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you asked they delivered the k7 xx from a kg and mass drop is back with memory foam ear pads a detachable cable and premium sound for all-around listening get $10 off if you order through the link below in the next two days what's going on guys welcome back to the channel I hope you're all doing well today I am taking a look at the brand new LL series RGB fans from Corsair these are all the rage right now or at least they're they're a hot topic of discussion because they look really nice from all the photos and videos that we've been seeing online but they're also fairly expensive in fact I picked up this LL 140 RGB kit which includes the two fans the lighting node Pro the RGB LED hub all the cables to connect them the screws to mount them for $99 yes I spent a Benjamin on to fans just for you guys I hope you love me more than you already did that's not saying much let's change the subject yeah I'm really excited to test these out actually they look great in person more on that later but also how do they perform when it comes to radiators because I was actually looking at the Corsair page for these fans and it said that their case fans specifically said these are case fans but then there was also a picture of a radiator as part of an AI Oh with two of these fans slapped onto it so I'm like okay can they also be used for rating do they perform well with radiators as well are they that versatile is that one of the other was there a mistake so we're gonna be testing them out with an H 110 i liquid cooler later on comparing them to the stock fans that come with that particular AIO should be pretty interesting but before we dive into the results I wanted to quickly go over the hardware itself these fans look really nice they are some of the best-looking fans i've seen from corsair in recent years this is all subjective of course the RGB implementation in my opinion is the best on the market right now they look amazing they look even better in person the pictures and videos that you've seen even the ones from Corsair do not do these fans justice I think the the the word wifey sauce used when she first saw them today was mesmerizing they really do look awesome so good on Corsair for that in the cosmetic Department additionally the the frames look good too they're all black you know their color neutral which as you would expect something RGB and then they've also got these rubber corners on both sides for anti noise and vibration that's helpful each of these fans have two cables coming off of them one is a four pin pwm cable that you can connect either to a system fan header your motherboard for example or a fan hub fan controller etc and then the other one is responsible for all the LED control now you would hook that cable up to the RGB LED hub that's once again included with this kit that particular hub can support up to six of these fans at a time you also need SATA power in order to drive that little hub so bear that in mind now from that hub you know there's also a port we would connect with another included cable to the lighting node Pro and the lighting note Pro can support up to two of those hubs so if you do the maths you get up to 12 fans supported with a lighting note Pro now the lighting node Pro also requires SATA power so now you're down to SATA ports on your power supply and then there's another cable that connects the lighting node Pro to a USB 2.0 header on your motherboard so that you can use Corsair link to control the various effects with these fans so by the end of it even if you only have two fans that you're connecting there's still a crow's nest of cables that you have to deal with and long story short this is not gonna do you any favors in the cable management department so bear that in mind on the plus side the lighting node pro and the RGB Hub are relatively small I mean they can pretty much fit in the palm of your hand they're super thin the whole kit does include some 3m adhesive so you can stick it pretty much anywhere in your case without too much effort now as far as our testing hardware we're using an Intel Core i7 7700 K overclocked to four point nine gigahertz at one point three seven five volts that's gonna be slotted into a z2 70 gaming m7 motherboard from MSI along with 16 gigs and Ripjaws five ddr4 at 3,000 megahertz alongside a 750 watt power supply from fractal design I believe it's the Integra and a one terabyte crucial MX 200 SSD I might have mentioned earlier that we're using an H 110 I liquid cooled a IO from Corsair which of course features a 280 millimeter radiator now I did test the stock fans first that was in yunjin Heaven 4.0 I ran that for about 15 minutes at max settings at 1920 by 1080 and the 7700 K shot up to 77 degrees Celsius within that time that was the peak or maximum package temperature there's a lot of sevens in that 7700 K at 77 degrees as a core i7 as they're very lucky very lucky results that we got but it's not terribly bad I mean it's not close to t.j.maxx or anything you're not gonna overheat or throttle but at the same time it is relatively warm then I switched over to the RGB fans and ran the same test for 15 minutes and got a max package temperature of 67 degrees Celsius which is 10 degrees cooler than the stock fans I was kind of blown away I reran the tests twice for each fan configuration and got more or less the same results within one to two degrees of variance which is pretty insane 10 degrees off of our CPU going from stock fans to these pretty awesome now you may be wondering how noisy were these fans compared to the stock ones in order to achieve those temps well here's a quick sound test so you can hear for yourself now I don't know if you guys can tell on your end but the ll series fans definitely sound a bit quieter than the stock fans for the H 110 I to me so that's that's great news and we're still getting 10 degrees cooler thermals on our CPU nice job Corsair on that front it also shows us that the L series fans for the most part and this in this test are versatile you can use them out