We don't really do case reviews anymore,
because, well,
if we're being honest, they haven't really changed
much lately, other than some tempered glass
here, and some RGB there.
but, that's not the *wait for the voice crack* case with this
one. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
This... is the Silverstone Mammoth
MM01, a spec-
-TACularly heavy black monstrosity
monstrosity who's claim to fame
is being really difficult to open the box up. *insert sarcasm here.*
Is being dust-proof, and
splash-proof!
So, things, are about to get wet.
LITERALLY. We're going to spray water
on a system in this case, with an extreme edition
processor running inside it.
But do you know what we're not going to spray water on?
Brandon. Because he deserves better than that,
even if he did bung up the audio settings
the first time we shot this.
DIS SOME DOPE MUSIC!
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This thing actually launched all the way back in 20-
-15,
completely flying under my radar due to its
unprecedented level of
niche-ness. So you could think of the mammoth as
kind of like
the
off road edition of,
what would normally be a computer case. Like,
designed for use in rough conditions.
*Linus struggles to contemplate what he has done with his life*
OWUGH!
You know, its actually not that crazy big.
But it's REALLY heavy.
OH, my gosh. That's pretty real. It is!
Its... kinda got a...
plain...
sorta look to it... There's no tempered glass.
That's pretty nice... Yeah...
It's magnetic! Yeah, yeah. Its magnetic, so it guess that's uh...
The exterior is about plain, black box as you
can get. It sports a brushed steel finish, but
in the age of tempered glass windows,
you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a little boring.
But if you look a little closer - the entire
top of the case is completely steel.
Nice... so, no IO, or fan
holes whatsoever up here so you
can keep water from getting in, presumably.
And check out these. So, this is cool,
these front louvers are not an aesthetic
feature. Instead, they actually serve to prevent fluids,
again, from getting to the internal components.
of the PC, and slipping around to the back,
you can see,
it has the same louvers here
with a notch at the bottom,
check that out. To allow you to get cables to the
rear IO.
The design of the mammoth gives it an impressive
IP43 rating. Meaning it's safe
from not just drips, like if you were to spill a
cup of water onto the table next to it, but
even water sprays.
Now I wouldn't recommend pressure washing your computer, and
gaming at the same time, but if you left a
with the sprinkler running, your
computer should be okay. It's just
rest of the room I'd be concerned about. Let's crack it open!
Well, yeah.
Whoop.. Ooh.
Here, we find the MM01's second party trick.
A full, fat 20-millimetre thick
HEPA filter. Now, most fan filters are
pretty good at mitigating dust buildup over the short term.
But a filter like
this is specced to remove 99.97%
of particles larger than
0.3 microns. That's smaller than
all but the smallest bacteria. So I guess you
won't have to worry about your PC getting the flu.
Obviously compared to a regular filter,
this one's gonna be a little more restrictive. Right, but
it looks like Silverstone thought of that. Because they not only
have to push air through one just like that,
but also the HEPA filter.
and the solution?
These things. Two MASSIVE
180-millimetre air penetrator fans.
At max speed, which you can control with these knobs at the front,
these move a whopping 340
CF/M of air - about the same as a
typical pedestal fan at medium. Pretty darn
impressive. Then, to top it off,
there's actually space to install a rear 120-millimetre
fan, as well. So, while
Jake builds a high-end system for our tests,
lets get a little bit of preparation done.
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Okay, it's done, you wanna see? Yeah, let's have a look!
All right! so there are
a few things that stand out. A lot of cases these days
are basically just
the standard layout. With a different
with a different bezel on the front.
So first of all, the layout is inverted.
so the CPU is on the bottom, and the GPU is on top.
Second, our powersupply, actually takes the page out of 2006's
book, and is up on the top.
but, still with no ventilation.
That's because the top was sealed to keep
water from getting in, so the powersupply actually
has to suck air from the inside, then blow it
out the back. Fortunately, these
fans that we showed you guys up at the front should keep it well
supplied with fresh air.
I'll, uh take a moment to show
you this here CPU heatsink support thing
there's actually one for the graphics card and the CPU which,
if you think about the applications this case on, let's say
something like a boat, makes a ton of sense, cause if, uh...
this PC's a rockin',
you don't want your heatsink goin' knocking
about, on the inside.
