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X2 i5

Darksaber

Darksaber

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System Name Core i7 Overclocked - Main Workstation
Processor Core i7 940 at 3.66 GHz
Motherboard Asus P6T Deluxe
Cooling Noktua U14P Super Silent
Memory 3x2GB OCZ 1600 MHz CL8
Video Card(s) 2x MSI Cyclone Radeon 6850 1GB in Crossfire - tuned to be silent
Storage G.Skill 240GB Sandforce SSD, 1x 640GB Samsung F1, 2x500GB Samsung Spinpoint, 1.5TB External Samsung
Display(s) Samsung 305T 30" 2560x1600 DVI LCD
Case Corsair Obsidian 800D
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D2X PCIe
Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W
Software Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
The X2 i5 is a compact chassis with a nice white paint job, while advertising liquid-cooling compatibility for up to 280 mm radiators alongside a metal shroud to hide your PSU. We will take a closer look to see how a case with such an affordable price point delivers on all these promises.

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Caring1

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Motherboard Asrock X79 Extreme 11
Cooling Coolermaster 240 RGB A.I.O.
Memory G. Skill 16Gb (4x4Gb) 2133Mhz
Video Card(s) Nvidia GTX 710
Storage Sandisk X 400 256Gb
Display(s) AOC 22" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
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Software W10 Home Premium 64 bit
Not too bad looking, but generally useless, this case would be lucky to score 3/10 from me.
While the magnetic dust filter is a plus, having it only on the top where fans exhausting would prevent dust from entering, seems moot.
Ideally they should have spent more time on the design and tweaked it to remove most of the perforations and other places dust gains easy ingress, also making a separate slightly larger version suitable for water cooled systems would expand their market to different audiences.
+ one for the PSU shroud, -2 for making it look like a cheese grater.
 
Chloe Price

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Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ 4.15GHz
Motherboard MSI X470 Gaming Plus
Cooling Custom loop
Memory 16GB G.Skill DDR4-2400
Video Card(s) Asus Radeon R9 290 @ 1200/1350MHz
Storage 3x SSD, 2x HDD
Display(s) 2x 1920x1080 (23" & 22")
Case Corsair Carbide Air 740
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Keyboard Logitech G410
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Benchmark Scores Fire Strike 13091 with R9 290
80/92mm exhaust is something we shouldn't have seen in years.
 
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