The following system was installed and used to gather temperatures:

CPU: Intel E8400 @ 3.6
CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
MB: Biostar TPower I45
RAM: G.Skill PI Black PC6400
Video: XFX HD4890 1GB
PSU: Ultra X3 1000W
HD: WD 250GB SATA
DVD-Rom: Lite-On 18x DVD Burner – SATA
OS: Microsoft Windows 7
Ambient Temperature: 22-24C

Comparison Cases:
Cooler Master 690 II Advanced
Cooler Master HAF932

First up we’ll do some testing to see how well the 690 II Advanced keeps things cool at idle. To get idle temperatures I started the PC up and allowed it to sit at idle for 3 hours with no processes running and recorded temperatures using Everest Ultimate.

At idle the 690 II Advanced is not too far off the performance of the full tower Cooler Master HAF932.

Next was to load the PC and get some temperatures with a little more heat involved. To get load temps, I ran Orthos blend along with 3DMark06 in a continuous loop for 3 hours, again recording temps using Everest Ultimate.

Under load the 690 II Advanced performs on par with the HAF932 with the GPU and hard drives. The 690 II is just a few degrees behind with the CPU and motherboard chipset temperatures.

Sound is always subjective but the 690 II Advanced is pretty quiet with the stock fans and seeing the results they should make most users quite happy.

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