Testing

For our practical tests we assembled the following system in the Chenbro Gaming Bomb case:

• AMD Athlon XP 2500+ CPU on Barton core overclocked to 2200MHz with 200MHz (400MHz) bus, which corresponds to 3200+ rating;
• Thermaltake Volcano 7+ cooler; Noise: 47dBA, Air Flow: 49CFM;
• EpoX EP-8RDA mainboard on NVIDIA nForce2 chipset;
• Sapphire RADEON 9700 PRO graphics card;
• RAID-array of 2 Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 40GB HDDs ;
• Additional fan sucking the air into the case: Evercool 80x80 CL8025; Air Flow: 24.81CFM, Noise: 28dBA.

All this equipment warms up the air inside the case very tangibly, so we will be able to evaluate objectively the temperature inside the tested PC case. We measured the temperature and noise level with the open and closed side panel of the case. In the first case we could evaluate how efficient the air circulation inside the case is, and in the second case – how well the case absorbs noises produced by internal fans. We warmed up the system by running 3DMark2001 SE for two hours. The tests were run with the following settings:

• Resolution: 1280x1024x32;
• Frame Buffer: Triple;
• Textures: 32bit;
•  Anti-Aliasing: 6X.

These settings warm up the CPU and the graphics card well enough. After the temperature was measured, the PC “cooled down” for 30 minutes in idle mode.

The results are given in the table below:

The low processor temperature can be explained by the presence of the second fan by the PSU, which is located exactly above the processor cooler. The air inside the system case circulates very well, as we see from the low temperature values, although the components heat up a real lot there. However, as for the noise level, the results are no that impressive: 52dB against 60dB. Well, sometimes we saw much better results, honestly.

The voltages generated by the PSU lie within the normal interval: no dangerous deviations have been detected:

Conclusion

Well, we have come to an end with our tests of Chenbro Gaming Bomb case. We have every reason to state that Chenbro Gaming Bomb is a really very good, nicely designed PC case. No doubt that engineers and designed worked on this product very seriously. As a result, the case boasts excellent design and rich functionality, which is a very rare thing today. Of course, it is not free from some drawbacks, such as the absence of Reset button, for instance, however, it is impossible to make an ideal case, especially for the money the manufacturer asks for its creature: Chenbro Gaming Bomb is a really inexpensive product. On our part, we would like to strongly recommend this PC case to al users who are looking for a stylish and reliable system case.