CORSAIR iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT, Digital Fan Speed and RGB Lighting Controller

CORSAIR iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT. I rarely write reviews because so many others do so. However, I am so impressed with this little device I just had to. For Christmas, I received a new Corsair 4000X RGB PC case in white along with an extra set of three Corsair RGB fans to fill out the case. So I moved the "guts" of my old PC into its new case. I then needed to purchase a fan/RGB controller for the six fans I now had. 15 connections needed to be made. Six PWM fan, six RGB, two temperature probes and one SATA power connection. The back of the body is magnetized and attaches neatly to the wire tray. After downloading and installing the software from the Corsair site, I ran the program. It is fairly intuitive and after a while I had all my fans and RGB set pretty much the way I wanted. There's a lot to play with here. Then I started to "look around" to see what other features the Commander XT had to offer. WOW! I never thought a fan/RGB controller would offer so much PC monitoring information! Setting up the "Dashboard", you click on the 4 tile icon near the upper right corner of the screen. Then turn on everything you want to monitor. Not only can you monitor and adjust the case fans but the two temperature probes show the temps of the air at the positions you installed them. I can now see the intake and exhaust temps. I can look at my Processor, DRAM, Motherboard, GPU and HDD/SSD items showing temps and processes. All this from a fan/RGB controller?!?! WOW! Corsair really hit it out of the park with this device. I cannot find anything to dislike about this device. Just BUY IT!

As with all Corsair products typically this works excellently

Plugged this in to my last extra usb 2.0 header on a asus h170 motherboard..will be upgrading this year. I had already downloaded the icue software for this and set it not to load on startup. Started my pc and the fans came on half lit with rainbow colors...windows then loads their driver which turns them all white. I then started icue and the core xt was instantly recognized. Initially set the color to cosair blue and set icue to load on startup. I just run the leds, not the fans so i cant tell you how the fan speed controls work. there are two included temp sensors with this. Save yourself potential issues by not having a bunch of junk loading on your pc at startup. The only program I have that loads on startup is msi afterburner. Now on cold start the fans turn all white until Icue loads and then the color turn to what you set it for. Good job corsair. Save yourself some trouble and just buy the fans by themselves and this core xt. DO NOT BUY THE SP (static pressure) FANS> THEY WILL NOT WORK WITH THE CORE XT. All other corsair fans do..so they say. I got the ll fans and they nice and quiet. So now when i hit shutdown my fans turn all white before pc shuts off. I initially tried the lighting node pro included with fans...What a nightmare. Did not work period. Well now my grandson is gonna be happy...lol. Actually I like them also. Sure they are a lil spendy with the core xt included but worth it in my book...Time will tell as always.

Now a couple things i disliked about this and corsairs other rgb hub.... there is A LOT of cables to manage. not only does each rhgb fan have two wires coming off of it, A Propriatary RGB header and then the standaard PWM header. but the hub itself requires a sata connection and an internal usb 2.0 header. however unlike the base version (the commander core) or whatever. this usb header has essentially a Y splitter built into it, so you get another usb 2.0 header essentially. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be used with another corsair hub only, or if you can plug other items into it. which brings me to my next point... if you have a system that utilizes any more than 6 fans in it and if those fans are also corsair then you'll have to purchase and cable manage another one of these things into your case. since the hub itself is only able to control and provide power to 6 case fans. I'm going to try and hook up my old commander core pro or whatevr the base version is and try and see if I'm still able to utilize the selling points of this upgraded version which are mainly that you can control your fan speeds/ curves from the ICue software directly instead of through either the BIOS or some 3rd party fan control software. this unit also comes with two thermal probes which sound great in theory but in reality are just yet more cables to manage. I haven't finished setting up all my case fans and rgb strips so I'll have to edit this post once I'm completely set up. but as of right now I'm pretty disappointed seeing as that icue doesnt even recognize that i've got three sp 120's plugged into the controller and while i can get power to them fine i can't get any sort of rgb to take place my fans may as well just be some of the stock AF120's that were included in my corsair 5000D AirFlow case. Will be swapping them out with some LL 120's and i hope to resolve the issue. will update after install. thanks for reading.. do yourself a favor though, unless you are just a corsair fan boy get yourself a different set of case fans..

The CORSAIR iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT is a game-changer for PC enthusiasts seeking complete control over their system's fan speed and RGB lighting. This digital controller offers seamless management of up to six fans and four RGB lighting channels, allowing you to fine-tune your system's cooling and illumination for optimal performance and aesthetics.The intuitive iCUE software empowers you to create mesmerizing lighting effects, synchronized across all compatible CORSAIR components. With the COMMANDER CORE XT, you can take your PC customization to the next level, turning your rig into a stunning visual masterpiece. Unlock the full potential of your system with this powerful and versatile fan speed and RGB lighting controller.