Honestly, not at all surprising, just head over to r/Corsair or r/lianli for proof.

Half the posts are littered with builds that have $400+ in RGB fans, the other half are people complaining about dying LEDs on overpriced fans.

To each their own, people can choose to spend their money as they will, and I’m not one to judge them for it but my issue is that so many of these RGB fans are so overpriced and more importantly, perform poorly.

Drives do physically turn on, but all 3 are making really awful clicking and grinding noises that sound like failures. Pretty much on par to this video.

I did a case swap back at the end of 2022, but that’s about it. I upgraded to the Fractal Meshify 2 XL, which can hold up to 20 drives, and I had about 8 in there, made sure to give good space. Plus, it’s in my basement, and according to HD Sentinel, my drives range anywhere from 27c - 32c.

Prior to the failures, no physical shifts/movement on the case or the drives.