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Sunbeamtech Quarterback

Sponsor: Sunbeamtech

Price: 69.99

Author: Sheldog23

Published: Sun, May-11-2008

 Conclusion:



Above you see that underneath the door lies another case altogether.


    In conclusion the "Quarterback" is a decent case with simple unassuming look and a solid chassis.   The addition of the core fan cooling system is in my opinion not really a great selling point to this case.    Though it does aid in cooling it doesn't do enough to make it the sole reason to buy the case.   It does come with Four 120mm fans though and you can place those wherever you feel you need them in the case if you wish.   When it comes to the exterior the overall look of the case is decent and I think the fact that it doesn't look like a robot or something is nice, but could be better without the front door and better placement of the side window.    If you are interested in this case you might also want to check out sunbeamtech's other cases.  Most notably the "Freezing Storm".    It is essentially the exact same case but without the ghastly front door. 

    In terms of mod ability this chassis solid and easy to work with.  There is plenty of room inside for whatever you might decide to throw in there.  It's basically a blank canvas with your imagination being the limit to what you can do around this basic frame.   The exterior is plain enough that you can easily add to it or work with it.   Aside from the placement of the side window of course.  In that instance the plexi would have to be either completely replaced or a whole new window cut into the door.   

    There is plenty of room in this case for water cooling to be implemented more than comfortably.   If your not into that the cooling is more than acceptable and should keep your hardware cool without a problem.  Assuming you are not using sub par cooling components or trying to OC something with a stock cooler.





    In the price range of the 60 dollar cases you have many choices to choose from.  Most likely a lot of them will be built around this chassis or a similar one.   Honesty, the chassis is the saving grace of this case.  If not for the ease of use and installation of the frame I would probably wouldn't choose to purchase this case personally.  Then again the choice for what case you are getting is purely subjective and to some this case may be just what they are looking for.   I personally think this would be an excellent case to use a the start of a mod project.   I don't think that in it's current state I would choose it "as is".    There are plenty of nicer Pre-Mods or plain vanilla cases out there that do just as good of job as this one.   There are to many "why's" with this case to recommend it at face value.  If you want a base case to start a project with I might say "maybe".





 






Pros
Cons
+Good Frame
+Tool less
+Good Airflow
+Lots of Space
+Good Mod Project case

-Ugly Door thing
-Window is useless
-To many "why's"





 

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