Gadgetory

hey guys welcome back to harbor unboxed if you missed it earlier in the week I check out MSI's new Z 270 gaming m7 which overall was a pretty cool motherboard I was a little disappointed that the board's looks to priority over performance in some areas and it seems like many the RGB grades got the better of MSI on that one but hey we can't give them too much of a hard so I'm they aren't the only brand to embrace the RGB madness today I have a product in hand from thermaltake that aims to take RGB fans to the next level if I'm being perfectly honest I wasn't that impressed with their original ring RGB fans they're a bit bland the fans themselves worked well at least when it came to their primary function moving air the controller wasn't software controllable though so you had to gain access to the inside of your PC case every time you wanted to change the fan speed or lighting effects so to recap I wanted to see better lighting effects from Thermaltake and the ability to tinker with the fans from within windows they did release the premium edition series last year which featured an upgraded controller for software control the fans themselves though still lack that wow factor when it came to the lighting this is where these new ring plus RGB premium edition fans really step up their game the lighting is considerably more impressive and this really makes for some great effects what's cool about this is thermaltake hasn't shifted focus solely to the flashy stuff quality is still key here the fans feature 9 scooped or compression Blazers they technically refer to to maximize airflow and static pressure along with hydraulic bearings so the ring plus fans are the real deal thermaltake has also added anti-vibration pads at the mounting points on the fan and these reduce noise created by vibration speaking of noise the fan is said to operate at a maximum of 24 decibels when running at it to limit which is 1600 rpm and at this speed the fan moves a pretty impressive 48 cubic feet of air per minute the fans come in packs of three and four now only 120 millimeter models are available the package includes a new digital controller which supports up to 5 fans and these can be daisy chained with up to 16 controllers in total for a maximum eighty fans feeding 80 fans into a single case is physically impossible and I know this because the tower hundred can't do it and if any case could it would be that anyway if you did somehow managed to install 80 fans the thermaltake software would allow you to control them all simultaneously apart from the little issue of finding a case that can have 80 of these 120 millimeter fans there is the pricing hurdle now this 3-pack that I have here is priced at 110 u.s. or 130 Aussie so 27 packs times 130 ozzie and you're looking at spending about $3500 on the fans the point is being that you could realistically link up two or three controllers and then conveniently control them all using the provided software for those wondering the new controller is not compatible with the ordering RGB fans which is a bit disappointing for those wondering the controller connects to the PC using an internal USB 2.0 header which is kind of nice and it makes very clean install anyway this time around the lighting is incredible and Thermaltake has certainly made some great strides here the fans now offer sixteen point eight million color lighting with twelve different effect modes and again they are now software controllable the software is cleaning design and functions very well it's also a lightweight download at a little over 20 megabytes the software allows the user to save a number of different profiles and customization here for the lighting effects is truly impressive throwing these in my recent the tower 900 build looked amazing and I'm certainly going to be hitting up Thermaltake for another pack to install on the other three hundred sixty millimeter radiator overall the thermal take ring plus twelve LED RGB premutation fans are a big step up from the previous model and they really are amongst the best RGB fans I've ever seen of course the only issue here is the price at 110 dollars EOS $130 ozzie they are a bit pricey Corsairs competing HD 120 millimeter series which also comes in a 3-pack with the controller is currently retailing for just $90 EOS so hopefully Thermaltake can be a bit more competitive on the pricing soon that said though I should point out that the Corsair models don't offer software control with the HD series so this is a big leg up for Thermaltake and probably help justify the price premium for most other than that these things are awesome and I'm going to continue referring to them as these things because saying the product name in full again will tire me out anyway I can't wait to fully stock of this beast with a few more of them it's really going to look cool let me know what you guys think about thermal takes flashing you RGB fans are these something you hope to feature in your next build I'm your host Steve and I'll catch on the next one