Introduction

Sunbeam Tech have been in the modding market for quite some time now and in that time, they've made a name for themselves with some very cool and innovative products. They started off by offering their very own line of CCFL tubes and kits and from there, slowly expanded their product line to include numerous other modding stuff, like LED Fans, Fan Grills, Etches, etc. Now their products are now sold all over the world and many of the online mod stores carries at least one of their product line. They've recently added a new product to their inventory in the form of their very own acrylic cases. I guess with all that modding kits they sell, they needed a case to put them all in! Anyway, they were kind enough to design a special edition acrylic case just for VH and that's what we're gonna take a look at today.

The Case

The only other acrylic case that I've worked with was the BeanTech BT84 Acrylic Case that I reviewed earlier, so I was curious to see if there were major differences between these two case. When the package arrived, the first difference was obvious. While I received the BeanTech BT84 Acrylic Case in a standard mid-tower case package, the Sunbeam acrylic case came in a flat box, something more suitable for an LCD monitor. That's because the acrylic case from Sunbeam came unassembled, flat-packed for saving freight space and more importantly, safe-guarding the fragile acrylic pieces from damages and scratches. Inside the package, the flat-packed acrylic pieces are placed in a styrofoam packaging. 8 major acrylic panels, all individually packed in styrofoam sheets, form the case, with numerous other parts included.

The package

Flat-packed

The Major Parts

• Right and Left Panels
• Rear Panel w/ Metal I/O and Expansion plate
• Front Panel
• Top and Bottom Panels
• 2 x Internal panels for drive installation

Laid out

Panel in styrofoam sheet

This VH Edition acrylic case from Sunbeam features blue decals and custom laser-etched VH Logos on the panels. The side panel fan placement also differs from the standard acrylic case that's available from Sunbeam. According to Sunbeam, the colours are actually printed onto the acrylic panels itself, although they did not give me much details on the printing method. Here's a look at the major panels of the case.

Side Panel w/ etching and decal

Rear panel

Front Panel

Drive panel

Top Panel

Bottom Panel

Acrylic feet

You can clearly see the "BioHazard-VH" logo etched onto the motherboard side panel. The rear panel utilizes an aluminium expansion plate and upon close inspection, they are identical to the ones you see on Chieftec cases. I assume Sunbeam bought the panel off Chieftec factory and included them into their acrylic case. Even the I/O Plate is identical to the Chieftec ones. a VH Logo is also etched on the top of the front panel/bezel. You'll also find the internal drive panels, top panel with an 80mm blowhole and the bottom panel, with acrylic feets already installed onto them. Now with all these individual panels, how is the case assembled together? Read on then folks....

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