Rosewill Thor v2: The God of Cooling and Silence?
by Dustin Sklavos on August 24, 2011 2:15 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
- Full-Tower
- Rosewill
Noise and Thermal Testing, Overclocked
Our overclocked settings have proven to be fairly punishing for other cases, but there's no reason to believe the Rosewill Thor v2 won't handle them with aplomb. The substantial amount of space inside the enclosure coupled with copious airflow should allow our testbed to continue running comparatively coolly.
And sure enough, it does. While component temperatures could be a bit better, the processor, chipset, and graphics card run nice and frosty compared to many of the other cases. Even Thermaltake's Level 10 GT has a hard time keeping up.
Unfortunately, while the Rosewill Thor v2 is still fairly quiet at its low setting, it has a hard time displacing some of the other cases. That's understandable: it has excellent cooling qualities but very little in the way of sound dampening or isolating features.
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bobbyh - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
Great review, I might have to pick one of these up for a new build.And first!
piroroadkill - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
It gives you the option to disconnect the top fan and close the top vents, which is actually important for some people - if you own a cat, it'll love sitting on the top of your warm PC. Top vents aren't always a blessing.piroroadkill - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
Oh, that's not even to mention the possibility of spilling beer into it.Blaze-Senpai - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
Could always install one of those 40mm server fans and rev it past 9000, if that don't scare your cat then somethings wrong :3Can I get one in literally half the size though? I only want a Micro ATX build s:
Dustin Sklavos - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
Surprisingly I have yet to see my cat perch on top of my FT02. She mostly settles for perching on the subwoofer or the scanner.OwnedKThxBye - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
I also think being able to close the top vent is a great feature. Will be looking at this case when building the next system.Typo on page 3: "I wound up either accidentally or deliberately popped them out"
Great Review!
jonup - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
I cant agree more with you. Disconnecting the fan and closing the vents is what I would do. I might even put some sound dampening material undernit it. From my experience with mini P180 are horrible for acoustics - I can hear the airflow from every single fan inside my case.jonup - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
"From my experience with mini P180 are horrible for acoustics "should read:
"From my experience with mini P180 "top vents" are horrible for acoustics "
Mitch101 - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
Lots of cat owners here. Anyone for dog slobber in the top?mooseunc - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - link
It could also be so that you can close the vents when powered off to prevent dust or the aforementioned pet hair/liquids/etc from getting inside. Sure it might be cool if they auto opened when powered on, like some sort of jet exhaust, but it's only cool until it breaks.