Test System
| Test System Specs | ||||
| Mainboard | Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master Bios Version F10a |
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| CPU | Ryzen 9 7950X3D | |||
| GPU | Galax GeForce RTX 4060 EX | |||
| NVMe | XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB | |||
| RAM | XPG Lancer DDR5 (2 x 16GB) 6000MHz | |||
| Power Supply | EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G7 | |||
| CPU Cooler | NH-D15S chromax.black | |||
| Case | What is under test! | |||
| Ambient Temperature | 25°C ±0.1°C | |||
| Drivers | AMD Chipset: 5.11.02.217 AMD Adrenalin: 24.2.1 NVIDIA: 551.76 |
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I used a modded Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master as the testing mainboard, with three thermal probes (K-Type) installed on its VRMs, chipset, and NVMe drive. Although I use a climate chamber, I also monitor the ambient temperature and have another thermal probe at the PSU’s exhaust and one at the chassis’ exhaust. I obtain the rest of the system temperatures, CPU, and GPU through the custom-made software I use for conducting all thermal measurements.
Please note that I use a different system for shooting photos, for the assembly page, and the aforementioned one for thermal testing.
I use a Powenetics v2 kit to monitor power consumption and every other important aspect of the system.
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What about the top and side panels coming warped out of the box ? And the awful filter material inside the side panel which can easily come loose. The mediocre cable management (having to buy straps), no support holder for PSU, no removable top rad bracket and almost no offset so eps cables a challenge when mounting AIO. Also the incredible weight. Antec c8 and others are built better and better value.
We didn’t face any issues with the top and side panels; otherwise, we would have written about it. I will also pass your comment about the side panel material to the reviewer to comment if he wants.
No support holder for the PSU? I didn’t understand that.
When mounting a top AIO most cases have an issue with the EPS cables, some even without a top-mounted AIO.
We will do more case reviews in the near future and will have more comparison data.
Thank you for your comments!