Disappointing
by Joseph KnoghtI bought three of these ago when I upgraded my system in 2020 and they're a bit of pain to be honest. Installing them was simple enough, only one cable to the mobo unlike those fancy pants RGB fans. However, the cable is a bit too short, which made it difficult to reach the slots on even a mid tower case. The real problem is the operational life. My case fans don't get driven particularly hard and I fully dust the case bi-annually but after a year, one of them started making a horrendous grinding noise that only stopped if I pressed on it or gave the case a good tap. Two more years later all three fans are making the noise and they don't spin as fast and slow down much quicker than the GPU and CPU fans when the system shuts down. I've also noticed an 8° case temp increase under stress test. Overall, not great for such a well respected manufacturer. I will be replacing these with Noctua fans in the future and Corsair will be relegated to peripherals only.