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Used for: More than a year
Reverse blades without a proprietary ecosystem
Only a single fan per box
A pair of these have not skipped a beat. The thing that sold me over the fancier options was that they do the reverse blade trick without demanding a proprietary controller, a spare USB header and a resident application. Plug into a PWM header, plug into an ARGB header, done. My board already handles the lighting for everything else so it all matches. Still quiet, still even, still no rattle at low speed a year and a half on
Used for: 1–3 months
Reverse blades look right behind glass
Cables are short for a top mount
The reverse blades do exactly what I wanted through a glass side, though the cable is short enough that I needed an extender for the top mount.
Used for: More than a year
Three of these run as a side intake and they have quietly become my default recommendation for anyone who does not want to spend a fortune on fans. The reverse blade layout is the point. In a case where the fans face the glass, an ordinary fan shows you the motor hub and the spokes; these show you the blade face, so the bank looks the same as the front intake rather than like the back of something. Corsair charge a sensible amount for that rather than treating it as a premium feature. Airflow is solid, the PWM range goes low enough that they are inaudible at desktop speeds, and the ARGB is even and takes its colours from the board without an extra controller. After more than a year there is no bearing noise and no LED has failed.
Used for: 6–12 months
Sensible price for a reverse ARGB fan
Blades are a little thin looking up close
On a side mount they have done the job without asking anything of me. Even lighting, sensible price, and they spin down far enough at idle that the machine is silent.
Used for: 6–12 months
No hub and no software, straight onto the board header
Slightly noisier than the fans they replaced
These have been completely faultless. What I appreciate most is that they run straight off the motherboard ARGB header, so there is no extra hub and no extra software to install, which after a set of fans that needed both is a relief. They do run a touch louder than the fans they replaced at the same RPM. Eleven months in that is still the only complaint.