Inside PS07 there are two 120mm cooling positioned at the front of the chassis. These fans are intakes and blow air across the system.
To discover the thermal performance of the PS07 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.
For the purpose of accurate analysis the idle and load temperatures for CPU and motherboard will be recorded and the range between idle and load will be calculated to determine how efficient cooling is. At the moment the MATX system is new and as a result this is the first case we have tested.
NOTE: Ambient temperature is 20C
System Components
CPU Intel Core i5 3570K
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L12
Motherboard GIGABYTE G1 Sniper M3
Graphics XFX HD7970 Black Edition
Memory 4GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz
HDD Kingston HyperX 240GB
PSU FSP Aurum 650M
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L12
Motherboard GIGABYTE G1 Sniper M3
Graphics XFX HD7970 Black Edition
Memory 4GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz
HDD Kingston HyperX 240GB
PSU FSP Aurum 650M
Noise
Under operation the PS07 is very quiet. The two 120mm cooling fans emit low noise due to spinning at 950RPM each and the chassis is mostly closed off which means its actually quite difficult to hear any noise. PS07 is far from disruptive.
