Cooler Master Praetorian 731 Case Review

Cases & PSU/Cases by petervandamned @ 2005-02-13

We take a closer look at one of the latest full tower cases coming from the widely known Coolermaster farm. The Praetorian product line has been around for some time now, providing a high quality finish with easy installation features and good case cooling. Does the new "731" continue this tradition?

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Test Setup

What shall we install, how about a nicely overclocked P4 Prescott to stress the case's heat dissipation capability.

Test Setup

petervandamned Test Setup
Madshrimps (c)
CPU Intel P4 3.2E @ 3.9Ghz
Cooling Swiftech MCX478-V + 80mm fan
Mainboard Abit IC7-Max3
Memory 2* 256Mb G.Skill PC4800 (DDR600) CL2.5-4-4-8
Video Sapphire 9800 Pro @ XT speeds
Other
  • Western Digital 36GB Hard Drive
  • OCZ Powerstream 520W


  • Additionally we installed a "Noise Isolator" fan controller and a 4-sensor Digidoc into the case to control fans speeds and monitor the temperature from different components inside.

    System stability at 3.9Ghz was tested by looping Memtest86 v 1.40 for several hours;

    Madshrimps (c)


    We then proceeded by installing Windows 2000 SP4 and Speedfan, a system monitoring applications which allows you to log CPU, motherboard and HDD temperatures. With everything installed the we obtained temperatures under load with the help of Prime95 and Sisoft Sandra.

    Let's take a look inside the case which is sealed by 2 side panels which can be easily removed thanks to the use of thumbscrews ->
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