Are these cheap Infinity mirror fans any good? Lian Li SL-Inf alternative
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- Over on my Discord Lord Tim the Great pointed out these fans to me and I was curious. These are basically clones of Lian Li's SL-INF unifans, but at a much cheaper price. Where the Lian Li fans will cost you around £90/$90 for a pack of three, these fans cost just £30/$30.
Too good to be true surely? So I bought a bunch of the "TZMRIT Interstellar" fans, both in standard blade and reverse blade versions and put them inside the Hyte Y40 to see how they got on.
I'll be honest, I was expecting them to be absolutely terrible. But they really aren't. Sure, the feel cheap, the connectors are stiff and the pins bend easily and they have a lot more wires to deal with but they're also significantly cheaper than the Lian Li Infinity fans so what's the deal?
Well, they're quiet as standard, but definitely louder under heavy load. The RGB effects won't be nearly as good and will be motherboard software dependent. They're also flimsy. BUT the lighting is superb. They seem well build in that the fan blades weren't wobbling or making weird noises. They actually have larger RGB mirrors than the Lian Fans and, did I mention they're cheap?
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Here are the fans I bought or what look like equivalent similar versions in your region.
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Amazon US - amzn.to/3WCMgPM
NewEgg - newegg.io/ncfc28ea2e
Amazon UK - amzn.to/4aquhz4
Amazon FR - amzn.to/3QOa27P
Amazon IT - amzn.to/4aqnSEd
Amazon DE - amzn.to/4aDEd8R
Amazon CA - amzn.to/3yjlL7H
Amazon AU - amzn.to/3K5pAQG
Razer Chroma Controller
Razer - razer.a9yw.net/R59XXR
Amazon US - amzn.to/3VQLGxj
NewEgg - newegg.io/nc29037ffc
Amazon UK - amzn.to/3U94F50
Amazon FR - amzn.to/3U6n16L
Amazon IT - amzn.to/3J8m1sD
Amazon DE - amzn.to/3VQLr5j
Amazon CA - amzn.to/4aNaFWu
Amazon AU - amzn.to/3PSwL1Q
Specs of this build: (note this includes affiliate links that earn me a commission at no extra cost to you)
Motherboard - Asus ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI 2 motherboard ( • Asus ROG Strix Z790 A ... )
CPU - Intel Core i9-14900K (amzn.to/3QH6uUv)
Case - Hyte Y40 (amzn.to/4dEYDRs)
Fans - Knock off Lian fans (video soon)
CPU cooler - NZXT Kraken Z73 ( • NZXT Kraken Z73 RGB In... )
RAM - Crucial DDR5 6000MHz Pro series RAM amzn.to/3UnPS6t
NVMEs - WB_Black SN850
PSU - Corsair RMShift 1000X white (go.corsair.com/1rv9Ra)
GPU - Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC White Edition (amzn.to/3tr1nzc)
Specs of the TZMRIT Interstellar Uni Fans:
Fan size: 120x120x25mm
Speed: 900-1850 RPM
Noise level: 32dBa
Volume: 68CFM
Pressure: 2.4mmH2O
Fan bearing: Hydraulic
Fan voltage: DC12v fan, DC5V LED
Plug : 4pin
Lian Li Infinity fan specs:
Dimensions 120mm x 122.1mm x 25mm
Material PBT/PC/Aluminum
Rated Voltage DC 12V (FAN) & 5V (LED)
Fan Speed 0 - 2100 RPM
Air Pressure 2.66 mmH2O (Maximum)
Airflow 61.3 CFM (Maximum)
Acoustic Noise 29 dBA
Locked Current = 50mA
Bearing Type Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB)
Operational Voltage DC 12C & 5V
Start-up Voltage DC 6.0V
Input Current 180mA (FAN) / 600mA (LED)
Input Power 5.16 Watt
Warranty 2 years
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Here are the fans I bought or what look like equivalent similar versions in your region.
