All tests were run three times, and their results were averaged, using the following test systems. | Processor | Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz with stock retail cooler |
| Front-side bus | 800MHz (4 x 200MHz) |
| Motherboard | Asus P5GD2 Premium |
| North bridge | Intel 915P MCH |
| South bridge | Intel ICH6R |
| Chipset driver | Intel 5.1.1.1002 |
| Memory size | 1GB (2 DIMMs) |
| Memory type | Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-533 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT |
| Graphics driver | Catalyst 4.12 |
| Storage | Maxtor Maxline III V 250GB 7,200RPM 16MB Cache SATA hard drive |
| Power supply | Enermax EG485P-SFMA24P |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c |
Today we'll be comparing the TJ06's performance to that of Thermaltake's Shark ATX enclosure. Since enclosures have no impact on frame rates or application performance, we'll be using our test apps more for loading up our test system. Super Pi was used to generate a pure CPU load, and NVIDIA's Nalu demo was used to generate a GPU load. All load tests were run for 30 minutes before noise and temperature measurements were taken. After each load test, the system was powered down and its outer shell removed to let it air out for 10 minutes.
We used the following versions of our test applications:
The test system's Windows desktop was set at 1024x768 in 32-bit color at a 60Hz screen refresh rate. Vertical refresh sync (vsync) was disabled for all tests. All of the 3D gaming tests used the high detail image quality settings.
All the tests and methods we employed are publicly available and reproducible. If you have questions about our methods, hit our forums to talk with us about them.
