Antec RGB 120mm PC Fans - 5V-3PIN Addressable, Motherboard SYNC, 5 Packs With Controller - Prizm Series

I purchased the Anted Prizm 120 ARGB 5 fan pack with controller module. This kit is compatible with many manufacturer LED controllers/programming standards. In my case, I am using an ASUS mobo which uses the 'Aura' environment.Fans/LEDsThe fans were easy and straighforward to mount in my case. The LED rings are bright, and the colors match across the other non Antec components in my system, from my LED RAM modules to the built in lighting on the motherboard itself. You'll be pleased at how these look. The fans are quiet, but move adequate air. In this particular build, I'm also using an All-In-One water cooling module and radiator, venting from inside to outside, so it's important that I push cold air into the system. These fans not only conform to the 'Aura' LED programming standard, but the controller module is capable of taking RPM programming input from a Pulsed Wave Modulation output pin. Essentially, your fan speed is dynamically controlled based on the temperature sensors on your CPU. As your CPU gets hotter, the fans speed up, and as the core temp drops, the fans slow down. In all honesty, I had to manually set the fans to run at full speed, in order to see how loud they were, because my CPU never got hot enough for these to ramp up. That said, I could hear the system from across the room, but I have the system in a very echoic room...linoleum floors, not much furniture to absorb the sound. Fan noise is not something that bothers me, as I'm a system engineer by profession, so essentially, even if it's there I don't really hear it. If you're building a system for audio or video production, however, you'll want to make sure you build your system accordingly...large 240 mm fans running at low RPM, and/or water cooling as I've done. Even with water cooling, though, you'll need ambient airflow in your case, and these bad boys will certainly do the trick, and will look fantastic while they're doing it.Controller ModuleThe controller module is slim enough to mount in the cable management section of your case, but if you can't find the room, it's all black and fairly small, so it won't be the showcase of your build. The instructions were a little opaque, but once you spend some time looking back and forth between your mobo manual and the module instructions, things are easy enough to install in the right place. The nice thing is, you don't run any risk of frying anything if you connect the headers to the wrong pins, so you shouldn't worry too much. The one thing you should know going into this is that due to how the control module works, you won't be able to individually program the fans...the same signal and programming gets distributed to all the fans attached to the module. If you want to be able to program fan speeds or LED effects separately, you'll need multiple control modules. That said, I'm more concerned with how the system performs under load than I am having a light show in my case.AccessoriesThe kit came with a double sided foam adhesive square for mounting the control module, and more than long enough cables for a mid-tower sized case. You'll want to get your own zip ties or velcro strips to tie up the wires, but unless you're doing your first build, you'll likely already understand this.SummaryThe fans move plenty of air, they don't rattle and shake the case to pieces when they are ramped up, and while you can definitely hear them, it's mostly the rushing air you hear, not the fan motors. This noise factor can easily be mitigated by buying larger fans, or by adding water cooling.The LED aspect of the fans matches color well, is nice and bright, and the fans are all controlled and synced by plugging them in to the included controller module. The module supports many industry LED standards, and is compatible with PWM headers on your motherboard.All in all, I consider this a fantastic product at this price point, and I am absolutely happy with it in my build. Unless you have unique requirements, you shouldn't bat an eyelid at buying this kit.

I honestly do not at all remember how long ago I bought these. Maybe 3 years ago..? Somewhere between then and 2 years ago. Anyway, these have lasted a long time and stayed silent all the time. Even at full RPM while they do sound like a jet occasionally, it is very quiet compared to an office computer fan.They also look fairly clean and good. The LED light spots aren’t really faded that well but they look pretty damn good considering. I can’t complain. The bearings have yet to start making noise in the horizontal and vertical positions.

These fans are very cheap, and overall look great, in my opinion better that corsair fans, but there are some major limitations with that cheapness. For those not looking to tinker a lot I recommend getting the fans without the RGB in the middle as those can be controlled by software as simple 18 LED RGB strips. The fans with the RGB in the middle don't add an additional signal for the RGB LEDs in the middle instead defaulting to the first 6 colors of the strip, placed directly to the middle 6 rgb leds. These fans are also so cheap they come with some quality control issues. I've had 2 of the total 23 fans I've purchased completely fail, and an additional one making a loud clicking noise. However you could argue there so cheap you could just buy another one, or go with a protection plan of some sorts. I've also had large difficulties with Antec Support meaning if one of these fans fail, I would save your time and just buy an additional pack extra in case they fail. On top of that these fans are not well balanced. For case fans this likely wont lead to any issues, nor will it be an issue for those using it on a radiator, but if you decide to use these fans on say an air cooler for the CPU your gonna have a bad time if your case either has a detachable motherboard tray, or a motherboard that isn't made up to snuff such as lower end Intel HX10 Chipsets, or AMD AX20 chipsets, as the vibrations have in one of the systems caused over time the fine contacts to fail in the motherboard. My recommendation is to avoid this use case all together and look elsewhere for better balanced fans. Another thing to note is these fans do daisy chain the ARGB signal, and overall I haven't had issues daisy chaining 3 or 4 fans together but if you go past that depending on the motherboard and your luck you could overload those tiny cables. It is for this reason I recommend sticking at the standard of 4 fans daisy chained together or less for longevity. Another thing to note is on the included fan headers for ARGB signal don't work well with certain power supplies that may shut off SATA power when the systems shut off. This means the motherboard control some may want to use these for will be difficult as the fan controller will revert to non motherboard control meaning to get back to motherboard control you will need to either open the case and change the settings or just leave it be with whatever it happens to chose for lighting control. It is for this that I recommend either getting a USB controlled RGB header like the one from razer, or plugging these directly into your motherboard if you have enough headers (If not a splitter should be sufficient but then I would worry more about the motherboards RGB header getting burnt out). Another thing to note is the Rubber pads on the fans to be useful need the case fan screws tightened well so make sure to take care while doing that. If your willing to put up with what I described above these really are the best RGB fans for the price providing hands down the best cooling performance I've seen from the cheap Chinese ARGB fan category out there, but keep expectations tempered as these arn't the 40-50$ a fan corsair RGB fans that get sold often.TLDR: Good fans for the price with some major limitations that keep them from being the perfect fans, keep expectations tempered, be ready to work with em, don't use the included controller for RGB, and DONT USE THESE FOR CPU AIR COOLERS PERIOD.

The media could not be loaded. I don't know why case fans have gotten this expensive. So, I was looking for an efficient cooling solution for my NZXT H6 Flow. Although I am a fan of Be Quiet! and Noctua. The price wasn't sitting well for me so I opted for Antec, which I've had experience in the past. Not only that the Antec fan was at a very desirable price, it's a 5 pack and at the time of purchase, I got it for $56!I was surprised of the quality, it doesn't feel like you are getting a cheap fan, that will break down. This moves a lot of air and kept my system cool! Even playing demanding games, temps manage to keep everything nice and cool, I don't even have to adjust RPM.The RGB controller is good, it work as intended. RGB is bright and pleasing to look at.