Crashman :
johnsaar2005 :
You only reviewed this from an air cooling perspective. If your going to fully review a case you need to go over water cooling custom loops and enclosed aio. People who are interested in this case are most likely not going to use stock fans and will purchase or have better available from previous builds. This review seems rushed.
They're all a little rushed these days, but we've brought on another case editor to ease the burden.
To be fair, cases like this would need to be tested two ways, and the second way would require a completely different standardized cooling system. Standardizing is tough when you can't pick a format:Is it fair to test a 3x 140mm case with a 2x 120mm cooler, or should 2x 120mm cases be excluded from the second test?
Standardizing in cases testing should take the maximum cooling ability of the case.
That is : Fit Everything that it can take then test it.
not fair to other cases ? who said so ? If the case can take more cooling objects then it has better cooling potential. full stop.
you can however add Price/cooling Ratio at the end as well.
your way of looking at it is like someone Tests a Ferrari and then say : should I test all the gears ? or just test 4 gears because some cars have only 4 gears ?
no when you test ANYTHING you test its MAXIMUM Ability , then you put Price/cooling Ratio.
And by the way , people who want cheap cooling will never pay $300 for a case .. AND people who look at $300 cases will pay alot for cooling object and the review here will not help them decide against similar priced products .
Here is a Standardization :
Rule : in Any case , test it to the maximum ability BUT Categorize cases :
The best category is price range :
Cases 1:under $100
Cases 2 : $100-$200
Cases 3 : $200-$350
Cases 4 : $350+
and one more thing , we need also Volume/Performance Ratio ..
Some times a smaller case beats a larger case .. this is IMPORTANT as well. because no one wants a huge case without any real benefit .
Edit : one more thing , your test CPU and GPU as well ...
Categorize them depending on TDP and not CPU and GPU alone
why ? when you use TDP of the CPU , TDP of the GPU , overclocked TDP mind it !!! then it will be a reference for the future, ten years from now you can select the same TDP so that you can compare in Table all the cases without the need of retesting them again.