Super Flower X-Mask: Mild-Mannered or Superhero?
by Purav Sanghani on May 20, 2004 12:05 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Benchmarking
When benchmarking the X-Mask, we test the temperatures of key components including the actual CPU temperature, the actual temperature inside the heatsink, the temperatures of the DDR, Northbridge, Southbridge, HDD, PSU, and the ambient temperature inside the case, all during normal operation. During our testing, the PSU and CPU heatsink fans remain on to measure temperatures during normal system operations.Gigabyte GA-7VRX |
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The thermal readings for the key components and points on the motherboard during operation were as follows:
Super Flower X-Mask | |||||||||
System On-Time | CPU | Heatsink | HDD | DDR | Northbridge | Southbridge | Power Supply (TTGI) |
Power Supply (Atlas) |
System Ambient |
10 | 54.3 | 37.5 | 28.1 | 34.5 | 39.9 | 38.8 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 32.8 |
30 | 55.9 | 38.4 | 29.5 | 36.1 | 40.5 | 40.1 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 34.2 |
Lian Li PC-V1000 | ||||||||
System On-Time | CPU | Heatsink | HDD | DDR | Northbridge | Southbridge | Power Supply (TTGI) |
System Ambient |
10 | 50.1 | 31.2 | 24.3 | 33.2 | 35.6 | 34.5 | 25.1 | 25.4 |
30 | 51.3 | 33.1 | 25.1 | 35.1 | 36.8 | 35.9 | 27.5 | 26.6 |
Opus Technologies, Inc. MT-200 | ||||||||
System On-Time | CPU | Heatsink | HDD | DDR | Northbridge | Southbridge | Power Supply (TTGI) |
System Ambient |
10 | 52.5 | 37.5 | 28.8 | 34.3 | 39.1 | 39.3 | 29.3 | 29.7 |
30 | 53.7 | 39.0 | 29.5 | 36.8 | 40.2 | 39.9 | 31.2 | 30.4 |
The X-Mask performed at about the level of the NZXT Guardian. The temperatures were a bit higher due to the placement of the case fans. The X-Mask lacked the fans on the backside of the case, which the Guardian had, yet the X-Mask did have twin 80mm fans at the front of the chassis to cool the HDDs.
Since the X-Mask lacked the back side fans, we found that in many of the other cases where we predicted the noise levels to be much lower than the competition. We measured the noise level of the X-Mask 12" away from the closed chassis with the power supply fan turned off. Take a look at our results.
Case | dBA |
Super Flower X-Mask | 51 |
Lian Li PC-V1000 | 46 |
Opus Technologies MT-200 | 56 |
NZXT Guardian | 49 |
Ahanix Black Knight X195 | 50 |
As you can see, the X-Mask performed at the same level as the Guardian and the Ahanix Black Knight. This is mainly due to the number of fans in each chassis.
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wicktron - Friday, May 21, 2004 - link
that is quite possibly the most horrid case i have ever seen in my life.