OC3D Review: Scythe Kaze Master Fan Controller

[PV5150]

Looking for a sexy, well-rounded fan controller unit? Scythe may have just what you're looking for with their Scythe Kaze Master Fan Controller

Scythe Kaze Master Review

 

[ionicle]

good review, and a nice looking unit

just a bit too expensive i would recon..

if the price came down to around 25 quid, i would seriously consider it...

 

[PV5150]

Thanks ionicle. Although the Kaze Master may seem out of your price range, I do think it's a fair price

 

[JN]

Great review dude and nice looking fan controller. Shame it won't tame my 2.5amp Delta beasts

 

[PV5150]

Thanks mate, tis nice. Yeah the Kaze is well out of the league of those Delta's though

 

[Kerotan]

I've got one of these, had it for a couple of weeks, and the Display went this morning when I switched on- i'd sleeved all the cables for it last night and it was working fine when I went to bed I've sent an email to CCL about exchanging it, I'm hoping I was just unlucky cos I really liked it, it's a right pain though cos if they will replace it I'm gonna have to undo all my hard work with the braiding to send it back.

 

[ionicle]

Thanks ionicle. Although the Kaze Master may seem out of your price range, I do think it's a fair price

its not that its out of my price range, i just dont think its worth that

scythe, admitadly have to make a profit, but i recon they could probably sell them for 25 quid and still make a good profit on it, and at that price, you'd be getting your moneys worth, more people would buy it, so the shortfall of profit in each device would be made up, by the incresed quantity that would sell because it was more like the value it is actually worth, and not overpriced for what it is.

 

[Kerotan]

Well I breathed a big sigh of relief this morning- I got my RMA number and then when I went to take the Kaze Master out the bay, I discovered that the 4-pin connector wasn't plugged in properly- Doh! I musta snagged it when I was routing cables, so a quick push home and it's working perfectly again Had to cancel the RMA- felt a bit silly when I explained it to em, but as other's have found it's not the first time power cables have caused grief lol. I'd thoroughly recommend both the Kaze Master and judging from their service [even though I didn't actually have to return it] CCL as well.

 

[PV5150]

That's great to hear mate

 

[monkey7]

Looks like a pretty good fancontroller like me. Indeed would not tame delta fans, but who cares about silence when you have delta fans

Combined with the motherboard fan connectors it would be great to control all the fans in a CoolerMaster centurion 590, which is 6, if you only use one HDD module.

 

[haofeng]

sexy fan controller!!!:drool:...if only it could control a few more fans.

 

[monkey7]

It can handle 1Amp per channel, so you could use an Y cable to use 2 fans per channel if you have low RPM fans. Makes it control 8 of them.

 

[haofeng]

yeah, food for thought there, but what puts me off a bit as well i the premium price,especially condsidering you could get a decent controller for a tenner or less.

 

[will123]

Can you tell me how much those control knobs on the front of the unit protrude? I've got a door on the front of my PC case and want to know if I've got enough clearance for the door to close properly...

Thanks

 

[monkey7]

If it's the same as the ace version, which I have: 12mm