Operating Temperatures and Wrap Up

To ensure accurate thermal results, nosotros installed the aforementioned hardware in each case in near 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 Bluish 500GB hard drives, and OCZ's ZX 1000w power supply.

With the fans fix to their maximum speed, the In Win tòu is extremely loud, much louder than nosotros consider tolerable. The just skillful news here is that the idle temperatures were quite good, keeping the GPU at 37 degrees and the processor at 22 degrees, close to ambience room temperature.

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

Stress testing the In Win tòu using Prime95 and FurMark we again meet the fans spinning at full speed and the case does very well. The GPU was kept at merely 77 degrees while the CPU was limited to a maximum of 70 degrees.

Lowering the fans to their slowest speed only increased temperatures of the CPU and GPU by 4 to 5 degrees which was great to come across. In terms of performance, the tòu was comparable to the Corsair Obsidian 650D and Silverstone Fortress FT04.

Concluding Thoughts

If you own a CM Elite because it'due south a good value or the Rosewill R103A because it comes with a ability supply, we empathize if you think someone who buys an $800 box has more than money than sense. The statement could be made that the tòu is impractical and overpriced, but at that place are plenty of enthusiasts who will compare it to buying a piece of work of art. It's hard to put a price on something that'due south ane of a kind.

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

Would I pay $800 for it? Probably not, only I'm not the right client either. While I appreciate high-end equipment, I wouldn't invest in a 4-way GPU setup nor would I purchase an Intel Extreme Edition CPU. They cantankerous the line into diminishing returns. Spending $800 on the tòu isn't exactly the same as buying an EE processor since there isn't a cheaper option that is near the same, and then it does stand on its own.

My signal is that In Win has made the tòu for the aforementioned folks who will drop thousands on a CPU/GPU setup which isn't much faster than a much cheaper alternative. It'southward for people like my good friend who has money to burn on a budgetless computer. From that point of view, we can't imagine the 200 or and so lucky souls who are fortunate enough to take a shiny tòu sitting on their desk-bound volition regret their purchase.

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

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