Packing

    Sunbeam sent this chassis to me straight from their factory in Guangdong, China. The package was sent on 12-16-05 and I received it on on 12-21-05. That's not too bad of a trip from the other side of the world. I was surprised not to find any damage whatsoever to the shipping box. Great job from 4PX INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS CO., LTD in getting the package to California, and also to DHL who did the rest to get the package to my front door.

Outside Shell

    This is a non-windowed chassis. The finish is in gloss black with a silver/black bezel. The front bezel, which serves as a door to cover up the drive bays, has a unique design almost too difficult to capture on camera. To me it looks like a server case standing on end. The bezel has what looks like 4 buttons, but in actuality are 2 buttons and 2 LEDs (power/reset buttons and power/HDD LEDs). Keeping everything looking the same really gives the front bezel a clean look and feel.

    The bezel door is held in place with 3 magnets: 1 at the top, middle and bottom. Opening up the front door, you get a look at the 5 upper 5.25 bays and 2 lower 3.5 bays. Below that is the meshed area just in front of the 120mm fan. The hinges on the bezel door are plastic with plastic tabs; in my book that's a big no-no. Plastic parts are just too easy to break.

    On the left side of the chassis are 2 meshed areas for fans so you can blow outside air onto the CPU. You can mount either 2 - 80mm fans or 1 - 120mm fan and 1 - 80mm fan at the same time. Also on the left side of the case, towards the front/bottom, are 2 USB ports and audio connections. There is also a spot punched out for Firewire but the hardware is not included; maybe on future chasses they will wire that up. The rear of the chassis is a typical layout with a setup for a 120mm fan. The right is... well... who talks about the right side of a chassis anyway? And now to the inside....

3/4 Front	Front	Power and LEDs
Open Front	Plastic Hinges and Wires	Magnets x3
Screws that contact the magnets	Side	USB/Audio
Thumb screws	Rear	Right Side