Mentor Crystal - Plexi Case Review

Cases & PSU/Cases by jmke @ 2003-04-22

A no-name High Quality plexi case? Is it possible? Mentor is not a very well known brand but they do deliver some impressive products. This "Crystal Plexi" sure is a looker. Find out if it easy to build your system in this see-through extravanganza...

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Introduction


Introduction:

PointerX dropped of this no-name case at my doorstep.
Well it isn’t completely no-name. This case has been re-distributed by others under names as "Sunbeam Clear Acrylic PC Case" and "Xoxide X-Clear Clear Case". Both these "editions" come completely disassembled. The mentor case I received was in one whole however. The only difference beside the name was the absence of a fifth blowhole at the top. So there are 4x 80mm blowholes present and not 5 as seen in the Sunbeam and Xoxide versions.


Specifications:
  • 4 x 5.25" exposed bays
  • 2 x 3.5" exposed bays
  • 5 x 3.5" internal HDD bays
  • 4 x 80mm blowholes (1 in front, 1 in back and 2 on side panel)
  • Accepts standard ATX motherboard (12" x 10.2")
  • Dimensions: 445mm(H) x 220mm(W) x 475mm(D)


    First thing I did was removing the protective paper that was applied to avoid scratches on the Plexi surfaces.

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    The included goodie box contained the following items:
  • a manual - Instructions on how most parts were assembled, but lacks detailed information
  • screws and other goodies to install your cdrom/hd/floppy drives
  • a pair of white gloves - don’t want to get dirty finger prints on those Plexi plates!
  • face plates for cdrom/floppy to put in the front of the case
  • 3 fan grills and screws to fasten 80mm fans

    Madshrimps (c)

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