AF140 Fans on a H110i GTX?

[Halket]

So I recently bought a Corsair H110i GTX AIO cooler for my CPU, but have yet to install it. My theme is black and red and the fans that come with the cooler are plain black and grey. I want to use AF140 fans with the red accent ring but obviously these aren't SP fans. If I used AF fans in push config, would this impact the cooling massively?

 

Help would be much appreciated, thanks. 

 

Peter.

[UltraNeonGaming]

So I recently bought a Corsair H110i GTX AIO cooler for my CPU, but have yet to install it. My theme is black and red and the fans that come with the cooler are plain black and grey. I want to use AF140 fans with the red accent ring but obviously these aren't SP fans. If I used AF fans in push config, would this impact the cooling massively?

 

Help would be much appreciated, thanks. 

 

Peter.

Yes it would be a huge negative impact in cooling performance, you can get SP fans separately if you really want the coloured rings. But I would just buy other better fans at that point.

Also, Welcome to the forum!

[DavidTheWin]

They would be worse but you could in theory buy the red LED SP140s?

[TheSLSAMG]

AF fans wouldn't hurt the temps too much (go listen to Jay if you really need to know, the guy runs AFs on all of his radiators), but I really wouldn't recommend any Corsair fans full stop. They're more looks than go.

[Senzelian]

AF fans wouldn't hurt the temps too much (go listen to Jay if you really need to know, the guy runs AFs on all of his radiators), but I really wouldn't recommend any Corsair fans full stop. They're more looks than go.

I aggree with airflow fans on radiators. Most people haven't even seen benchmarks on pressure and airflow fans on radiators, but they claim to know that pressure optimized is the only way to got for a rad.

Jay is obviously showing the difference and that it works just fine.

To the Corsair fans: Some of them actually work pretty well. The AF140s move quite a lot of air and are pretty quiet, even at 12V. Also the SP120s are pretty well made. The AF120s on the other hand are terrible and their LED fans in general are pretty bad.

[TheSLSAMG]

I aggree with airflow fans on radiators. Most people haven't even seen benchmarks on SP and AF fans on radiators, but they claim to know that pressure optimized is the only way to got for a rad.

Jay is obviously showing the difference and that it works just fine.

To the Corsair fans: Some of them actually work pretty well. The AF140s move quite a lot of air and are pretty quiet, even at 12V. Also the SP120s are pretty well made. The AF120s on the other hand are terrible and their LED fans in general are pretty bad.

The SP120s are nicely built, I'll give them that, but even my SP120 Quiet Editions were fairly loud. Whenever I do another upgrade to my system, I think I'm going to transition over to Fractal Design Venturi fans or something else. I need silent fans that deliver good performance without murdering my wallet.

[Senzelian]

The SP120s are nicely built, I'll give them that, but even my SP120 Quiet Editions were fairly loud. Whenever I do another upgrade to my system, I think I'm going to transition over to Fractal Design Venturi fans or something else. I need silent fans that deliver good performance without murdering my wallet.

Either they murder your wallet or they aren't good.

I think Venturis are on the same level as Corsair fans.

Maybe the EK Vadar fans are better, but I doubt that, too.

I just tried one of the new Riing fans from Thermaltake. Not as terrible as I thought they would be, but still pretty bad. The ring looks cool tho

Otherwise just wait for be Quiet's Silent Wings 3. That should kill absolutly anything that is currently on the market.

[Halket]

Thanks for the welcome, and I very much know that the corsair fans are aesthetically marketed, but that it what I like about them, but if the AF140s will work okay, then I may go with them. This is all going in a 450d case and I think it would all match up nicely. I suppose I could put the SP fans in a pull config, but I guess that would neutralise the static pressure emphasis on them, but it would still help right?

[Corsair Joseph]

AF140 with H110i GTX? not an ideal set up, but they will move a decent amount of air across the rad. Just make sure to run them at 12V

 

If you are considering push/pull config, then you might want to stick with AF140s all the way to keep the Static Pressure consistent on both ends of the radiator. And of course, it's aesthetically pleasing. 

[Halket]

AF140 with H110i GTX? not an ideal set up, but they will move a decent amount of air across the rad. Just make sure to run them at 12V

 

If you are considering push/pull config, then you might want to stick with AF140s all the way to keep the Static Pressure consistent on both ends of the radiator. And of course, it's aesthetically pleasing. 

 

I understand that there will be some performance lost, but compensating that with a push pull config is good enough for me, how do I make sure they run at 12v?

[Corsair Joseph]

I understand that there will be some performance lost, but compensating that with a push pull config is good enough for me, how do I make sure they run at 12v?

 

Do not use the step-down adapter that's included in the package. Once you have Corsair Link Software is Installed, make sure the fans are running under Performance mode. That should run your fan at max rpm all the time. 

[Lays]

q

 

 

Vardar definitely are better, they have much better airflow to noise ratios, but I think a lot of people hate on Corsair's AF/SP line despite them not actually being that bad.  Apparently the Thermaltake ring fans are almost identical in performance to the Sp120's from Corsair.  I was reading a review on them from thermalbench.com and the benchmarks were super similar.

 

They look really nice too

[SurvivorNVL]

Vardar definitely are better, they have much better airflow to noise ratios, but I think a lot of people hate on Corsair's AF/SP line despite them not actually being that bad.  Apparently the Thermaltake ring fans are almost identical in performance to the Sp120's from Corsair.  I was reading a review on them from thermalbench.com and the benchmarks were super similar.

 

They look really nice too

And the Thermaltake Riing fans are a bit quieter if I remember the benches.  Also the LEDs look rather appealing to me.  I still wouldn't put LED's all over my system, but they look good non-the-less!

[Senzelian]

Vardar definitely are better, they have much better airflow to noise ratios, but I think a lot of people hate on Corsair's AF/SP line despite them not actually being that bad.  Apparently the Thermaltake ring fans are almost identical in performance to the Sp120's from Corsair.  I was reading a review on them from thermalbench.com and the benchmarks were super similar.

 

They look really nice too

Yeah, but the Riing is definitly louder. =/

I wish they would be at least quiet, so I could use them in my build. 

[Halket]

And the Thermaltake Riing fans are a bit quieter if I remember the benches.  Also the LEDs look rather appealing to me.  I still wouldn't put LED's all over my system, but they look good non-the-less!

 

They look really nice, I will look into them

can't decide if I prefer the red or white LED versions

[Halket]

They look really nice, I will look into them

can't decide if I prefer the red or white LED versions

I plan on getting the Corsair 450d case, adding the corsair link rgb lighting kit, so maybe the white LED fans will be more suited then I can change the lighting colour to what ever mood I see fit?