Sytrin Nextherm ICS 8200: The Air-Conditioned Mid Tower

Big, solid, chilly, sexy

Expensive; only two 3.5-inch bays; noisy with A/C on

The only parts that require tools are the two 3.25-inch drive bays. This is clearly a shortcoming of this case, but we don’t see it as a deal breaker, as not many people have more than two hard drives. There are FireWire, USB, and audio ports under a...

Retail packagingAn air-conditioned mid-size tower - at first glance, that doesn't sound too bad at all. With its Peltier cooling system, the Nextherm ICS 8200 does indeed cool down the interior of the case quite well. Unfortunately, this comes at a...

The two Peltier devices reside between two copper blocks, each of which sports a great number of cooling fins. A duo of two 80 mm fans and a 90 mm long radial fan provide sufficient airflow. When both fans are operating in "ice mode", the sound level...

Elegant design, 460W PSU Included, AirCon cooling

Noise, AirCon Control Panel, Amount of 3.5" drive slots

So there you have it. Nextherm ICS 8200 from Sytrin. Elegant looking, heavy and bit too noisy. Air-conditioning is an interesting feature and in our tests confirmed as a working technique to cool the whole system down. Because of the poor usability of...