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AMS gMONO CF-2029 vs CoolerMaster ATC-201C-SX2

Cases & PSU/Cases by jmke @ 2003-03-21

The high quality CoolerMaster compared to a \"budget\" metal case. Equally good or difference like day & night? We compare their features and install 2 test systems to check for performance, which one comes out on top? Read on to find out...

Handling the ATC

No PSU is included with the ATC case, so for testing I used the one included with the gMONO.

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The sidepanels and motherboard tray can all be removed quickly without the use of a screwdriver.

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Thumbscrews are provided which have the same high quality workmanship.

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- Cooling: Pre-equipped with no less than 4*80mm fans and sporting dust-filters on every single one.

1 exhaust at the back and 2 intakes at the front:

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The last one is situated on top and sucks all the hot air out of the case:

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All the fans are running @ 1900rpm producing 22.5dBA and pushing 27.9 cfm. Even with the 4 fans hooked up the noise production remains pretty low but since I'm used to alot (60mm/80mm delta's), this is quite a subjective opinion :)

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- Testing: that's right, ready to run the performance tests on this one now...

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