I would love Lian-Li to come out with a more budget-oriented Unifan, without RGB but still having the interlocking connections. I think that would sell quite well, for people who don't really want RGB in their builds, such as myself.

Every time my wife hears your intro she knows it's going to cost money

Lian Li had to make the back of the fan look nice because it was super hard to find a nice looking fan for side-rad intake on their O11 cases. Makes sense since they created a market for fans with a nice looking back. Love the videos.

Great video guys...I picked up a starter pack of the UNI SL120's a month ago and I love them. I actually prefer the SL edge-lit design over the new AL models as I think the SL's have a more unique look where it takes the emphasis of the fan blades themselves (that's just my preferred aesthetic).

Fan videos are totally necessary Jay. I know objectively it seems boring but the vast majority of us simply love your content. Thank you and your team for doing what you do!!!

They've also got "infinity" fans planned that combines the 2, giving bith edge and blade rgb

I like the frame of the SL120's way more.

21:06 new Liam-Li RGB fans remind me of the X-men X steel door that Xavier opens to access Cerebro 😜😆😉👍

I don't find them boring, but what I would like would be more reviews of them since there are soooo many different ones out there, and as it has been pointed out in the past, you can't always rely on reviews from Amazon and such. So thanks Jay for doing reviews on them once in a while.

this needs to be the standard for all case/radiator fans moving forward

I’m impressed Jay didn’t zip a single fingertip in any of the fans lol.

I'm so glad I went back and looked at videos i missed, this fans are freaking awesome. It's so cool how they work in a series like that, why can't other companies be like this. Thanks Jay, even though i'm a little late to the party!

The software supports up to 64 fans, build a case out of fans!

Pro-Tip: these individually addressable LED products are either a 'neopixle' like LED (specifically the WS2812) or a similar variant (sk6812, for instance). Individually addressable LEDs use a serial communication protocol that is widely available (check adafruit and the arduino/RPi community), and thus why they only need 3 wires (well, 4 if you want to continue daisy chaining). Power + - and serial in and out in needed. They can also self address, as in they can inform the program how many are on a string. If the manufacturer knows all of a given type of fans use a certain number of pixels, the software can assume which device its talking to. And this is probably where some odd addressing artifacts crop up such as mirroring, inverted progressing on color sweeps, etc. The biggest rub is usually the timing requirements of the signaling, but its still a simple serial communication. Corsair lightning (or whatever they were called) were WS2812s with a slightly faster baud rate than normal neopixles. You can absolutely control them directly with a proper serial device (which is all that little box is, its a USB to serial converter) such as an Arduino nano (RPis serial timing might have issues, since arduinos are microcontrollers clocking through instructions and not a linux OS with interrupts and such, the timing is much more predictable) connected to an internal USB port. Honestly these PC parts manufacturers are taking the piss when it comes to cost, neopixles are a dollar a dozen. Its a shitty move to charge so much for adding such a simple device to their products, and absolute anti-consumer to try implying a given companies lights are some how proprietary when all they did was set the serial communication rate slightly higher.....Like, really a fucked up thing to do to your customers just to lock them into your eco system. Especially using a FREE AND OPEN protocol..... The area I feel the lighting really falls down is the integration with events. Yeah some games do neat things like color schemes and hit indication. But what If I want a specific pattern on a specific set of LEDs for when....i dunno....my garage door opens or something. Integrating that is a pain in the ass because their little controller (which again, is JUST a usb to serial converter) is locked into their flashy but ultimately hollow program. With little to no out of the box linux support (which is another slap in the face, since they're using protocols primarily utilized in linux environments, and quite easily I might add....). Integrating a given effect should be as easy as 'if event do this thing to these leds'. But good luck getting their 'we assume what you need and lock out any possibility of anything more complex than the most basic of functions because we assume youre dumb, dont care, or will discover how much we ripped you off for' program/controller to do that for you.

I can't believe I watched a twenty-five minute video about fans, and was actually quite engaged whilst doing it. Good vid, Jay.

