In-Win B2 Stealth Bomber ATX Case Review

Cases & PSU/Cases by jmke @ 2008-06-26

The In-Win B2 is without a doubt a gamer orientated ATX chassis. Designed with aspects and features to resemble a B2 stealth bomber plane this military looking case is apt to turn some heads. It has a fully functional automatic hatch at the front and comes with four case fans to keep your hardware inside running cool.

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Stress Test Results & Conclusive Thoughts

Performance Results

Since we couldn’t use our Geforce 8800 GTX card inside the case, we compared the result of the B2 to those cases we also tested with the Geforce 7900 GT mid-range video card.

Our first test was with all the case fans, front 120mm, rear 120mm and two 80mm at the side hooked up at full speed. Second test we disconnected the fans at the side.

Here are the results under full system load:

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The good: all components inside this case are kept cool, well below critical levels.
The bad: noisy! The 2x80mm fans are not too good at running silent, and they have only a minor impact on cooling. Unplugging those brings the noise level on par with the other contestants.

Conclusive Thoughts

The In-Win B2 Stealth Bomber case got picked up on our noise radar despite it smaller size. It’s not a large tower case and fails to fit larger video cards. If you have a mid-range setup you’ll have no issues though.

For those looking for a theme PC case, it doesn’t get much better, for an out of the box product. The automatic front door does give make it more than “just looks”. The well placed blue LED light helps you read the CD/DVD label in the dark.

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Priced at $125 it’s an affordable case with a unique design and execution. The internal layout is well thought out with easy access to all the areas, dust filter for in-take fans and many tool-less features.

In a busy market place companies try their best to set their product apart, with the B2 In-Win succeeds in that area, a small adaptation of the side panel cooling fans (make ‘m 120mm!) and design to fit larger video cards would make it stand out even more. With its current features, if you have a mid-range system and dig the looks, the B2 is surely worth considering.

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We thank Cherry from In-Win for allowing us to take the B2 Stealth Bomber for a spin, until next time!
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Comment from jmke @ 2008/06/30
if you squeeze a bit and don't mind your VGA card barely touching the HDD bay, you can get a 8800/9800GTX inside

this side did it: http://www.cpu3d.com/index.php?optio...mid=52&limit=1



with the plastic tool-less clips I could not get the 8800 GTX installed comfortably though

 

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