Sunbeam Tech 9-Bay Acrylic Case

Case Assembly

Once we open all the packaging, we apply our cloth gloves to keep the panels clean. Each panel of the case is individually wrapped to keep it free from scratches or damage. Multiple components of the case are held together by one of sixty thumbscrews that come with the kit.

The directions only give you diagram steps, like Legos.

Putting it all in the right places

The diagrams begin simply enough with you piecing the top and bottom panels of the case together. After putting on the corner blocks, which are used later to hold other parts together, we hook up the drive bay sides that give you a total of nine drive bays. We made the mistake of getting one of the bays in reverse, where the holes for the screws were actually facing the inside of the case when they needed to be facing outward. This assembly and our reassembly due to the error was not difficult but both proved to be tedious.

After Fixing the top and bottom, the diagrams led us to assembling the back and front panels. The front panel was just a simple fit it in and screw it in, but the back panel has some additional steps. You first have to screw in the expansion bay and back panel for the motherboard. Finally, you screw in the support piece for your PSU. Both panels screw directly into the corner blocks.

A few screws later, we are setting up the sides of the case. These side panels screw into the corner blocks on all sides. The directions indicate it would be easier to screw the motherboard into the side panel BEFORE putting it on the case. This proved easier and more efficient than the standard cramped spaces of other cases where you have to screw it in at weird angles. This also adds basically the benefit of a removable motherboard tray. Remove four screws and the panel with the motherboard comes right off.

The opposing side panel has two openings for 120mm fans, however the kit comes with only one fan grill. The other fans you install do not have grills or filters included, but these can be picked up for a few extra bucks elsewhere.  This leaves either empty holes where a fan would go, or a fan directly open to the outside. As you can imagine, this can lead to all sorts of problems with objects like cables or fingers getting stuck in the blades of the fans. The same issue is apparent on the top of the case where an 80mm fan could fit. 

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Pg 1 - Introduction & Packaging
Pg 2 - Components & Assembly
Pg 3 - Additional Features
Pg 4 - Final & Conclusion