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 Click to enlarge.
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 Linkworld 3131G Click to enlarge.
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 AsiaPro 8654BL Click to enlarge.
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 Foxconn TK-09 Click to enlarge.
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 Chenming 301KEBL Click to enlarge.
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 Codegen 6209 Click to enlarge.
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 Powmax CP769PL Click to enlarge.
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 Linkworld 3210 Click to enlarge.
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| Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware. |
 Raidmax 268WSP Click to enlarge.
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 Linkworld 3131G Click to enlarge.
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| Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware. |
 AsiaPro 8654BL Click to enlarge.
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 Foxconn TK-09 Click to enlarge.
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| Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware. |
 Chenming 301KEBL Click to enlarge.
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 Codegen 6209 Click to enlarge.
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| Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware. |
 Powmax CP769PL Click to enlarge.
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 Linkworld 3210 Click to enlarge.
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| Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware. |