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To test the Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced we will be using the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T CPU in conjunction with an ASRock Fatal1ty Professional 990FX motherboard. To cool the CPU we will be using a Cooler Master Hyper 612S
Test System
Chassis: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Professional 990FX
Cooler: Noctua C12P SE14
Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Power Supply: NZXT Hale 90 750W
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon 6950
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Everest Ultimate Edition
Prime 95
Furmark
For our temperature tests, we used Prime95 and Furmark to load the system for 15 minutes and then recorded our results. We then restarted the system and left it idling at the desktop for 15 minutes before recording the results. The ambient temperature was maintained at 18c for the duration of the tests.
We are very impressed with the temperatures recorded, especially the GPU result which was excellent compared to other cases we've looked at in recent months. We put this down to the extra cool air supplied to the card by the GPU shroud.
For our noise level tests we replaced the AMD Radeon HD 6950 graphics card with a passively cooled HIS Radeon HD 5550 Silence. We also turned off the CPU fan momentarily so we could be sure that the noise generated was only from the case fans.
One price you usually pay for ‘High Air Flow' is noise. But thanks to the use of very large fans, Cooler Master has managed to keep the fan noise reasonably low. Sure, it's still quite audible but it's considerably quieter than many cases on the market.
The HAF cases have been some of my favourites over the years. the airflow and space is second to none. unless you spend 3x as much.
I dont really think it looks dated. its industrial. thats never going to change….. good review though Henry
I dont really think it looks dated. its industrial. thats never going to change….. good review though Henry
I’m sure I read this exact same article on eTeknix a couple of months ago… except that was more thorough and better written.
Well considering it was written by the same freelancer, perhaps he had a bad day for us.
Oh I see, never seen the same piece tackled twice like that, wonder why he gave it a must have now, but only a silver last time?
Well its not really ‘tackled’ twice. its once here and once on another site – different audiences. Not unheard of when paying freelancers.
Maybe he has grown to like it more over time? I guess its one of the mysteries of the internet 🙂
Last time anyone saw Henry, he was sitting atop a huge pile of gold coins :-p
STUPiD side panel window.
Very nice article and straight to the point. I am not sure if this is actually the best place to ask but do you people have any thoughts on where to hire some professional writers? Thx 🙂
I have this case, and I love it. Although initially the dust was a problem, after I spent $30 or so buying some custom filters, it’s now greater than ever!
How about a comparison with the original HAF 932? Like how it performs next to it for fan cooling and options, modern connectors and cable routing, mounting options etc?