Stress Testing

We have not much to compare the performance of the Allure with, so we ended up doing a single system stress test and see if the system overheats or not, we undervolted the Evercool Buffalo’s fan to 5v, the rear 100mm fan is quite silent at ~1000rpm, the VGA is cooled passively with Arctic Cooling Silencer S1. The setup is fast enough to decode HD content at 1080p and can serve as HTPC without issue, as office PC it’s definitely fast enough, MSN and Firefox run quickly with AntiVirus in the background.



Yes the noise level is the same as ambient; at ~60cm distance measured from the front the dBA meter could not detect the system running, impressive! Temperature wise everything is still within safe margins, the video card is running very cool below 60°C and this completely passive! The CPU is cool at 55°C. The hard drive area has no direct cool airflow; this explains the rather high temperature, with multiple HDDs we would suggest looking into adding a small very slow spinning fan near the HDD bay.


Lights On & Moving the Front Panel <> Lights Off, Power LED on

Conclusive Thoughts

With the Allure In-Win is focusing on a mostly neglected audience when it comes down to PC enclosures, there are not a lot of lady-friendly PC cases out there. The Allure does a good job seducing the ladies, as my girlfriend has asked me multiple times now if I can build her system into this case (which is currently inside NZXT Lexa). I hooked the system up to my TV and placed it next to the TV furniture, visiting friends (who are not into PCs) did not immediately figure out the white box with flowers was a PC, job well done In-Win for creating a PC case which integrates well and remains under the radar for most.

One online retailer lists the In-Win Allure at $110, which is quite a steep price for a mATX case without power supply; for the same price one can have a Lian-Li Mid Tower, of course the Lian-Li case will look much more like a PC case, this can be a negative for some.

While we know this case will not please the large masses of enthusiasts, it’s a product which certainly has its niche, and it succeeds in attracting attention from its target audience which ultimately means that it’s successful. Now the challenge remains to find a PC builders who will use this case to his clients as option;

In-Win Allure Recommended for



We like to thank Cherry from In-Win for the opportunity to try out the Allure.