Phanteks Halos Digital 120Mm PH FF120DRGBA_BK01 Review

Wow. So this thing is just incredible. Minimalist aluminum frame with a clean finish and excellent lighting. To start, I ordered a black frame and put it on the rear exhaust fan. I can't get a photo that accurately captures this as the tinted glass interferes with my phone's autofocus. The fan is a 140mm Noctua Chromax fan. The RGB look of the black fan through the tinted glass is sleek, a bit muted, with a pleasing contrast between the light ring and the fan blades. It looks like adult RGB and

These are great for adding rainbow vomit to your existing setup. I knew Phanteks used proprietary pins and was concerned it wouldn't work with my controller. My mobo doesn't have a 3-pin ARGB, but my CPU cooler has its own 3-pin controller. The backlight is Phantex Halos LUX Digital. Top and front lights are all Phantex Halos Digital (not LUX). All Phantex Digital are connected in series without additional plugs. The Phantex LUX Digital comes with an adapter between a proprietary 3-pin…

I prepared myself carefully before purchasing Halos Digital RGB 120mm monitors and Halos Lux Digital RGB 140mm monitors. Installation was easy for both. Halos is made of plastic while Halos Lux is made of aluminum which looks nicer and is heavier. Barely noticeable from a distance. Only when you hold both in your hands do you feel the difference in the material. In addition, Halos Lux comes in a nice box and with an additional 5V 3pin argb adapter cable as you can see in the photos. So I…

This is a long term review, six Phanteks Halos Lux Digital RGB frames were bought 1 year ago. in the packaging). [INSTALLATION] Simple, very simple. Routing the extra cables to hide them was a bit tricky and finding the right adapters to connect the bezels to the Corsair Commander Pro was a bit of a chore, but I can't deduct stars for my use case. [STYLE] It's subjective but I have to say I like the soft colors, you don't really see the individual LEDs through the frosted lens on the edge of…

UPDATE 10 MONTHS AFTER: Colors now have a strange yellowish green tinge and can no longer turn white. Pure blues, greens and reds look fine, but white is totally wrong, and magenta looks more reddish/orange. I think maybe the white color channel is not working. I definitely expected it to last longer than this one. INITIAL REVIEW: There are 3 different versions of this product and I had a hard time spotting the differences. So here they are: PH-FF120RGBP_BK01 (Halos RGB) is the cheapest…