Thermal Performance in Different Test Modes

Idle Mode

In Idle mode all system components remain almost absolutely cold. The highest temperature can be observed by RADEON X800 Pro graphics processor, but even its 40.8oC are still far below the limit.

Please, pay special attention to the HDD temperatures: external thermal diodes provide pretty adequate results, while the built-in diode seems to have completely lost its mind: the HDD temperature it reports is even below the current room temperature :)

HDD Burn Mode

Now let?s start HDD defragmentation:

The system components warmed a couple of degrees more, which is quite logical in this mode.

Hard disk drive defragmentation loads the HDD in the first place, but it also involves the system CPU and the RAM, of course. All this results into a slight increase in the internal case temperature, which pushed the graphics processor temperature about 1oC higher, and this baby is definitely not participating in the HDD defragmentation process :)

The hard drive temperature got only 2-3oC higher, according to the external diodes, and this is an excellent result. As we have already said above, the case is equipped with a 120mm fan blowing cool air onto the HDD basket that is why Thermaltake Tsunami Dream is very unlikely to have any problems with the HDD cooling.