Corsair ML Series Magnetic Levitation Fan Review
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alanm
I did not think that fan noise had much to do with bearings (unless they were faulty). Fan noise I think is mostly due to air flow turbulence and fan blade design. Levitation bearings will not solve that. It may make a small difference due to no friction, less vibration, etc, but the main noise is still the blades slicing through the air.
KissSh0t
You wouldn't want to put these fans through your whole case due to the price, maybe one or two on a watercooler.
I've got the Corsair SP120 Performance fan for my watercoler, that's a good fan for anyone not wanting to pay the premium for these magnetic levitation fans.
jura11
Cave Waverider
I'd assume these should stay away from HDDs, huh?
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Lebowski
Thanks for the mini-review HH and including that dudes wife on the sound chart is awesome.
Looks like I will be picking some of these up.
fantaskarsef
cryohellinc
Thank you Hilbert, im sold.
ChisChas
ddelamare
I have a 1u chassis fan (80mm) spliced to USB and running at under 5v. This pushes some serious air at full speed 12v but its great for pushing air to those difficult corners of your case.
Very noisy... but I'm more concerned about heat build up. Those things run at least 30+db on 5v so you can imagine what its like when its maxed out.
My 4x Notcua 240's seem a bit tame in comparison lol
(Typical Datacenter buzz)
Solfaur
Hmm, I'll be installing my new Corsair H115i soon, do you think these fans are a lot better (performance wise) than the stock Crosair SP140L fans? Or is it mostly just for looks?
jura11
jura11
Reddoguk
Why would they need rubber corners if the fan blades are totally free floating in levitation. Surely this alone removes any vibration created by the old style metal ball race.
The rubber would help with initial torque when the fans are started but that's about all because once these fans hit about 50% you should be able to place it down on a flat surface and see no vibration what so ever, in theory.
LesserHellspawn
Man, these are tempting. But I'd have tp swap out 5 140mm and one 120mm fan. And that still wouldn't cancel out the noise from my Windforces. Might have another look when one of my current fans is failing. Actually one on my X61 Kraken is failing. NZXT quickly sent a replacement though. Heck, since I wasn't sure which of the two fans are failing, they sent *two* replacements. Talk about excellent support.
Madhatstand
I was actually on the lookout for some fans when I spotted this mini review! I like the idea of the magnetic bearings so I've just ordered a set of both the 120mm and 140mm twinpacks which should be here with me tomorrow...
I chose the non-pro twinpacks as the black and white styling fits the style of my system well and they don't come with horrible LED lights either which I abhor. Also they're cheaper too which is nice!
I'll whack the 2x 120s onto my H100i rad and the 2x 140s will replace the 2 front stock fans in the front of my case (Fractal Design Arc XL).
Though I wouldn't call my system loud, you can clearly hear all the fans so these should hopefully shave a few dbs of my system as my case pretty much lets all the internal sounds escape!
I'll still have a stock 140 on the rear exhaust, but I'll run that at the slowest speed for now and will worry about that later...
slyphnier
primetime^
I would like to see one of the fans insides. I guess there are tiny rare earth magnets? Is really the main question of how the magnets work.:)I think most people are fascinated by powerful magnets.....idk some people? lol everything to tiny to see i guess
fantaskarsef
Rillipiru
Öööö...i just got these:
https://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show/121594/co-9050044-ww/corsair-140mm-ml140-pro-premium-magnetic-levitation-laitetuuletin-dual-pack-musta
If got this right, dualpacks are only for pro's?
https://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Search?q=ml140
http://i.imgur.com/AaC4ZhI.jpg