Lian Li PC-10N Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅05-11-13
Thermal Performance Testing

Lian Li’s PC-10N features three 120mm cooling fans. Two at the front of the case, acting as intakes and one rear exhaust. This configuration is well-known for yielding good results.

To discover the thermal performance of the PC-10N we will record idle temperatures after 20 minutes from a cold boot. We will then stress the system and temperatures will again be monitored after 30 minutes have elapsed.

For the purpose of accurate analysis the idle and load temperatures for CPU and GPU will be recorded and the range between idle and load will be calculated to determine how efficient cooling is.

NOTE: Ambient temperature is 20C

System Components

CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz
Motherboard ASUS M4A89TD PRO
Graphics NVIDIA GTX 480 (Different from card pictured)
Memory 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU FSP AURUM GOLD 650M

Noise

We found the noise levels to be quite noticeable but not disruptive within PC-10N. The front cooling fans are responsible for this due to the front panel featuring lots of ventilation for airflow encouragement.





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