The Enermax Hoplite has the legendary Enermax Vegas fan pre-installed at the front, and features another 120mm fan for a rear exhaust. These fan placements are as traditional as case cooling can get so I expect good results from the Hoplite.

To discover the thermal performance of the Hoplite I will record idle temperatures after 20 minutes from a cold boot. I will then stress the system and temperatures will again be monitored after 30 minutes have elapsed. The front fan will be kept on the lowest RPM setting.

System Components
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz
Motherboard ASUS M4A89TD PRO
Graphics ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 480 Amp!
Memory 4GB Mushkin EM3-10666 DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W

The Hoplite performs well throughout the tests. It may not be the best case for air cooling but its one of the contenders. Remember it does only have 2 pre-installed fans and no top mounted fan. With plenty of spaces to mount fans on the side panel and the top the thermal performance can be improved upon.