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All of the supplied five fans come with blue leds. Now I generally don't like leds, or bright blue leds in particular, but to be honest they do seem to fit the general theme very well. That said, I'd really like to have a single switch that would turn the lights off when necessary.
Temperatures
For temperature testing the case was loaded with the usual set of Phenom 965 BE C3, HD5870 and a Seagate 7200.10 250 GB hard drive. The power supply is a XIgmatek NRP-1200W and the CPU cooler is Zalman CNPS-10X Extreme. When fully loaded with Furmark and Intel BurnTest the system draws about 360 watts from the grid.
The temperature tests were ran first with all the fans set to the minimum fan speed, and after that with the fans set to maximum speed. During both tests the fans on the CPU- and GPU coolers were manually set to run at full speed.
The differences between the fans at low and high are very small. This is something we've seen in a number of gaming case reviews, after a certain amount of airflow any extra air just isn't going to lower the temperatures of the individual parts any lower. Across the board all the results are very nice, which was to expected from a case like this.
Noise
With all the fans and ventilation the case never promised to be the most quiet one out there, and it definitely isn't. With the five fans blasting at full speed the noise is pretty intolerable for home use. With all the fans set to minimum speed the noise level is much lower and the tone of all those 120 mm fans isn't too annoying either. Considering this it's a bit surprising that Antec did all the effort to separate the hard drives from the cage and prevent resonances. The hard drive mounts work very well and there's no vibrations to be noticed on the frame.
Conclusion
It's hard to rank the LanBoy Air or compare it to anything, as it's such an unique product. We do tend to appreciate every manufacturer that tries something new and the Air really does fit this description. Anyway the uniqueness aside, it does also serve its purpose as an overall good case. The installation is easy, it can fit all the graphic cards and power supplies, and ofcourse it has exactly as much ventilation as you could ever wish for. Really the only flaw we could find is the total lack of dust filters. Now Antec claims the Air relies on positive pressure and with all the fans the dust just doesn't have time to settle inside the case. As a cat-owner I do disagree. Based on the test period so far it's hard to say anything conclusive, but I'll be extremely impressed if after longer use the internals still remain dust-free. The common rating aside, the Air has plenty of the modder's appeal. If you've ever played
with Meccanos when kid, I'd expect this case to spark atleast some feelings. It's just so nice
to be able to strip the case to its bare essentials in no time at all with just a screw
driver. The frame of the case would also be suited for different themes, and I'd really like
if Antec used the same frame, but fitted it with some sleek and stylish paneling... Or maybe
that's left for us modders to make! |
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