Review of The Nitro AX Super Cooling Full Tower Case

Ever look at your bios or other temperature monitoring programs and start thinking of ways to lower the temperature?
I've tried many ways to cool down a computer ranging from adding massive number of fans, heat sinks rated for faster cpus than I've needed,
sleeve kits for your wires, wire looms, and even the old leaving the side of the case open.
All of these ways will cool down your computers to a certain point.
One major thing many people leave out when looking at either upgrading their computer or building a new one
is what kind of cooling the case has stock.
Some have more spots than others for little 80mm case fans, blow holes in the side of the case for cool air inlets, or even liquid cooling.
For the price of this case you can get a case that has spots for three 120 mm case fans.
One of them is utilized for a intake right above the cpu.
Bringing in cool air from the front of the case right across your hard drives is the 2nd 120 mm case fan.
To remove all your the air you have coming into your case you have your 3rd case fan that comes with the case:
a 120 mm fan that is temperature sensitive .
The case is none other than the Nitro Ax Super Cooling Full Tower.

Features and description on this case are below:

1. three 120 mm fan spots
2. five hard drive trays cooled by a case fan & vibration protection
3. five Cd/Dvd Drive bays with fast removal drive rails
4. two 3-1/2 inch drive bays
5. Removable motherboard tray
6. An air duct system supporting a 120 m case fan directly over the cpu
7. Lockable Side Panel with 2 keys
8. Revolving usb, fire wire, and speaker output
9. Front bezel that opens and also slides along the case on left side
10. Case Dimensions 205 mm (W), 488 mm (D), 540 mm (H)
11. Main Board Sizes Atx or Micro Atx
12. Power Supply ATX PS/2
13. Expansion Slots: 7
14. Top drive has a door so you can keep the front bezel closed and still have function drive
15. Bottom of the case has 4 movable legs that rotate out to give the case added support
16. Micro switch in rear interior of the case to alert you if the case has been opened
17. Available Colors Silver, Black, Red, Yellow, and Blue

Paten applications proceeding on their special air duct system,
the front panel can be slid completely along the left side of the case,
and the revolving usb and speaker/mic ports.

System Stats

• Amd Xp 2400+ at 2.6 ghz Stable
• Windows Xp Pro Sp2
• Chaintech CT-7NJL6 Soc A MB
• 1 gig dual channel of 512 mb ddr 3200
• Antec 500 Watt Smartpower 2.0
• Dual Layer Dvd Burner
• 40x12x48x Cd-Burner
• 2, 40 gig Sata WD 7200 rpm hard drives Raid Striped
• 2, 40 gig Ide Maxtor 7200 rpm hard drives
• GeForce Fx 5700 LE Optima 128 mb ddr Agp
• Antec HD cooler with a spare 250 gig for emergencies in a 5.25 drive bay
• Ata 133 Controller card

Testing:

I can easily see temperatures of over 100 degrees F in my old cramped case.
With this case I never see temperatures of over 80 degrees F under graphical loads or burn in tests.
For my first test I ran with only the cpu fan, fan on the video card, and the 2 fans in my power supply.
Temperatures of ~90degrees case temperature were constant.
I then installed the three 120 mm fans for the case and they lowered the case temperature and cpu temperature.
The cpu lowered a total of 15 degrees with the air duct and fan installed. The case lowered an incredible 25+ degrees!

Graphics:

Great, they are very well done.

Product Shots:

Random Notes:

Don't be to surprised when you load this case totally full that it will weigh more than you expect.

Conclusion

For the price of $150 you will get a case that is superb at cooling down any
hot system and offering some new designs in case manufacturing.
Rating on this case will be out of 5.

• Cost: 5/5
• Features: 5/5
• Mod ability: 4/5
• Parts Included: 5/5
• User Manual: 4/5
• Packaging: 4/5
• Color Range: 3/5
• Weight Empty: 4/5

Total Score on this case was 34/40

PROS:

1. Many new features included
2. Hard drive vibration technology
3. Locking door with 2 keys hide one, keep one on you
4. All you need is 2 screw drivers and you can install anything you want in the case
5. Removal of Roms and hard drives a snap
6. Lots of places to run and hide cables in case and provide channels for cool air to flow through

Cons:

1. Vent on lower area of the door would be nice to add a fan too.
2. Small range of colors to choose from

The End:

Thanks to Kevin Wang Branch Manager
I-Star USA www.istarusa.com
Tel: (626)303-8885
Fax: (626)301-0588
Another Review Done By
Mark Fitch
markfitch2003@gmail.com
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