Best RGB Fans For Airflow, NZXT 140mm AER RGB or Thermaltake Riing Plus 120mm

nitinvaid20 · Jun 20, 2018

I have Cooler master h500P Mesh edition case and it already has Riing plus fans installed in front but i dont think its enofg
so i was thinking to buy the Nzxt RGB fans does it has better airflow then thermaltake? anyone please help me i am really confused

Aeacus · Jun 20, 2018

When it comes to the airflow, AER140 RGB is much better.
Specs:
91.19 CFM - NZXT AER140 RGB
73.91 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 14 TT Premium
51.15 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 14

Static pressure wise, Riing 14 is slightly better than AER140 RGB but that doesn't justify it's low CFM.
Specs:
1.58 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 14
1.52 mmH2O - NZXT AER140 RGB
1.38 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 14 TT Premium

NZXT AER RGB: https://www.nzxt.com/products/aer-rgb
Thermaltake Riing 14: http://www.thermaltake.com/microsite/Riing14RGB/index.html
Thermaltake Riing 14 TT Premium: http://www.thermaltake.com/MICROSITE/Riing14RGBRadiatorFanTTPremiumEdition/index.html

When it comes to the RGB fans airflow, AER140 RGB is one of the best if not the best fan out there.

I'd go with AER140 RGB. In matter of fact, i've already gone with AER140 RGB. I have 3x AER140 RGB fans as top exhaust in my Skylake build and 3x in Haswell build as well, full specs with pics in my sig.

nitinvaid20 · Jun 20, 2018

Aeacus :

Thanks for the reply ill go for it then one more thing
as i have case H500P
is it possible ill buy another fans means 3 fans on front and 1 on rear back does the wire is that much long that it will connect the fan from front to end? ill buy Hue + too

one more thing i have the thermeltake 12 fans means 120mm not 14

Aeacus · Jun 20, 2018

Your case supports 140mm fans just fine and i don't see a reason why you shouldn't go with AER140 RGB over AER120 RGB. Unless if it comes down to a price. Though, 140mm fan advantages over 120mm fan are more airflow with less noise.

As far as 120mm fans go, AER120 RGB fan is still better in airflow than Riing 12 and it's 2 versions.
Airflow specs:
52.44 CFM - NZXT AER120 RGB
48.79 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium
40.6 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 12

Static pressure specs:
2.01 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 12
1.35 mmH2O - NZXT AER120 RGB
1.11 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium

Thermaltake Riing 12: http://www.thermaltake.com/microsite/Riing12RGB/index.html
Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium: http://www.thermaltake.com/MICROSITE/Riing12RGBRadiatorFanTTPremiumEdition/index.html

As far as fan wires go, they should reach. I have 2x full-tower ATX cases in use where my HUE+ is at the front bottom of the case while my AER140 RGB fans are at the top of the case. All my fan cables reach just fine.

Though, your H500P is one of the worst cases when it comes to the airflow and here, i'm not sure if even AER140 RGB fans would be enough for proper airflow. What H500P has, is good looks and that's it. Airflow, build quality and materials used are all sub-par. If i'd have to use that case, i wouldn't look anything below Noctua industrial 3000 RPM fans (specs). But if even Noctua wouldn't cut it, i'd go with Delta industrial 5000+ RPM fans (specs).

nitinvaid20 · Jun 20, 2018

Aeacus :

Your case supports 140mm fans just fine and i don't see a reason why you shouldn't go with AER140 RGB over AER120 RGB. Unless if it comes down to a price. Though, 140mm fan advantages over 120mm fan are more airflow with less noise.

As far as 120mm fans go, AER120 RGB fan is still better in airflow than Riing 12 and it's 2 versions.
Airflow specs:
52.44 CFM - NZXT AER120 RGB
48.79 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium
40.6 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 12

Static pressure specs:
2.01 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 12
1.35 mmH2O - NZXT AER120 RGB
1.11 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium

Thermaltake Riing 12: http://www.thermaltake.com/microsite/Riing12RGB/index.html
Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium: http://www.thermaltake.com/MICROSITE/Riing12RGBRadiatorFanTTPremiumEdition/index.html

As far as fan wires go, they should reach. I have 2x full-tower ATX cases in use where my HUE+ is at the front bottom of the case while my AER140 RGB fans are at the top of the case. All my fan cables reach just fine.

Though, your H500P is one of the worst cases when it comes to the airflow and here, i'm not sure if even AER140 RGB fans would be enough for proper airflow. What H500P has, is good looks and that's it. Airflow, build quality and materials used are all sub-par. If i'd have to use that case, i wouldn't look anything below Noctua industrial 3000 RPM fans (specs). But if even Noctua wouldn't cut it, i'd go with Delta industrial 5000+ RPM fans (specs).

hmm
i have the mesh edition of H500P..... wanted the case for best airflow so i bought this one... well what can we so as i got this already thanks tho

Aeacus · Jun 20, 2018

H500P Mesh is a better version of H500P which Cooler Master released once the highly hyped H500P failed to deliver and there was a lot of outcry about it. With H500P Mesh, AER RGB fans will do just fine.

mrtwister4321 · Sep 2, 2018

You guys see these? These are new.
I'm just praying EK releases the 140mm version. I spoke with an EK rep, he wasn't sure if they were making the 140mm version. I can only assume/hope they do make them.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-vardar-evo-120er-rgb-500-2200-rpm

Static pressure - 3.16mm H2O
CFM - 77

These fans are absolute killers when it comes to radiators. These are THE best RGB fans I have seen as of yet.

Aeacus · Sep 2, 2018

mrtwister4321 :

I have suspicions about it's marketed performance of 3.16 mmH2O and 77 CFM. Especially when looking at the fan blade design.

EK Vardar 120mm has fairly thin blades, while Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM has much fatter blades with 2.83 mmH2O and 70 CFM (specs). But for some reason, EK Vardar has far higher marketed static pressure and higher airflow as well. I don't see that happening with such thin fan blades and lot of space between the blades as well since less space between fan blades and fat fan blades are the ones that produce higher static pressure.

EK Vardar 120:

NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM:

When looking at any high static pressure fan, they all have 1 thing in common and that is fat fan blades. Here, i think EK deliberately has written higher specs for their fan just to get more sales on their fans.

Also, EK wouldn't be the 1st one who glorifies their fans. Cooler Master also wrote far higher specs for their SickleFlow 120 fans with specs of 70 CFM and 2.96 mmH2O (specs). But after a review came out proving that SickleFlow 120 can do only 42 CFM (review), Cooler Master has since removed the airflow spec from their product page. But since testing static pressure is far harder thing to do than testing airflow, 2.96 mmH2O specs are still present in the specs page. What's even more interesting is that SickleFlow 120 has same design thin fan blades as EK Vardar 120 has.

SickleFlow 120:

So, i'm not sold that EK Vardar has static pressure of 3.16 mmH2O and it's airflow of 77 CFM also looks too good to be true. 40 CFM and 1.0 mmH2O would be more reasonable for a such fan with thin blade design.

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