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Today we are building a high performance enthusiast level system for testing. For a change we are using the AMD FX 8150 processor with an Asus motherboard. We are going to review the Enermax cooler shortly so we exchanged it for a Noctua NH D14 for this section of the review.
Processor: AMD FX 8150 Black Edition.
Motherboard: Asus CrossHair V.
Cooler: Noctua NH D14.
Memory: ADATA 1600mhz Gaming memory.
Graphics Card: HIS HD6950 ICE Q.
Power Supply: Corsair TX750M.
Boot Drive: Intel 40GB SSD.
Secondary Drive: 1TB Samsung.
Windows 7 Enterprise Edition 64bit
Thermal Diodes
Raytek Laser Temp Gun 3i LSRC/MT4 Mini Temp
Digital Sound Level Noise Decibel Meter Style 2
Firstly let us have a look at the chassis design and airflow, as it comes ‘out of the box’.
The front mounted fans suck in air from the front of the case, backwards, while the large 140mm and 210mm fans at the rear exhaust warm air.
We have placed thermal diodes into 5 case positions. 1: at the top of the case, beside the optical drive bay. 2: beside the CPU cooler, next to the exhaust fans. 3: Next to the drive bay rack. 4: In the very center of the chassis, next to the graphics card. 5: close to the power supply, underneath the lower section of the mother board.
Ambient room temperatures were maintained at 23c throughout.
The AMD FX 8150 Black Edition was overclocked to 4.8ghz with a +0.125 boost in core voltage.
The case certainly flows a lot of air as we can see from our results. The diode reports are interesting, especially in the middle of the case as the temperatures are maintained within 2-3 Celcius.
I really like the top part of this case, very different as reviewer says.
Interesting that the drive bays can be rotated inside, never seen that done before.
the appearance is too complex for me to find it attractive,. I like simple lines.
I do agree it is certainly stand out. but for me, ill pass.
The internal design is good, but im not sure about that handle section. Seems a bit daft with such a heavy steel case to expect people to carry them about…….
Great images guys. really helped me check out parts of the design. im buying one when they are in stock.
any ideas when that might be?