Because of the design of the filtering system,
nearly 40% of the space inside the case
is taken up by the filter in the front, and the
buffer in the rear, to prevent water from entering the system.
it does limit your cooling options, but even
with the relatively limited space, the MM01
can still fit four dual-slot
graphics cards, and easily houses
up to an SSIEEB dual-socket motherboard,
if you're willing to limit your storage
expansion to two 3-and-a-half inch drives. So this is all good in theory, but we
wanna see what kind of thermals we can expect with a high
end system, in this case. So
you wanna throw that panel on there? And I'll get a stress test running.
It's actually kind of amazing how much air these fans move
through that HEPA filter. Yeah
I mean, they are at max speed.
rather than leave it at these settings, though, like this is
quite loud.
Um, I wanna go with not minimum, but
quiet enough that it probably wouldn't bother anyone.
That seems pretty good. And we're still getting like
quite a bit of airflow back here. Let's give it some time to heat up! Yeah.
Okay, so, these are not bad
results, actually. GPU's turboing up to
1780MHz or so at it's 82 degree
maximum, and our CPU has only
2 cores above 60 degrees! Not too shabby!
Yeah I mean there's an MHD-15 in there, so
CPU temperatures are probably expected. Are you
ready to run it through the gauntlet? Yeah.
Let's do it!
Alright, so we're gonna do the gauntlet, Linus is a little busy with, another video,
and I am definitely am not doing this test for the second time. No, this is-
never done this test before. Oh, let's - let's turn 'er on, get these fans choochin' so there might be a little
bit of dust in there, but, I kinda have an idea of
how much was there beforehand. Let's just uh, throw a little dust on
there, get 'er nice and-
not nice, I guess. I dunno.
I really hope I do not have to do this again, because I do not
have any dust left.
Alright, so there's,
actually quite a bit of dust up there, I'm not really sure how that got in there.
Ok, so let's turn it off this time
I think for the most part, it's gonna be pretty decent, but
I imagine there's going to be
some leakage.
Alright!
So,
that is a little more,
dust than was in there before,
so I don't think that this system is perfect, but it actually held
up pretty good. Regular computer
dust is not going to be an issue for this thing. maybe don't throw
sawdust at it or use it at your woodshop.
Okay, so let's see how the filter's doing.
Oh, no, that's gross. OWAH! *crying*
So, the attacked side is pretty
disgusting, but when we flip it over...
It's pretty damn clean. So, it looks like a little bit of
dust got in, but I'd imagine its probably just from the cracks around.
I don't think dust that big would get through a filter like
this.
And then on this side...
it's pretty dirty on this side as well.
Alright, let's get to the water.
Oh, my God...
You think we should spray it with a hose, too? I think we should spray it with a hose.
Alright.
I should probably turn it on before we spray it with a hose.
Is it on? Whoop! *ahahahaha* I'm like where's - where's the water?
I really hope this survives... this is my testbench,
actually.
So, it'd be really inconvenient if this died.
I'd be kinda upset, tbh.
There's a little water in there, but for the most part, it looks like it it's dry.
Wow.
Wow. Completely dry inside!
Sure, there's a little water around the edges, but
inside of the computer, there's no moisture.
I think we should probably test this before I
Linus over, y'know, just in case it doesn't work.
DisplayPort, okay.
Is this monitor even plugged in?
Oh my gosh...
Oh yeah, it works, ok, let's - let's get
Linus and show him the carnage.
Uh... so, tbh, I already opened it.
There is a little bit of dust in there.
No water. *no water, really?* No water. I sprayed this thing down good.
Ahhhhhh.
Ahh... There's a point of intake here. Yup! I see that.
This side is a little beat up. Yeah, I see
that. Wow! But, it caught it.
Yeah! So yeah... there's a little bit of
dust on the panel there.
And you can see some of the chunks did make it through, but...
I mean...
compared to what you'd see in a normal case...
that is really impressive!
I think my dust abuse is a little out of the ordinary, as well.
Yeah, no, this is obviously a torture test, but you can see,
even where the water did manage to penetrate,
the design doesn't allow it to go any further than
this.
Yeah, there's a little splash shield here, too.
Ahhhhh!
So,
It doesn't have the greatest cooling
characteristics out of any case we've ever tried,
but it's utterly unique,
in its dust, and water resistant
design, making it at, what is it, 300 bucks?
Basically a no-brainer if you need a dust and water
resistant PC case.
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