Friday, June 6th 2025
Lian Li Launches Budget-Friendly RGB Cooling UNI FAN CL Wireless
LIAN LI Industrial Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of chassis and PC accessories, introduces the UNI FAN CL Wireless. Designed as an affordable solution for PC builders seeking wireless convenience and vibrant lighting effects, the CL Wireless features dual lighting zones with customizable side strips and fan blades. At 28 mm thick, the fan provides enhanced airflow and static pressure, making it ideal for both air- and water-cooling setups. Equipped with a 4-pin receiver for seamless PWM detection in the BIOS and a built-in tail PWM cable for additional power, the UNI FAN CL Wireless delivers optimal performance without cable clutter. Available in black or white, with standard and reverse airflow models, the UNI FAN CL Wireless is priced at $16.99 for a single pack and $54.99 for a 3-pack.
Affordable RGB Cooling with Dual-Zone Customization
The CL Wireless features dual independently customizable lighting zones—illuminated side strips and fan blades. Managed through L-Connect 3 software, users can effortlessly fine-tune lighting effects, synchronize colors, and create unique patterns across each zone, providing greater flexibility for themed builds. The CL Wireless are the same fans featured on the HYDROSHIFT II LCD-C 360CL, allowing users to perfectly complement their cooling setup with a unified aesthetic.
Optimized Design for Enhanced Cooling Performance
The UNI FAN CL Wireless is engineered with a 28 mm thick frame, providing an ideal balance between airflow and static pressure. With a fan speed range of 200 to 2150 RPM, the CL Wireless is capable of delivering up to 77.34 CFM of airflow and a static pressure of 2.52 mmH2O, ensuring efficient heat dissipation even in demanding configurations. Despite its powerful cooling capabilities, the fan maintains a low 29.8 dB(A) noise level, providing quiet operation for everyday use.
Next-Generation Wireless Control
The CL Wireless features L-Wireless SYNC 2.4 GHz technology, enabling wireless control of ARGB lighting and fan speeds. This eliminates the need for a central hub, significantly reducing cable clutter. The redesigned receiver includes an updated 4-pin cable, allowing the fans to be recognized as PWM devices directly within the BIOS. Additionally, a built-in tail PWM cable provides extra power delivery when needed.
Availability
The UNI FAN CL Wireless is available for pre-order starting June 6th, 2025.
UNI FAN CL Wireless Pricing
Black / White—CL 120 & CL 120 Reverse: Single Pack $16.99 / Triple Pack (With controller) $54.99
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Affordable RGB Cooling with Dual-Zone Customization
The CL Wireless features dual independently customizable lighting zones—illuminated side strips and fan blades. Managed through L-Connect 3 software, users can effortlessly fine-tune lighting effects, synchronize colors, and create unique patterns across each zone, providing greater flexibility for themed builds. The CL Wireless are the same fans featured on the HYDROSHIFT II LCD-C 360CL, allowing users to perfectly complement their cooling setup with a unified aesthetic.
The UNI FAN CL Wireless is engineered with a 28 mm thick frame, providing an ideal balance between airflow and static pressure. With a fan speed range of 200 to 2150 RPM, the CL Wireless is capable of delivering up to 77.34 CFM of airflow and a static pressure of 2.52 mmH2O, ensuring efficient heat dissipation even in demanding configurations. Despite its powerful cooling capabilities, the fan maintains a low 29.8 dB(A) noise level, providing quiet operation for everyday use.
Next-Generation Wireless Control
The CL Wireless features L-Wireless SYNC 2.4 GHz technology, enabling wireless control of ARGB lighting and fan speeds. This eliminates the need for a central hub, significantly reducing cable clutter. The redesigned receiver includes an updated 4-pin cable, allowing the fans to be recognized as PWM devices directly within the BIOS. Additionally, a built-in tail PWM cable provides extra power delivery when needed.
The UNI FAN CL Wireless is available for pre-order starting June 6th, 2025.
UNI FAN CL Wireless Pricing
Black / White—CL 120 & CL 120 Reverse: Single Pack $16.99 / Triple Pack (With controller) $54.99
14 Comments on Lian Li Launches Budget-Friendly RGB Cooling UNI FAN CL Wireless
I do not know what Lian-Li are smoking but the going rate for fully-addressable RGBLED fans on Amazon is about $4-6 a fan, and Amazon is not even close to the cheapest pricing; you're paying extra for the convenience of having it delivered in under 24 hours.
if the "more affordable" is specific to wireless ARGB, then it's still five times more expensive than it needs to be just to achieve "wireless" and people on a budget can just take an extra 30 seconds to pull the cable out of sight and tuck it into a cable management channel. There's no way that 30 seconds of cable management is worth a 500% price premium!
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When you're trying to hit a tight budget, spending double what you need to is a no-go - especially if the only real difference is that you only have two cables to manage instead of six. On paper, that's a much easier job but in practice, tidying up six cables takes the same effort as tidying up two cables because you grab all the cables of one type and the same time, pull through all the slack at the same time, and tag them all down in the same cable-management channel with the same clip.
To my mind, having built thousands of PCs, these uni-fan connectors are solutions to a problem that doesn't really exist, unless you're building a full glass display case where there is literally nowhere to hide cabling at all.
I doubt Lian Li uses standard connectors
(Being completely honest, I'm still not quite sure how these fans work. Seems to go beyond stacking 2-3 of them together and plugging the lead fan into a chassis fan header on your motherboard though.)
I don't recall ever seeing that 6-pin connector being used anywhere else (except maybe in some old-style LED strips) unless I've just not been paying attention, which could well be that case, since I have ZERO interest in so-called "wireless" fans, but I'll give 'em credit for trying to reduce cable clutter :D
Also, why is it cheaper to buy 3 individual fans ($51) than it is to buy the 3 pack ($55) ?????????? That just doesn't compute in my old brain, as normally things that are bought in larger quantities are usually cheaper per piece.....
The entire RGBLED industry is as dumb as rocks. It's infested with vendor lock-ins to an expensive, limited-choice ecosystem for the sake of a very minor cosmetic improvement that isn't even noticeable unless you are displaying it on a pedestal in a fully-glass case at a trade show and people are scrutinising it from all angles. The proprietary cables suck, the fan controllers suck, the software that runs the fan controllers suck.
At least with "standard" ARGBLED, you can just use the headers on your motherboard and these work with a wider range of software to control the lighting if you BIOS lacks the capability to set the lighting you want without software.
Which is EXACTLY the reason I say:
Not no, not heil no, but F*ck no, to that crap in all of my rigs...
IMO, if you can't control your fans with the mobo and/or bios, then either you have a crappy mobo, and/or a crappy bios, and/or crappy fans, or some combo thereof... :D