ColorCase Yuri/Venus ATX Mid Tower

Power Supply & Cooling

The Yuri's sole power supply option is the ever popular 300W Fortron/Source FSP300-60GN power supply, which is internally virtually identical to the Sparkle FSP300-60GT unit used in the Supermicro SC-750A ATX full tower server case. Like that Sparkle unit, the FSP300-60GN is on AMD's Athlon Approved Power Supply List and provides up to 150W combined on the +5V and +3.3V power rails.

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The 80 mm fan exhausts air out the back of the case in accordance with ATX 2.01 specifications. Air is actually drawn in from the front of the power supply in NLX fashion, but is nevertheless effective. In fact, this power supply is actually listed on the Fortron/Source website as an NLX unit. They were wise enough to include a physical power switch on the back of the power supply that, although its not mandatory, can come in quite handy at times.

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ColorCase ships the Yuri with an 80 mm intake fan at the bottom, front of the case. Ventilation holes are provided on the left side panel and above the ATX I/O shield. While the Yuri was not designed with any other fan mounts in mind, it should be simple enough to mount three 30 mm fans on the vents on the rear of the case. Configuring these fans to exhaust air could very easily lower temperatures inside the case noticeably.

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As we noted in our Palo Alto ATCX and PA-600 reviews, plastic casing can help reduce noise levels significantly. The Yuri is no exception, running at a quiet 57dB despite the secondary case fan. That ties it with the ATCX as the quietest case we've tested to date.