Today’s test system will give us a good idea of how well this case works in terms of thermal and acoustical performance.
Processor: AMD Phenom X4 965 Black Edition @ 4.0 GHz.
Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD- M Evo
Cooler: Akasa Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler
Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1800MHz
Graphics Cards: XFX Radeon 5450 HD (GPU @ 700 MHZ, Memory Clock @ 650 MHz)
Power Supply: Seasonic 1000W Platinum Full Modular
Boot Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GBf
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
OS: Windows 7 Home Edition 64bit
Pyle Digital Sound Level Meter PSPL25
These temperatures are certainly good, and are just slightly better than the CM Storm Scout II we recently reviewed, which featured a slightly more powerful fan set-up (1 x 140mm fan + 1 x 120mm fan compared to 2 x 120mm fans).
Clearly, these fans are moving a little bit more air through the system, but has it compromised its acoustical performance? Let’s find out …
BitFenix Ghost Chassis Review,
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December 7, 2012
#1
I think its actually one of their nicer looking cases. some of them are very gaudy
December 7, 2012
#2
They are getting better, not quite in the same league as say cooler master yet, but moving up the ranks.
December 8, 2012
#3
This seems a lot like a copy of the Fractal Design Define series – simplicity/minimalist design with a goal of reducing noise. Unlike the Fractal Design cases this does not feature brushed aluminium, but rather the bland, flat, square style typical of bitFenix cases.
February 18, 2013
#4
How on earth You’ve been able to measure 27,8 decibels while testing Antec’s 302 case, and been unable to do the same thing while testing Ghost chassis?