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Amazon US - amzn.to/3WCMgPM
NewEgg - newegg.io/ncfc28ea2e
Amazon UK - amzn.to/4aquhz4
Amazon FR - amzn.to/3QOa27P
Amazon IT - amzn.to/4aqnSEd
Amazon DE - amzn.to/4aDEd8R
Amazon CA - amzn.to/3yjlL7H
Amazon AU - amzn.to/3K5pAQG
Razer Chroma Controller
Razer - razer.a9yw.net/R59XXR
Amazon US - amzn.to/3VQLGxj
NewEgg - newegg.io/nc29037ffc
Amazon UK - amzn.to/3U94F50
Amazon FR - amzn.to/3U6n16L
Amazon IT - amzn.to/3J8m1sD
Amazon DE - amzn.to/3VQLr5j
Amazon CA - amzn.to/4aNaFWu
Amazon AU - amzn.to/3PSwL1Q
if only I had known about these knock off fans sooner!!! I spent quite a bit on lian li fans as i wanted a hassle free setup but after seeing these and the price difference.....I am kicking myself. oh well if and when my fans fail then i will defo be sticking with knock offs
You can't go wrong with Lian Li tbh. The quality is much better
I have 3 fans that look pretty much the same as the ones you have. The model is called Jungle Leopard S12025. I paid for less than $18 total and I couldn't be happier, since they are durable and quiet enough for my need, while making cable management a lot cleaner and easier for just 20-25% the price of Lian Li/Phanteks/Corsair equivalents. My only complaint is that these fans have no RGB-less cable, so I end up with the RGB cable unplugged within the case. Other than that they are great and I can definitely recommend for people who want Unifans on a budget.
just set your rgb to black if you can, that effectively "turns them off"
@@phant0m_aa668 Well I just don't plug the RGB cable at all. Part of me actually wants to cut it off, but I just can't bring myself to do that.
actually, these are the same as what you are saying. it is also jungle leopard, you can see it on the box logo. But I do get your point.
I bought exactly this fans for my new pc build. Thank to you I also bought the razer rgb controller, thanks for this tip!👍🏻
Enjoy it
i bought them, put them in my Montech sky two and replaced the original Montech ones, less cable management, the original Montech rgb hub works fine with them too, im very happy with them, btw, i also sold the original Montech fans to cover the cost of these ones, even happier, much happier.
I have the sl uni fans and love them. But would also love a cheaper option for just different options. Love the video
Lian Li fans are the best
Thank you my friend.
i own 3 sets of these, 1 set of reverse flow and 2 sets of normal ones, so far they have been fantastic, build quality for mine was decent and lighting was very good, would recommend these to anyone who weas interested.
One alternative to Lian Li I encountered was the Gamdias Aeolus P2. I haven't seen any reviews on it as well, but I know that Gamdias is also a known brand in the gaming PC market
those look solid, comes with a controller as well
I have the Icoler both S and R i was the 1st person to review them and show how they work if you want control of all your rgbs + motherboard, keyboard, mouse, Ram, AIO, GPU, use SingalRGB I use the IColer fans in both my builds love them fans
I bent a pin on one of my AL140 V2. Luckily I use it as one of the end units and it doesn't affect the overall performance
i am running 9 similar fans to yours and for the price i think they are great ( i can zero rpm them ) 6 case running at 580 -600 rpm and 3 on aio running at 650 ish allowed to change with cpu temp set fan curve in bios then also in MSI Center. 👍👍
Just got mine today, they are very stiff to clip together first time. everything else is extremely easy and neat, the rgb isn't too bright, buying some more now to deck out my whole Lian Li O11 Dynamic case!
I got a case with 9 fan slots so I went with knocks offs too lol they on the way we’ll see how it goes
As tempting as they are, I think I would still stay with the Lian Li for the better quality. I really do not enjoy the thought of undoing my cable management and redoing it to replace defective fans when they break down which would likely happen much sooner that with the Lian Li fans. I'll take the quality and quietness of the Lain Li. I'm sure Lian Li fans fail too but I'll hedge my bet with them.
