Operating Temperatures and Wrap Upwardly

To ensure accurate thermal results, we installed the same hardware in each case in virtually the same way. Components included the Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional person, Phenom II X6 1100T, Prolimatech Megahalems in passive style (i.e. no fan actively dispelling heat), Inno3D GeForce GTX 580 OC, half a dozen Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB difficult drives, and OCZ'due south ZX 1000w power supply.

With the fans set up to their maximum speed, the In Win tòu is extremely loud, much louder than we consider tolerable. The only good news hither is that the idle temperatures were quite good, keeping the GPU at 37 degrees and the processor at 22 degrees, close to ambient room temperature.

Reducing the fan speed to its minimum value meant that the tòu was at present near silent. Despite the drastic reduction in operating volume the CPU/GPU merely increased slightly in temperature and that is impressive especially given the CPU is passively cooled.

Stress testing the In Win tòu using Prime95 and FurMark we once more see the fans spinning at full speed and the example does very well. The GPU was kept at simply 77 degrees while the CPU was express to a maximum of seventy degrees.

Lowering the fans to their slowest speed only increased temperatures of the CPU and GPU by iv to 5 degrees which was keen to see. In terms of performance, the tòu was comparable to the Corsair Obsidian 650D and Silverstone Fortress FT04.

Final Thoughts

If yous own a CM Elite because information technology's a practiced value or the Rosewill R103A because it comes with a power supply, we sympathise if you lot think someone who buys an $800 box has more than coin than sense. The argument could exist made that the tòu is impractical and overpriced, but at that place are enough of enthusiasts who will compare it to buying a work of art. It'southward hard to put a price on something that'south i of a kind.

That isn't to say the tòu is perfect -- far from it. Yet information technology'south the only case that has fabricated me want to turn a computer on purely to admire its enclosure. It's ane of those rare products that unless you have seen information technology in person you lot haven't really seen information technology at all, kind of like an exotic super machine. For all its shortcomings, perchance most notable of which is the lack of a CPU cutout in the motherboard tray, the tòu is a case unlike any other.

Would I pay $800 for it? Probably not, but I'one thousand not the correct customer either. While I capeesh high-end equipment, I wouldn't invest in a 4-style GPU setup nor would I purchase an Intel Farthermost Edition CPU. They cantankerous the line into diminishing returns. Spending $800 on the tòu isn't exactly the same every bit buying an EE processor since there isn't a cheaper option that is virtually the same, and so it does stand up on its own.

My signal is that In Win has fabricated the tòu for the same folks who volition driblet thousands on a CPU/GPU setup which isn't much faster than a much cheaper alternative. It's for people like my skilful friend who has money to fire on a budgetless computer. From that betoken of view, we tin't imagine the 200 or so lucky souls who are fortunate enough to take a shiny tòu sitting on their desk will regret their purchase.

Pros: Stunning, i of a kind design makes up for its relatively small shortcomings. Outstanding build quality.

Cons: No CPU cutout in the motherboard tray. Despite its large footprint information technology doesn't support E-ATX or bigger boards. Branding looks a bit out of place.