Lamptron CM625 FullColor Fan Controller Review

There’s a particular kind of PC building nostalgia tied to Lamptron. Long before RGB became a marketing buzzword, the company was already selling knob and dial fan controllers to the watercooling community who wanted manual control over their 5.25″ bay fans. The CM625 is Lamptron’s attempt to drag that legacy into 2026 era case design. The device offers a six channel PWM/DC fan and ARGB controller wrapped around a 4.9-inch full colour IPS touchscreen, with voice control thrown in for good measure. On paper it reads like a hardware monitor cosplaying as a fan controller, so lets take a closer look at the Lamptron CM625.

What’s in the Box

The CM625 occupies a single 5.25″ optical drive bay which immediately tells you the target audience: full tower builders with a spare drive bay and a soft spot for old school control panels, rather than anyone running a modern SFF or a drive bay less case. Lamptron rates the CM625 at 12V/15A input via a Molex or SATA power connector with six independent fan channels, each capable of driving up to 30W watts per channel.

Each of the six channels supports both PWM and standard DC voltage controlled fans, backed by six dedicated thermal sensors so you can run genuine per channel automatic curves rather than a single blended reading. If six channels isn’t enough, Lamptron sells the CT630 expansion module where you can daisy chain up to five of them off a single CM625 for a total of 36 controlled channels. With this kind of extended capabilities, the CM625 is clearly aimed at case modders running elaborate custom loops or LED heavy builds rather than a typical gaming rig.

The Display

The 960×320 IPS panel is where the CM625 differentiates itself from a standard fan hub and it’s genuinely the reason to buy this over something like an Aquacomputer Aquaero or NZXT’s smart devices.

Rather than a fixed UI, Lamptron ships the CM625 with a library of interchangeable “skins,” and the unit cycles between wildly different visual styles depending on what you’ve selected:

• Analog gauge skin : needle style voltmeters per channel, styled like a retro dashboard instrument cluster, complete with an “M/O” manual/off toggle underneath each dial.
• Compact overview skin : a dense LAMPTRON branded readout showing RPM, temperature, and voltage for all six channels simultaneously, useful if you just want the numbers without the extra flash.
• Radial dial skin : a glowing blue to red arc gauge per channel, more modern and RGB adjacent in aesthetic than the analog needles.
• Themed “gamer” skin : full bleed background art framing each channel in a sci-fi HUD box with per-channel Manual/Auto labelling.
• Illustrated automotive skin : a genuinely charming Gulf liveried race car illustration with fan and “caravan” (radiator/loop) icons branching out to labelled per channel voltage readouts.

Build quality on the panel itself is solid. Colours are vibrant, viewing angles are good for a control panel screen you’ll mostly view head-on, and the touch response on the knob-and-press control (you can dial through menus and press to confirm) feels tactile rather than mushy. Lamptron also lets you sideload custom JPG/PNG artwork if none of the six stock skins suit your build’s theme, which is a nice touch for anyone doing a full custom aesthetic. Lamptron provices the required cabling to connect the USB C port on the device with the mainboard.

Voice Control: Novelty or actually useful?

Lamptron leads with “voice interactive control” as a headline feature, activated with a wake phrase (“hello”) before you can issue channel and mode commands. It’s a unusual inclusion for a device that’s normally all knobs and touchscreens. However it does work as advertised for basic tasks like switching a channel between manual and auto. You can issue voice commands to turn on fans, increase/decrease fan speeds and many more making it quite a useful feature if you don’t want to meddle through the menus manually.

Real World Monitoring:

Running the CM625 in our test bench, the overview skin reported accurate temperature figures on all channels. Given you have 6 channels to play with, it allows you to be creative on what needs monitoring. The unit works as advertised and does its job without any unnecessary gimmicks.

Lighting

ARGB and RGB are both supported, with independent single colour, breathing, jump, and rainbow effects, plus motherboard sync (ARGB Sync/RGB Sync) so the CM625’s lighting can follow whatever your board’s RGB software is doing rather than fighting it. LED strip support tops out at 60 LEDs for both ARGB and standard RGB strips, which is generous for a device that’s primarily a fan controller rather than a dedicated lighting hub.

Pricing and Positioning

Lamptron sells the CM625 in black (LAMP-CM625B) or silver (LAMP-CM625S) housings, both spec’d identically at 30W per channel with six channel output. It’s sold direct through Lamptron’s AliExpress storefront and regional resellers rather than through major Western retail channels, which is worth knowing upfront. Support and warranty handling will run through whichever reseller you buy from rather than a local RMA process.

Conclusion

The CM625 is a genuinely interesting device for a specific kind of builder: someone with a 5.25″ bay to fill, a case theme they actually care about, and a preference for physical/visual control over software only fan controls buried in a motherboard utility. The display and skin system is the real draw here; it’s more expressive than anything from Corsair, NZXT, or Aquacomputer in this price bracket, and the CT630 expansion path gives it legitimate headroom for elaborate custom loops.

The voice control is a fun addition rather than a genuinely load bearing feature and does come in handy for hands free control. If you want your case’s fan controller to also be a piece of the build’s visual identity, the CM625 is doing something nobody else in this space is really attempting.

Recommended for: case modders and full tower builders who want a controller that doubles as a display piece.