Conclusion

The whole idea of a fan controller is beginning to seem outdated. With most motherboards now allowing dynamic speed change by voltage or PWM depending on temperature, fan controllers are being ousted in favour of automatic speed change. Also, many fans now forgo the 3pin connector and are natively molex. Many fans also have their own method of speed change meaning a fan controller only brings these options to the front of your case. The only new thing this fan controller brings to the table is a gimmicky option to show the amount of power your computer is using.

In fact, using the unit as a whole was a chore. There was little fun to be had bending down to see the screen, or crawling around checking if the fans really were rotating slower. The older ZM-MFC1 seems like a much better alternative with having simply variable resistors rather than circuitry which doesn’t seem to work 100% of the time.

This fan controller is a step closer to having digital control over your fans, although it hasn’t been implemented very well. After a few days of using the Zalman ZM-MFC2 I was yearning for a variable resistor rather than having to battle with RPM readings.

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