Chenbro Gaming Bomb II: Anyone for Upscale Gaming?
by Purav Sanghani on December 14, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Benchmarking - Thermal
Today, we begin applying our new thermal benchmarking methodology to mid-tower cases. In the past, we have measured the temperatures of only the key components of our test bed, which provided only a little insight on how well the cooling systems in each case worked. Our new process not only shows the temperatures of the components installed, but also the temperature of the ambient air around each component.| PC Mid-Tower Test Bed | |
Chaintech VNF3-250 |
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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:
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The warmest regions in the GB2 are around the CPU, PSU, and chipset areas. From the lower temperatures at the front of the case it is safe to assume that all of the warm air is being pulled towards the back of the case and out through the PSU as well as the rear 120mm exhaust fan.
Here are the temperatures of the various key components in the system. Temperatures have been taken directly off of the surface of the hardware this time for an accurate reading of actual component temperatures.
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We measured the temperature of the CPU's heatsink at 35 while the core runs as hot as 51 degrees under a few minutes of constant 100% CPU load. The VGA card's heatsink ran extremely hot as we have observed in past instances at about 52 degrees while the GPU's core ran at 67 degrees while running a graphically intense application. The front intake fan kept our 120GB Barracuda at 36 degrees throughout our benchmarks which kept us happy.
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RuStYwAvE - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link
Just face it, you guys will never be satisfied with any case as long as you get it for free. If you want a case that stand out from the crowd build one yourself or shutup and buy the most expensive case you can find, most likely only a number of you will actually buy it. The fact is most of you won't buy a expensive (top of line case) and would probably just settle with a cheap case and a decent power supply, even if you do have the money for it. Saying that, I prefer the Lanboy or SLK 350 watt model from antec, but that is just my opinion. It is cheap, reliable, quiet, and aluminum depending which one you get; alot of people buy it for these reasons, even though the case does not stand out from the crowd, but who cares. Also, I think that toolless cases are overrated and thumbscrews can be just as easy to remove components and drives from the case around the same time it takes you push a slot or twist a knob. Taking a quick look at the pictures of the cm stacker and chenbro case, it looks to me that you still need to crack open the case to replace any part and the motherboard still require screws to mount them.phaxmohdem - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link
Those B**tards stole my design! And now they insult me by offering it at a meager $260??? This case is worth at LEAST $549.99 Come on!kmmatney - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link
I can't really understand why everyone is ragging on the XSpider case so much. It was actually one of the quietest cases tested, it was well-built, and is 1/5 the price of this one. It didn't look that bad - you can get other colors besides red.Locut0s - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Like others I applaud the review of a nicer, non tacky "metal-head", case. Though there are even nicer ones out there. Personally I don't care for any type of side window, though the one on this case is bareable. However I also agree with others that 240 bucks is a bit much to spend for a case like this, especially considering that you can find many other cases with similar features, some of which look nicer, for a lot less. Still this is a step in the right direction IMO.Bladen - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
I knew that price would hurt them, it was supposed to be $200.I'm still going to buy one later, which may be sitting im my bedroom until 2006 or later when I will put a new system in it.
I'll probably mod that top exhaust to fit 120mm fan to put my 4 Blue LED Blackfire A.C. Ryan fan on it.
Why complain about stock, who uses stock anyway?
It looks good and is probably solid. The ICM and Fleibay are good for modders who want looks and airflow (although having the HDDs backs facing the motherboard will reduce airflow).
ksherman - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
no thanks... ill stick to my uber quite Antec SonataWolfz - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Would it be possible to have a short follow-up addition about modding this case to fix the noise issues, etc? It shouldnt take that long to do (~2 hours maybe?)diehlr - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
uglyPhantronius - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
I"ll stick with my aluminum chieftec, thanks.PuravSanghani - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
hoppa: We actually did briefly mention this in the conclusion..."The GB2 performed extremely well in our thermal benchmarks. Though very loud, the dual 120mm fans helped keep the air flowing to move warm air out of the chassis as quick as possible"
Hope that helps!