In-Win GRone Case Review: Do Features Make the Case

Noise and Thermal Testing, Overclocked

Our stock test results with the In-Win GRone were generally quite and demonstrated a healthy amount of thermal headroom for the case that should hopefully be reflected in the test results from our overclocked testbed, but they're still strangely underwhelming. With all of those fans running at full bore, the GRone should've decimated the charts instead of simply ranking. We'll see how things fare when greater thermal stress placed on the enclosure.

Test results in the "Turbo" fan mode are generally quite good and on par with the freak of nature that is the Antec Eleven Hundred, but the "Silence" mode performance is underwhelming. These thermals are certainly competitive, but "competitive" isn't what we're looking for at $160. You really want results closer to the AZZA Genesis 9000 at least, and certainly not below inexpensive cases like the Corsair Carbide 300R with less than half the sticker price.

With all that said, if acoustics be damned, the GRone will definitely give you some room to play. The GPU in particular is already pushing the limits of the chip itself, but if you have something hotter that you want to flex a bit, you'll be able to do it here.

Unfortunately we're still caught between two horrible options with the fan speed controller. "Silence" mode doesn't move enough air to keep the fans from working too hard (and thermals down as a result), but "Turbo" mode is punishingly loud. We really needed a middle setting here and we didn't get it.