NZXT Manta Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅02-02-16
Thermal Performance Testing

Inside Manta there are three 120mm cooling fans included. There are two front intakes and a rear exhaust – this push/pull configuration generally yields great results.

To discover the thermal performance of Manta 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 motherboard sensors 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 Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258
Motherboard ASUS Z97I-Plus
Graphics N/A
Memory 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU FSP Aurum 650W

Noise

Although there are three cooling fans found inside Manta, the noise is relatively low thanks to the thick, closed off panels. Having steel over all of the sides contributes to keeping noise down to a minimum.

(Since we're using our new Mini-ITX test configuration we've restarted benchmarking again - therefore there is only a few comparable results)



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