Akasa FC-Trio Fan Controller Review

Final ThoughtsAkasa’s FC. Trio fan controller was built with the needs of the people in mind. The feature set suggests that their needs were addressed and that Akasa have a perfect product that is useful to everybody. While this could be the case, a few design flaws unfortunately jeopardise the possibility of un-criticisable success.

As far as controlling individual fans go, our testing showed that the FC. Trio was faultless. We could hit the maximum rated RPM of every fan we tested and allow them to function at zero RPM for a very quiet computing experience. With only 3 fan control channels, the use of 3-pin fan splitters is a necessity for anybody wanting to control more than 3 fans. Testing showed that the FC. Trio was able to control a pair of fans when using a splitter.

The VFD display was bright, crisp and understandable. Convenience is always in mind when using the display as the fan RPM and temperature reading are easily observed with minimal fuss. The ability to turn off the display when necessary is also a very important feature for a lot of users. We have no complaints whatsoever about the display, it was an incredibly useful and worthwhile addition.

The temperature sensors are a non-obtrusive design so that they can be easily placed in a wide variety of locations. We found them to be fairly accurate and offer a good reading of the desired component’s temperature to within a few degrees of its actual temperature. They also act as a safety feature, sounding an alarm if the temperature sensor detects a rise above the programmable temperature limit.

Retailing for around £30, the Akasa FC. Trio is a good fan controller but fairly expensive fan controller with plenty of worthwhile features and smart aesthetics. It does have a minor amount of negative points but so do most other fan controllers. The option for more than 3 channel control would be welcomed on future models to allow the ability to control every fan in a high performance system. Overall, we think that Akasa have done a good job of listening to the features that users were crying out for and successfully implementing them in one of their flagship fan controllers.