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Today’s test system will give us a good idea of how well this case works in terms of thermal and acoustic performance.
Processor: AMD Phenom X4 965 Black Edition @ 3.9 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD- M Evo
Cooler: Akasa Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler
Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1800MHz
Graphics Card: XFX Radeon 5450 HD (GPU @ 700 MHZ, Memory Clock @ 650 MHz)
Power Supply: Akasa Venom Power 750W
Boot Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB
OS: Windows 7 Home Edition 64bit
Pyle Digital Sound Level Meter PSPL03
As the two included fans feature a fan-speed switch, we will be testing the performance with both fans on the low speed setting and then both on the higher speed.
The difference in performance is quite noticeable. On the high fan speed setting, the processor temperature didn't rise above 51 degrees, and the motherboard temperature only increased by 2 degrees. This certainly highlights a significant amount of airflow through the case.
When the fans are both on their low speed setting, the performance was considerably worse, a whole 8 degrees higher for the processor temperature. That said, this is still respectable performance for a mid-tower chassis.
