Corsair iCUE 465X RGB Review
Features II
LL120 Fans & Lighting Node CORE
As with the 680X, the iCUE 465X RGB includes three RGB fans whose colour and patterns are configured via iCUE. I make special mention of colour, since that’s all you can control via iCUE. For exactly the same reason as on the 680X, the this case or the Lighting Node Core rather omits fan control entirely. For that you’ll have to plug each fan into your motherboard separately.
A missed opportunity
This part I could have lifted directly from the Crystal Series 680X review. The reason being that once again Corsair gives you a 6-channel RGB lighting controller, but it’s not a fan controller. What that means is you have six cables for three fans, each needing a dedicated fan header. There’s no reason why this should be so. Even if all three fans must have linked speeds, minimizing the things one needs to plug into the motherboard helps. For this case with an additional LL120 RGB fan, you’ll need 8 cables and four fan headers.
This limitation is more to do with the lighting node Core than the chassis itself. So one again you’ll need to head over and purchase a 3rd party fan hub, or Corsair’s own $70 / R839 iCUE Commander Pro to bring all the control into one place and eliminate much of the redundancy caused the Node core unit.
As it stands, the Lighting Node Core uses up one USB 2.0 header. Should you have an HXi, AXi or RXi PSU, that’s another USB 2.0. Add any of the intelligent series AIO Hydro coolers and you’re unlikely to have enough USB internal headers, as most motherboards only offer two. So, if you own a Corsair PSU, AIO and this case, one of these will not have access to iCUE. Given iCUE is the corner stone of the Corsair ecosystem and component functionality, the Lighting Node Core undermines this. So if you desire full functionality for this case by way of an additional LL120 fan and the Commando Pro, you’re looking at $263 or R3,537.
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