

40 minutes ago, Corsair Nick said:

The SP120 RGB fans would be the option to go with if you don't spring for the ML120's.  Improved frame and fan blade design similar to the ML's.  They are 3pin, so you can use voltage control as well.

ok, il go for those then. two three packs with the hub and controllers would be the cheapest option then, as those are marked down a little right now. feels like a bit of a waste to get two controllers and all that when im just going to have them on static white forever tho(unless the yellow is really good, which it never is. RGB yellow pretty much always sucks ) but i assume i can plug in other fans to the hub and they will work fine? 

 

bit of a shame that the only way to make that work visually would be to not put SPs on my 240 rad though, cant afford to add another two fans to the three fan kits so it would have to be one kit and two fans which is pretty much the price of two kits  

 

What color do the fans go to if there is no controller? just none?

[Corsair Nick]

5 hours ago, aezakmi said:

I have SP140s (the ones bundled with the H110i GTX) and they use 4 pins, are those a different model? voltage control works with these too

The SP140 fans in the cooler kit are different from the SP120 RGB fans.  I double checked to make sure before suggesting them.

 

4 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

ok, il go for those then. two three packs with the hub and controllers would be the cheapest option then, as those are marked down a little right now. feels like a bit of a waste to get two controllers and all that when im just going to have them on static white forever tho(unless the yellow is really good, which it never is. RGB yellow pretty much always sucks ) but i assume i can plug in other fans to the hub and they will work fine? 

 

bit of a shame that the only way to make that work visually would be to not put SPs on my 240 rad though, cant afford to add another two fans to the three fan kits so it would have to be one kit and two fans which is pretty much the price of two kits  

 

What color do the fans go to if there is no controller? just none?

Without a controller connected, I believe there is no illumination.  If you want a specific color or lighting effect, it's always best to pair any of our RGB fans with the Commander Pro or Lighting Node Pro.

[Bananasplit_00]

7 hours ago, Corsair Nick said:

Without a controller connected, I believe there is no illumination.  If you want a specific color or lighting effect, it's always best to pair any of our RGB fans with the Commander Pro or Lighting Node Pro.

ok, and those dont come with the SPs from what i can find and you need to add them separately.

 

its great that you answer these questions because even the best forum threads are hard to understand. kinda unclear what comes with what and how you controll everything but six SP120 RGBs it is, the other button controller and hub will just never leave the box.

 

really apretiate the help here  

[Corsair Nick]

So if you purchase the (3) pack SP120 RGB fans, they come with an LED hub and manual controller with a couple preset profiles and colors.  The Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro are sold separate, and will connect to the LED hub, then allow you to have full software control using iCUE.

 

Haha, not a problem.  I'm here as much as I can to help all of you guys out.