NZXT HUE RGB Led Controller

Pros: Best option for case lighting on the market that I've used. Controls are straight forward. Install is clean and simple. LED strip appears to be of good quality and its length was just right for my CaseLabs M8.

Cons: Adhesive on LED strip wasn't so great, but that's almost expected, experienced a lot worse from other manufactures. Used wire ties in corners so install appears fine.

Other Thoughts: Would be interesting to see a version with RGB values displayed on front panel; un-necessary but entertaining. An aluminum face plate with higher quality knobs would be a plus on a more expensive version. Overall highly recommended.

Pros: I love it. The led strip is plenty long enough for use in large cases. The "breathing" mode gently pulses different colors from the LEDs and looks awesome. It looks great when you have a clean build with mostly black parts like mine. way better than anything logisys makes.

Cons: None

Pros: Can set to any color and is a long flexible strip with pretty good adhesive. Many options for patterns, etc as well. Really lights up the case.

Cons: The band is a little bit stiff. Wish it had more side to side flexiblity, not just front/back, but it's a small thing.

Other Thoughts: I used this to get more orange lights inside my black/orange newegg exclusive phantom case. I wrapped it around my front fan and inside the extra drive bays and it provides a great effect. It's a fun extra especially in a large case. Very worth it.

Pros: Its bright and you have more then enough colors to choose from if you get bored.

Cons: The sticky tape only worked for 2 weeks. After 6 months the blue LEDS stopped working and now the NZXT SUPPORT site is not working so i can't get an RMA.

Other Thoughts: It was the perfect companion to my NZXT Phantom 410 case while it worked, i am just hoping to be able to get an RMA somehow!!!!

Manufacturer Response:

Hi Kevin,

We apologize for the difficulties you've encountered in getting assistance for your Hue unit. However, our website is now back up! Please Submit a Ticket on our Helpdesk at URL: http://nzxt.com/support and include a copy of your proof or purchase to get immediate assistance with your LED strip. We are also available via phone at toll-free: 1-800-228-9395.

We hope to be able to assist you immediately with your RMA request.

Sincerely,
NZXT. Staff

Pros: Simple, easy to use. Really easy to set up. Got it on sale so it was a great price. Colors are good and has good brightness. Perfect length for most if not all mid tower cases.

Cons: Adhesive isnt quite strong enough.

Other Thoughts: If you want lights then this is what you should get, easiest solution out there

Pros: Great LED's, all the modes work fine and the LED's are plenty bright.

You can also turn it off whenever you'd like.

Cons: My knobs don't seem to work.
What I mean by this is that all of the colors look fine, and I can cycle through the colors in the fading spectrum mode. However, when I try to define my own color it is simply white light, regardless of the positions of the knobs

Other Thoughts: Hopefully it can be fixed, might have to RMA.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello Michael,

I wanted to apologize about the issue with the NZXT Hue. 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 like to get you properly working Hue! we are looking forward from hearing from you.

Best Regards,
NZXT Support

Pros: Green and red lights worked.

Cons: Blue leds were DOA. This limited the colour options down to about 5 colors with the remaining knobs. Pretty much ruins the whole point of the product.

Other Thoughts: Would refund it, but the control knobs get jammed in my poorly designed optical drive bay doors. Even if the product functioned properly, it still wouldn't work for me.

Manufacturer Response:

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

I also wanted to apologize about the issue with the Hue arriving with DOA blue LED. We appreciate your feedback and will continue to strive to make our products better. Please give us a direct call at 1-800-228-9395 we would like to find a solution for you problem. We are looking forward from hearing from you

Best Regards,
NZXT Support

Pros: So I took forever to find a lighting solution for my PC until I found this nifty thing. For a long time I was certain I just wanted orange lights inside my case, but with this Hue I realized I have different moods from blue, pink, white to really dim or really bright.

There is plenty of lights here to line your case with. I have mine inside an NZXT Tempest Elite. What's cool about that for me is it being an NZXT product, the front control panel of the Hue looks very appropriate inside a case of its own brand. More honeycomb looking stuff is a plus!

The light strips themselves have a very good adhesive to them, yet they are also forgivable strips. What I mean is, if you make a mistake lining them up in your case - don't worry. You can peel them off and try again and it's not going to leave residue in your case and the strip will be just as sticky.

The controls on the front work just fine and there's nothing confusing about it. Very intuitive to have it hook up via SATA power jack.

Cons: Not cons, really. Just nitpicking, I suppose. Some of the light effects like the flashing or pulsing or randomly changing lights aren't all that great. Or I should just say, I wish the pulsing effect was slower going. It goes bright and dark too fast. So I don't really use any of the flashing or pulsing effects. Just change colors every now and then.

Other Thoughts: I just want to say, if you're truly unsure of how you're going to light your case, this thing is really a great product. It's definitely worth paying a little extra for as a lighting solution cause you might be surprised how you'll think you'll want one color but depending on your mood you would just change it.

Pros: Looks good. No problems here. The functions are neat, the dials work as advertised, and the whole thing looks good in my case. The two sided tape worked for me.

Cons: The strip was flexible but not super flexible. It would have been nice to have been able to work it easier to get it into position.

Other Thoughts: Worth ever penny of the 12 dollar upgrade over the regular LED rope from NZXT.

Pros: gotta have it if you want Light in ur case

Cons: stop looking for LEd light you gotta have this one..