Corsair QL120 VS LL120: What's the difference between these RGB fans?
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Published 2020-01-06
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The QL120s are expensive fans at around £99/$120 for a three pack but they have some interesting features that include:
- An improved, low-noise design with bigger anti-vibration mounts
- A new Lighting Node Core
- 34 individually addressable RGB LEDs (front and back)
- A much more premium look and feel.
Find out more about the Corsair iCue QL120 RGB fans here - www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Fans/RGB…
Technical specs of the QL120 fans include:
Fan Warranty: Two years
Fan Size: 120mm x 25mm
Bearing Type: Hydraulic
Flow Type Static: Pressure
LED Color: RGB
Operating Voltage: 6V - 13.2V
PWM Control: YES
CORSAIR iCUE Compatibility: YES
Fan Model QL Series
Weight: 0.514
Package Quantity: 3
Speed: 1500 ±10% RPM
Sound Level: 26 dBA
Power Draw: 0.30 A
Static Pressure: 1.55 mm-H2O
Adaptive Sync: RGB
Fan Airflow: 41.8 CFM
The main differences with the LL120s is the QL120s have better lighting - you can light both sides of the fans, meaning whether you mount them in exhaust or intake mode the lighting is still GREAT. You also get a LOT more LEDs for your money and can tweak them individually too. Other improvements include a nicer centre sticker, better anti-vibration mounts and more.
NOTE - you need the new Lighting Node Core for the QL120 fans, so you can't just upgrade from the LL120s by using your RGB fan hub or lighting node pro.
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Tech specs of the Corsair LL120 fans include:
Fan Warranty: Two years
Fan Size: 120mm x 25mm
Bearing Type: Hydraulic
Flow Type Static: Pressure
LED Colo:r RGB
Operating Voltage: 7V - 13.2V
PWM Control: YES
CORSAIR iCUE Compatibility: YES
Fan Model: LL Series
Weight: 0.49
Package Quantity: 3
Speed: 600 - 1500 RPM
Sound Level: 24.8 dBA
Power Draw: 0.3 A
Static Pressure: 1.61 mm-H2O
Adaptive Sync: RGB
Fan Airflow: 43.25 CFM
Also see:
Corsair H100i RGB Pro XT AIO unboxing and installation (with Corsair QL120 RGB fans too) • Corsair H100i RGB Pro XT AIO unboxing...
Corsair QL120 VS LL120 • Corsair QL120 VS LL120: What's the di... …
Corsair Crystal 680x Unboxing and overview - plus pros and cons of this RGB case. • Corsair Crystal 680x Unboxing and ove...
Unboxing: Corsair Commander Pro, RGB Lightstrip and LL120 RGB Fans with thoughts • Unboxing: Corsair Commander Pro, RGB ...
0:00 Hellooo
0:10 The fans
0:38 Improved RGB
1:03 Corsair LL120 working in the case
2:05 Technical specifications
3:03 Corsair QL120 LEDs
3:58 Set up
4:43 Corsair QL120 in action
5:27 Corsair QL120 customisation
6:08 The price
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks for the details and close ups - really helps when looking to do a build to see this stuff up close and look at how they connect etc.
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Thank you for the detailed review! These QL fans even look great from behind with the black cross!
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I love how the first timestamp is "Hello"
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I was looking for a good comparison of these fans, well done!
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Appreciate it man. I was about to make a mistake and go with LL fans but your video saved me to go with QL since I’m doing water cooling in O11d xl. Thanks again
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Excellent review. I used this when deciding what case fans to get for my build, and I'm so glad I went with the QLs over the LLs.
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This is a better idea than making fans specifically to reverse the airflow direction, impressive. They might be bloody expensive, but I'm very tempted to get quite a few of these just because the rear looks good too xD
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always liked the hd120 and thought the qls look weird, but seeing them "in person" next to the ll120 and not in a product photo just makes them look like a future version, and when I saw how they look with the middle leds shut off I was sold
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great channel !! all new products and great camera with good angels and quality, you'll be 100k and more i hope. cheers mate .
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That´s what I need for optimal airflow. And it also looks great. Thanks for the review.
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Excellent! nice review, just the info i wanted!. Subscribed!
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First video where we can clearly see the back of the fans ! It is a good message to other testers because they are all focused on the light without describing the product itself. This one is the best review ever because it really help to choose. Thank you mate !
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I'm just amazed how perfectly clean the inside of your machine is, there's not a single speck of dust anywhere.
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Great review! Thanks i didnt need to go to another video in search answered all questions in this video. NOW time to return my LLs and swap to QLs
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Case I’m getting comes with LL. If I purchased a few QL to add to the pc would they be able to match or would they look different.
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What happens if you hook the old RGB fans up to one of those new RGB controllers do you gain any more customization control at all? my case came with the lighting hub and 3 of the older ones but when I bought a 4th exhaust fan its a new QL or whatever (I didn't even know there was a difference) and I just hooked it up to the same lighting hub to match the other ones.
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Awesome video, just have a few questions. On the LL fans, is the lighting on the intake side or the exhaust side? Also does it make sense to use LL on the top of my case and QL on the front since my top doesn't have any glass (making the QL kinda pointless on the top)? Is it possible to change just the fan of a cpu water cooler e.g. swapping out the corsair hydro 100x fans for rgb fans? And finally can you adjust the lighting of the fans without a node e.g. just using the iCue or motherboard software?
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I have the same case, also put the LL120s in it and now I want to update to the QL120s, this video helped me make the decision since I could see exactly what it will look like, though I went for white instead of black.
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Hi. I would set top fans from cpu cooling into opposite direction. That way heat from radiators are blown away out of the case
