Thermaltake has released the Commander FT touch screen fan controller. This a 5.25-inch bay fitting device which lets you visually monitor your fan speeds and adjust them via on-screen touch sensitive buttons, sliders and dials. The firm first showed off this new controller at the CES in January.
The Commander FT touch screen fan controller is said to have the "world's largest" touch screen for such a device, it measures 5.5-inches in diagonal. However looking at the last such device we featured in the news, the NZXT Sentry 3, it looks basically the same, comparing the bezels within the 5.25-inch form factor. The new Thermaltake fan controller design actually looks to have come from the same 'school' as the NZXT one mentioned above, with similar colour schemes, fan blade motifs and chevron design features.
Functionally the Commander FT supports up to five independent fans (10W per fan). With any fan selected by touching the appropriate hexagon on the right users can modify the fan speed using the large slider area on the left. The display can indicate fan speeds or temperature (either Celsius or Fahrenheit). Thermaltake has included a dedicated thermal probe for performance control.
The control panel offers users several brightness settings and your fans can be controlled via auto mode, performance mode and silent mode. A manual mode lets you tweak and tinker with fan speeds as per your whims. If your cooling scheme is inappropriate or there's some kind of fan failure you can be reassured of system safety thanks to a built-in warning alarm and short circuit protection.
