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Remember, acrylic cases scratch very easily. Lay the case down on a
towel during installation to prevent it from scratching. As you can see
on the right pic, there is ample room for just about any size motherboard and
extra stand-offs are included if needed. I would also like to point out the
"feet" of the case. They look great and really grip on to any surface
and does well at keeping the case in place.
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The faceplates can be screwed off as needed and
you can even use them for a rheobus or something else if you want. The holes
on the drive cage all line up nicely and the installation of the drives went
smoothly.
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Above we have shots of the case with all
components installed. I think clear cases look best with black
components. I painted the tray bezel of the CDROM used to give you an
idea of how it may look with black components installed.
Finally, we have a shot of the complete setup
without those gold grills! Sorry, I couldn't resist. :)
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Performance
To measure the BT84's cooling performance, we
installed motherboard monitor and recorded temps both at idle and under load.
System temperature peaked at 30c after being
idle for 20 minutes. Not bad at all.
We used
Sandra 2003 Burn-In wizard to measure
temps under load. System temperature went up just 1c and CPU temperature
peaked between 39c-40c.
Overall, I was impressed with the BT84's
cooling performance considering only 80mm fans are installed.
A few words on EMI Shielding
Computer cases are made of metal for EMI/RFI
shielding purposes. Although I did not encounter any interference or
problems during use, I would keep that in mind when deciding on an acrylic
case. Obviously, I would not recommend these cases for server
environments where uptime and minimal interference is key.
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