Jay - "These are absolutely the prettiest fans on the market, yeah they're pricy" So they're Pretty Pricy?

Fans aren't boring. I like good fans. Keep it coming!

16:33 Every iCue user about every other RGB solution.

When this video 1st started up I almost went digging around for an old pair of red and blue glasses so I could watch this video in 3D. =p

Thanks for going over these. These fans have everything I've been looking for, and now with the additional lighting, even better (for me). I'll definitely be getting the AL fans when I find them at the store. Glad I waited and didn't jump at the SL.

I just ordered Lian Li's 3 Unifan and controller pack for $80 a couple days ago. So excited to get them hooked up.

I think the edge light is what makes the SL so good and unique. Of course, having multiple options that have the interconnect is also a bonus. But I don't see how anyone could complain about the SL when it's exactly as intended.

I personally prefer the low ambient glow from the SL Fans. I love it when there are just a few light accents in the case!

My opinion of LianLi never seems to stop growing.

When they bring out a 140mm I'll be interested

Great video Jay. I know the Graphics cards are the bulk of your vids, but I'm a hyoooge fan of your case customisation, water cooling and stuff like this

I bought the BR lite version as I needed the standard 4 pin for the motherboard I have and love these fans. They were very well priced as I'm a budget gamer and the RGB looks nice in my PC build. I would suggest them to anyone. I believe they are the BR120 and they came in a 3 pack for around $60cad. Plugged in and worked with the motherboard RGB to match without downloading anything.

Please do an updated video on 3 rd party fan controllers Jay! Speedfan is more or less dead so the only real choices I know is "rem0o fancontrol" and "argus monitor". I've used rem0o fan control for about a year now and it works and looks so good. Better than speedfan ever was tbh. And it's free!! Argus works (paid) but not as versatile, and it's not as modern or easy to set up. I still see people online asking for a speedfan replacement and don't know about these. Maybe a comparison between the two would be cool. Thanks

Wow just looked them up and the black ones have a black frame with white blades.. I’m sold!

i love the shape of the al much better cause it’s a circle but love that light touch of rgb on sl120, it’s not so in your face..

Use the frame of the SL and the core of the AL - win, win.

I love the Lian Li stuff. They have picked up where Thermaltake let me down.

Great looking fans. Update: I now have the fans installed, attached to my 120mm radiator plus one intake fan. The Lian Li cable management system should be an industry standard.

I like the Cooler Master 120 Halo. There's a ring around the whole fan plus the blades are lit.

Pre ordered a three pack and a single pack a couple days ago. I love them...when you can find them. I moved the badge to the push part of the fan on the SL. Glad they took my idea 😁 Glad they got version2 of their software straight.

"PC fans are boring" Me: You take that back, mister!

Havent built a pc in like 10 yrs, and came across these and was amazed by the design and how they connect together

I own white SL120 Uni fans.. Love them... glad they worked on improving RGB. I need to buy another set..

I guess because I'm not one that normally cares for RGB lighting in a PC, I actually like the older SL fans with it being subtle lighting around the outside of the fans, rather than the hub in the fans glowing.

That was someone’s million dollar idea and it was genius.

First thing I do with any aRGB fan is remove that sticker so that there is no need to worry about "is it centered or will it wobble?"... Makes things a bit brighter, too =)

20:31 a ghost just passed by

You showed Uni's, they sold out two hours later, two days later the price doubled. lol.

I can't believe it took this long for any manufacturer to come up with this, it's just great for cable management. I don't like RGB but Lian-Li case have always been great, I do wish they had a case without a window but can't find any. My old current Lian-Li case is great but can't do water cooling with it.

For anyone who is interested, I have the sl fans connected to the motherboard using Asus's proprietary 3 pin argb connector which you can find cheap on ebay. Lian Li and asus use the same argb connectors so you can bypass the controller altogether. It is very important if you are going to hook up 3 or fans, use a 3mp fan header on the motherboard.

As much as I love the cable management of these fans, the QL120's are just so much nicer to look at. Larger, yes. Pain in the arse to cable manage, yes. But they are just so damn nice.

