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Testing a case consists of finding out how the chassis deals with heat generated by the installed components, and how much noise it produces while doing so.
To create excess heat, I ran Prime95 26.6 and 3DMark Fire Strike simultaneously to stress both the CPU and GPU. After 15 minutes, I recorded the maximum temperature for each component to report here.
To test the MasterCase Pro 6, I installed the following components:
- Intel i7-4790K CPU
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED CPU cooler
- 16GB Corsair Vengeance 2400MHz DDR3
- Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Motherboard
- GTX 1080 Founders Edition GPU
- Corsair RM750x PSU
- OCZ Trion 150 SSD
Thermal dynamics
Ambient: 20C.
The MasterCase Pro 6 had no problems keeping our components cool. The two intake fans supply a good amount of fresh air despite the solid front and top panels.
Acoustics
Cooler Master have a reputation for delivering quiet cooling solutions, and the MasterCase Pro 6 is no different. I hooked up the 3 fans to the motherboard and let the motherboard control the fan RPM using the default fan curve. With those settings, the fans were inaudible at idle and hardly more than a whisper under load. This is one of the benefits of solid panels – it is much harder for noise to escape.
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