With a history of well received items, Sunbeamtech has had their share of success with many well known items, the most popular being the Tuniq coolers and cases. Will their eye for detail continue on with their latest case offering? HardwareLogic looks into (and through) this alien attempt at a completely clear case...
Sunbeamtech has had a strong history ranging from powerful cooling to completely off the wall cases that look like they are straight out of a science fiction movie set. Perhaps best known for their Tuniq cases, Sunbeamtech also dabbles in processor coolers, memory heat spreaders, thermal paste, LEDs, and other accessories. Many of their products have similar roots of another well known company by the name of OCZ, most recently with Sunbeamtech's release of their Core-Contact Freezer (OCZ Vendetta) and similar style of memory coolers. In the year 2000, they got the start as a manufacturer of cold cathode fluorescent lamps and shortly after extended their range of products that have become popular within the modding community.
History lesson out of the way, today we take a look at the UFO Acrylic Cube Case, which stands out just by its name alone, conjuring images of the Borg assimilating your system for the greater good of the collective. There is an alternative to this case with the model name UV-Blue (ACUF-HUVB) which is a blue acrylic UV reactive case with the same layout and dimensions. Where acrylic stands out over aluminum based cases is the flexibility for modders to modify the case, or regular case builders just looking for a different way of displaying their hardware.
| Model |
- UFO Acrylic Cube Case
- ACUF-T
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| Color |
- Available in Blue UV reactive or Clear
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| Dimensions |
- 14.9 x 11.6 x 11.8 inches
(380 Length x 295 Width x 300mm Height)
13.7 pounds (6.2kg) gross weight |
| Drive Bays |
- Two 5.25" drives
Two 3.5" drives |
| Main Board Size |
- all ATX boards up to the standard ATX (12" x 9.6")
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Expansion Slots
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- Standard 7 expansion slots available
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Front I/O
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- 2x USB, Audio (mic and headphone)
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| Cooling |
- 2 Fans (120mm each, located at front and back)
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Sunbeamtech has thrown all the standard items needed to load this case up with each baggie including 1 extra screw of each. One interesting addition is an included pair of cloth gloves to help you keep the acrylic smudge-free (and your hands cut free). One word of caution to builders: Be sure to remove the gloves when it comes time to actually start installing the board, memory and drives as the cotton gloves can actually help cause the deadly static.
It's a long held belief that should aliens exist, they likely would display an advanced knowledge, futuristic by comparison to Earthlings and their tiny heads. Unfortunately, the advanced race that designed this chassis left out eSATA support. Also missing are zip ties, which would be a most welcome addition in a see-through case where cable management is no longer optional.
The entire case itself is held together by a series of corner braces and thumb screws which ranks this case up a few steps on the "coolness ladder".
