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Installation
**click to enlarge**
While
there is no removable motherboard tray, there is plenty of room to work with.
The picture above is mainly to show you that even with a massive heatsink like
the Thermaltake Tower112, there is just enough clearance for the rear 120mm
fan. There is no tool-free install, but all went quite smoothly.
As far as the PSU install goes, you might have to push down a bit on the
support bracket near the bottom in order for all the holes to line up
properly. Other than that, no issues to report!
Performance
Let's
take a quick look at our test system specs before we show you the results.
| Motherboard: |
Shuttle AS45GTR |
| CPU: |
Intel P4 2.4GHZ @ 2.6GHz |
| Memory: |
Corsair XMS3200 |
| Hard Drive: |
WD 40GB 7200rpm |
| PSU: |
QTechnology (Papts Series) |
| Optical Drives: |
Lite-ON SOHW-1633s |
| Cooling: |
Thermaltake Tower112 |
I
like to use this particular board for testing, as it offers some of the most
accurate and credible temp readings out of any board I've used. To
measure cooling performance, we recorded the CPU and case temp both at
idle and under load. To load the system, we used
Sisoftware's Sandra
2004 Benchmarking Suite.
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Idle
Temp |
Load
Temp |
| CPU Temp |
37șC |
41șC |
| Case Temp |
28șC |
32șC |
The
results were indeed quite impressive, thanks to the two 120mm fans. CPU
temps were the lowest I've seen in any of the cases I've paired it with. I think
the case temps can actually be lower if you really wanted them to. Why?
Well, I found that the 120mm fans this case includes do not move as much air
as they normally would. However, the case does run practically silent so
these are more than acceptable temps for such a quiet system. Part of
the reason I think this case runs so silent is the incredible amount of
plastic that surrounds the metal chassis itself. This acts as an
insulator and blocks out excessive noise levels quite well.
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