Solid choice tbh. Lian Li is superb
More knock off videos.
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Since so many people have Lian Li fans, it would be helpful and interesting if you were able to do a performance comparison of the different presets of Fan Curves in L Connect - quiet, StdSP, HighSP, etc
That's really going to vary wildly from system to system depending on your case and airflow setup.
Maybe it's just me but the fake ones are even brighter? I got the real Lian li infinity fans and they are rather great but i seriously would consider getting the fake ones if the real ones ever fail
Great video thanks for bringing it to my attention!
knockoffs or not. Its still pretty impressive
It's all about noise levels. Any fan can push air. The knockoff are actually nice but if the motor is buzzing or humming, i dont want it
I am using them and i can't complain. You get what you pay for.
Try Teucer JM1 Fans, They are very similar Too!
Also btw they do have magnet Uni Fans if you want them
It is possible that the fake ones are not actually fake but just the OEM that Lian Li buys from and slaps its logo on it with some additional modifications. Lots of AIO manufacturers are like this, using Asetek pump designs like Corsair, NZXT, Thermaltake.
I wouldn't have thought so. The build quality is nowhere near as good.
I had lianli fans and one of the fans died in 4 months lianli send me a replacement but after some time the led strip started to burn out so i switched to cheap aliexpress fans that i've got 6 of them for 30 $ prism pro 4 and they are amazing
its been 1 month that im using TZMRIT reverse fans..really great RGB..the only problem its not that strong of a fan
I made a new build a few month ago in which I had 3 of those in reverse blade at the bottom and one normal blade as exhaust. I also had 3 original Lian Li infinity on the AIO as top exhaust (As well as 2 140 TL LCD on the side). They might look a lot like the Lian Lis at first glance, but there are worlds between them. Even lookwise once installed, you could immediately see the difference between the top and bottom fans. Less LEDS with less elaborate sequences. Performance wise they run a lot louder than the original. Not a big deal up to 40%, but anything above that and they get really LOUD! Also, as the Prawn is saying, the difference in built quality is day and night. 2 months into my new build i caved and bought 4 addition Infinity fans to replace these. Still, you get what you pay for and for that money those are not bad, far from it actually, just don't expect them to perform similar just cause they look similar.
That's it. Buy cheap, buy twice.
The thing i hate aboutt lian li is that i wanted the reverse blade option and you know how much it cost for a single reverse blade and i needed 6 and they cost $34-38 for a single fan that would cost like $204-228 for some fans the price of the knock off 3 pack would only get you a single lian li reverse blade
@@TheProvokedPrawn Exactly, learned that lesson. Also, let me take a second to thank you for all your vids on Lian Li products among other thing, you really helped me a lot with stuff.
yeah, could be that they come from aliexpress which is overseas so hard (maybe?) to go after. Seems like they found a cheap way to reproduce the lian li
Looks at this whilst sporting 11x Lian Li Fans (cries a little). I'm curious if they'd work via L-connect3, since they are connected to the mobo? Can't see why not to be honest..
Dang, would love to pick up a trio of these in reverse white. might have to order from amazon uk, don't seem to be available in canada.
I got mine from Amazon US back in January, if that helps
Umm... molex? Oh well. Are there 140mm and 180mm variants available? I don't see them on Amazon.
At 10:25 it almost looks like one of the red led's has burnt out on the back fan?
I mean for the price no competition it’s a win
I was actually thinking about perhaps getting some of these sets, from like AliExpres, but i wasn't too sure if they'd be any good, they look fine, but if the bearings for instance are shit, i noticed something about the fan controlling not being good because it wasn't stable so you basically only control the first fo three and the rest just always go etc.
