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Installation and Testing

I installed my trusty AMD rig into the 300.

Antec Three Hundred

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Motherboard MSI K9N6GM
Processor Athlon 64×2+ 4200+ @ Stock
RAM OCZ Spec OPS 2GB (2x1GB)
Hard Disk Drive 80GB Hitachi SATA & 40GB Samsung Spinpoint
Graphics Card ATI HD 2400pro OC
Power Supply Tuniq Miniplant
Optical Drive LG DVD-RW
CPU Cooler Sunbeam Tech Core Contact Freezer

I found the installation very easy until it came to installing the thumbscrew behind the CPU cooler as the top mounted fan filled most of what little space was available. I found the thumbscrews a great help and that they made the overall installation a lot quicker.

As you can see there isn’t much cable management going on partly due to the PSU’s non-modular design and the fact that there isn’t any room within the case for cable management.

Testing

At Tech-Reviews we test cases for a number of different factors: Strength, Noise and Temperatures.

The way in which we test strength is fairly simple. We stand on the top of the case and jump up and down on it – this is quite a fun test and can really show the effectiveness of the construction. A case which is strong should not be damaged from this test at all; whereas a weak case would bend and buckle.

Testing noise is quite difficult as expensive sound equipment is needed which unfortunately, we don’t have access to. Instead, we use out own God given human ears to give you an ‘as accurate as we can get’ explanation on the case’s noise with a comparative conclusion of its noise.

To measure CPU temperature, we take 3 temperature readings at 10 second intervals and then record an average temperature. This test is done with the CPU at both idle and load state. Load State is achieved by running two processes of CPU Burn-In. Recordings are measured using the CPU’s own diode and SpeedFan.

Related posts:

  1. Noiseblocker BlackSilent Fans
  2. Antec Twelve Hundred
  3. Antec P190
  4. Antec Fusion Black 430
  5. Antec Sonata 550 Plus

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  • Haha389

    The two usb plugs in the front panel dont work after you disconnect your device from the Safely Remove Functions. No matter how many times you plug in your usb device again, the computer cant recognize them.
    The only way you can do is to reboot the computer to make it working again.

  • Anonymous

    Hmmm, we haven’t experience this problem with ours. Perhaps it’s a faulty unit?

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