Introduction

Sunbeamtech is a manufacturer of different modding materials for the enthusiast user out there – they have been increasing their pre-modded product line up for the last years, and today I take a closer look at one of their latest enclosures. I am one of those people with just not enough skill to modify a case exactly the way I want it, I usually end up damaging the case, creating blow holes which were not part of the design.

So the Silent Storm might well be ideal for me, it has a plexi window, lighted 120mm fans and trendy, yet not overdone, look. Plug and play fun.

A quite large box arrived on my doorstep, after removing the paper work and stickers I examined the outside and could not find any damage done by the long journey.



Inside the case is wrapped in Styrofoam and the protection seems to have worked well at first sight .



A manual, a bag of screws, some hard disk rails and 4 small plastic feet are stored inside the case:



These are the most important features of this case:

Sunbeamtech Silent Storm Case
Color	Black with silver front
Case fan	3x120mm
Motherboard type	ATX, Micro ATX
Drive Bays	5 x 5.25" x 5 x 3.5" ( + 2 x External and 3 x Internal)
Expansion Slots	7
Special Functions	Tool free installation PCI cards/HDD/CD drives
Front Panel	2 x USB 2.0 1 x IEEE1394 Firewire (optional) 1x Line output 1x Microphone input
Dimension	451mm (H) x 200mm (W)x 430mm (D)
Weight (without PSU)	7.6kg

Let's have a closer look ->