Corsair Lighting Node Pro Review – Bring Light To Your PC
For your RGB lighting needs, Corsair has the Lighting Node Pro. The Commander Pro already has the ability to power and control Corsair’s RGB LED strip, however the package of the Commander Pro doesn’t include the RGB LED strips. And this is where the Lighting Node Pro comes in.
Packaging is similar to the Commander Pro; simple, compact and has the black and yellow color theme. A photo of the product(s) can be seen on the front portion, while some of the product’s features can be read at the back of the box. The Lighting Node Pro’s package includes the four individually addressable RGB LED strips; four RGB extension cables; two HD RGB LED hub cables; a Mini USB to 9-pin internal USB cable and two mounting tapes.
The Lighting Node Pro measures 55mm x 31mm x 12mm; it’s a lot smaller compared to the Commander Pro and has only two LED channels aside from the USB port and SATA power cable. The RGB LED strip measures 410mm and has 10 RGB LED chip per strip. The strips are also IP65-rated with transparent silicone and black background.
Corsair’s RGB LED strips are well made; I’ve seen and tried other (cheap) variants and they feel flimsy on hand or sometimes dies out easily. There are four (black) magnets (per strip) placed in between the RGB LEDs; you may not notice them immediately because the black background. I appreciate what Corsair did with the magnets, embedding them inside the silicone so that it won’t be removed easily. Aside from the magnets, the back portion also has a full-strip 3M tape in case magnets don’t work on the surface you plan to install the RGB LED strip.
There are only two LED headers on the Lighting Node Pro, but you can chain these LED strips up to 4 RGB LED strip per channel. You can also plug these LED strips directly to the Commander Pro’s LED header. If you have RGB fans like Corsair’s HD series or LL series, you can plug the RGB Fan hub on one of the Lighting Node Pro’s header. Below are some photos of the RGB LED strip in action.
There are several lighting effects you can choose from for the RGB LED strips, I think there are ten or more. You can check them on the Corsair Link app on the next page. These RGB LED strips provides a very bright and vivid lighting effects, and the photos you see above just doesn’t give justice. They look much better in actual, and with your creativity and careful planning you can make your (gaming) PC look a lot better.
If you’re not into rainbow color effects, don’t worry because you can set the RGB LED strips into static with the color of your choosing. The lighting effects can also be chained or synchronized with other Corsair RGB-enabled products, via the Link app.
Now let’s check out how the Corsair Link App looks like and how it works on the next page.
I am building my first gaming PC. I bought the best of the best of everything. My case is the Corsair 1000D. I have 18 LL120 fans and 6 LL140 fans. The case came with the Commander Pro. I also bought the Lighting Node Pro with LED strips plus extra strips. Will I need just one Commander Pro with all of these fans? How many Lighting Node Pros will I need? The fans will arrive tomorrow, 6 triple LL120 packs so they should include the fan hubs. will I need any 4 to 1 splitter cables? Will this overload the hubs? What is the difference between Link and iCue? Will these apps work together? Does iCue replace Link? Thank you.
Wtf are you doing with 18 fans
Not 18. 24… He has 18 120MM and 6 140MM
The corsair 1000D is the largest case corsair offers with space for eight fans in the front… It’s the ultiamte case, but the case itself costs more than my PC setup.
Okay, I have both, the commander and the light pro, I think. My commander does not look like the one above, one side all fans, the other side is all RGB Hub, the end has the plugin I need for my Corsair AIO cooler.. I also have the light pro. The case came with a third kind, a straight RGB Hub, that is attached to the Light Pro. Can I run two or three nodes? Do I need all three? I do have to run the Hub that came with the cooler because of the end plugin for the cooler. But what problems am I looking at?
Hi Robert, that’s probably not the commander pro or perhaps there’s a new version I am not aware of.
“one side all fans, the other side is all RGB Hub” -> that doesn’t sound like the commander pro. That’s probably the hub included on a three-fan pack or AIO cooler.
Corsair usually ships a hub when you buy a three-fan and yes, some of Corsair’s chassis does come with a hub similar to a commander.
I’m not sure what exactly you have there right now, but try using the hub that came with the case first.
Some hubs can be redundant and unnecessary. So keep things minimal. If you can get away with 1 hub or two (since I am not sure what config you have), much better.