Computer Tech Review - NZXT Sentry 2 unbox and small review

[xBICYCLEx]

3 pin and Molex! say 3 pin and Molex dammit!

[xBICYCLEx]

5 and a quarter inch! say 5 and a quarter inch dammit!

[wannannas2]

can u replace the sensor with a water temp sensor?

[kevin113423]

If you turn on auto,does it only set that fan to auto or do they all switch over?

[codewahn]

if i get this i think ill have to find a ome for more fans :P since the 1st 3 are on the motherboard lol... maybe just get it for the temp reading and the coolness and nt bother with the controller

[Metroshica]

Great review, thanks a ton, been wondering if I should buy this controller or not. Your review really helped.

[MrPilotGunner]

Very good review buddy. All specs i needed of this product. keep up for good work. ps its resitive screen ;)

[MrCaca82]

7:31 LOL, U SAY 3 PIN, BUT U ONLY SHOW 2 FINGERS

[NicholasVillanueva]

@MrCaca82 yea I do that alot

[sniper6266]

possibility reason your fan not working it only accepts fans under 10 watts of power if its above that i wont do it

[onlyante]

the best review of this product :)

[Willasap43]

Under %40 fans start to turn off.

[izaq4444]

Very very nice video. Thanks a bunch!

[blah012345678]

doe sit have a 4 pin PMW fan header on it so I can control my Vegas Trio

[daflammablechicken]

its smart that it cant go past 40% because if you try to hold the fans back, it causes stress on the transistors, causing them to heat up and possibly break

[nakken4506]

hey where you put the heat sensor at?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@nakken4506 where ever you want. 5 of them total. You just Place them around the case

[DamonViBritannia]

@NicholasVillanueva but what are the recomended locations? in front of the fan, or around random locations in the case? there must be a strategic placement in order to get the full benefit of the temp probe's temp reading.

[theTNTclub1997]

microwavi

[theTNTclub1997]

you have the same name as me!!! cool

[paradamed]

nice review. I would just like to know more about assemblying the product and positioning the probes

[SebNeuhaus]

Excellent review, thanks a lot. Subscribed.

[yfzi]

mine doesn't save settings after reboot, anyone know why?

[cheeky162016]

Nice Review. Makes my future purchase seem well worth it!

[lasermac83]

Is it possible to control the fans all at the same time? I'd love to get one of these but it would be a pain to tone down the fans one at a time every night when I wanna watch a movie or go to sleep.

[GOWT0URNAMENTS]

Nice vid man, helped me, needed to see the back side of it.

[Deluxeta]

Hi Mick Jagger !

[SuperPeppinu]

hi i have nzxt sentry 2 fan controller make my fans noise ,when i connect the fans into the motherboard fans are silent ????? pls help

[legostarwarsswe]

3dgayman?

[MrMauoo]

can u turn off the sound of the buttons ?

[nikanj]

So many wires. :P

[Neoblitzkrieg666]

i gotta say this...that was a bigass knife to open the box

[LlamaKing123456789]

is it good and worked for a while? because i want to buy it

[Daniel3345]

This is definitely one of the best unboxing views I have seen. MOst unboxing videos are done by a squeky voice kid who whines and shit. I like that your voice is normal. So thanks for that, as it makes it much easier to tolerate the video which is good overall.

[TheRustyDorito]

Is there any way to turn off the beeping noise?

[shandytrailers]

@TheRustyDorito 7:04

[shandytrailers]

@TheRustyDorito 07:04

[TraxCreations1]

@TheRustyDorito yes. 7:04

[gunguy50]

6:48 epic fart

[TheTemplai]

You can't go bellow 40% on those fans because most fans need a minimum amount of power to power on.. And the Sentry 2, and almost all fan controllers for that matter, controls the fans' speed by tweaking the voltage up and down.

[gatra01]

can i control vga fan with this?

[TraxCreations1]

@gatra01 Why do people call it a VGA card? Just call it a graphics card.

[Ptro001]

@TraxCreations1 VGA card is the technical term and the original term for graphics card, graphics card is the lazy slang term for VGA card, it originally came from the first 15 pin analog VGA output on older graphics cards

[ThePurpleFish12]

@Ptro001 ok. But few people use VGA nowadays. I see what you mean, though.

