Test Method & Utility
Test system:
- Asus Maximus V Formula
- Intel Core i7 3770k
- Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 16GB
- XFX Radeon HD 7970
- Corsair H100i
- Corsair HX1050W
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Asus V247
- Western Digital Se 4TB
We would like to thank AOC, Gigabyte, Antec and Kingston for supplying us with our test system components. Many different software applications are also used to gain the broadest spectrum of results, which allows for the fairest testing possible.
Software used:
- AIDA 64 Extreme Edition
The reason Icy Dock hasn’t put the gaps on the side of the unit to allow for the drive rails is that there is no room for this in a 5-in-3 design. All 5-in-3 drive cages are like this. There is only room in the 4 drive and below drive cages… I personally know it’s physically impossible because I currently have 5 drives mounted in my system to nothing more than a metal plate and there is no way the existing Antec Twelve Case rails will fit with drives mounted 5 thick; I had to bend the rails out of the way. The rails would otherwise literally be well inside the outer two drives’ housing. If you think perhaps I have the drives spaced to far apart, I do not: You can barely get a popsicle stick to fit between the drives (used to keep them from touching).