I feel like they should have just put hub lighting in the old style, then you would have the best of both world! I like having some light come from edge on of the fan and from the hub!

He never showed us what happened when you daisy chain an AL and a SL in one block.

I like the SL fans over the new AL fans. They look just like any other RGB fan on the market. SL120 look unique. I love them.

I have 10 of the SL120’s in my rig, and those, along with with the Lian Li strimers, give off quite a bit of light. These new ones look great, as well, though.

I really wish other companies would take up this interlocking fan idea.

Interesting, still missing the bearing information that is what I focused on when I went on a fan replacement spree. I wanted to make sure they could handle being in any position and remain running for a long time, spending it on Noctuas have served me well.

24:48 "I'm sure feel can even phil the airflow..."😂

Hey Jay, Lian Li has a manual dedicated to updating the older controller to make the SL120/SL140 work together with L-Connect 2. It was quite straight-forward and easy.

800 RPM is the lowest? My Noctua Chromax fans still spin at 250 RPM when idle.

Waiting on the sl120 infinity fans this year.. selling off my sl120s when they release.

To anyone reading this, there is a reason to run both SL and AL fans together. The AL-140s have not been released (or will never be released - who knows). So if you need 140s and want to use all Lian Li products in your case, you have no choice but to run SL and AL together. If anyone is trying to do a Lian Li airflow build with the new Air Mini you will understand the pain of realizing there are no AL 140s and that the front intake can only fit 2 140s or 2 120s (but not 3 120s). The bottom intake is also designed for either 2 140s or 2 120s (although will fit 3 120s but does not have an intake large enough to fully support it). The top exhaust is however designed for 3 120s. So, right now, if you want a Lian Li airflow build, the "best" airflow setup is 2 140s front intake, 2 140s bottom intake, 3 120s top exhaust, 1 120 rear exhaust, and 2 120s side exhaust. The "best" aesthetics are 2 140s front intake, 3 120s bottom intake, 3 120s top exhaust, 1 120 rear exhaust, and a 240 side radiator. In all these configurations, you need at least 2 140s. Since there are no AL 140s, this leaves you with either the case fans, the SL 140s, or another company's 140s. If you want RGB, it's SL 140s or another company's. If you want Lian Li, it's SL 140s leaving you with 2 SL fans and 9 AL fans.

just did a build with the unifans. absolutely love them

"Most out of date fans of 2020", yeah we all wish we could get the last year back :D

Sweet, can’t wait to not be able to find another PC Component in stock.

25:09 .... did he just.... FART IN MY EAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!

IF you need two of these (or any other device with internal USB), you could extract the pins from one plug and put them in the other. Each internal header has two USB connections, but the plug only needs one and has the slots for the other pins unpopulated (which blocks the second USB connection from easy use). A quick search didn't return any passive splitter, so that's a bit of fumbling around with the cables.

I really like the AL-120s. Wish I had those when I built my 1st computer back in March. Also, why doesn’t Lian-Li just sell a fully loaded O-11 dynamic that comes with their AIO and 10 unifans? I def would have preferred to buy that rather than getting all of the parts separately

These fans kinda look like the Corsair QL with that silver hub.

There is this guy called Kleo Yan he does all the LIAN LI fan he have a video showing u in depth how to work both of the software together with the new upgrade app

I don't know who else needed this video but damn this answered so many questions I couldn't google. Thanks Jay!!!!

Fans are not boring! We're almost out of this mess. Things should get back to normal 🙃

The "old" unifans, the SL, are better because they are more understated, which makes them a bit classier, instead of the usual RGB fan with leds on the blades. Now they just look like any other RGB fan.

confusing software and fan choices does make it less boring, great video

Just caught this a bit after the fact. Wow those look pretty! Using 16 fans, all Corsair HD120s or 140s and love the RGB edges on them (no hub lighting), but as you said, yep, just like Skunkworks, there are 32 cables going everywhere. Lian-Li's arrangement looks very elegant for sure. I'm also amazed you didn't nick or cut yourself from this video at all (that we see). Especially handling larger fans, the amount of holding and rotating them around scared me haha. Great video. Just now have to contemplate if I ever want to swap them all out with Lian-Lis....

