Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-US-BA-WOPSU Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Excellent air flow, sturdy, beauitiful, HUGE, lots of expansion slots (front and rear), USB is flush on top of case

Cons: Loud, front intake fan not included, heavy.

Overall Review: Personally I normally don't care for how loud or quiet a case but this time I do. I knew from the start this case was going to be a little louder than normal so I bought a fan controller and trust me when I say that when I don't need the fans running full blast you won't even hear them. Other than the noise there is TONS of room to expand in this case more than you will probably every need. Now let’s talk cooling. First of all my three SATA hard drives NEVER get above room temp because the intake fan (purchased after market) runs right over the drives towards the PCI cards then is sucked out the back by another 120mm output fan. On the side there are two fans one positioned directly over the ram and the other over the CPU (perfect!). Whoever designed this case knew absolutely what they were doing!

Pros: Good air flow. Brought my cpu temp down 15-20 degrees Fahrenheit. Solid construction. No cheap aluminum here. Roomy. Sideways drive mounts are great for easy access. Snap in drive rails make movement easy.

Cons: Front bezel of case is a bit fragile. Take care when handling, and definitely don't use any of it as a handle when picking up. Ordered two cases, and one had a broken door latch, and the other broke a couple snap in connectors on the bottom faceplate. Easily fixed with glue, but still something to watch.

Pros: This case is MASSIVE! There is enough room in here to put pretty much whatever you want with a little room leftover. My CPU cooler got dinged in some reviews because of its inability to fit into even medium height ATX cases, but it fits like a glove into this case. The motherboard mounts well away from the PSU to avoid some unwanted heat crossover and it mounts directly underneath the back 120 mm exhaust fans: my vertical mount CPU cooler pulls the heat directly from the CPU and pushes it right out of the case through that back fan. The fans provide effective and efficient cooling; even when the ambient temps rise. The drive rail mounting system is a gift but watch out for that screwless tension mount for the expansion cards [see below]. The LED fans are wicked cool and I've decked my rig out with some additional CCFL tubes, some high visibility UV cabling and some black lights. Through the spiral side window, this case looks b*tching.

Cons: DUST! The fans move a lot of air but also a lot of dust into the case. Either buy filters, build your own or prepare to clean your case out OFTEN. I make my own filters by going to my local aquarium store and purchasing fine mesh filter media bags and cutting them to size for the big intakes (2 side 80 mm fans and front 120 mm). Works quite nicely and is easier to vacuum the outside filters than inside the case. As someone stated earlier, the fans do create a bit of noise; but what do you expect from five built in units? The amount of cooling you get with this case more than makes up for the noise. And if it really bugs you that much, buy a fan control. I run my fans at top speed all the time to avoid damaging my more expensive components [see rig specs below]. The mounting rails for the external 3.5" drive bays don't fit hard drives (I guess floppies are the intended usage). I had to do some creative drilling on the plastic rails to make them fit the hard drive holes.

Overall Review: The sideways internal hard drive bays make using older PATA cables (especially rounded) a bit of a worry but the side bows to accommodate them nicely without becoming overly extended and thus ugly. If you're using SATA (I use both) buy the cables with the right angled ends; it'll make life much easier for you. Save yourself some headache, don't use the tensioner at the back of the case to mount your expansion cards: use screws like in the old days. Most cards (my 8800 GTX esp. because of the size) doesn't sit right when the tensioner is used and the cards tend to slip out of the slots especially when items are plugged into the cards (like USB and monitor cables). Obviously, this is not a good thing. MY RIG: ASUS A8N-E Motherboard running an AMD Opteron 175 Dual Core with 4GB RAM, an ASUS nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card, 7 internal hard drives totalling 1.6 TB net storage space (4 IDE, 4 SATA II); 4 DVD/RW units and 1 CD/RW unit all connected to an Antec Power TRIO 650 W

Pros: -Very large case, easy to cool and will fit almost anything you want. -Side facing hard drive bay is very nice -Almost completely tool less which is VERY nice. (I had my doubts at first and some people claim this feature is hard to use, but it's really not, everything is explained and fits like a glove) -Fans are very well placed on the side, one ends up over the RAM and one over the video card. -Fits even the biggest heat sinks I've found, would also be VERY easy to run a water cooling rig in if you wanted to. -Top facing fan is excellent for heat dispersion -Top USB and audio ports are nice, most people don't keep full towers on their desk, they're usually on their own stand or the floor. (Also make sure you hook it up properly, every computer that has these people complain they don't work and 9 times out of 10 they didn't bother making sure they hooked it up proper.) -Solid, it's not going to break anytime soon.

