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SunBeamTech Black Samurai Mid-Tower Case

Company: SunBeamTech
Product: Samurai Case (Black)
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005
Retail price: ~$60 USD
Reviewed By: Jason Rabel

 

Samurai Case Interior:

Inside the case is a clean and spacious design. The motherboard tray is fixed, however there is plenty of room to mount a full sized ATX board and still have room to work. The PCI slots utilize a tool-less style clamping mechanism, no screws are required to hold down your PCI/AGP cards. All the drive bays also utilize a tool-less clamping mechanism to hold everything in place. Simply insert the drive in place, then slide the mechanism forward to lock it in place. Hidden in front of the 3.5" drive bays is room to mount a single 80mm intake fan.

 

Included with the samurai case are the usual accessories required to assemble a system. The "manual" that was included was really just a parts diagram, however it did give instructions on how to use the tool-less drive bay mechanisms. A single fan is included in the fan bracket for the rear 80mm fan vents. Adding additional fans to the case would be extremely easy, and purchasing matching LED fans would probably give the best visual appeal.

 

Installing all the PC components was quick and easy, especially the drives since they did not require any screws to mount in place. There is one area a person might run into problems, and that is the power supply. The rear plastic fan bracket comes right up to the power supply, however since the PSU has a fan on the bottom, the fan guard does not sit exactly flush with the PSU body. Thankfully I was able to squeeze it in place, however some power supplies I have seen have the fan guard really protruding from the power supply and would definitely not be able to fit in this case without a little modification.

 





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