Wind Tunnel Plus Mid Tower Case

Company: CoolerGuys
Product: Wind Tunnel Plus
Price: ~$100 USD
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2001
Reviewed By: Kevin

Power Supply:

The power supply included with this case wasn't the best suited for my needs. It is a 300watt generic brand power supply that is 2.01 & 2.03 compliant, however, it only has three drive connectors and two small (floppy) connectors. While this should be enough for the average user, this would pose a problem with more than three drives. For instance, the system I use has two hard drives, and two CD-ROMs, already I am out of luck unless I purchase some Y-adapters. CoolerGuys DOES however offer two power supply upgrades for this case! The first is a "whisper" 330w PS, and the second is a monster 431w PS. Because the stock 300w power supply could not power all of my components, I used my own PowerMan 300w power supply in all tests.

The System:

Yup, it all fits:

Testing:

To test this case I took temps from the video card, CPU, and system. A set of temps were taken with all the fans on, and the another set with all the fans off. The CPU, video card, and power supply fans were left on because these are considered stock equipment. Prime 95 was used for the system tests, and 3DMark 2000 was used for the video card tests. The ambient temp was 79F during the entire testing procedures.

All Fans OFF Idle	All Fans OFF Load

All Fans ON Idle	All Fans ON Load

All Fans OFF Video Load	All Fans ON Video Load

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