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BeanTech Igloo2 Review  (Page 3)  Page read 887 times
 
BeanTech Igloo2 Review

Supplied By: BeanTech
Written By: Rich
Price: Under $140 to $160
Written: 2/3/2003
 
 

 

 

  

Beantech has devised a great mounting system for your hard drives. The case comes with special screws that bolt the hard drives through rubber grommets to stop hard drive vibration from vibrating through the case. This should help with noise and maybe even hard drive life.

 

Another cool feature of this case is the pull out motherboard tray. I wish more cases came with these. If you look at the platform that the motherboard bolts to, you can see beantech left lots of options to what kind of motherboard this case will take. I have never seen so many mounting holes.

 

The first shot above is of the case fully disassembled.  There are already a lot of ideas brewing for the mods that this case will be getting. The second picture is of the two front case fans. Looking at the mounting place for the first hard drive you can see there is a plate separating it from the rest of the hard drive bays. I like the fact that beantech put ventilation holes in this plate. The last picture shows the back of the fan controller that is connected to the two front fans. Looking at the last picture, you will notice that beantech went out of there way to route these wires well. It's small details like these that really separate cheap cases with high quality cases.

 

This case comes with a front header wiring loom that disconnects to allow you to pull the motherboard tray out without having to completely disconnect the front header. This is a helpful time saver for people with cheaper motherboards that don't have everything labeled with a silkscreen on the motherboard or even if your motherboard does have it labeled it's a nice feature.

 

 

Beantech has gone one steep farther with quality and separated all the screws you need into separate  bags. It's things like this that let you know that the manufactures care about how there case is presented. Most cheap cases just toss all the screws in one bag, leaving you to dig through a pile of screws while you build your box. This touch is nice and will be helpful in the system assembly. Last time I saw a manufacturer do this was with a seven hundred dollar Supper Micro rack mount case.

 

The final picture shows you the clear door beantech put in front of the USB / 1394 plugs that are stationed in front of the case.

 

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