NZXT Releases Sentry Mix 2 Fan Controller

[N.Broekhuijsen]

NZXT is releasing a new fan controller, the Sentry Mix 2.

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[fat_panda]

Looks and sounds fantastic. I can't wait to get my hands on it!

 

[DRosencraft]

My brother has the current Sentry Mix. It's not a bad controller, but it's not amazing either. It's pretty straightforward. Would personally like a fan controller that provides a little more information.

 

[manofchalk]

I own an original Sentry Mix and it is a great fan controller, I wondered why it was disappearing from the market but thankfully its now being replaced.
Though a big draw of the original was it could provide 50W per channel, now that its 30W per channel what makes it unique in any way? PWM is kind of a wasted feature considering that with manual sliders you cant get exact control anyway.

 

[WithoutWeakness]

I own an original Sentry Mix and it is a great fan controller, I wondered why it was disappearing from the market but thankfully its now being replaced.
Though a big draw of the original was it could provide 50W per channel, now that its 30W per channel what makes it unique in any way? PWM is kind of a wasted feature considering that with manual sliders you cant get exact control anyway.

Although I agree the drop from 50W per channel to 30W per channel is a bit disappointing I don't think the addition of PWM is a waste. The original only supported 3-pin fans out of the box and would need to be modded by cutting the plastic around the fan connectors to fit 4-pin fans. Many great fans, such as several Noctua models and Corsair's fans, are 4-pin connectors and would not work without modding the original Sentry Mix. PWM is awesome for allowing a motherboard to control fan speeds dynamically and many high-end fans use PWM because of that. I think it's great to see NZXT allow users to use a traditional fan controller with those high end fans natively.

 

[bgunner]

I like the looks and can't wait to find out the pricing on it.

 

[afrobacon]

$30 according to the website.
http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/129-sentry-mix-2-fan-control
I'll be getting this for my Haswell build.