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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Installation II

Installation continued:

After screwing and unscrewing several times I noticed that the screws tend to get damaged pretty easily. They used soft metal for the screws so a large flat screwdriver is highly recommended when working with them

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Lets whip out the fans

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They were installed with the provided fan grills. This was made very easy thanks to the effective screws that tighten themselves in the plastic holes of the fans

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But don’t plan on fitting any large 80mm fans at the front, the free space between the fan and hard drive is limited

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With almost everything in the case it is time to put on the faceplates to finish the whole

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The system for attaching these plates is however far from perfect, after trying repeatedly to fix them it their place, I gave up. Every time I moved the case at least half of them just fell out. They should have paid more attention to this when constructing this aspect of the case

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If you remain really silent and still, then maybe they won’t fall out

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The whole system was installed:
  • Abit KR7A
  • XP1700+
  • RAM, Vidcard, etc..

    Lets see how it performed…
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