While we are on the topic of included accessories lets talk about the included leads. As you can see in the first picture they are very long making it no problem to route them in a full tower case. I tested this unit with a Cooler Master COSMOS and had no problem routing them to the back of the case. The temperature sensors are labeled on the connector, as well as at the end of the sensor. This makes it easy to remember which temperature sensor is where. The fan connectors also have a number on the fan connector end, but not at the PCB connector end. Not too big of a problem as long as you plug them into properly labeled connector. The Fan controller leads support either a 3pin or 4pin fan lead.

Man, is this unit beautiful. And shiny! The front has a thin film on it so it doesn't get scratched while being handled. The film can easily be removed but be careful not to pull the front knobs off while doing so. The unit is very small but will fit fine into any 5.25" bay and gets secured by the front screws. The fan controller has four knobs with a small notch in them to know the position. Under each knob is a number labeling each knob from 1-4. The distance between the front plate to the front of the knob is about 12mm so make sure your case has room for it if there is a door. The KAZE MASTER can do up to 1A per channel. That's one hell of a fan, eh? The average fan is 150mA to 300mA so you'll have no problem at all unless you've got one of those 60dB+ behemoth fan.

The back of the unit is fairly busy but fairly easy to follow. I'll do a quick overview going left to right. On the very left is a beep speaker. Slightly below it is a jumper for enabling or disabling the speaker. Slightly right is a white header for connecting the power lead to the unit. The fan controller is powered by a single 4pin molex connector. Near the center of the back is four headers for the temperature sensors. Scythe included six sensors which gives you two extras. Very nice of them to do so. Continuing, is a jumper to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit and by default it is set to Celsius. And finally, to the very right is the four fan headers. The headers are a little small and if you have large hands it might be a little hard to insert the fan leads. I had some trouble with the last two so I used the back of a pen to push the leads in all the way. Since you only have to do this once it isn't too bad.

Oh, did I mention there is a speaker on this fan controller? I did, but I was very excited when I saw it so I'll dedicate a paragraph to it. When the jumper for the speaker is set the KAZE MASTER will buzz very, very, very loudly when a temperature sensor goes above 75c/165f or when the RPM for a fan drops to 0 or if the fan malfunctions. The only real complaint I have about the KAZE MASTER is the temperature threshold is preset and cannot be changed. Although 75c is a good temperature to beep at it might be a little high for some things like a Hard Drive. 75c would be perfect for the latest processors, but it surely is a little low for the latest video cards which can easily go above 80-90c under load. It may work for the Chipset, but some may run around that temperature.

And lastly, lets take a look at this fan controller in action. The screen is brilliant, as it should be for a VFD. It is very bright and can easily be seen at night or in day light. The fan speed is written in green characters while the temperature is written in blue characters. The KAZE MASTER will automatically figure out the maximum RPM of the fan to +/- 10% accuracy and use that for controlling the speed. I tested the unit with multiple fans including stock Cooler Master fans, some no-name fans from a Socket A cooler I had, Scythe Slip Stream and a Yate Loon. In each case the fan controller detected the proper maximum RPM. I was unable to test the unit with a 2-pin fan as I didn't have any so I can't say if a 3pin fan is required but it shouldn't be a problem as most fans these days have a RPM lead on them.

As mentioned previously, I tested this fan controller in my Cooler Master COSMOS 1000 case. Unfortunately, the KAZE MASTER is not fully usable with this case. The door will need to be opened or removed as the knobs don't fit. The COSMOS also has a tool-free system which can secure the KAZE MASTER but from only one of the four points. Sadly, the COSMOS blocks access to the right side of the 5.25" bay so the unit cannot be mounted firmly. So before buying the KAZE MASTER, make sure you have access to both the right and left side of the 5.25" bay. As long as mounting it isn't an issue, it will work perfectly. In my case I had two fans installed at the top and one at the back. As mentioned before, the included leads had to problem reaching the fans.