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The tests were performed in a controlled environment with the temperature maintained at a constant 21°C. Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by running FurMark and Prime95's Small FFTs setting together. As this is a gaming system, we also decided to measure the temperatures while playing Battlefield 3.
Corsair's H100 was utilising its ‘Performance' speed setting, as applied by the DinoPC engineers.
From criticism to praise, cooling potential is exactly where the H100 excels. Being able to keep a hot and heavily-overclocked i5 3570K processor under the 90°C mark is good.
The 2000 RPM limit imposed by the H100's ‘Balanced' mode resulted in an increased CPU temperature of 3°C. This is an impressive statistic because, as mentioned on the acoustics page, noise levels were noticeably lower.
Gigabyte's first-rate WindForce 3x cooler is also thoroughly deserved of praise. At no point did GPU temperatures exceed 70°C, and all this while maintaining inaudible (albeit over the Corsair H100 unit) operation.
One of my drive bays snapped too 🙁
Nice selection of components. those graphics cards are wicked. nice selection. Id still rather build one myself however, even if it cost more. Good option for the punters who dont want to build their own.
Can you ever go wrong with a Corsair H100 at the heart of a system? im shocked they set the profile to the top however, its really very loud at that setting and I wouldnt use it. the middle option is my choice. it varies but doesnt quite hit the same speeds.
I work for a competitor. All I can say if that’s the best cable management you’ve seen, you haven’t seen ours. Also we ship that particular case with a full system inside and have never had one arrive at our customers damaged in such a way.