Thermal Performance

So, the system case produced the following results:

The temperatures are all normal. The graphics card becomes hot in the VGA Burn mode, but only due to its mediocre cooler:

Its efficiency is low. Otherwise, the results are excellent, considering that mainboards and CPUs of that class will hardly be installed into such system cases. The level of noise is quite acceptable. The default fans can only be heard when there’s a perfect quiet in your room (at night, with no external noises altogether). Judging by the test results, you can safely slow them down – this won’t affect the temperature of the components much – to get a virtually silent computer. The only drawback these two system cases inherited from the Armor is that they have a HDD cage in their front part. You should keep this fact in mind as you’re choosing your hard disk drive. If you buy a noisy one, you won’t have a means to quiet it down.

Conclusion

Summing everything up, Thermaltake has produced excellent system cases that should do very well in their price category. Each of these cases can even accommodate a top-end system, if you don’t plan to change the components sooner than once in a year. As for choosing between the two, the Armor Jr. is good if you don’t want to pay more for the aluminum and prefer a more conservative exterior design. If you want an aluminum system case of average dimensions and with a memorable appearance, take a look at the Aquila.