NZXT Sentry 2

TESTING

To test the Sentry 2 fan controller, I put one of the probes into my mouth to attempt to read my body temperature. I found out I am roughly 36°C (96.8° Fahrenheit). I had a old style thermometer in my mouth as well to confirm the temperature reading of the probe. The temperature reading on the fan controller was with in a degree of the thermometer. It is not an exact science but I found it to be a good way to check my body temperature, the things we do to test products.

For the fan controller bit, I used both a moderate CFM fan and a high flow CFM fan. I used a 92mm Tornado fan for my high end fan  and adjusted the fan speed through the fan controller. The Sentry 2 did manage to drop the fan speed down on the Tornado, but not having any setting below 40% the Tornado fan was still fairly loud. On the other hand a Tornado fan is loud no matter what setting we have it at. I then hooked up one of my LED 72 CFM 120mm fans. The Sentry 2 controlled this fan with pretty good precision, as I would drop the fan speed by 10% ( one touch on the minus button) the fan would decrease as well as the LED would get dimmer. this is where I feel the 40% limit is good, because on a moderate/low flow fan anything below 40% does absolutely no good anyway.

I even tested the auto feature of the Sentry 2. I ended up sticking the temperature probe into my mouth, hooked up the corresponding fan for the temperature probe, fan one to temperature probe one and watched the fan get sped up. As soon as I took the probe out of my mouth and allowed it to cool down the fan would slowly speed down. Well I know my body temperature is high enough to get a fan sped up.

CONCLUSIONS

Fan controllers have become just as unique as our computers. NZXT has added some of the best attributes of fan controllers into one simple easy to use unit. The Sentry 2 is easy to use, has a bright & large enough of a display to read our temperatures quickly and effortlessly. Switching from one temperature/fan control mode to another is as easy as counting 1,2,3.

The only areas I think NZXT could do better in. Instruction manual was not very clear on how to switch from Celsius to Fahrenheit, I still have no clue on how to do this. Also I still have no idea what the sixth mode of this fan controller does. All I know is that it lights up all of the modes 1-5 and the temperature monitor goes blank. Instruction manual does not state what it does or how it goes about it during that mode.

• Performance: 8.5
• Value: ??.??
• Quality: 8
• Warranty: 8
• Features: 8
• Innovation: 8.5

Pros:

+ Easy to use

+ Bright but not overly bright screen

+ Easy to read numbers

+ Touch screen

Cons:

- Instruction manual kind of vague

The ease of installing, & use of this fan controller. Give's the Sentry 2 fan controller a well earned 8.0 out of 10 and a: