Corsair Commander PRO Review

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Software Overview

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Hardware needs good software and LINK is what you need for the Commander PRO and the compatible LINK components. That could be Corsair RGB fans, their LED kits, the I series power supplies and some of the LCS coolers. Obviously for just fan regulation, any PWM fan can be used. It's a bit unfortunate that Corsair still has not been able to merge their CUE & LINK software together as that really would have been great as then anything Corsair could have been configured from one software suite. Who knows, perhaps in the future that will happen. 


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In LINK basically you need to make sure that after you connected everything you do a full power-down of the PC. I say this specially as some fans had been missing on my dry run. Once we powered down (complete system power down) and booted back up, all five fans now where listed. You will notice all devices attached that are compatible, like your LCS cooler, PSU, some graphics card and motherboard info will be shown but obviously also monitoring results from the thermal sensors you connected to the Commander PRO, the fans and LED unit channels tied to it. 
 

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After the installation of the LINK software, please do make sure you firmware upgrade the Commander and everything else that can be upgraded. That includes your LED Strip controller if you use it.  In the LINK software each fan can be configured manually or automatically based on thermal profiles. We recommend setting them at a silent fixed RPM, typically 400 RPM does a very nice job. Some need a little more, others can manage even 300 RPM. Just seek an RPM level you are comfortable with noise wise. 
 

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Within the software you can configure all the LEDs. For the HD140 fans simply select HD140 fan (we have them connected to RGB channel 2). Then if you have two fans installed, add two units in the selected channel. Each fan can be configured independently. We also did this with the SP120 fans (three of them) yet the SP series are far less advanced in color options where the HD fans have a full-blown strip harbored in them for complex animations.
 

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We left the LED strip connected to its own controller, as stated we'd need a 3rd channel with three different types of RGB components (LED STRIP/SP fans/HD fans). We connected four strips in serial to one channel. In the software you will need add all four of them like shown in the upper screenshot. Serial or not, each of the four strips can be configured in an different setup, and that rocks. 
 

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There is a plethora of options, colors and animations as you may expect. You can configure each and every LED fan or strip separated from another, but to reach equilibrium, we obviously sync it all up. It is also rather easy to select one color or animation, and then multiply that setting towards all or some other RGB components simultaneously. The sky is the limit when if comes to your preferences and options. The software is working really well and is properly functional. It might seem complicated at first, but with a bit of ad-hoc trail and error you'll manage just fine though.

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