Sentey Burton Review

Testing:

To test the Sentey Buron, temperatures will be recorded for the CPU, GPU, chipset, hard drives, and the overall system temperature during load and idle phases. Load will be simulated by Prime95 small FFTs and HD Tune for one hour, with maximum temperatures recorded by RealTemp. The GPU load will be the maximum value recorded by Catalyst Control Center after five loops of 3DMark06’s Canyon Flight test. For the idle temperature readings, I allowed each setup to remain idle of for one hour. Each case is tested as is from the factory, including the fan configuration. As stated earlier, the fan configuration for the Burton is 1x120mm front intake, 2x80mm side intake, 1x120mm rear exhaust, and 2x120mm top exhaust.

Testing Setup:

• Processor: Intel i7 920
• Motherboard: MSI Eclipse SLI
• Memory: Mushkin Ridgeback 12800 6-8-6-24
• Video Card: XFX HD5870
• Power Supply: Mushkin Joule 1000W Power Supply
• Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB SATA
• Optical Drive: Lite-On DVD-RW
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• Ambient Temperature: 25 °C
• CPU Heatsink: Stock Intel
• Case: Sentey Burton

Comparison Cases:

• Antec Lanboy Air
• Azza Hurrican 2000
• Cooler Master HAF 912
• Antec DF-85
• Thermaltake Armor A60
• Thermaltake Armor A90

Well, overall the case doesn't perform too terribly for a mid tower case. The hard drive temperatures were almost the highest of all the comparisons, but the hard drive cases themselves are much more enclosed and for the most part, sealed off. This certainly had something to do with the high hard drive temperatures. Every other temperature fell pretty much in the middle, with the exception of the chipset temperature, which was slightly behind the Thermaltake A90. I'll share the rest of my thoughts on the next page in the conclusion.