Asus's First Case Fan Is the 120mm ROG Strix XF120

Asus ROG Strix XF120 Case Fan
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When you think of Asus, generally, you only think of its as a motherboard, graphics card, and laptop manufacturer. But the company has expanded its influence over the past few years to include PC peripherals, PC cases, and AIO liquid coolers. So it should come as no surprise that Asus is entering the case fan market with its own ROG Strix XF120 120mm chassis fan

The XF120 features high-end specs. Similar to the ML120s from Corsair, the XF120 comes with a MagLev bearing, reinforced fiberglass material, grooved fan blades with rounded edges, and anti-vibration pads.

The operating range for the XF 120 is quite good, with its minimum RPM targeted at just 250RPM and a maximum RPM of 1800RPM. This is perfect for a case fan, as generally, case fans don't need to run at the same RPM levels as CPU cooler fans.

Asus ROG Strix XF120 Case Fan

(Image credit: YouTube)

XF120 Specs:

Acoustics:
22.5dba

Cooling Stats:
62.5CFM/3.7mmH20

Longevity:
400,000 hours

For Asus' first chassis fan, the specs for the XF120 are quite good; compared to big case fan brands like the Silent Wings 3 from Be Quiet! or the Fractal Design Venturi, the XF120 brings similar performance with better acoustics.

But compared to Asus' biggest competitor, the Corsair ML120, that fan has better cooling performance specs-wise. But that fan also has a much higher RPM range and is optimized towards airflow and static pressure, whereas Asus' XF120 is optimized purely for airflow, not static pressure.

The Asus XF120 looks promising, but we still don't know what it will cost – all we know is a release target for April. Hopefully, we can get a few of these XF120s in our lab to test in the future.

Aaron Klotz
Freelance News Writer

Aaron Klotz is a freelance writer for Tom’s Hardware US, covering news topics related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.

  • Dj0gany
    No RGB?
    Imposible...
    Reply
  • Soaptrail
    Finally some competition in the case fan marketplace!!!
    Reply
  • Phaaze88
    Watch this BS pop out even more expensive than Noctua and Corsair, and the ROG fanboys/girls not so much as bat an eye at it...
    Reply
  • cryoburner
    Djoza said:
    No RGB?
    Imposible...
    That's probably saved for the $80 version of the fan.
    Reply
  • Dj0gany
    cryoburner said:
    That's probably saved for the $80 version of the fan.
    hahaahaha xD
    Reply
  • Darkbreeze
    The specs are actually quite decent for use as an intake, heatsink or radiator fan to be honest. I wonder though what the SPL specs looks like. My guess is that these fans are about as noisy as the EVGA fans were, maxing out at 35-40db.
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