Streacom FC8 Evo Fanless Mini-ITX Chassis

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TESTING

System Configuration:

• Intel Core i5-3470S processor - 2.9 GHz (3.6 GHz max Turbo), 22 nm, 65W, integrated HD 2500 graphics
• Asus P8H67-I Deluxe motherboard - H67 chipset
• Kingston ValueRAM SODIMM memory - 2x2GB, DDR3-1333
• Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB solid state drive to test storage subsystems.
• picoPSU-120 - DC-DC ATX power supply
• Microsoft Windows 7 operating system - Ultimate, 64-bit

Test platform device listing.

Measurement and Analysis Tools

• Prime95 processor stress software.
• FurMark stability test to stress the integrated GPU.
• TMPGEnc Xpress video encoding load test.
• GPU-Z to monitor GPU temperatures and fan speed.
• SpeedFan to monitor system temperatures.
• Seasonic Power Angel AC power meter, used to measure the power consumption of the system.
• Custom-built, four-channel variable DC power supply, used to regulate fan speeds during the test.
• PC-based spectrum analyzer: SpectraPlus with ACO Pacific mic and M-Audio digital audio interfaces.
• Anechoic chamber with ambient level of 11 dBA or lower
• Various other tools for testing fans, as documented in our standard fan testing methodology.

Our testing procedure is a simple one involving placing the test system in various states until temperatures remain stable for 5~10 minutes. The test states are idle, playing H.264 video, encoding video with TMPGEnc, full CPU load using Prime95 (small FFT setting), and full GPU loading using FurMark, an OpenGL benchmarking and stability testing utility.

Temperatures were recording using various software tools and an infrared thermometer on the hottest point of the exterior as well as the AC power draw from the wall.

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