Review: Lamptron SM436 PCI fan/RGB controller

#5757441 Posted on: 02/04/2020 09:51 PM

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Nice looking product but:
-Why using Corsair only when nearly everyone use own standard and other brand compatible?
-Why don't they put the PCIe fixing plate on top of the screen instead of below? Below you could be able to hide pci card with the screen.

#5757442 Posted on: 02/04/2020 09:52 PM

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Me neither (and i am not a pro iCue fan)

#5757494 Posted on: 02/05/2020 01:56 AM

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You mustn't peruse the ICue forum.

#5757505 Posted on: 02/05/2020 02:54 AM

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Makes sense doesn't it?
I would only have read their forums if I had faced an issue with iCue

#5757724 Posted on: 02/05/2020 05:46 PM

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I will try to help with iCue

1) the cpu usage is true but it's not that bad a problem if you don't have corsair rgb memory and/or have a hedt type cpu
2) if you care about 2% cpu usage there's no reason to have anything rgb related, rgb management always cost something if it's not windows ressources it'll be current draw on your motherboard and PSU (with 7-10 rgb fans I can guarantee you that if I set color to white at max brightness the psu fan starts spinning) yes those % usage will reduce your scores but which benchmark-maniac uses rgb memory and whatnot ? they don't for a good reason
2) corsair rgb memory control has a big problem : youtube.com/watch?v=Cipj9genxHk disabling that setting doesn't "destroy" rgb but it removes the "led by led" customisation, in my comments I also say that this large cpu usage is not specific to corsair I had the same thing 5-10% cpu usage with g.skill memory using the "audio visualizer"
3) I never had profiles disappear when upgrading and that's my 4th pc with icue and corsair gear but they do disappear when you try to downgrade the software, you have to manually backup your settings files in appdata, personnally I ghost my system before upgrading
4) that rgb memory setting ? it also makes the memory "disconnect" from icue (red triangle) it seems to be quite buggy so I stopped using it (other than for pictures or videos)
5) if you use a mix of 3 and 4 pins fans on commander pro you need to set them up manually in the settings tab, auto is often buggy with mixed types and will hardware crash
6) other hardware monitoring app will make the commander pros crash, it's annoying but it's not unique to corsair, hardware sensors don't like being read from multiple sources at the same time, what corsair is lacking is a "share data" option like Aida64 has so you can do that kind of stuff youtube.com/watch?v=42u2KZajZ-0 (I have my cpu temp on-screen thx to afterburner/aida64)
7) talking about aida or hwinfo etc...you can't use them together with icue if you cannot disable their access to specific sensors I disabled everything corsair/asetek related in the "stability" settings tab of Aida64 except corsair PSU sensor support and DIMM thermal sensor support (corsair memory has sensors) it's annoying because I lose the water temp in my "stability test" graphs page but it's better than crashing the commander pro (it worked fine with my H150i pro aio btw but something either in recent icues or recent AIO/hydrox breaks now)
8) if after testing stuff your commander pro (or one of them, I use two in my current build) crashes you can go to the icue settings and try "restart icue service" if it doesnt work a reboot is in order

yep all that is annoying but because I use a good chunk of corsair features I learned to live with it, I understand not everyone wants to