In Win X-Fighter Review

Testing:

When testing the In Win X-Fighter, I gathered temperatures for the processor, chipset, and hard drive, both when idle and at full load. I used a combination of HWMonitor and RealTemp to probe for temps. For applying load I used Prime 95, HDTune, and Folding@Home to stress the CPU/chipset, hard drive and video card respectively. I left the computer idle for 15 minutes to record temps and left it at load for 15 minutes and recorded temps.

Testing System:

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale @ 3.00GHz (stock cooler)
• Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT p45-T2RS
• Memory: OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2-1066 2x2GB
• Graphics Card: VisionTek HD 4870 512MB
• Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 600W
• Hard Drive: 1 x Seagate 320GB SATA 7200.10
• OS: Windows Vista Ultimate

Comparison Cases:

• Antec Super Lanboy w/ modified side panel 120mm fan
• Open Air

Lower is better

The X-Fighter stands up pretty well against the competition and only loses in the chipset area and a bit in the video card area. On the flip side, it has pretty large gains in the CPU and hard disk areas. Overall, I was amazed at what this case could do for how quiet it is.