But, over here it's a pain to get the Lain Li fans, mostly for the infinity ones with the fan hub also being infinity, and then reverse blade, really hard to get, 140mm reverse blade, almost impossible, and i want to do a complete 140mm build, except for the one 120mm at the rear I/O.
Wait, molex ? Really ? What year is this ?
I was surprised by the Molex too
When using the razer chroma with signal rgb csn you control each fan separately with rgb or are they just mirrored
If the fans are physically connected together then all of them will have the same lighting, but if they are not physically connected and are connected to a seperate port on the chroma hub then you can control it seperatelu
I want to buy this but I dont wanna spend 40 dollars on a controller for fans that cost 10 each. What would be the downsides of not using a controller and what app would I use to control it?
You can just connect them to the motherboard like I showed. The downside is messy cables 😂
@@TheProvokedPrawn Why is chaining the power cables is bad? I didn't really understand it in the vid
@@Bob-pk7pd the sys/cha fan headers can only handle so much power. So I wouldn't recommend trying to run more than 3 off each port.
Those fake ones seem too white-ish, I mean the LEDs are way too bright ruining the balance of colors :/ That definitely would annoy me but it's nice to know there's some competition for Lian Li and Phanteks.
honestly if people are running an i5 or r5 especially non X-K and a cool gpu you don't need the best fans in the world... just get some airflow going on with any 4-5 fans and you will be good. Yes i have the lian li fans but that only added to the look of my build even my 3080 didn't get any cooler than with my old ugly cheap fans. same goes for the cpu cooler just with the low tdp cpu's. just don't cheap out on an aio idk but i don't want to cheap out on something that could leak and ruin everything for me.
Surprised Lian Li didn't sue this knock off
Also razer chroma software is utter garbage, lol
does anyone know if these fans work with the Thermalright Fan and ARGB HUB I need help asap!!
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Already got them.. so far so good at least for me . Planning to buy more. Everything is made in china anyway, why pay more ..lol
how do you connect then fan to razer? cant find them in the razer software.
Assuming you've connected the chroma controller correctly you should see the appear as LED strips.
@@TheProvokedPrawn i connected everything to the mainboard is it still possible (gigabyte)?
i dont a razer product
i bought 2 sets of these and they work great. The reason I went with the unifans instead of lianli is because when I purchased the Galahad II 360 LCD the lianli fans are not compatible with the controller it comes with which is really dumb. These unifans worked great with the controller using the adapters for the RGB connection provided and they work great using the L-connect 3 software.
According to prawn in another video, the reverse and standard uni infinities re compatible with the controller that the galahad 2 lcd comes with SO LONG AS you bought the variant with the uni infinities already pre installed.
Am i incorrect on this?
can you achieve same effects like lian li’s through the Lconnect software?
@@nomful yeah they show up in the L-connect software just make sure you're selecting the both the sets of LEDs in the sides and the fans themselves. Otherwise it glitches a little
@@oldmangaming5051 hows the lighting? are they very similar?
Hi. Have you actually checked the advertised speed and real one. As i got some Jonsbo FR701 Normal flow and Reverse a long time ago, and advertised speed was 1500+-10%. Well shockingly Reverse hardly get to 1200rpm and Normal flow go slightly above 1500rpm
TBF no, I haven't tested the RPM on individual fans. I probably should have and still can when I get a mo. But they're advertised as 900rpm. I think that's about right from what I've seen in the bios but need to double check
And you know where Liam Li product is produced? Have you been to the factory?
It's in Taiwan I believe 🤷🏼♂️
You can't find 3 pack of lian li reverse fans in the US
They don't really do triple packs of reverse fans, which is daft. But NewEgg is the main retailer in the US. It's the the official partner
Did you compare the temp for both brand
I haven't had time to do that unfortunately. For the sake of fairness I'd have to rebuild the same case with the Lian Li fans and that would be a mission.
I think lian li has a better temperature.
