Antec VSK10 Window vs Cougar MG130-Gcomputed

Datasheet figures next to each other, and the airflow balance, pressure verdict and case air heating that the fans in each box compute to behind that case's own front. Calculated with the CaseFlow model, not measured.

Side by side

Antec VSK10 WindowCougar MG130-G
FormMini TowerMini Tower
Volume33.7 L34.9 L
Dimensions405 × 208 × 400 mm400 × 210 × 415 mm
Frontsolid solid or glass frontsolid solid or glass front
Fan mountsfront 3 × 140/120, top 2 × 140/120, rear 1 × 120front 3 × 140/120, top 2 × 140/120, rear 1 × 120
Radiator supportfront 280 mm, top 140 mm, rear 120 mmfront 280 mm, top 240 mm, rear 120 mm
Dust filterstop, bottompsu
GPU length350 mm330 mm
Cooler height160 mm175 mm
Stock fansnonenone
Stock airflow, max rpm––
Stock pressure verdictships without fansships without fans
Case air at 290 W––
Stock fan noise––
All mounts, reference fans130 in / 185 out CFM 3 / 3 mounts130 in / 185 out CFM 3 / 3 mounts

Neither ships with fans, so only the mount capacity row compares. The pressure verdict describes the stock fan set, not the case: stronger or extra intake fans in the free mounts, or slower exhaust fans, turn a negative balance positive.

VSK10 Window — mounts and stock fans

TOPBOTTOMREARFRONT · solid

MG130-G — mounts and stock fans

TOPBOTTOMREARFRONT · solid

Case air heating with the stock fans — computed

Neither ships with fans the model knows, so there is nothing to plot. Open them in CaseFlow and add fans.

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How these numbers are computed

Each stock fan contributes CFMmax · derate · rpm/rpmmax behind its wall's mounting class: filtered mesh front and side mounts as dust filter, bottom as floor + filter, top and rear as open grille, solid and glass fronts as side-slit intake at roughly half of a mesh front. Front, bottom and side blow in; top and rear blow out.

MountingAirflow bladesPressure-optimized
Open grille0.88 (0.80–0.95)0.88 (0.80–0.95)
Dust filter0.70 (0.60–0.80)0.78 (0.70–0.86)
Floor + filter0.64 (0.52–0.74)0.72 (0.62–0.80)
Solid or glass front0.50 (0.40–0.62)0.58 (0.48–0.68)

Worst case sums intake at the low end of each band and exhaust at the high end; positive there means positive regardless of how the estimates fall. Case air: ΔT = 3.1 · W / throughput (m³/h), with an open-cooler GPU putting its full board power into the case air plus board, RAM and drives. Capacity puts a reference pressure-optimized fan on every mount at max rpm — 120 mm 60 CFM, 140 mm 75 CFM — a generic good fan, not a product.

Mount counts, radiator support and clearances are datasheet figures. Nothing here is measured; the same model runs in CaseFlow.