AeroCool Silent Master 200mm Blue LED Cooling Fan EN55642 For Desktop

Perfect fit was the name of the game for me. Since I use and older Corsair case a slim profile was what I needed. This one fit perfectly. I tired several others which turn out to be too thick for my the top of my case. This fan also moves a very respectable amount of air which is really its primary function and the ice blue LED looks pretty cool as well. Like I said this works great for keeping my case cool and the slim profile fit. I will probably purchase another to hold onto for when the fan in the front of my case finally goes too. A solid product that is cool, quiet and the perfect fit!

I have an old (10 years) Thermaltake Armor+ case that I love. The factory side panel fans were not made to last though. The original fan was a slimline (20mm) fan and they are hard to find. The last fan I bought was a 3omm fan that I "customized" to make work in this case. It has been rattling for some time and I decided to try once more to find a suitable fan. This AeroCool fan fit perfectly and saved me the torture of listening to the ticking of the old (and 3rd or 4th) fan I had installed. This fan spins at a higher speed than the original one so it is a little noisier, however, it is a low steady noise and not a problem when I have my headphones on. I am thrilled to have found a fan that fits and works this well. Note that the factory fan is listed as a 230mm x 20mm. This fan is 200mm x 20mm, but the mounting holes are 230mm so it fits without a problem.

The AeroCool is a great 200mm blue LED case fan. The main reasons I purchased this particular fan were because of its size and low noise level.The size of the fan was really important because I have a Corsair 600T case, which is a couple years old but still meets any of my upgrades needs, including installing a new fan; however, the space for the front 200mm fan is very tight. Directly behind the fan are the drive bays, which contain five drives, so I need a good intake fan to keep the area cool. Because of the limited space, I had to have a fan with a width of no more than 20mm, or less than one inch. After looking over the fans on Amazon, the AeroCool was one of the only ones that meet the criteria of width, low noise, and blue LED.If you are considering either the Cooler Master Mega or the BitFenix 200mm fans make sure your case has is big enough to house these thicker fans, because my case definitely could not accommodate either one.The installation of the AeroCool fan was much easier than I expected because with the 600T case you can slide out the entire drive bay to access the fan. The screws on the AeroCool matched up perfectly with the factory installed 200mm fan and aside from having to tighten the screws on the front panel at a slight angle, it all worked out.The AeroCool fan is a quiet fan when running at 50% to 60% of its maximum, any faster and you will hear the fan, though it is not too loud.I would definitely recommend this 200mm case fan for all the reasons I mentioned above.

It works as intended, fairly quiet and pretty bright. This was the only fan for a reasonable price that I could find to replace the one that was in my tower. This fan is thinner than most other fans, I wish it was a bit thicker like the one it replaced, that being said it did fit just fine. It moves a good amount of air. The fan is pretty bright, the picture was taken in a completely dark room. I didn't care for the light as this computer sits in the corner of my closest but it turns out it works pretty good as a nightlight to see in the closet when it's dark. If I could have found a different fan around this price I would have gone with the other one but this one works.Pros:Moves airFairly quietCons:Thinner that other fansPro/Con(could be either depending what you want):Pretty bright

I purchased my Corsair 600T Graphite case back in 2011 and it continues to serve as my primary gaming case today. However, after nearly 10 years of faithful service, the front case fan burned out, and I attempted to track down its OEM replacement. After some research and contacting Corsair support, I was told that both the 600T Graphite and its case fans have been discontinued.Armed with this knowledge, I began looking for an aftermarket replacement. You would think there would be plenty of these case fans around, but you’d be wrong. The Corsair 600T Graphite case uses an odd-ball 200mm x 200mm x 20mm fan configuration, in lieu of the readily available 200mm x 200mm x 25mm and 200mm x 200mm x 30mm fan sizes.To make matters worse, the 600T Graphite case fan cannot be more than 20mm thick as the hard drive cage prevents fans that are thicker to be installed. Pickings are very slim for 20mm thick case fans; I found exactly three companies that still produce a 200mm x 200mm x 20mm case fan: BitFenix, AeroCool, and Xigmatek. Kingwin makes one as well, but they are not available in the U.S. for purchase.I went ahead and purchased a BitFenix, AeroCool, and Xigmatek 200mm x 200mm x 20mm case fan to do a little comparison and contrast between all three. Afterwards, I would choose the fan that I found to be the best solution for my needs. And while all three fans feature LEDs, that’s about where the similarities ended, especially where raw performance is concerned.The BitFenix was the worst of the bunch. Its airflow is anemic and static pressure almost non-existent. This feature is critically important to me, as I wanted a high static pressure fan to be ale to push air more effectively through the hard drive cage. And since I use a positive air pressure set up in my gaming rig, I needed a fan that could push large amounts of air easily. Unfortunately, the BitFenix is not that fan.The Xigmatek, shares similar technical specifications to the AeroCool: CFM, dBA, RPM and static pressure metrics were the same. The only difference between the two fans was the color of the LEDs, and the design of the fan blades and fan frame. I ultimately passed on the Xigmatek because the mounting screw posts are not full-length; stock 10mm case fan screws are simply not long enough.I went with the AeroCool for several reasons. The performance of the AeroCool matches the performance of the stock Corsair 600T Graphite case fans (CFM, dBA, RPM and static pressure). I also discovered that the AeroCool’s fan blade geometry and fan frame design are exactly like the 600T stock case fans. Additionally, the mounting screw posts for the AeroCool are full-length, just like the 600T Graphite's.Frankly, the full-length mounting screw posts on the AeroCool are what really sold me in the end. AeroCool designed this fan so that it could be used to either intake or exhaust air by simply flipping the fan around to the desired side. As such, AeroCool uses full-length mounting screw posts to ensure that whichever fan side you use, the fan can still be installed using standard 10mm case fan screws.The BitFenix and Xigmatek on the other hand, use abbreviated mounting screw posts on their fans. They are not full-length. This means the fans can be oriented only one way (as an exhaust fan) if you’re planning on reusing 10mm case fan screws. If you want to use the BitFenix and Xigmatek fans as an intake fan, you will need to source much longer case fan screws or visit your local hardware store.In the end, the AeroCool represents a direct OEM replacement of the Corsair 600T Graphite case fans. Not only is this AeroCool fan designed to exactly match the OEM Corsair fan (they share the same unique fan blade geometry and fan frame design), it also shares the same performance metrics as well. I do wish the AeroCool fan used a black wiring harness instead of silver, but that’s purely based on aesthetics.I have no issues recommending the AeroCool for any and all direct replacements for 200mm x 200mm x 20mm case fan configurations. As I mentioned earlier, pickings are slim for fan sizes of this dimension, and of the fans available, the AeroCool simply does it best. For your reference, I’ve added comparison photos between the stock OEM Corsair fan and the AeroCool fan that I replaced it with.