Antec Nine Hundred Two (902) Review

Posted by: David Mitchelson () on: 04/08/2009 03:01 PM [ Print | -21 comment(s) ]

Testing
Now that everything is fitted. It's time to see just how effective the Nine Hundred Two's cooling is. There are an impressive amount of fan's installed inside the case so there should be some interesting results seen.

Idle temperatures will be reported from a cold boot after 30 minutes have elapsed. Temperatures will be read from Everest ULTIMATE.

Load temperatures will be reported after 55 minutes of OCCT stress test. Again, temperatures will be read from Everest ULTIMATE.

The actual temperatures taken will be from the motherboard cathode otherwise known as the system temperature, the CPU temperature and the GPU temperature. This will give a good evaluation of how effective the cooling actually is compared to some other cases in the same league. Fan speed on all fans will be kept at "maximum". The cases tested along side our Antec Nine Hundred Two are:

Akasa Eclipse 62
Unbranded ATX case (1x intake 1x exhaust fan)

Test System

CPU: Intel i7 920 @ 3.8GHz
Motherboard: Asus X58 P6T Deluxe
Memory: Mushkin DDR3 Triple Channel 1300MHz (2x3GB)
Graphics: Powercolor ATI HD 4870 512MB
HDD: 1x WD 160GB SATA-II 1x Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU: Antec Signature Series 650W

Operating System: MS Windows Vista
Testing applications: OCCT, Everest ULTIMATE

So there you have it. The Antec Nine Hundred Two cooling system is something to admire. In each stage of the tests, there are impressive low temperatures compared to Akasa Eclipse 62 and Unbranded ATX case. The system temperatures are the most signficant, this shows to us that the airflow system in the Nine Hundred Two delivers just what it intends, lowering idle temperatures and even more importantly load temperatures too, it's able to push out unwanted heat with ease.