CORSAIR - Commander PRO Hardware Controller

*When I built my PC several years ago, I installed a Corsair H110i AIO liquid cooler. However the version of the Corsair LINK software available at that time didn't work reliably so I never got it to work. *Recently, I got tired of the noise from the PC's fans running at 100% all of the time and research showed that the Commander Pro hardware was reliably integrated with the current version of LINK software, so I decided to take the chance to try again. I'm glad I did. The only glitch was that my motherboard only has 2 USB2 ports & I needed 3 (1 for the H110i pump, 1 for the Commander Pro, and 1 for the PC's Front Panel). Fortunately, I found a NZXT AC-IUSBH-M1 USB Hub that provides my PC with 3 USB2 ports, so I don't lose any functionality and I have total control over my PC's noise & temperature levels. The current version of Corsair's LINK software performs perfectly.

This is needed along with the LED fans from Corsair to control the color output as well as any LED light strips you may have. Each lighting controller can control up to 6 fans or strips. This controller also has temperature leads which can be placed around the case to monitor zone temperatures. (this is my least favorite feature of the controller as most quality gaming boards already have numerous temperature monitors and adding more just makes a mess). The iCue software instantly recognizes the controller and allows you to setup your color preferences. Do remember to keep fans on one color controller and strips on the other, or all fans/strips on both as the strips and fans have different configurations available. Love it!

I needed more fan and USB headers for my PC build. By day two, my pc would not boot because of a VGA issue. At first I thought my brand new GTX 1660 Ti was a defective product but I went ahead and switched motherboards. Same VGA issue occurred. The only hardware I could remove before considering the GPU to be bad, was to remove the commander Pro. PC worked fine when it was removed. I plugged the commander pro back and VGA boot up issue occurred. I returned it and turns out other users had experience the same issues with the commander pro. It’s a great tool if you need more fan headers and USB headers. But if you do experience a VGA error, return the commander Pro as soon as possible.

I've used the commander pro in my own PC build that I started last year and it works good but the one down side is i believe you can control one type of corsair fan model off of the controller up to a total of 6 of the same fans otherwise if they are different types of corsair fans then they do not function 100% properly but it helps out if you have their que software to link all your corsair products together.

This is a great investment especially if you have a lot of Corsair in your build! Has temperature probes, fan controls as well as two usb hook ups on it! I have 6 fans, 4 RGB light strips, fan RGB splitter as well as AIO hooked into it. Handles everything perfectly!! Best investment hands down!!!

Assuming you have bought into the rest of the Corsair PC parts ecosystem everything works perfectly together. However you need to still use a Corsair RGB hub with the commander Pro to get the full RGB functionality. I used a custom fan curve profile set to kick all case fans up when GPU hits 60 and up. Works flawlessly!

Lets get this straight, if you want more fans than what your motherboard can support, want to have better temperature reading on other areas of the case and want to have control of you lights then this is for you. For average persons, this is just to expensive. Quality wise, is corsair, great product for me like everything else I own from them.

So you purchase this “premium” commander pro to clean up wires and run LED lights. Unfortunately corsairs own LED lights seem to need another lighting command node in order to work. The instructions are vague and useless. For a premium product that doesn’t even run corsairs own products is outrageous.