Cooling Performance

System Used:

AMD X2 3800+ @ 2.6Ghz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64Pro
2GB Corsair XMS @ 520Mhz
DFI Lanparty SLI-DR Expert
EVGA 8800GTS (stock)
Samsung Spinpoint 250GB
Silverstone Decathlon 850W

Room Temperature: 24.2°C

With some recent additions to our testing equipment, we have now rationalized and added to our testing methodology when it comes to case reviews.

The room temperature is now kept at a constant 24.2°C (+/- 0.3°C) at the beginning of each test phase and allowed to rise as the tests are run. All of the tests are run with the side panel closed and with only the stock cooling fan(s) installed.

The Idle test was run with the computer running the Windows desktop over the course of 1 hour

The Load test was run using Orthos to stress the processor while the ATItool spinning box was used to stress the graphics card. This test was run for 1 hour as well.

All of the recorded temperatures are the maximum temperatures seen over each 1 hour test period.

In addition, the case was kept in its stock form without any additional fans installed

The following tools were used:

Rivatuner for GPU temperatures
Rivatuner for System temperatures (as reported by the motherboard temperature sensor)
Core Temp for the CPU temperatures
CompuNurse digital temperature probe for ambient temperatures installed in front of the 5.25” drive bays


Idle & Load Performance



We already figured that the single 120mm top fan was insufficient and the numbers attest to this since my components hit some record high temperatures. The 600Mhz overclock on the processor was no longer stable after the 2 hour mark of the Orthos CPU test and our previously cooler running 8800GTS hovered around 80°C. It is a crying shame that Hiper has not included at least a single intake fan to get some air circulation going in this case. When it comes to a case of the Anubis’ finesse and poise, choice be damned when it comes to fans…just give me ONE MORE. Give me pair of asthmatic rats blowing into the case for all I care, at least it will be worth more than a lone, weak, top mounted fan.