Cons: Most of the cons are things I find with almost any case to be honest -Stock fans are mediocre, somewhat loud and the bearings seemingly wear out fast. HOWEVER you can re-grease them with white lithium grease and they will continue to run well past when most people claim they've died. Also get some of the nice silicone rubber fan mounts...or just replace them like you would any other case. -Air flow around front and back fans is restricted by the honeycomb...this is true on most cases though and it's nothing a dremel or cut off wheel can't solve. -Personally I don't like the green cathode with blue fans...I'd rather it have a blue cathode or green fans...one way or another I just don't like the blue/green combo.

Overall Review: -I don't know why other reviews complain the front plastic is flimsy. It's perfectly fine to me, I've removed the front door at least 50 times over the time I've owned it and it still hasn't worn the clip hinges. I also have 110 lb huge black lab who ran into it once...popped it off the hinges, didn't break it. The entire case is tool less, this includes the front panel, it clips on, you are buying a tool less case, clips will be everywhere. Also you shouldn't really pick up a case by the front panel anyway, clips or screws, pick it up by the body. -On the note of thinking through what you buy I saw many reviews complaining it was big and heavy. To which I have to say: You bought a full tower, that is made of steel...What did you expect? A tiny model Tardus that held all your components in an inexplicably small but large space? It's a full tower, and it's steel. It's gonna be big and heavy. My cores average around 19 degrees C. 'Tis a cool case in more ways than one.

Pros: Lots of room, good air flow, comes with 4 fans, looks awesome. For the price it can't be beat. It is pretty big though, so if that bothers you, beware. Did I mention it looks AWESOME!

Cons: Front green light doesn't work correctly, (doesn't bother me, I never wanted it to begin with) and the face was broken off when I got it, see below. Oh, and the lock is useless, if you care about that sort of thing.

Overall Review: I ordered this case about 2 months ago. The first one I got had the entire front panel broken off. So I contacted Newegg and sent it back. Waited 2 more weeks only to have the exact same thing happen on the second one. Didn't want to wait another 2 weeks for the exact same thing and I read in the reviews that I wasn't the first person this has happened too. My advice is, if you really want this case, which I did, and the same thing happens to you, don't bother returning it to Newegg. Just call up the manufacturer and they will ship a whole new front face right to you. Received it in 4 days. It's not Newegg's fault anyway, it's UPS. They just don't give a ship about your package. Other than that it is a great case. I am very happy with my purchase.

Pros: This case, as full towers are, is very spacious and the 1.8 mm thick steel is superbly rugged; its worth the money in the manufacturing and, to my surprise, it included the two window fans attached to the very good windowed side panel, with a swirling design. The layout of the case is better than other full towers as it has nice crevices for routing your cables all around the case. The air flow design is much better than that of other cases, especially with the top 80mm blue fan, circumventing my old "case on its side" technique, to have the side window fan to vent out heat; heat rises and sunbeam tech took this into account. 20 DEGREE lower temperature than my old "high end" case, with only air cooling! It has PLENTY of room for a FULLY watercooled system - tri-sli, cpu, and north/south bridges. Including a fourth 120mm fan, along with a green cold-cathode light, was not expected. are not close to filling the top space, leaving room to store non-modular cables.

Cons: Well, with the explaination of great air flow design and "the real things that matter" being greatly designed asside, there is a problem with this case: even though it is great for gaming, to use Dual-slot gpus (all the high-end gpus), MODDING IS NEEDED, not to the GPUS of course. It was a nice idea for sunbeam to have a Latch that would secure and release all seven of the expansion slots but this"one bar for all seven" technique will NOT work with multi-slot-consuming gpu's. You have to actually clip off the metal tongues, with a wire cutter, that support the cards so that the hinge bar will close onto the gpus AND you cannot depend on this bar to secure the GPUS; screws are required for them. If you don't clip off the tongues, the gpus will, as said, stop the latching bar from closing and this bar will then NOT secure the rest of your peripheral devices. In short, this case was made for ONLY water cooling even though it works awesome for only air cooling.

Overall Review: Sunbeam should do away with the universal latch and have independent latches that are removable for circumstances.

Pros: This case is perfect for anyone looking to build a gaming rig on a tight budget. It comes with everything you need to get going. Theres TONS of space inside the case so no need to worry about some parts no fitting properly. Airflow is great with the included fans(1 top fan, 2 side fans and 1 120mm back fan). Also the case looks like it came out of a transformers movie so you don't need to worry about looks(unless you hate transformers).

Cons: Only two cons i could think of where that the front 120mm fan is not included and that installing the DVD drives with the included screw less kit is a bit of a pain(i ended up ditching the kit and just use some screws i had laying around).

Overall Review: Great case, great looks and great price! You cant beat that!

Pros: There is so much room in this case, that I don't think I will ever be able to fill it! It is a very sturdy, and well built case as well. There is a switch to turn off the front green LED's so you don't have to have a green thing glowing while you sleep. but, yeah. Overall this case is pretty amazing and I'd recommend it!

Cons: The only con I've had so far is the bottom latch that the computer rests on broke off :(, but it's nothing super glue can't fix!