Sunbeam Tech 9-Bay Acrylic Case

Features

The Sunbeamtech case comes with plenty of optional features. One of the main features is all the fan space. Sunbeamtech's approach to cooling is quite nice.  It includes a "core fan bracket" holds up to two 120mm fans that can be positioned perpendicular to the side panel of the case.  This way, they can be adjusted to create airflow in either direction. The advantage of having a setup such as this is that we get extra air across a GPU, CPU, or any PCI card installed. The exhaust fan on the back then take the hot air right out of the case.

The included bracket is a nice feature if you have a system that will take advantage of it, unfortunately ours did not. The GPU in our review was a bit to long for us to get the fan to fit, and because we did not use a Modular PSU for this review, we had cable management issues that prevented us from mounting it correctly.  With a Modular Power Supply, this could be easily remedied but unfortunately one was not available for testing. 

The kit also came with a fan mount that can go on the front of the case. As before, this mount came with no additional covers or filters, so the fan exposed unless you have some grills or filters lying around. We used the grill that came in the kit for the front fan. The mount takes up three bays on the front of the tower, taking air from the outside in to cool parts. Perhaps to justify the front fan mount, a hard drive cage was included that also takes up three bay slots. The total of nine bays is configurable with the HDD cage taking up three, and small rubber "studs" that allow for the installation of up to two 3.5" devices in two of these bays.  It's very configurable.

The front buttons on the case consists of the standard power and reset buttons, along with two USB 2.0 ports and a mic and speaker port. The buttons are in a good location on the tower, and the USB ports and sound ports are added bonuses. In the case we received, we were unable to mount these buttons properly because the mounting receivers were bent slightly. The buttons were easily accessible and in a good location, however when they were used, they became stuck in their holes and the PC shutdown.

Lastly are the expansion slots.  There are a total of 7 expansion slots available on the rear of the case for most any number of cards you could need.  Unfortunately these are not tool-less and require the use of a screwdriver.

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