The guys over at Enermax were kind enough to send me their silver Apollish in both the 120mm and 80mm sizes. I opened the packaging (another thing I like about Enermax; their packaging isn’t hard to open) and removed the fans from the respective molded plastic enclosure. They really are very striking to look at. The silver finish is better than most chrome jobs on classic cars. The holograph Enermax logo adds that finishing touch of luster to the fan.
Installation is a breeze with the included rubber isolator mounts. However, even though most of the computing world has moved on to these, I am still not a big fan of the isolator mount. I prefer good old fashion screws with a rubber gasket. It’s a little old school, sure, but the thought of my cooling system being held on by little chunks of rubber doesn’t sit well with me. Also, they aren’t tight and flush against the case like screw-mounting. Maybe it’s all in my head. Oh well, back to the Apollish.
Once the fan is mounted, it’s an easy hook-up directly to the motherboard or with the inluded molex adapter, and you’re done. The wiring comes equipped with a thermal sensor, so it can adjust itself to a proper speed. Also a very nice addition if you don’t feel like using third party software to monitor your fan speeds or don’t use a fan controller. This would be an excellent fan for the first time builder who isn’t sure about fan speeds. I unhooked all my fans except for the heatsink and the Apollish and put an hour or so of game time to use. Sure enough, as things heated up inside, the fan got louder. Onboard thermal sensing is a beautiful thing.
Okay so once the fan is hooked up, the computer turned on, and the LED switch is on, the magic can happen. Enermax is all about the airflow, and this baby shows it. It reminds me of the vent fans that carried out noxious fumes in this stamping factory I worked at years ago. Even though they were loud as crap, they had the kind of air flow that would suck your hat off your head and shred it into a million pieces. I saw a guy lose a finger to one of those. But that’s another story. The point is that the Apollish has great air flow, great looks, and self-adjusts its own speeds.
To conclude, I have seen many fans come and go that were all about the way they looked and did little to nothing once they were hooked up. Most of these were on heatsinks, which is stupid because that’s where you need functionality most. But the Enermax Apollish has style and functionality, two things that usually don’t go together unless you are talking about a foreign car. I’m happy with this fan and will probably be using it to replace the one Asus fan that I still have in my case.
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