NZXT Sentry Mesh Fan Controller w/ Five 30 watts Channels

Pros: Fits Perfect
The controls move easily
cables long enough
Have 3 of the 5 slots in use currently.
I think for the price its a great buy.

Cons: none

Pros: - Very easy to install
- Works flawlessly, at the lowest my fans are silent
- Looks great in my case
- Dims leds as well as reduces speed when put to the lowest

Cons: Absolutely none

Other Thoughts: Get this!!

Pros: Everything, the wires are long enough to reach just about anywhere in my HAF XM and it matches the case perfectly as well. Managing the cables for this thing was so easy as well. Works just as it should.

Cons: none really, I mean you could say the lack of temperature reading or LED touch screen is such a big deal cause you don't know how fast it's going blah blah blah.

There is nothing wrong with this item.

Other Thoughts: I deeply enjoy this and my girlfriend does too lol now when she wants me to get off the computer all she does it mess with the fans xD! It's really great though and I was able to lower a few fans that work making a bit of noise in my case.

Pros: good price

Cons: wont plug into my fans

Other Thoughts: I think there must be some kind of adaptors that are missing

Manufacturer Response:

Dear countrycuz,

We are sorry to hear that you may have received an incomplete product, and would like to assist you in obtaining the missing components. Please submit a new ticket to our Helpdesk at URL: http://nzxt.com/support, (with photos of your Sentry Mesh if possible!), so that one of our customer service reps can take care of that issue for you immediately.

Please let us know how we can help.

Sincerely,
NZXT. Service

Pros: Looks great, long cables , solid feel sliders. Quality feel to it.

All three brand fans (Fractal, Cougar, Cool Master) start up on the lowest setting so I don't need to worry about setting the levels too low.

Cons: Found both my Fractal 140mm & Cougar 140mm fans have motor noise when running any voltage other than at the very lowest setting or highest setting. If you have a noisy room or fans you might not even notice. I noticed right away when I first tried it out. My Fractal XLR2 case has its own single channel 15watt controller and those same fans have no odd motor noise at the 7v setting, plug them back into the Sentry and again noise anywhere other than all the way low or high. Disappointed, I really wanted this to work. Now I can't fine tune the level of noise I want, has to run at the very lowest setting. Just going to run my 3x 140mm on the case controller since I can keep them at middle RPM without the noise and be stuck with VERY LOW or HIGH rpm on the intake fans. I also have some 120mm coolmaster fans (4pack bundle) that are already very low RPM and I do not get any extra noise at the middle point on the Sentry controller. Maybe just picky for certain fans. I remember reading some reviews stating odd noises with this controller, guess they where right. Still going to keep it but cant fully untilize it as I hoped I could. Again LOW or HIGH setting only to avoid odd motor/electrical type noise from two different brand fans.

Other Thoughts: Again the noise is very quiet but when you are using a controller to go for near silent sound and it causing added noise to occur then it ends up being self defeating.
I am sure if I had a stack of different fans I could likely find a combo that works correctly.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello!

I just wanted to thank you for being a customer of NZXT.

I also wanted to apologize about the issue with the Sentry Mesh. We appreciate your feedback, from the discription that you gave there sounds like the Sentry Mesh is faulty, please contact us at http://www.nzxt.com/support/ and open a ticket we would like to help you out! get you a properly working Sentry Mesh!

Best Regards,
NZXT Support

Pros: Great build quality at a good price. This fan controller has served me quite well the past few months. It has a nice black mesh finish that matches my Corsair case well. The sliders have a nice feel to them and it was a breeze to hook up to four case fans in different spots.

Cons: No cons here. Everything hooks up and works as it should. No broken or missing parts.

Other Thoughts: Glad I went with this case fan over the touch screen options. I can quickly slide up my two side fans to full power when I need them, and drop them back down to low noise when I'm sleeping or watching movies.

Pros: Looks nice!

Cons: First fan controller I got that doesn't work. Tried with different types of fans, all ran at max speed on all channels????? Bought elsewhere, have to return, pain... Sliders should be back-lit.

Manufacturer Response:

I just wanted to thank you for being a customer of NZXT.

I also wanted to apologize about the issue with the Sentry Mesh. We appreciate your feedback and will continue to strive to make our products better. Feel free to contact us at http://www.nzxt.com/support/ and open a ticket we would like to help you out! we are looking forward from hearing from you.

Best Regards,
NZXT Support

Pros: Does exactly what it's suppose to do.

Cons: None

Pros: Inexpensive, does the job very well, slick, much better than those buggy LCD screens

Cons: Would be nice if included a sold faceplate

Other Thoughts: Got two of those to control 10 fans

Pros: Controls 5 fans from 5v-12v at 30w each
Adequate length connectors for any but the largest of cases
Supports my 120mm Delta fan, 220cfm full speed
No hiccups when fully loaded

Cons: The only con I have found is that for some reason there is extra noise (like a high pitched whine) introduced in 2 of my fans, which when plugged into the 4 pin molex of my power supply disappears.

Other Thoughts: Great buy, worth the price, is sturdy but the power isnt as 'clean' as could be