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 Testing Testing focused on two primary attributes, temperature and noise level. Temperatures were monitored on the following areas/devices: Internal case temperature, CPU temperature (cores added and averaged) and HDD temperature. To measure the CPU's internal thermal diodes for each core I found two programs excel at this; Core Temp and Next Sensor 2.5 I utilized both, the latter correctly identifying all available thermal diodes. Two independent series of temperature tests were performed: running the 3800X2 at stock speed 10x200FSB and overclocked 10x250FSB these were further separated under IDLE/LOAD. The second series of temp tests were repeated after replacing the stock HSF with the Nautilus 500 external water-cooling kit and replacing that CPU block (MCW6000 design) included water-block with the Viscool V2. Finally noise levels were recorded utilizing an Intelli-systems AR824 SPL meter placed 1m from the case. In both charts below I've included the Noise level in dBA with each temp test. The first chart represents stock AMD air-cooling cooling, the second H20 cooling on the CPU. Ambient temps were maintained between 18C ~ 20C throughout testing.   Summary PRO  Silent 80% Lightweight Aluminum Decent Cooling. Excellent monitoring LED device. Bold design? OK priceCON  Lightweight as in LAN Party, but no handles. Under-powered fans. Plastic door is obtrusive adds 40% of weight Design is too Bold? OK priceAt the time of writing the Nemesis Elite sold for $119 at Newegg. Conclusion NZXT has done a great job with their Nemesis Elite especially given the ostentatious design. To be honest my first impression of this case was; "13-year old Gothic teenagers gaming box." As I spent some time with the case, actually several months since I had been ill and was concerned I'd see this case on the Antique Roads how before the review came out, I truly began to enjoy the Elite. Its monitoring utility is the best I've used, the case runs cool given the relatively low fan CFM and it's silent. The Nemesis "red eye" kind of grows on you, indicating HDD activity. The case is light, by far the lightest case I've ever come across in a mid-tower. It's also well constructed with no sharp edges and a fair amount of room for its size. the front door is a heavy plastic but its magnetic lock is very strong, the tooless design is easy and there's internal/external power switch so you may leave the door closed. While I felt more powerful fans could be included and wired at the factory to the rheostat device would have been ideal for silent nite Net surfing and then turn them up for hard core gaming where a soundtrack will eclipse the noise anyway. Other then a second 120mm fan in the front which is questionable in a case this size and with a case this light handles would have been ideal for LAN Party action, I really don't have many complaints. Insofar as the case "Shield" you'll either love or hate it, regardless it's more important to see past it. I definitely recommend this case for a mid-level gaming system and an interesting design to show at LAN Parties, especially with the LED monitor! I'd like to thank NZXT for their patience with the time it took to write this review. Questions/Comments: forum thread More reviews in this category can be found below: |
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