MGE Viper: Another Xtreme Gamer Creation
by Purav Sanghani on December 18, 2004 5:14 PM EST- Posted in
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Benchmarking - Sound
The other performance meter when it comes to cases is noise levels. We measure the noise level of the Viper 12" away from the closed chassis with the power supply and heat sink fans turned off. Take a look at our results.
The Viper's two 80mm case fans produced noise at levels around 46dB, just 1dB lower than the Sidewinder, which had three of these 80mm fans. As we mentioned with the Sidewinder, adding an extra couple fans will most likely increase the noise levels upwards in the 50-60dB range.
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Aquila76 - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
AnadTech's case review team - Here is what 99% of your readers look for when buying a case:Subtlety
Great Cooling
Subtlety
Internal features
Subtlety
Room for expansion
Subtlety
Did my semi-sublimnal hints get the point across?
for an example of just such a case, which I received and setup last week, look here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?desc...
mrdudesir - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
im glad i read these comments and found more people like me who are sick of the overblown "modded" cases flooding the market now. I just want something slick, classy, and unobtrusive (why i love my antec sonata so much). Not to mention from my experience these premod cases are loud as hell and cheaply constructed.Poser - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
I was a little surprised to see the comment about the internal speaker being worrysome. See the question, "The enemy within?" here for why:http://www.dansdata.com/io014.htm
TinyTeeth - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
Oh yeah, by the way, sorry for the double post but, is Anandtech going to review the Dragon? That case seems quite a lot more interesting.TinyTeeth - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
Sure, it looks a bit cool, but it ain't anything I'd like on my desk. This is something you show off at LAN parties, not using every day.Besides, the front looks plastic and a bit like it was built in LEGO.
MemberSince97 - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
The upcomoming Dragon looks acceptable...kmmatney - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
The blue version of this case looks better than the red, IMO. Microcenter has it advertised with a 500 Watt PSU, but I think it needs to be cheaper than $99 if it going to sell.Panther - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
is there a shortage of legitimate hardware to review around the labs?istari101 - Saturday, December 18, 2004 - link
I like the simplistic, clean style of a coolermaster case. Specifically the Praetorian, but those gaudy plastic facings of the reviewed case is definitely not my thing. Neon lighting in cases is distracting for me.Bonesdad - Saturday, December 18, 2004 - link
cmon, lets do some reviews on REAL cases. Gawd, this has to be the one of the fugliest things evar.