Corsair Reveals Magnetic Levitation Fans And Enters Graphics Card Game

[Darkbreeze]

Further, at 37db, sound levels are abysmal. Good static pressure though, except that I've rarely seen a Corsair fan deliver the same static pressure in testing reviews that they report having on paper specs.

5 year warranty is nice. Think I'll stick with Noctua fans and some black vinyl dye for my money though.

i like my noctua fans aswell but man ive had lots of failures with them. not as many as ive had with corsair fans but they spray the entirety of my pc with oil when the bearings let loose on the noctua's.

Those must have been older designs. The newer models with sealed bearings, that can't be removed from the fan chassis itself, don't have that issue. I don't recall having that issue on my older Noctua fans either. Maybe one really old one that was in a horizontal configuration. Never seen them do that when mounted vertically though. The newer sealed bearings have no issues horizontal or vertical.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Don't they have the heatsink rotating cooler for CPU?
no fan but you spin the heatsink...
I'd love a airtight refrigerator case...no need to clean or vacuum

There are no coolers where the heatsink spins. You might be thinking of this.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/197029-new-kinetic-cooler-is-a-heatsink-thats-also-a-cpu-fan

 

[Virtual_Singularity]

Don't they have the heatsink rotating cooler for CPU?
no fan but you spin the heatsink...
I'd love a airtight refrigerator case...no need to clean or vacuum

There are no coolers where the heatsink spins. You might be thinking of this.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/197029-new-kinetic-cooler-is-a-heatsink-thats-also-a-cpu-fan

Love the idea behind that kinetic cooler, though somehow I recall it being in the hands of a different company in the beginning, can't remember the name of it, thought it started with an S. Captherm's MP-1240 Multiphase CPU Cooler is also something to see. Can't help but wonder if maybe both solutions are too costly to create mainstream offerings, despite that Captherm's cooler was shown at last year's computex, packaged and looking ready for sale. I really thought the kinetic cooler would've debuted by now tbh.

 

[JamesSneed]

should make a nice exhaust fan especially if you have a positive pressure case.

Since when did exhaust fans need high static pressure? There is no resistance, or very little, to airflow OUT of the case, where the pressure is likely to be lower than it is IN the case. A fan with a very high CFM but even a mediocre static pressure rating would be much preferable for an exhaust fan.

A bit of sarcasm from the prior post about using these as case fans. I guess it didn't come off as obvious as I thought a $30 high static pressure fan would make that sound. My bad.

 

[Darkbreeze]

It's all good. Had to hit that one up though.

 

[PunkNugget]

Amazing, the Sunon MagLev Bearing has been around since 1999. So definitely not new all. Gotta hand it to Corsair to market the crap out this thing. Here's the linked info:

http://www.sunon.com/pro.php?c1=10#

Found some 120mm ones here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUNON-MagLev-MFC0381V1-Q000-M99-DC-12V-0-62-A-Fan-120x120x38mm-127-CFM-/272198926841?hash=item3f605201f9:g:zOoAAOSwbwlXAbhZ

Definitely not flashy, but using that 1999 technology that they created...