Playing Pubg with you woukd be my fave present
LMAO
@@svgmateYT you can laugh but can you imagine that deep deep voice while playing Pubg
@@MrCartoonlife Then you haven't heard of AnarchyHD then
Problem is they are loud
Not worth spending money on this fans
Instead u can get Arctic p12 argh fans for a similar price
And the article are very silent but still performant
Exactly, this are crap. No worth wasting money
was thinking to buy them too
fans nowdays are way too expensive. I have some Lian li fans. Their quality has actually been shockingly bad and for the price I paid it wasn't worth it.
You should rma them. I have 9 lianli unifans 120 and they all are awesome. Super quiet and move a very decent amount of air even at low rpms
@@VaracolacidVesci I sent all 9 back twice as they were bought in 3 packs. They were awesome for a while but most of them have developed a noise. Even after the 1st rma 3 fans started to whine after about 6 months. Second rma they claimed there was no noise, Put them into my machine and they immediately started to make noise again. I've moved them around to different positions but the problem fans are getting worse over time. The warranty is over and I will probably replace them with much cheaper fans that I can easily throw away and replace when needed. These fans are way too expensive for something that barely lasts a year.
@@dennisbrigden2100 i would check the header or fan hub you are using, it may be damaged and delivering inconsistent voltage/amperage to them and damaging them. It is not normal having 18 fans failing on you when the rest of the world is saying they are pretty good.
Just goes to show how much of a markup lian li puts on their fans, lol
Personally, i find the Corsair QX fans to be much better all around.
There's a lot more quality in Lian Li fans, the controller gives you more control over fan sped, RGB effects and the wiring is simpler. But they sure are more expensive.
@TheProvokedPrawn I've had the Lian li infinity fans. They were pretty nice. I just think the corsair system is a little better and icue gives you many more options.
I've never tried knock brands for anything in my pc. Not being able to fully control a component would bother me.
Great content either way Prawn!
@@fallenlegion1828 sorry I meant more to Lian Li than the knock offs. The iCue Link fans are great
Icue = < virus.
Worst eco-system around.
not same brand just same model 9$ total for 3 fans.
The companies that make the KOs make the originals. Not all KOs have the same amount of features, quality lacks sometimes and the producers do not always understand what they are making but overall, I have always been happy with all my thermalright AIOs and thermal assassins. It is a fan, not a f**king status symbol. Does it cool? Is it reliable? Are the bearings hit? If those check out, it is fine and I didnt pay £400 for some crap that says LL or whatever brand only the kids and low self esteem types care about.
Thermalright is not a knock off brand. and if you hold a lian li and this crap, Unless you are brain dead you'll realize how different they are
Nobody cares if they are knockoffs unless you do.
Me or you?
First
No PC fan is worth what Lian Li charges for there fans. It blows my mind that people literally spend several hundred dollars on theses fans. I Just ordered 6 x 140mm & 1-120mm knock off Uni-fans from Aliexpress. Total cost with shipping $60 bucks. As long as people keep paying these jacked up prices for PC components these scummy companies will keep charging us these outrageous prices.
What motherboard, cpu and gpu are you running?
Sure, I guess we could stop buying innovative fans that work pretty well because they're more expensive than cheap knockoffs, then we can enjoy the same fans forever because the knockoffs don't innovate. Meanwhile how much manufacturing did we lose to who?
Corsair charges more for their QX
@@nimrodery Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't most if not all of these fans get produced over seas? So weather you buy the "NAME BRAND" or the "KNOCK OFF" they all come from factories in china japan or Taiwan.
@@ejosephsimon These come from the "same place" and there's a real pronounced difference in quality and ease of use, plus Lian Li spent money on R + D (which they'd like you to pay for). This company didn't spend money on R + D, so you're just paying less for a product that isn't as good, and you're helping a Chinese company steal. Yay?
They seem very cheaply made. I doubt i would waste money on this kind of crap. Better get a decent non rgb non daisy chain-able fan than this.
I was expecting them to be terrible at this price but maybe they won't hold up long term