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Corsair RS120 MAX Review Discussion


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The Corsair RS MAX is a 30mm thick fan constructed of premium Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP). If LCP technology sounds familiar, it is because some of the top case fan producers are using it, including one I purchased for comparison. The question to be answered by this review is whether the RS120 MAX is worth its price-performance premium. Let’s find out.

What Corsair Wants You to Know

Key Features

  • 30mm Thickness: An increase of 5mm over standard fan thickness allows for a larger fan blade, improving cooling performance.
  • PWM Controlled Speeds: 120mm: Powerful PWM-controlled fan speeds from 425 RPM up to 2,000 RPM, pushing up to 72 CFM of air with 4.2mm-H2O of static pressure. 140mm: Powerful PWM-controlled fan speeds from 400 RPM up to 1,600 RPM, pushing up to 104 CFM of air with 2.4mm-H2O of static pressure.
  • Premium Liquid Crystal Polymer Construction: Incredibly strong and durable with excellent rigidity, reducing blade vibration and increasing performance.
  • CORSAIR AirGuide Technology: Anti-vortex vanes direct airflow at your hottest components for concentrated cooling, whether used for intake, exhaust, or mounted to a radiator or heatsink.
  • Quiet Operation with Magnetic Dome Bearing: CORSAIR’s Magnetic Dome bearing minimizes noise and reduces friction for greater longevity.
  • Zero RPM Mode Support: Supports Zero RPM PWM signals to completely eliminate fan noise at low loads.

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Released. This is an awesome review bud 🙂 

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Very well done review, Brother @RageSet. Your testing was thorough and the presentation was excellent. 

 

I am surprised there was a distinctly measurable difference between these two good fans. The price is pretty steep though, as mentioned in the review.

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Love the charts. Agreed, the presentation is great. 

 

Too pricey though. I'll really have to talk to you guys more about how to work with my 13900KS.

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Sorry I'm a bit late to the party. Overall a very good review that clearly demonstrates the the product at hand.

 

The fans actually surprised me. With how much Corsair caters to the RGB crowd, I was halfway expecting that they wouldn't really put much effort into these performance fans. Glad to be wrong, although I won't be swapping out any of my T30s. 

 

There were a couple things I just wanted to mention for the sake of constructive criticism. There is a typo at the end of the unboxing section. While you can definitely PWN some n00bz with a rig full of these fans, I'm sure you were intending for that to be PWM. 😅

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To maximize readability, I'd consider either a different bar color for the bar graphs. Or lighten up the background image. The red really stands out against the background while the blue almost gets lost in the sauce. 

 

One thing that a lot of people care about when it comes to fans is noise level. I would have liked to see some data on noise levels of each at the different RPMs.

 

Also curious how much your low ambient temp played into things. Most people's homes are closer to 20-25c ambient temp. 

 

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16 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party. Overall a very good review that clearly demonstrates the the product at hand.

 

The fans actually surprised me. With how much Corsair caters to the RGB crowd, I was halfway expecting that they wouldn't really put much effort into these performance fans. Glad to be wrong, although I won't be swapping out any of my T30s. 

 

There were a couple things I just wanted to mention for the sake of constructive criticism. There is a typo at the end of the unboxing section. While you can definitely PWN some n00bz with a rig full of these fans, I'm sure you were intending for that to be PWM. 😅

image.thumb.png.12b8cf7d0dca6c00054055f8195aac63.png

 

To maximize readability, I'd consider either a different bar color for the bar graphs. Or lighten up the background image. The red really stands out against the background while the blue almost gets lost in the sauce. 

 

One thing that a lot of people care about when it comes to fans is noise level. I would have liked to see some data on noise levels of each at the different RPMs.

 

Also curious how much your low ambient temp played into things. Most people's homes are closer to 20-25c ambient temp. 

 

 

Nice catch. I have correctd the typo...two of us missed that somehow lol.

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