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The AMD Phenom II X6 1055T used in our test system run at a default speed of 2.8 GHz, but since we know KitGurus don’t run their hardware at stock speeds we have bumped our CPU up to a nice 3.5 GHz. Keep in mind that these CPU’s have a built in Core Performance Boost feature which can be turned on or off in the BIOS. With this enabled it will further increase our clock speed up to 4.11 GHz when 3 or less of the cores are active.
Test System
NZXT Tempest EVO
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.5 GHz Stock
Motherboard: GIGABYTE 890GPA-UD3H 890GX AM3
Graphics Card: Asus EAH5850 1 GB
Memory: 4 GB G-Skill Ripjaws DDR 3 1600
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W
Hard Drives: WD Black SATA II 640 GB & WD SATA II 500 GB
Optical Drive: LG DVDRW
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate X64 SP2
The shot below shows out speed with the core performance boost enabled.
For today’s testing we are going to run the Everest Stress Test for three 30 minute cycles and three 30 minute cycles of the latest MSI Kombuster; which is basically Furmark branded for MSI. Furmark pushes the graphics hardware as far as possible and even though it is not a ‘real world' gaming application, it will stress the system to the limits.
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