Ahanix Black Knight X195
by Purav Sanghani on March 29, 2004 9:52 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Case Fans
The X195's cooling system is composed of two 120mm fans, one at the bottom front for inflow and one at the back under the power supply mount for exhaust. One positive aspect to using the larger 120mm fans as opposed to pairs of 80mm fans is the reduction in noise levels. There are also reports that larger fans can move greater volumes of air, which helps cool the components. The front LCD panel with all of its features combined with the case fans makes for an interesting system.
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Furthermore, the fans are placed strategically to allow those hot components to receive as much air flow as they possibly can. The front fan is placed directly in front of the 3-1/2" drive bays, which directs air at hard drives, keeping them cool. The back fan is placed at the height of where the CPU normally would be on a standard motherboard, allowing warm air from the CPU to be exhausted in greater amounts than any smaller 80mm fan could.
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In our benchmarking section, we will test the effectiveness of these fans as far as temperature of key components as well as noise levels.
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my sons father - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - link
I bought this case because of it's sleek style and interesting features. However, as far as cooling goes, I give it only 1 star. I discovered that my cpu ran much cooler with the side panel off, so I cut a hole and put a 120mm fan into the side panel which turned this case into a "super cool" one! I even emailed Ahanix about it so they might correct this problem in the future.alois - Saturday, April 3, 2004 - link
original or copy????The same cas eis produced by a korean firm 3RSYSTEM
http://3rsystem.co.kr/spain/productos/cajas/r101.h...
zeroGrav - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - link
Can you review the Antec Sonata and/or Overture cases? They provide a good point of reference as quiet cases.Locutus4657 - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Thanks for the great review, deffonetly gave me something to think about for my next computer. I'm still leaning twards the Kingwin 424, but this case deffonetly has it's appeal. Keep up the great work guys!Ardan - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Nice reviews of the cases. I agree with Spacecomber and hope to see the component pictures in the next one :).It is nice to see these case reviews! Even though I love my SLK3700AMB case, I love reading reviews of new ones:)
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Spacecomber: I shall give purav his proper lashings. We will have the component pictures in the next review.Kristopher
klah - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Did you have the fans connected to the case's fan controller? If you did, what setting did you have the fans at during the temperature testing?One thing you did not mention is that the fan controller uses extremely low voltage at the lower settings, all the way down to 3V, and even provides 12v for a few seconds to get the fan started.
Spacecomber - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
This is kind of a variation on my similar complaint about the recent Lian Li 6070 review. It would be nice to see a picture of the case with motherboard, power supply, heatsink, and drives installed to get a better feel for the actual size of the case, the amount of clearance between components, and the likely ease of working inside it.Otherwise, keep the case reviews coming. It's hard to tell the differences between various cases based only on an online vendors pictures, especially when it comes to actual quality of construction and material.