Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling Enclosure

t_ski · 11-13-2007, 06:08 AM

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WarEagleAU · 11-15-2007, 11:30 PM

Is it a fairly quite enclosure? I didnt see any mentions about Noise levels. Also, not too shabby, I suspect it cools rather nicely, however I dont see how one measures transfer and read speeds with an enclosure. One last sour note, thats alot of cpu utilization (even if its a small amount)

t_ski · 11-16-2007, 05:45 AM

I didn't include any numbers on the noise level, as I felt the drive used would play more of a part in the noise level than the fan. TBH, the fan was very quiet, and in my case the WD Raptor was much louder than the fan.

As for transfer and read speed testing, HD Tach and SANDRA will test removable drives. Just download and install the software, then choose the drive from the drop-down list.

On the note of CPU utlization, it was very hard to say for sure, since the numbers were not consistant. Out of the five times that I ran the test, I had 0%, 7%, 8%, 15% and 18%. The average would be 9.6%.

11-13-2007, 06:08 AM	#1
t_ski Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,233 (2.45/day) Thanks: 212 Thanked 339 Times in 300 Posts System Specs	Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling Enclosure To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/Max4/ Please Digg the review to help us promote it. __________________ Intel i7 920 ~ EVGA Classifed E760 ~ 3 x 2GB Crucial DDR3-1066 Dual GTX295's (Quad SLI) ~ Samsung 2493HM 24" LCD 3 x 60 GB OCZ Summit (Raid 0), 3 x 250 GB Seagate 7200.10 (Raid 0) ~ Dual Lite-On DVD-RW EK Supreme ~ DD D5 ~ Swiftech MCR320-QP-K Silverstone 1KW ~ Thermaltake Spedo Last edited by W1zzard; 11-15-2007 at 10:26 AM.

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11-15-2007, 11:30 PM	#2
WarEagleAU Bird of Prey Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gurley, AL Posts: 8,921 (7.24/day) Thanks: 2,216 Thanked 490 Times in 458 Posts System Specs	Is it a fairly quite enclosure? I didnt see any mentions about Noise levels. Also, not too shabby, I suspect it cools rather nicely, however I dont see how one measures transfer and read speeds with an enclosure. One last sour note, thats alot of cpu utilization (even if its a small amount) __________________ =-TheEagle-= Heatware: WarEagleAU 9-0 and growing. “You crazy? Surfing any website without an antivirus is like fucking a hooker without a condom” -OzzmanFloyd120

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11-16-2007, 05:45 AM	#3
t_ski Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,233 (2.45/day) Thanks: 212 Thanked 339 Times in 300 Posts System Specs	I didn't include any numbers on the noise level, as I felt the drive used would play more of a part in the noise level than the fan. TBH, the fan was very quiet, and in my case the WD Raptor was much louder than the fan. As for transfer and read speed testing, HD Tach and SANDRA will test removable drives. Just download and install the software, then choose the drive from the drop-down list. On the note of CPU utlization, it was very hard to say for sure, since the numbers were not consistant. Out of the five times that I ran the test, I had 0%, 7%, 8%, 15% and 18%. The average would be 9.6%. __________________ Intel i7 920 ~ EVGA Classifed E760 ~ 3 x 2GB Crucial DDR3-1066 Dual GTX295's (Quad SLI) ~ Samsung 2493HM 24" LCD 3 x 60 GB OCZ Summit (Raid 0), 3 x 250 GB Seagate 7200.10 (Raid 0) ~ Dual Lite-On DVD-RW EK Supreme ~ DD D5 ~ Swiftech MCR320-QP-K Silverstone 1KW ~ Thermaltake Spedo

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