Corsair LINK Application
The Corsair Link app is basically the system control for the Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro, and other compatible Corsair products. It basically has everything you need (or most of them) to control your system’s cooling, (RGB) lighting and monitor temperature. It also displays your hardware’s stats like your components (clock) speeds, temperature or fan speed; similar to what you see using third party software like Hardware Monitor or AIDA64.
Below you can see screenshots of the Home section where a summary of the system’s statistics is displayed. You can also display graphs for your CPU temperature. Even the clock speed of the system’s memory, voltages, storage temperature are displayed.
Once you connected the Commander Pro with the Link, you will see a small windows for the Commander Pro on the Home section. You will also see a small windows for Lighting Node Pro (as seen on the third screenshot below) if it’s connected in the system. From there, you only need to click the “configure” button to individually configure and synchronize the (RGB) lighting effects.
The Corsair Commander Pro has six 4-pin PWM fan headers providing total control of your cooling fans. You can easily configure these fans from dead-stop to maximum speed or you can set the fans to run at optimal speed to prevent them from being (too) audible. As you can see from the screenshots below, there are already presets provided by the Corsair Link. But you can also customize the settings depending on your needs.
As for the RGB lighting side, below are screenshots for the Lighting Node Pro and Command Pro via the LINK app. Here you can add RGB LED channels, customize and configure their effects; you can either set them to have their own individual lighting effects or synchronize them all together. It does take some time to play with the lighting effects, especially if you want a complicated or intricate lighting show.
Price and Availability
The Corsair Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro is now available, they have been in the market for quite some time now. The Commander Pro comes with an MSRP of $69.99 USD, while the Lighting Node Pro retails for $59.99 USD. Both are backed with a two-year warranty from Corsair.
Check latest pricing and availability:
Corsair Commander Pro: Available at Amazon.com here or Newegg.com here
Lighting Node Pro: Available at Amazon.com here or Newegg.com here
Corsair Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro Review: Conclusion
Both the Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro are fine products from Corsair, as expect from the company. Quality is top notch and although they are a little bit pricey, you do get what you paid for. The Commander Pro offers an all-in-one solution for your system’s temperature control and monitoring needs, while the Lighting Node Pro brings light and adds “bling” to your system.
Now here comes the “I wish part”. There are a few things that I would like to see in Corsair’s future accessories like these two. I wish Corsair could incorporate the RGB LED Hub function on their (future) Commander Pro. I’ve seen a lot of people (in forums and groups) where they bought individual HD or LL series fans but they couldn’t make the RGB LED working. Because you need the RGB LED hub module (similar to the Lighting Node Pro but for the fans only) that is included in the 3-fan pack variant. If Corsair could somehow make a “Commander Pro” that has all these connections, a real total all-in-one solution and control for all of Corsair’s accessories, I think that would be great. And it would also minimize the clutter and cables since you only need one module to connect all the accessories.
Finally, I don’t think there’s any other control, monitoring and lighting solution than what the Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro has to offer. There are other solutions in the market, but Corsair’s offering is, I think, much more refined and polished; not to mention a complete package from hardware to software. If your system build consists primarily of Corsair coolers, components, accessories or one of their beautiful glass chassis, then these two are simply a must have.
UPDATE: Both the Commander Pro and Lighting Node Pro is now supported with Corsair’s new iCUE software.
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.