Maybe if they did these rounds of testing, and one more using a H100 or so, replacing the rear fan mount with the stock rad/fan configuration from the H100.but that really only tells you how the H100 does. You can cram a 360 in this case, but what if it will only take a 240? And on and on. In air-cooling, standardize on a well-performing (ie, tested on a bench) tower cooler and stock fan config, and away you go. fluxtatic - Saturday, Februlink Maybe too many variables - Push-pull? or Push-only? What rad(s)? What blocks? As bit-tech (IIRC) pointed out, it's very difficult to have meaningful w/c results, as there are ridiculous variations in the hardware.Give up on stealth covers from optical drives - never works for long NEVER EVER release a case without all intake fans having washable dust coversĨ. Makes cases wider (seeing this already) allows for larger fans.ħ. Improved front panel cable management -every case I have ever had seems to either have cables that are too long or too shortĦ. All side panels to have rubberised strips where metal meets metal to stop any resonanceĥ. More room round back of motherboard (see Fractal Arc Midi) for cable management.Ĥ. How about having a drive cage where all drive plug into a daughterboard (bit like some of the hot swap boards) so only one power connector needed, and all SATA Data goes through same board and out at a convenient point for connection to main computer motherboard.Ģ. Hard drives placement and cable management. Here are a few thoughts for case designers:ġ. But is it about time case designers followed Lian Li and Silverstone lead and experimented with different PSU placements.īut my pet hate at moment is graphic cards and the placement of the power connectors - absolutely no thought as to how that would work for decent cable management. I agree, pick a case where the PSU placing works for you. Not sure case design has moved forward in 5-10 years. Stick a fancy front on and some tool-less drive cages and they think that is it. cjs150 - Friday, Februlink What I dislike about case designers is how lazy they are.NZXT is more disappointing because unlike Coolermaster their designs actually seem inspired, only to be sabotaged by weak engineering and cheap manufacturing. The same goes for Coolermaster and their chincey crap. No surprise that an NZXT case is better in photos than it is in use. Golly what a surprise: slanting the fan so that it directed incoming air away from the place on the GPU that actually would utilize that air.ugh, folks.Ĥ. If the In-Win Buc thermally matching the Silverstone FT-02 doesn't cause you to read the test results of every Anandtech case review with a giant vat of salt, I don't know what to tell ya.ģ. Concerning our guest of the day, the Switch 810: Like every Anandtech case review, all it tells us is how their component setup performs in the case. It astounds me that so few case designers have realized the least stupid answer to the PSU-placement question is just to put a damn psu intake vent ON TOP OF THE CASE. That said, don't put your bottom mounted PSU-case on carpet, or on a dirt floor. However, top mounting the PSU with the intake on the inside of the case is just as stupid, because then it's getting both dust AND hot air (unless you think the other dust filters on your case are somehow magically better than a psu dust filter, or that dust can't fly?), and disrupting a fluid current of air to the cpu. Yes bottom mounting the PSU hurts cooling of every other component in the case by interfering with airflow coming from front and potentially bottom mounted intakes. Almost every other case here enjoys some level of fan control, and the lack of it in NZXT's enclosure is noticeable. Unfortunately, while many of the other enclosures can produce thermal performance on par with the Switch 810, they also all beat it soundly (pun wholly intended) at idle temperatures and most of them are quieter under load to boot. Our stock settings are really on the mild side for a case like this, but I want you to note that the directed fan actually seems to have the opposite effect of what was intended on the GeForce GTX 580: the card is actually running hotter under load than it would in the other enclosures. The NZXT Switch 810's thermals are quite good, but they're not stellar. I tested the Switch 810 with the top vent closed (for silence) and the internal fan directed at the GTX 580. While everything up until this point has gone smoothly, those of you who remember my admonishing NZXT for not including a proper fan controller are going to see how costly that mistake on NZXT's part really is.
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