Would be ok to use a Corsair ll120 fan on my air cpu cooler?

[DaJRJesus]

I have a scythe Mugen 5 black edition CPU cooler and was wondering if I could use a Corsair ll120 as a heatsink fan if I didn't decrease too much performance would I plug it into the commander pro or CPU fan header on my motherboard (MSI gaming pro carbon x470)

[suedseefrucht]

18 minutes ago, DaJRJesus said:

I have a scythe Mugen 5 black edition CPU cooler and was wondering if I could use a Corsair ll120 as a heatsink fan if I didn't decrease too much performance would I plug it into the commander pro or CPU fan header on my motherboard (MSI gaming pro carbon x470)

It looks like you can just swap the fan, because it's a usual 120 mm fan. The current fan is just 2 mm thicker than the corsair one(27 mm vs 25 mm).

 

You should plug it into the CPU fan header because the RPM will be adjusted depending on the CPU temperature.

 

May I ask, why you want to use the corsair fan?

Both fans are equally loud, both fans have RGB, both fans have 4 pin PWM and the current one puts a little bit more air through the cooler.

[DaJRJesus]

15 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

It looks like you can just swap the fan, because it's a usual 120 mm fan. The current fan is just 2 mm thicker than the corsair one(27 mm vs 25 mm).

 

You should plug it into the CPU fan header because the RPM will be adjusted depending on the CPU temperature.

15 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

It looks like you can just swap the fan, because it's a usual 120 mm fan. The current fan is just 2 mm thicker than the corsair one(27 mm vs 25 mm).

 

You should plug it into the CPU fan header because the RPM will be adjusted depending on the CPU temperature.

 

May I ask, why you want to use the corsair fan?

Both fans are equally loud, both fans have RGB, both fans have 4 pin PWM and the current one puts a little bit more air through the cooler.

May I ask, why you want to use the corsair fan?

Both fans are equally loud, both fans have RGB, both fans have 4 pin PWM and the current one puts a little bit more air through the cooler.

 

The current fan I'm using doesn't have RGB it's just a plain black one so mainly want to switch over for the RGB and to match all the other fans in my case, the image is the exact specifications of the scythe fan according to their website

 

 

[suedseefrucht]

18 minutes ago, DaJRJesus said:

The current fan I'm using doesn't have RGB

Ah ok, my bad. I was looking at the Mugen 5 Black RGB

[DaJRJesus]

3 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

Ah ok, my bad. I was looking at the Mugen 5 Black RGB

No worries, I appreciate the help!

[NorKris]

if you have commander pro, i would plug all fans into it 

[DaJRJesus]

38 minutes ago, NorKris said:

if you have commander pro, i would plug all fans into it 

any specific reasoning behind that?

[suedseefrucht]

3 minutes ago, DaJRJesus said:

any specific reasoning behind that?

I guess, you can controll all your PCs RGB at ones then.

[NorKris]

4 minutes ago, DaJRJesus said:

any specific reasoning behind that?

Yes, first off cable management. having no fan wires on the MB = you cant see them
next up is the much better controll Icue gives u with fan curves, profiles, and such. 

The MB controlls lack behind here

and all questions about fan controll not working on this forum is from MB"users". not from commander pro users