Nesteq FanMax 8-Channel Fan Controller review

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Verdict:

With no temperature probes, it's only a good choice for those with lots of fans

Review Date: 2 May 2010

Price when reviewed: £29

Supplier: http://www.quietpc.com

Reviewed By: Jim Martin

Our Rating 3 stars out of 5

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If your PC has a lot of fans, Nesteq's Fan Max could be ideal. It has eight knobs which you can use to manually control eight three-pin fans. It does little else beyond this, however.

There are no temperature probes (so no automatic control of fan speed) and there are no passthrough cables to allow your motherboard to monitor RPMs. There isn't even an alarm to warn if any fans fail – all that happens is that the blue LED above the fan turns off.

We were pleased that there was a Molex passthrough, so the Fan Max doesn't use up one of your power supply's connectors. The only other feature is a power button for each of the two banks of four fans, allowing you to turn one or both banks on or off quickly. This could be handy if you want to fire up four extra fans when running demanding tasks like gaming.

If you have only four fans, Akasa's Fan Control Pro is a better choice as it also monitors temperatures.

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