What would you like to see in a review of the following hardware...

[MikeMike]

the cheap 20$ case w/ 300watt powersupply from newegg.

and

a chaintech 7nif2 mini-atx nforce 2 mobo w/ IGP.

What should i include? i cant do comparisons, other than the case, with a koolance case, i dont have a way to measure case temps, or noise. what benchmarks should i run for you guys?

it will be thorough enough for the avg. user to understand, but with enough depth to keep the enthuasiast contempt.


MIKE

 

[MikeMike]

^^^

 

[bjc112]

I guess a good start would be something like Anand's just not exact.

 

[DurocShark]

Hmmm... Without comparisons or noise and temp data it will be difficult to get an accurate review.

A couple of recommendations: That board has a pair of thermometers, right? That can be accessed by software? If so, d/l something to get temp readings under load. Also get your hands on a digital thermometer (might be able to rent one somewhere) to compare readings.

Stick a mic in the case with all the fans on and capture a .WAV file. Do the same with the mic out of the case.

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Run as many benchmarks as you can: Games, Sandra, etc...

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Hmmm... Without comparisons or noise and temp data it will be difficult to get an accurate review.

A couple of recommendations: That board has a pair of thermometers, right? That can be accessed by software? If so, d/l something to get temp readings under load. Also get your hands on a digital thermometer (might be able to rent one somewhere) to compare readings.

Stick a mic in the case with all the fans on and capture a .WAV file. Do the same with the mic out of the case.

PICS PICS PICS!

Run as many benchmarks as you can: Games, Sandra, etc...

ok, first i should say that the case comes with no fans, so i bought those cheap 1.99 UV ractant case fans at SVC, 2 of them, so a noise data wouldnt really be useful, cuz the Y.S. tech fan i have in their is the noisiest fan i have ever had, and it is for the H/S.

i could compare the benchmarks with a 2.6 P4, with 712mb pc2700. the rig, is using a 1700+ althon, and only 256mb pc2100 memory.
but dont know how fair that would be.

the case review will be easy.
Mobo review i am running into problems, cuz i cant get pcmark2k2 to work, it errors on the third test. Also idont have broadband so i cant easily download the other software. Although i could get sandra.

The case review should be useful, as it actually isnt that bad of a case for the money, some downfalls, but not bad at all overall.

 

[paperfist]

With the case I'd like to know how many times it got blood from you or if it has nice kid friendly edges. How much room is inside, how light/heavy it is. Is the construction poor or good quailty and how well the PS works out.

 

[MikeMike]

yeah, i knew about the sharp edges. I am sorry, i no longer hav e the computer inmy possesion, so no benchmarks, i will do the case review, as i already checked it out for sharp edges.