Before I present you the performance results, let's see how much difference an Aluminium case really makes compared to a metal one.

Using some very high-tech equipment:



I ended up with the following numbers:


Note: assembled includes the PSU in both cases (no pun intended).

2kg is not that much, until you start dragging your case around. When you go to LAN parties often concidering an ALU case might be the right thing to do :)

But what if your light case has the airflow of a closed room and that budget-case is actually a cooking-oven? In short, time for some temperature readouts...