Uhhh…these are not the same size fan at all. A lot of these “120” fans really aren’t. The diameter of the fan blades themselves can differ a lot based on the thickness of the frame. Just because the frame fits a “120” slot doesn’t mean the blades will be the right size. RGB fans seems to be the most variable where they shrink the fan blades to fit more RGB. These fans are no different. The new fans have a noticeably bigger blade than the old one. This can affect your cooling. I replaced the “120s” that came on my GPU hybrid kit with basic Noctuas and both the difference in size and performance was noticeable.

If they made a version with both types of lighting they would be amazing

I have 6 SL120 fans at the top and bottom of my case and 3 AL120 fans on my side mount AIO radiator and they work flawlessly through L Connect 2. The AL120s are perfect for showing more RGB on a side mounted radiator and the SLs look great for too and bottom fans for the more premium LED light bar look vs the AL120s fan rgbs.

I bought these fans for my case. On about day 35, one of the fans started to make a terrible noise. I submitted for a replacement at Newegg, but they said the company will only give me 50% of what one fan was worth. Apparently, their warranty is 30 days. Who warrants something for 30 days if they didn’t have bad intentions. The fans are great, but this ruined feelings toward Lian Li products.

I'd be curious to see how they stack up to the Noctua NF-A12x25 fans in terms of radiator cooling. Like noise and liquid temp wise, how far it's from that. If it's close, I'd rather get these to light up my sfx build

ARGB cannot "detect" how many lights are connected. You have to tell the software how long the chain is.

Unsure if anyone has mentioned this but NZXT makes an internal USB hub that converts one header into three plus provides two standard USB 2.0 ports for internal use.

I like the fact you can ignore the connector and use the motherboard. Mystic is just so simple and saves alot of headaches

Jay: "Let's go...2000rpm" Phil: "It's like I'm in Wyoming!"

1650 $305 usd... Damn they're expensive. Edit: you're video sold me on some new fans :D

bought these yesterday, mi first ones (6x fans = 4 cables needed what a bless)🥰

the interlocking connections is next gen...they'll be apart of my new all white build

I think Ivan Vanko said it best when he said "Software is shit!"

I have 9 of the SLs in my system and I love how much lighting they put off. I even lowered the brightness on them to 50%! My other components put off enough light to more than make up for it, and I prefer the edge lighting myself anyways for the fans.

The amount these companies charge just for fans with lights is ridiculous

Preordered my white AL120 starter kit today. Black kit already sold out from Newegg if you’re on the fence.

The lighting in the SL is so much better, I personally hate the fans that light up the fins. It always looks cheap. The SL look makes it really premium. But the AL are also the best ones with fin lighting I have ever seen.

I would LOVE those SL fans if Icue could control them.

SL frame with AL hub, please and thank you, Lian Li.

I love the look of the Thermaltake riing fans and the aorus 20 series gpu fans

Like the update on fans going to use in my nect build thanx for the updates and facts and advise in the pc world

FYI...SL120s have been available for $80 for the 3 pack on NewEgg lately.

tried so hard to get some liam Li Fans for my build last year, couldn't find any

3:13 USB 2.0 A-Male to 1x4 4-Pin IDC Motherboard Connector Adapter Cable

That's cool jay, but what's cooler is creating airflow without a fan, like the Compulab Airtop 3

Next time I build my PC, I'm definitely getting those fans! SCREW CABLE MANAGEMENT!!!!

Been waiting on this video since they were announced

In my setup I have a bunch of Arctic BioniX P120 ARGB fans that I have connected to a Razer Chroma ARGB controller. I am pretty happy with that setup and it is cheaper than going with the LianLi fans.

Without RGB, I still think the SL's look a bit better (personal taste). But when they turn on the RGB, those AL's look _slick_ !

Jay seems to be a massive fan of these, I wonder why?