BeanTech, ClearPC, SunBeam, and Logisys: Another Look at the Acrylic Arena
by Purav Sanghani on July 6, 2004 1:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
BeanTech BT-85 Construction
BeanTech has a number of acrylic cases in its product line, which makes it one of the largest manufacturers and sellers of clear cases on the market. Currently, they have 5 different sizes in acrylic cases, including mini tower, mid tower (which we had a chance to look at), full tower, cube style cases, as well as the old desktop sized cases. Each size comes in 3 different colors or tints, since they are clear: clear, green, and blue.
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Like the Logisys CS888CL, the BT-85 features the standard four 5-1/4" drive bays, but one less 3-1/2" drive bay. The BT-85 does have rubber bumpers on 5 of the 7 bays to absorb the vibrations that case fans as well as random bumps to the case may cause.
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There are a total of four 80mm LED case fans included with the BT-85. Two of these fans are intakes that are mounted at the front of the case, in front of the hard drive bays. There is also a fan control knob mounted on the bottom left corner of the front bezel to control the speed of these intakes.
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CrimsonDeath - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Cool cases!I once dropped mine and it shattered into a million pieces as if it was made from glass!
So handle with care ppl.
artifex - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link
It'd be nice to know what those earlier cases look like now, after a year of use. Did you keep them in the labs for extended testing, and if so, what can you tell us about them? Have they undergone any discoloration, have any cracks started appearing, has heat become an issue over time, causing any warping, etc.?