[winstonngo]

I hear loud fans in background -.-'

[NicholasVillanueva]

@winstonngo Vid card fan. It was my 9800gtx+ thing was dying and I always had it at %80+

[neo36uk]

great review seems like a great fan controller for the money. can i ask how you would attach the CPU temperature probe, would this probe sit directly on top of the CPU then the cooler sit on top of that, or would you attach it to the heat sink on the CPU? ive done a google search but no luck. cheers

[NicholasVillanueva]

@neo36uk I would put the prob between the HS and cpu it would create a gap between the two and wouldn't Transfer heat. You use the thermal tape they give with the product and tape it to the HS ( on the fins, top of the block, around a heat pipe, etc.)

[neo36uk]

@NicholasVillanueva cheers mate, will see if i can find room on my v8 cooler, if that fails i might strip the lot down and place the sensor at the rear of the mobo directly behind the cpu, seems a good place

[hamburg1ar]

RJ Burger!

[evansytube]

Nick -- Thanks for the video. I ordered my PC from Cyber Power and had this fan controller included in the config. You did a great job explaining this device!

[benyyyo]

very nice preview nicholas! I will buy one

[PauliusSmile]

Thanks for this video. It helped me with temp's

[guitarzarmad]

Is the ribbon removable?? Just to plug in fan cables?

[ThePcyden014]

have you had any problems with the fan controller thus far?

[farisjoomun]

could you control your 4 pin cpu fan with this?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@farisjoomun if your talking about a 4pin motherboard connector No.

[HEY8461]

@farisjoomun no, cpu fans (4pin) are called PWM fans which means they are controlled by the motherboard according to the temperature of the cpu.

[Chappy1994]

lol he will have to get some

scissor action happening between the 2 females

[jaeedwards1]

Hey, do you think you could use one of those probes as a CPU temp probe? and asign the fan number to the fan on the heatsink?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@jaeedwards1 You could I wouldnt recommend putting the probe between your heatsink and CPU but I used a piece of thermal tape to stick it under the block where the cpu didnt touch and attached the fan to one of the fan controls

[HuggyXBear064]

Under 40% is below the operating voltage of most fans.

You can't go below 40% because most fans can't physically keep spinning with that low a voltage.

[lasermac83]

Great video, Makes me want to order one! And I probably will!

[GuMpAkC]

lol sounds like a microwave with the fans and beeps :P

Good looking fan controller. I'm sold.

[Fekillix]

I think i`ve read somwhere that you can set the temprature for the fans

[Serutos]

a little advise for your future vids.... i liked it but it has not enough light i barley can see some things....

[dharkbizkit]

is the automatic fan controll adjustable? cuz on my current panel the fans go up to 100% as soon as a probe hits 50 °c.. even 30 °c which is the idle temp inside my case keeps the fans at 70%.. would be nice if the nzxt could be adjustable in that way

[mrRocstar96]

hi, i have a question before i buy it, can you remove the temperature probe wires? Because I dont want to use them all.

Please reply thanks!

[NicholasVillanueva]

@mrRocstar96 yes the temp probes are all single 2 pin "jumper style" connectors and they are like hot glued together but you can just pop the glue off and use them one by one.

[mrRocstar96]

@NicholasVillanueva Thanks man!

[rach260385]

Hi! do you have the coolermaster storm scout? In this case I have a question, do you control the stock red led fans with the sentry 2? Because they have standard 4 molex connection. It is possible to connect them to the sentry 2 and control the speed? At low speed they make lower noise, or they're the same? Thanks for the answers!!

[NicholasVillanueva]

@rach260385 Ok yes this is the storm scout. and I have one of the stock fans being controlled with the sentry 2 ( to lazy to replace ) the sentry fan has a 4 pin molex for each channel ( fan ) and it also has a 3pin coming off that. So it will work with a molex or a 3pin. And yes at lower speeds it does make less noise.

Hope That helps

[neo24gr]

where is working your dad to buy you all this?

[Bvzijverden]

Ahh yeah why not make me jelous

[muiecyrus]

Can you adjust just the temp ? let's say i want 35 degrees. Will it adjust automatically the speed of the fans to give me 35 degrees in the case ?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@muiecyrus you know you can set a temp for the alarm. But I dont think that changes the speed of the fan. I would say it doesnt from personal experience. But if anyone wants to correct me on that cause Im not 100% with that.

