Lian Li Unifan Inf SL 120 advice

[mattp1986]

Hi all I'm starting to put the parts together for my 40 series build later this month and was wondering if anyone has experience with the new Lian Li Infinity Unifans and fan hub.

I'm planning a build with an 011 Evo case with 10 unifans.
I'm buying 3 packs of 3 with fan hubs and a single Unifan to use as a rear exhaust.

The single fan uses a standard 4 pin PWM header and 5v RGB connector as far as I'm aware, is there a way to connect this up to the Uni fan hub with the other 3 banks of 3 fans which I believe use a proprietary connector.

Thanks in advance for any help, hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Cheers guys

 

[Jamin280672]

Yeah......just no......if they dont come with Lian Li latest firmware on the controllers, the software will force you to update it, good luck with that, spent hours last night funny enough trying to fix them after I tried to install L-Connect 3 and it told me I needed a firmware update then decided to tell me the update failed, I tried Lian-Li's manual way to fix it, that didnt work either, I then found another piece of software call ECTool which allows you to wipe the firmware completely and rewite it.

 

[lsg1r]

I had al120's in my o11 evo before I sent them back due to software issues and fan issues.

While different fans they still connect in basically the same way (just one cable instead of 2 now). All of your SL120Inf fans should come with the proprietary connector needed to plug into the controller.

Assuming you're getting 10 (total) SL120 Infinities you'll basically be plugging all your fans into a single controller, it should have 4 ports still iirc, and the fans will be split up into 3 sets of 3 and a single.

Controller plugs into usb header and the cpu fan header (for fan control), optional rgb cable from controller can be plugged into the motherboard for sync with motherboard etc.

Software was an issue for me as well, while I had no issue with firmware on my al120's, l-connect 3 actually stopped my cpu from going into low power modes, which in turn meant it was always running hotter and drawing more power than needed etc.

 

[Tasocahtfu]

I had al120's in my o11 evo before I sent them back due to software issues and fan issues.

While different fans they still connect in basically the same way (just one cable instead of 2 now). All of your SL120Inf fans should come with the proprietary connector needed to plug into the controller.

Assuming you're getting 10 (total) SL120 Infinities you'll basically be plugging all your fans into a single controller, it should have 4 ports still iirc, and the fans will be split up into 3 sets of 3 and a single.

Controller plugs into usb header and the cpu fan header (for fan control), optional rgb cable from controller can be plugged into the motherboard for sync with motherboard etc.

Software was an issue for me as well, while I had no issue with firmware on my al120's, l-connect 3 actually stopped my cpu from going into low power modes, which in turn meant it was always running hotter and drawing more power than needed etc.

What issues did you face with the fans, and what have you since switched to? Interested to know as currently pulling together parts for an evo build. Cheers!

 

[lsg1r]

What issues did you face with the fans, and what have you since switched to? Interested to know as currently pulling together parts for an evo build. Cheers!

Basically they had this really nasty loud vibration and some other noises... basically a bad batch. The RGB had a heavy blue tint, especially on lighter colours, and they were nowhere near the colour showing in the software (red to get a normal orange, yellow was nearer green etc). Luckily I didn't buy them for rgb, it was for the cable management, so they were turned off anyway but that wasn't always saved by the software/fans so I had to manually turn rgb off etc on boot.

While not a factor in returning the fans, the control box could only go in one spot due to cable lengths and optimal routing of cables to hide them from the front. It had to go in the space between the psu and the hard drive cage which meant running the cables in some locations I wouldn't have picked (between hard drive cage and motherboard).

Software was the biggest issue though for me, the fact it was preventing my cpu from going into low power mode because l-connect 3 was using 5-10% cpu on a 5950x just to have a fixed colour rgb and adjust fans based on cpu temp... it almost felt like it was crypto mining (no idea if it was or not).

I switched to Noctua NF-A12x25 chromax.black.swap which are arguably more hassle with cable management, and I obviously lost rgb, but they seem to run things cooler and considerably quieter. (for reference ek basic 360 aio on side with fans pulling in + top to bottom air flow with out on rear/top fans). PC is now more of an minimalist all black with a splash of silver here and there.... which if I'm being honest I probably like more than the rgb look anyway.

 

[Jamin280672]

Basically they had this really nasty loud vibration and some other noises... basically a bad batch. The RGB had a heavy blue tint, especially on lighter colours, and they were nowhere near the colour showing in the software (red to get a normal orange, yellow was nearer green etc). Luckily I didn't buy them for rgb, it was for the cable management, so they were turned off anyway but that wasn't always saved by the software/fans so I had to manually turn rgb off etc on boot.

While not a factor in returning the fans, the control box could only go in one spot due to cable lengths and optimal routing of cables to hide them from the front. It had to go in the space between the psu and the hard drive cage which meant running the cables in some locations I wouldn't have picked (between hard drive cage and motherboard).

Software was the biggest issue though for me, the fact it was preventing my cpu from going into low power mode because l-connect 3 was using 5-10% cpu on a 5950x just to have a fixed colour rgb and adjust fans based on cpu temp... it almost felt like it was crypto mining (no idea if it was or not).

I switched to Noctua NF-A12x25 chromax.black.swap which are arguably more hassle with cable management, and I obviously lost rgb, but they seem to run things cooler and considerably quieter. (for reference ek basic 360 aio on side with fans pulling in + top to bottom air flow with out on rear/top fans). PC is now more of an minimalist all black with a splash of silver here and there.... which if I'm being honest I probably like more than the rgb look anyway.

Im glad im not the only one, one of my 120mm fans I cant allow to run faster than 900rpm otherwise it makes this horrible rattle noise, and half of them have a yellow tint when using light colours, especially white.

Ive got a whole new set of Be quiet light wings on the way to replace these, they seem to have quite good reviews, I did consider getting NZXT Aer 2's but they're too pricey and you only get 2 fans in the 140mm range, total cost to replace all my fans was £250, or £195 for the Be quiet set.

 

[mattp1986]

Thanks for all the replies guys, you got me a little worried now about the build quality lol, guess I'll take a punt and hope I have a bit more luck than you did.

As for getting lucky I failed miserably trying to get a 4090 preorder, damn those things sold quick lol