Lian Li's PC-6070 Aluminum Case

Benchmarking

When benchmarking the PC-6070, we test the temperatures of key components, including the actual CPU temperature, the actual temperature inside the heatsink, the temperatures of the DDR, Northbridge, Southbridge, HDD, PSU, and the amibient temperature inside the case, all during normal operation.

Gigabyte GA-7VRX AMD Athlon MP 2100+ 2 x 128 DDR Corsair XMS 2400 ThermalTake Volcano 7 Seagate Cheetah 10000RPM Inno3D GeForce4 Ti 4200 TTGI 4 Fan 520W

Thermometer Positions

The thermal readings for the key components and points on the motherboard during operation were as follows:

Lian Li PC-6070
System On-Time	CPU	Heatsink	HDD	DDR	Northbridge	Southbridge	Power Supply	System Ambient
10	52.5	36.8	26.2	35.3	39.9	39.7	29.4	30.2
30	53.8	37.7	26.9	39.5	41.6	40.2	31.6	33.4

SilverStone SST-TJ03
System On-Time	CPU	Heatsink	HDD	DDR	Northbridge	Southbridge	Power Supply	System Ambient
10	51.2	35.4	26.9	33.2	38.2	38.1	29.1	28.5
30	52.6	36.8	27.4	35.5	39.5	38.5	31.2	30.1

Kingwin KT-436-WM
System On-Time	CPU	Heatsink	HDD	DDR	Northbridge	Southbridge	Power Supply	System Ambient
10	54.0	38.0	27.2	-	25.0	28.5	-	-
30	54.5	38.9	27.4	-	26.1	29.0	-	-

The temperatures for the key components are higher than those of the SilverStone TJ03 that we tested last week. This is most likely due to inefficient air circulation. The TJ03 had three 80mm exhaust fans and one 120mm intake. The PC-6070, on the other hand, has only one 80mm exhaust fan and two 80mm intakes. The temperatures are about 1-2 degrees higher than those for the TJ03. The only component that resulted in a slightly lower temperature was the HDD. The two 80mm intakes pushed air directly at the drive.

Compared to cases that we have reviewd in the past, we predicted the Lian Li to be much quieter in our noise benchmark. We measure the noise level of the PC-6070 12" away from the closed chassis with the power supply fan turned off. Take a look at our results.

Case	dBA
Lian Li PC-6070	44
SilverStone Nimiz Temjin III	53
Kingwin KT-424 Aluminum	48
Thermaltake Xaser III Aluminum Fan Low	52
Cooler Master ATC-201A Aluminum	53

The PC-6070 was, on average, about 10dBA quieter than the others we have tested. The 2mm thick foam insulation dampened the internal noise from the case fans very well. The low noise levels could have been due to there being only three 80mm fans, but we could barely hear the loud fan from the Volcano heat sink.