Cooler Master Centurion 5 II Review

Testing:

Testing is always the simplest part of a case review. This testing begins with the computer idling for an entire hour, after which the temperature is measured with a using a combination of HwMonitor and RealTemp.  The components involved are the CPU, GPU, Chipset, and Hard Disk drives. The same components then have a load applied using Prime 95 for the CPU/Chipset and Folding@Home GPU client for the GPU. Hard Disk drive testing is done using HDTune. After running these tests for a hour, I record temperatures with the previously mentioned utilities.  Lower temperatures are better for computer hardware.  Let's see where this case stands with the competition!

Testing System:

• Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
• Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT X58-T3eH8
• Memory: Mushkin Ridgeback 998827 PC3 12800 3x2GB
• Graphics Card: XFX HD5870 1GB
• Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
• Hard Drive: 1 x Seagate 500GB SATA 7200.12
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• Ambient Temperature: 22 °C

Comparison Cases:

• Lian-Li PC60-FWB customized
• ThermalTake Level 10 GT
• InWin Buc
• Cubitek Magic Cube 8HDD

The Centurion 5 II did comparatively well, beating a few of the other cases in some of the tests.