Aerocool ExtremEngine 3.0 Review

It wasn't that many years ago that AT cases were the standard, and you were lucky to get a few case fans, perhaps 40 mm, or maybe 60 mm. Those were the days when the only thing you heard was your hard drive and optical/floppy drives. Since then, we've moved to 80 mm, 92 mm, and most recently, the 120 mm fan. We are here today at the cusp of another new generation, one even larger than before.

Aerocool has not been a major player in the case industry, sitting behind larger companies like Antec, Coolermaster and Thermaltake. However, this does not necessarily mean that their designs are old and without any innovations. Today we have the Aerocool ExtremEngine 3.0, which is the successor to the 2.0, a design that sported a 140 mm intake fan, but did little else to differentiate itself from the rest of the market. No longer is that the case with the 3.0. In what seems to be beginning of a new generation of case cooling, Aerocool has fitted a monster 25 cm (that's a 250 mm fan for you Americans) onto the side panel, forgoing the ricey window, side 80 mm fan or the passive wind tunnel available on practically every other case. The 3.0 also comes with the same 140 mm fan that was seen on the previous iteration of the ExtremEngine.

The ExtremEngine is available in silver or black. We have the black version for review today. There are no differences between the two other than the external paint job.