Lian Li Uni Fan AL120

With the first few Uni Fan designs Lian Li was on point and surprised me with a creative design that was not great looking, but read the market and brought features like the daisy chaining and simplified wiring at exactly the right time. But with the new Uni Fan AL120 V2s that I’m checking out today being the first Uni Fan V2s that I’ve had to check out I’m even more impressed that Lian Li was able to build on their original design and improve an already good design. They eliminated some of the thick wire connections with the new recessed plug. That combined with the removable hooks on the side the daisy chain design doesn’t have to prevent their use in any tight spaces like they used to. They recognized that with the fans being used often on water cooling that they needed a little more airflow and static pressure and improved on that with the thicker design and a little more fan speed. They also added to the AL series lighting with the addition of lighting on the top and bottom edges on top of all of the lighting on the front and back of the fan which looks great alongside the aluminum accents on the top and bottom edges.

Die neuen UNI FAN AL120 V2 Lüfter können nicht nur durch ihre anpassbare zwei Zonen Beleuchtung überzeugen. Auch ihre gute Kühlleistung und angenehme Geräuschkulisse im Betrieb, von der wir uns in unserem Test selbst ein Bild machen konnten, sprechen hier für sich.

Overall I think the Uni Fan AL120’s will do a great job complementing the SL120’s in Lian Li’s lineup. These offer a different lighting effect giving people options while still allowing them to cut down on their wiring with the unique latching fan design. Lian Li has raised the pricing slightly, the original SL120’s were available for $79.99 with an extra discount at launch and $24.99 per extra fan where these are now $99.99 and $29.99. But given the popularity of the original launch and that these now light up the fan blade itself I don’t think the cost is too high. Well at least not compared to the competition. Corsairs options for example have an MSRP of $129.99 for a similar 3 pack.