Thermaltake Armor A90 Review

Testing:

To test the Thermaltake Armor A90, 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 Rivatuner after five loops of 3DMark06’s Canyon Flight test. Each case is tested as is from the factory, including the fan configuration. As stated earlier, the fan configuration for the Armor A90 is front intake, plus a top and rear exhaust.

Testing Setup:

• Processor: Intel i7 920
• Motherboard: MSI Eclipse SLI
• Memory: Mushkin Ridgeback 12800 6-8-6-24
• Video Card: nVidia GTX260
• Power Supply: Mushkin 800w Modular Power Supply
• Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB SATA
• Optical Drive: Lite-On DVD-RW
• OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
• Ambient Temperature: 23° Celsius
• CPU Heatsink: Stock Intel

Comparison Cases:

• Antec Sonata Proto
• Raidmax Quantum
• Xclio A380 Color Plus
• Raidmax Skyline
• IN WIN Maelstrom
• NZXT Lexa S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, the results are a little disappointing the GPU category, but I think that an additional 120mm side intake fan would do wonders for the GPU temperatures. Otherwise, every other test went fairly well. The hard drive temperatures were decent, and could probably still been improved by an additional 120mm fan in the optional mounting area. On the next page, I will wrap up my thoughts and this review in my conclusion.