Performance Results

Our trusty Core 2 Duo system was powered up and stress tests results compared to other cases similar to the Maxcube Amoris 6010, Coolermaster CM690 and Antec Three Hundred in particular offer quite a bit of competition feature/price wise.

So here are the results under full system load, FDO stands for “Front Door Open”. So those are temperature results with the Amoris’ front door open (duh).



The Amoris 6010 with the front door closed scores pretty good in CPU, HDD and motherboard cooling. Noise wise the system is reasonably quiet, with the DBA meter placed ~50cm from the front. When we open the front doors there is more cool air being pulled inside the case, this causes a noticeably drop in the GPU temperature of the 8800 GTX. With the door closed it is obvious there’s not enough cool air being delivered to the GPU. If you’re planning to add multiple high end video cards, it’s recommended to add extra case cooling. (Either a faster in-take fan, or consider modding the side panel with an extra 120mm fan)

Conclusive Thoughts

MaxCube has an interesting product with the Amoris 6010, marketed as a gaming case, it definitely one more of the sober and classy looking products in that segment, without the LED fans it can even be used in a modern office environment. The overall look and feel of the Amoris is of OK quality, there are few sharp edges to watch out for, but if you take care, you’ll be fine. The inclusion of tool-less features for everything except motherboard/PSU is definitely a bonus.

When we look at the thermal performance vs size vs noise we saw the Amoris end up in the upper echelon when it comes down to CPU/HDD/Motherboard cooling, only for VGA card cooling the front door causes troubles when it’s closed. Opening it up does make for a nice color spectacle…



… but not ideal noise wise as the front fan becomes more audible. With the front panel closed the end result is more professional.

Looking at the value of the case we must say it’s far from a bad deal at ~€73 in Europe. The closest competitor size/performance wise (CM690) is ~€80 for the CM690 I and ~€90 for the CM690 II, the MaxCube Amoris is cheaper… but also slightly less expandable compared to the Cooler Master offering. The Antec Three Hundred at ~€50 offers better performance/price, but that case looks a lot cheaper too.

In the end it comes down to personal taste in looks and options, we found the Amoris 6010 from MaxCube to be of ok build quality with interesting and useful features, and this at a competitive price.



Thank you for reading.