Do I need a Corsair Fan Controller Commander Pro or buy only the LL140mm Fans?

[joe530]

I am going to buy
Corsair LL 140mm dual pack
and 3 Corsair LL140mm
Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-A

 

[ritvarsdavis]

Can't say because you haven't shared your mobo's make and model. But I doubt it has 5 fan headers. So you will most probably need a fan controller.

 

[joe530]

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-A

 

[ritvarsdavis]

In that case it has 2x case fan headers, high amp header, pump header and 2x cpu fan headers. If you use only 1x cpu header, you can have 5x case fans connected to the remaining 5 (unless you have an AiO cooler). You dont necessarily need a fan controller in this case.

 

[devbiker]

No, you don't need the Commander Pro.

The LL Fan multipack has a Lighting Node Pro and a Fan Hub, which will allow you to control your RGB. While the CoPro can replace this, you don't need it.

As ritvarsdavis pointed out, you have enough headers for your fans as well.


With that said, what would the CoPro buy you? First, it could replace the Lighting Node Pro ... but that's not a big deal unless you are planning on growing your RGB. The other advantage is the integrated fan controller and the thermistors. This allows you to control your fan speeds from Windows and to base those fan speeds on the temperature reading from a thermistor on the Commander Pro. As you can control where these are placed, it gives you the best flexibility to control you fan speeds on specific areas of the case interior. This, for me, is one of the key features of the CoPro. Finally, the CoPro adds 2 internal USB headers, which can be valuable in these days of stingy motherboard manufacturers that don't have many internal USB headers on their boards.