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Performance & Testing
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Test System
• AMD Athlon XP 2500 Barton w/stock cooler
• MSI KM4M-L Motherboard
• Corsair XMS 2700 DDR RAM
• Asus 9280S Geforce4 Video Card
• LiteON 52x CD-RW
• Silverstone SST-30NF Power supply
• Western Digital 120Gig 7200rpm Hard drive
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I was again reminded several times during the
install that I didn’t like the way the side panel mounts…although some
simple rewiring could probably fix most of the problem. The rest of the
install was a breeze, and I didn’t cut up my hands at all either.
I ran the system at idle for about an hour to make sure everything was
warmed up properly, and then took the idle temp. After that, I ran it for
another hour with both Burnin Pro 4 and Prime95 running, then took another
temp reading. Ambient temps stayed at 25°C +/- .5°C for the duration of the
test.
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Temperatures |
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Idle: |
27.0ºC |
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Load: |
27.5ºC |
2 degrees…That’s the second best score I’ve
seen, being beaten out only by the Cavalier 5 and its full frontal vent
system. The Phantom has room in the front for another 80mm or 120mm fan, but
that might be overkill in all but the most extreme circumstances.
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