[muiecyrus]

Can you adjust just the temp ? let's say i want 35 degrees. Will it adjust automatically the speed of the fans to give me 35 degrees in the case ?

[SDchargerfan619]

Just bought this controller on newegg.com , cant wait to install it.

[bradrhoades102840]

can u hook a probe to ur cpu? if so how would i go about that cause im mainly looking for a cpu reader and card reader

[NicholasVillanueva]

@bradrhoades102840 the way I did it was taped the probe( with the thermal tape supplied with the unit ) to the HS of the Cpu as close As I could to the cpu your not going to get the actual temp of the core with that though. Same for the gpu also

[TehRealCanadarocker]

Do you know what desk you have?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@TehRealCanadarocker yeah I built it

[NicholasVillanueva]

@MJBDC7 Umm The cathode itself no. But the inverter that comes with a cathode... I mean technically it should work. I haven't done it myself. So im not going to guarantee this will work or that it wont break the sentry

[vybzshakur]

is that the coolermaster storm scout?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@vybzshakur yes

[productfeedback]

Are each of those cables removable, like do you need all temperature things plugged in and all fan connections?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@productfeedback no each temp prob is connected to the ribbon of cables but the connectors are separate. So all you have to do is pull the cable off the ribbon.

[productfeedback]

@NicholasVillanueva Just let me re-clarrify, the temp probes are connected together into one main plug which can be undone? Correct.

Then the 3 pin powers can individually be connected depending on what you want correct? So, if you need 2 cables, just connect them into the Controller and remove the ones you do not need?

The reason i am asking is just to minimize on excess cables.

[NicholasVillanueva]

@productfeedback Exactly

[ajamit007]

Very detailed review, I'm about to buy this one for my case..

[jrdnhsnbrg]

What would happen if I hooked a fan with LED's into it? Would the LED's light up still if the fan was at 50%?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@jrdnhsnbrg yes since leds dont dim that well they will still be lit. you can see a difference between the fan being at 100 compared to 50 but not much

[jrdnhsnbrg]

@NicholasVillanueva thanks

[IRISH0627]

OMG Uboxing NOOBLET

[Game4YouProductions]

WHY DO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE BOX??? WHO CARES! WE WANNA SEE THE PRO SHIT!@@@ :DDD

[FullName10]

@Game4YouProductions

I like boxes. :D

[assaulth3ro911]

@Game4YouProductions We could do that, but then what's the point of "UNBOXING VIDEOS", it should be laid out on the table already minus the "BOXES!!!!" >.>

[jskwigle]

soo, would it be possible to attach your cpu fan to the control bay?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@jskwigle If the fan(s) have 3 pin connectors on them. If It has 4 pin a quick swap of the connector should work

[goguda55]

Can you connect any PC fan to this? Please reply. :)

[NicholasVillanueva]

@goguda55 as long as it has a 3 pin fan or 4pin molex connector

[CaNxYoUxStoP]

i like this product! really nice

[GooberProductionz]

Can this Control Cathodes Also

[341464]

That temperature is what thing's temperature???

[NicholasVillanueva]

@341464 there is 5 probs you place around your system It takes the temp from those

[ecotts]

dude can i switch the fan off completely with this?

[StefanH1234]

@ecotts yes

[rrod555]

LOL @ 00:22 "rawr ima tiger"

[amj445]

*Anti static bag :p

Nice review

[cia212]

Good review. Please quit smacking your lips before starting a sentence.

[RenatoOG187]

nice review, i have a case like that Storm Scout, and my trouble was with molex conector, cuse fans of case are type male and that of Sentry 2 between, becuse this i have buy adaptor molex...of left,i like that fan controller

[NicholasVillanueva]

@RenatoOG187 I hade problems with my 3pin fans same thing with male and male connections. I just hardwired the fans to the sentry =P

[Momadino]

what is your computer case ?

is it Thermaltake element T ?

[NicholasVillanueva]

@Momadino nope

Coolermaster Storm Scout

[acer0169]

Would have liked to see a RPM display in place of the percentage.

[TREGT500]

hi there ur review was quick good i will probably buy this now :D

[nishan29]

great review !!!!!! im going to get it :D

[NicholasVillanueva]

@nishan29 thank you.

and It it a pretty decent cooler. still using it and it still works

[Clebertj]

BIPS BORING!

[TirexiHD]

Its nice. :)

[nitishviper]

great review dude! thx!