Benchmark - Thermal

Describing the cooling equipment that comes with a case just doesn't cut it for us. We need to see how it actually performs, to determine if it is actually as effective as what the manufacturer's say. We have hand-picked a full system that we believe is the current system setup for the average user.


PC Mid-Tower Test Bed

Chaintech VNF3-250
AMD Athlon64 3200+
OCZ PC3200 DDR x 2
Zalman CNPS7000 Copper
Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA
ATI 9800XT
OCZ 520W PowerStream



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The thermal readings for the key components and points on the motherboard during operation were as follows. The numbers in each square represent the temperature of that particular section of the case in degrees celsius.



Raidmax 268WSP
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Linkworld 3131G
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AsiaPro 8654BL
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Foxconn TK-09
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Chenming 301KEBL
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Codegen 6209
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Powmax CP769PL
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Linkworld 3210
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Raidmax 268WSP
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Linkworld 3131G
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AsiaPro 8654BL
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Foxconn TK-09
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Chenming 301KEBL
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Codegen 6209
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Powmax CP769PL
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Linkworld 3210
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Linkworld 3210 cont'd Benchmark - Sound
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  • KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    sdfg: I think you mean the Antec Lanboy looks like the Chenming cases...

    Kristopher
  • aeternitas - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    Yes #24, we are all spoiled. Spoiled with _quality_. Some of us like to have nice things. I for one dont want to see cheap plastic houseing my loveingly put together equiptment. This is a hobby for most, and with a hobby means quality is the standard.

    If you are just building PCs for people that dont care, then by all means, but this isnt really a site for people that dont care.
  • sprockkets - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    Err, no In-Win cases?
  • miketheidiot - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    these cases are all trash. Drop the extra $20 and get a decent antec PSU/case combo.

    And why wasn't the Sonata or something lke that included?
  • Cygni - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    God you guys are ridiculous! I personally use Antec cases for my own personal builds, but when building for my business, i use the cheapest non-ugly case I can find. Of course, PSU is a concern, but im not slapping FX's in with a 250wt. PSU does change reliability, this is fact, but it is FAR overhyped. Bad RAM can make 10 times the impact.

    Honestly, who gives a crap if the case isnt amazing? Its a CASE! As long as its not ugly, and as long as its fairly well put together (almost all of them are these days), who cares? 99% of the people i build computers for never open the case, so who cares if it has sharp edges? I dont know. You guys all sound really really spoiled, haha. I personally thought alot of the cases reviewed are FAR less ugly then so called "Gamer cases" that are out there with friggen dragons with LED eyes that readout useless voltage information...
  • MarkM - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    I'm with #4 too -- a the point you are getting this level case, you are probably looking at a no-frills basic PC with cheaper components, at which point it doesn't make much sense for you to be building anyway, you should just get a Dell & get that conveniecne/security of waranty.

    Not to mention if you are building so basic a PC, you probably are not reading anandtech :)

    Anywya, I'm not sure I see great value. I got my Sonata with the 350w quiet PSU for $70 total AR, some of these cases would cost about as much with even an inferior PSU. So why bother at all?
  • digit - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    ive got that raidmax (windowless version) and i really like it. it came with the 4 fans already installed in front and its definitely the coolest running case ive ever had. recently ive started having problems with power stability from the psu, but it worked just fine for over a year.
  • fatdog6 - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    Im pretty dissapointed with this review,
    first off of the 150 or so systems that i have built my first consideration is reliablity/stability expecially in a budget build. I I can i imagine getting a call and then seeing the power supply fell down knocked the cpu off into the gpu trashing the memory on the way.!!

    As stated by Spacecomber #15
    "So far, I haven't found a case and power supply (bought seperately or together) that is as good as and less expensive than the Antec 1650, which is my choice for entry level and basic systems. $55 for a case that includes 120mm fan, Antec SL-350 power supply, and side CPU air guide."

    As stated by Lonewolf #13
    "The power supplies of these review units are horrible, and do not in any way represent good additional value"
  • DaveA - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/cases/roundups...


    yeah whats up with that?
  • Desslok - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link

    In the review for the Codegen 6209 is the motherboard tilted in the install pic??

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