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The mean meat of the review is the installation, chassis versatility and performance. If a case looks great from the outside but is a mess inside then you can be sure that KitGuru will find any weaknesses.
After installing the appropriate motherboard standoff’s we are ready for the motherboard.
For today’s build we will be using the GIGABYTE 890GPA-UD3H 890GX AM3 Motherboard.
It’s quite obvious from the image below that there should be plenty of space for one or more of today's oversized video cards.
After making sure our motherboard is properly secured we can install our PSU and look for good ways to route our cables. The PSU we will be using today is the Silverstone Strider Plus 850W which happens to be fully modular. These modular power supplies make it so much easier to keep the interior neat and tidy. I must admit that as I get older I am generally lazy with cable management so any help is welcomed.
To complete our system build we added the Asus EAH 5850, the AMD 1055T processor a 4 GB kit of G-Skill Ripjaws DDR 3 1600 and 2 WD hard drives.
Adding and optical drive to the Tempest is a breeze. We just pop out the bay cover, slide the device into place and secure it with the provided retention mechanisms.
Below are 2 pictures with our system powered up and running; once again take note of the spacious interior. We can imagine this chassis with a 5970 or two installed but chances are that is just in a dream :). The second shot shows the finished product LED’s included. Now with assembly completed and fully operational we can move on and look at the internal temperatures of our components before we put a wrap on this one.
Nice review Steve. its a good case, my buddy has one
Wicked thanks. good price that chassis. had been looking at it a while ago and it went out of mind. id love a silverstone chassis however.
Nice information, it seems to cool well for the price. I agree though after coming to this from the silverstone raven 02, seems rather a downgrade. its all about price though
Hi Steve, how did you find the noise out of the chassis? any rattles or things like that?
funny thing is I saw this a while ago and I never even looked twice. the box is so bad looking, with some weird dude and glowing eyes. Might check it out later or next time in the local store in cali here.
Nice all around review, and good information on the cooling. seems quiet capable although your room environment is freezing man !
Yeah I liked that review, its always nice to see all the angles inside so I can make my own judgements. not sure id buy one but it seems decent.
17c ! thats one hell of a cold room, tell Zardon to pay for electric ! Good review.
£80 is cheap really for what you get, it is steel, however I like steel for strength. its not the poor mans option many people make it out to be.
Id be interested in those fans, are they any good? loud etc?
Thanks steve, good review man
I like this chassis, there is a sale locally, think id order one.
no strange noises or rattles that I have encountered. Sound level are good but I dont have a dB meter