Enermax ETS-F40-FS ARGB

To start things off I figured I would start small, relatively with the ETS-40-FS ARGB Version. Of course, this is only small when we compare it with the water coolers. The ETS-40-FS ARGB Version is one of a whole series of 140mm fan based air coolers from Enermax. This specific model has addressable RGB lighting for the fan and the top of the cooler as the name implies and they have it in both black and white models. But Enermax also has the ETS-40-FS and the ETS-40-FS Black as well. The packaging for the ETS-40-FS ARGB Version has two color options across the front, both with their lighting all lit up. They use a small sticker to let you know which version is inside the box. The Enermax brand name is up in the top left corner in red and the ETS-40-FS ARGB Version model name is below that, but the ARGB part is in a very small font. Then along the bottom, they let you know all of the different motherboard lighting software that is supported as well as a few icons showing the coolers features. They also show the CPU sockets supported which cover both Intel and AMDs CPUs for the past 10+ years. The side of the box has line drawings of the cooler so you know all of the dimensions and they have a full specification listing as well. I really wish more products had all of this information on the packaging. Then around on the back, they have a few more pictures that highlight the main features.

Inside, there is a layer of foam up on top and tucked in on both sides of the cooler. The fan is wrapped in a cardboard box and all of the accessories have their own box as well. You get a user manual which covers all of the different ETS-F40 models with installation instructions. You have a bag with four fan brackets meaning you have two extra if you want to install a push-pull configuration. Then the big bag has all of the installation components. There is a bottom bracket for intel installations as well as two smaller top brackets or a big single bracket for AMD installs. All of the hardware except for the new LGA 1700 studs are blacked out as well.

The ETS-F40 ARGB comes with one Enermax F40-ARGB 140MM PWM Fan which is the model number AFS40ARGB-14. This has a black housing and a translucent white fan blade which has 9 blades. It runs from 300 RPM up to 1200 RPM and pushes 74.33 CFM with a static pressure of 2.17 mmH2O. Enermax has it rated at up to 23 dBA for noise. This is a four-pin PWM fan and it has an additional 3-pin ARGB lighting header as well. That lighting cable does have a smaller plug in the middle of it for hooking up the lighting on the heatsink as well, you can see it right next to where the wiring goes into the fan. The lighting cable has both input and outputs so it can be daisy-chained as well. The fan has a black Enermax sticker in the middle and then the housing isn’t a standard square, you can see it bulges out in between the mounting holes which do have some rubber isolation.  Then on the sides, they have the Enermax branding as well.

The ETS-F40-FS ARGB is 158 mm tall, 140mm wide, and 93mm deep. The entire heatsink has been finished in black including its four direct contact heatpipes. Those heatpipes run up both sides of the cooler and are machined down at the bottom to have direct contact with the CPU, with that you can see the copper finish there. Enermax has hidden the serial number sticker up under the cooler, I’m surprised they have one at all for an air cooler but I am glad it is hidden away at least. Then up on top, the ETS-F40-FS ARGB has a plastic cover across the entire top. This covers up the exits for the heatpipes and allowed them a little room for styling which weaves thicker black lines in and over the thinner white translucent ARGB backlit lines. Then in the center, the Enermax logo is printed on in silver. The heatsink shape has a V on the fan side in the center, this is where they run the small cable for the lighting and it is what they call the vortex generator flow design that is designed to move more air around the heatpipes. The ETS-F40-FS ARGB is rated at 200 watts of cooling power which isn’t bad for a 140mm air cooler that isn’t a huge double tower design.