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RBMODS REVIEWS |
Date 2005-02-11
Provider: Sunbeam
Author: GooGeL
Editor: Princess Ammie
Sunbeam Wherever PCI Rack
No more room in your hard drive cage? Need more cooling on your video card, PCI card or chipset? Maybe this is the savior of the day!
About Sunbeam:
Sunbeam Company, launched as a promising new company in the field of optoelectronics in 2000, specializes in developing cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) which mainly applied on in LCD backlight, scanners, automation in office and decorations. Today Sunbeam Company focus on PC modifying, aims to supply top-notch products to satisfy modders all over the world. Over the past year, we have updated and improved ourselves to meet the needs of our customers and tweakers. Our goal is to continue designing and developing new and exciting products as well as defending our position as the markets #1 brand in the field of casemod equipment.
Features:
1.5mm thick chromed steel
Add extra bays of any size, at any location
Improve components layout within the case
Easy to installation
The product:
 
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The Wherever PCI rack comes in this long blue box. There is a picture with the PCI rack itself on the box, and a little one with the included screws and washers.
On the back you can find information about the racks features, specification, and package content.
 
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There is some pictures on each side of the box that shows some ideas what you could use these racks for. For example, you can use them to mount a radiator or a water tank. Or maybe you just need some extra cooling on your graphic card.
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The package includes one base rack (240mm x 38mm), two extension racks (150mm x 13mm), two thumbscrews and four washers.
Everything is chromed, except the washers. ;)
Test rig:
DFI Lanparty ver B
T-bird 700MHz (Thank you loabanan for the loan!)
Leadtek Riva TNT2
Seagate 7200.7 8MB cache 160GB
Noise Control Big tower
Evercool 120mm Alu-fan
 
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The installation of the base racket is very simple, just screw it into 4 of your PCI slots.
In the first picture I have mounted one of my Evercool 120mm aluminum fans with the Wherever racket. Which matches the chrome very well! :)
I'm pretty sure that my Riva TNT2 and the motherboards mosfets, north bridge and all other chips around them would like the extra cooling from the 120mm fan. Becouse they do get very hot at high voltages and high FSB.
On the second picture you have a example how you can install a hard drive with this Wherever racket. I'm also using the included washers when I mounted the hard drive on the racket. Which are good versus vibrations.
Conclusion:
Well, there is way to many other configurations I could have shown you, but I don't have all night and the rest of the week to walk through them all for you guys and girls. So I leave that fun part for you!
Overall this is a very, very good product indeed. I'm sure that every geek would find some usage of this rack for his or her rig.
Pros:
+ Cool finish
+ Robust construction
+ Easy installation
+ So many, many different installations and configurations to use it for
Cons:
- No included screws for installation of fans, hard drives etc
- No real manual
- I want more than only 2 of those 150mm x 13mm extension racks in the same package
- I would also want to have the same racks a bit longer
- A bit expensive (~$30 in Sweden)
Red&Blackness gives it 5 out of 5 dots
 
Was anything left out?! - Discuss this in our forums
Thank you Sunbeam for making this review possible
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