Sharkoon T9 Green Value Edition Case Review

1. Introduction2. Sharkoon T9 Value Edition (External)3. Sharkoon T9 Value Edition (Internal)4. System Installation5. Testing Methodology and Performance Results6. Acoustic Performance7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Today's test system, while not cutting edge, is still pretty up-to-date and will certainly give us a good idea of how well this case works in terms of thermal and acoustic performance. An enthusiast who owns an Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor and GTX590 will certainly spend more for a higher grade chassis.

Processor: AMD Phenom X4 965 Black Edition @ 4.0 GHz.
Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD- M Evo
Cooler: Antec Kuhler 920
Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1800MHz
Graphics Cards: AMD Radeon 6450 HD
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 775W XT
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex II 60GB SSD (OS only)

OS: Windows 7 Home Edition 64bit
Digital Sound Level Noise Decibel Meter Style 2

Firstly, let us take a look at the airflow in and out of the case. Out of the box there are three fans, two of which are set as intake and one as an exhaust.

Ambient temperature was maintained at 16c throughout. For these tests we have removed one of the Antec 920 fans, and replaced it with the included Sharkoon 120mm fan. This gave us a CPU cooler with only one fan and the normal installed 3 case fans.

While the performance of this case is obviously enhanced by the Antec 920, we feel that the motherboard temperature highlights that there is certainly plenty of cool air flowing through the case and plenty of heat being exhausted from the case.

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