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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 acoustical performance. Ambient temperatures were 19c.
Processor: AMD FX-4170 Quad Core @ 4.6 GHz.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-UD3.
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: Seasonic 1000W Platinum Full Modular.
Boot Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
OS: Windows 7 Home Edition 64bit
Pyle Digital Sound Level Meter PSPL25
The thermal performance is quite good, especially at this modest price point.
If you look at the difference in temperatures the processor dynamics only increased by 17 degrees. By comparison CPU temperatures in the Thermaltake Soprano Snow Edition rose by a full 20 degrees. The dual 120mm fans in the Corsair 200R do push a considerable amount of air.
this is a great case for the money – love their products. A lot of system builders use this case.
Ive been waiting for a long time for an ultra high end aluminum case from Corsair, like a Lian Li case, around £300-£400. They have the resources to make that happen and would get all the design 100% right.
@ Dank D well its called the Corsair 900D yours for £290 in april, They did’nt use aluminium for that majority of the case due to the flex it would of had in a case that size
@ Leon T. Thanks, yeah I almost bought it, but I want them to make a proper high end aluminum case, like Lian Li. It wouldn’t flex if they built it with higher grade, thicker aluminum like Lian Li. Those are really quality products.
Only problem with Lian Li is their products look a bit stuffy now and they haven’t modernised them to keep up with the times. Thats why I want Corsair to make one. Id pay up to £500 for one of those. A good case can last a lifetime. I still have some Lian Li cases from a decade ago.