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Value Case Roundup: A Look at the Affordable
Value Case Roundup: A Look at the Affordable
Date: February 1st, 2005
Topic: Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Manufacturer: Various
Author: Purav Sanghani
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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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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


AsiaPro 8654BL
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Foxconn TK-09
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


Chenming 301KEBL
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Codegen 6209
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


Powmax CP769PL
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Linkworld 3210
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


Raidmax 268WSP
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Linkworld 3131G
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


AsiaPro 8654BL
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Foxconn TK-09
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


Chenming 301KEBL
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Codegen 6209
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.


Powmax CP769PL
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Linkworld 3210
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Hold your mouse over each case to see hardware.

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58 Comments - Last by paulsiu, 1819 days ago
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No Subject by arfan, 1834 days ago
No one in list is available in my country :( We usully buy case only with U$$ 25-40

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No Subject by arfan, 1834 days ago
there is bad link when i clik to Benchmark-Sound. Please fix it, thx

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No Subject by nourdmrolNMT1, 1834 days ago
this article likes to keep disappearing on me.

intriging.

MIKE

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No Subject by aeternitas, 1834 days ago
I'm sorry, but if you are gonna go with something as cheap as these cases, I doubt youll be putting a whole lot of quality inside, thus I reccomend those people to just get a dell.

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No Subject by kcma, 1834 days ago
OFMG!!!

so much ugliness in 1 article!!!

agreed with #4, please do yourself a favor... save some money and stay away from this ugliness by buying a Dell.

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No Subject by Jynx980, 1834 days ago
Guess I'll be the first one to say somthing positive about this article. It a good roundup for entry level cases. Nice to know what ranks high up when your building something for a friend or family member who really doesnt need a $50-$75 case.

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No Subject by ocyl, 1834 days ago
Agreed with Jynx980 here. I am getting tired of all those flashy cases in the market nowadays.


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No Subject by semo, 1834 days ago
what is up with anadtech and cases...
it is either ugly and flashy and expensive or ugly and flashy and expensive and cheap looking or just plain cheap.

and like arfan said... where do you buy these things? here in the uk there are cheap cases, but almost non of the reviewed

suggestions for next case reviews:
cooler master cm stacker
antec P160

i know we all know these are gd cases but its a start imo

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No Subject by eetnoyer, 1834 days ago
Still waiting on the "affordable" memory review.

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No Subject by Dranzerk, 1834 days ago
I would rather buy one of these than all the stupid expensive voltron looking "gamer" cases on the market. I saw a case that looked like someone puked up crayons they ate all over it..it was $90! lol

Nice article.

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