either as case fans or you can slap them onto a radiator and will perform adequately in that department as well which is of course good news whether or not that justify is paying $100 for two fans is you know is still up for debate but at the very least it's really nice to see that these are not just for show so to speak now just for shits and giggles with these RGB fans installed on the radiator just to see if the temperatures would eventually spike up to what the stock fans were able to achieve within the 15 minute test that I ran surprisingly the CPU only hit 74 degrees Celsius after 45 minutes which is still 3 degrees cooler than the stock fans after 15 minutes so overall pretty impressive stuff on this end now as we approach the end of this video we have to be honest with ourselves yes you're impressed with the thermals of course you're diggin the acoustics but really all we care about is the RGB tile let's be honest so let's talk about that for a moment in my opinion these are the best-looking RGB fans on the market that I have seen in person and I've pretty much seen all the main the main competitors it just looks absolutely incredible in person and and everyone everyone will immediately judge their pants upon first sight additionally Corsair link is the one software that you have to work with this which is you know of course are linked in my experience has been known to have some issues it's gotten a lot better in recent months or years since I've used it but I did encounter one small quirk actually only one and a half of the fans were lit up I should mention that there are 16 addressable LEDs per fan which leads to a whole lot of customization mind you but only 16 plus 8 that's 24 only 24 of the LEDs were lit up one of the fans when I first booted it up and opened up Corsair link one of the fans only had half of its LEDs on the other half are completely off and I couldn't figure out why I'm so within the courser link software I had to add a third fan I had to tell the software that there were actually three fans connected to the lighting node Pro and that at that point it registered and all the fans eventually turned on but as soon as I took that third fan away and he I even rebooted just to make sure that it wasn't a weird fluke half the LEDs on that second fan were completely off so some little firmware issues that you know might might need some some fixing soon but for the most part of course Airlink seems to be a bit more stable than it was in the past of course you guys will have your own experience as well feel free to share them in the comments on that note I did have a lot of fun going through the various lighting effects and presets that are available within the software so here's a quick look in demo of all of them I told you guys these fans look freaking incredible do they not yes they do now are they worth the money I don't know you tell me let's quickly go over some pros and cons before we close this video out starting with the pros these fans look great they are the best looking fans I've ever seen in my life and everyone should go buy a thousand of them additionally plenty of effects honestly like the effects are pretty pretty cool and you know they're not super gimmicky or anything I feel like some effects are just like meh that's a weak effect I feel like a lot of the effects of course there comes up with actually look pretty good and I could see people using you know long term or whatever it is additionally it's they're versatile as we explained earlier and as we saw from the data these things outperform the stock fans on you know at least some of Corsairs own a iOS so that's actually pretty nice you can use these for your case or for a radiator for if your if you happen to be going to liquid cooling route additionally the fans are relatively quiet for how well they perform so you're not incurring ridiculous noise emissions from going down ten degrees on your CPU swapping these out from stock fans so that's also really nice if you happen to have a more open or more ventilated case where sound leakage tends to be a problem as far as the shortcomings you are limited to using corsair link if you want to take full advantage of customizing the look and feel of these fans which does prevent you from syncing them with a wide gamut of other RGB devices that would otherwise be sinkable within motherboard manufacturer software such as asus or a sink etc also there's just a wire frenzy after connecting this and you're definitely gonna need some some ample room behind your case or at least a power supply shroud to mask the excess of cabling that goes on from just even hooking up one or two of these guys and then finally I would say this is probably the biggest deal-breaker for most of us is the price these are expensive yes they look amazing arguably some of the nicest looking fans on the market and they cool they do a good job cooling but they are expensive at $99 for two fans I don't care how good they look most users most Builders already looking at this looking at that that chunk of change and thinking about how they can use that towards other areas in their system that are way more important to gaming performance etc than just simple cosmetics for example if I could put that towards an SSD to boot off of instead of just running a mechanical hard drive or upgrading that GPU of yours to the next tier of horsepower and with that additional you know 75 to 100 bucks most users are gonna take that over straight looks so unless you're you know building a high-end system or if you you know money is really no object I do find that it's a hard sell for most users but the ones that are willing to fork out that that extra dolla for these guys are gonna be thoroughly satisfied I think with how they perform and for sure how they look so that's my opinion on the matter guys go ahead and let me know your own in the comments below also feel free to toss me a like on the video if you enjoyed it it does help a lot that's gonna do it for now guys I'm Kyle with bit wit have a good one and I will see you all in the next video