After careful consideration I have decided to transfer all hardware review activities to a new domain. I purchased Hardwareasylum.com in 2012 and have been working hard to build a new and improved Ninjalane on that domain. If you are reading this you have reached one of the archived articles, news, projects and/or reviews that were left behind during the site migration.
Please update your bookmarks and be sure to visit the new and improved Ninjalane at Hardwareasylum.com
Sentey GS-6500 Burton Case Review
Author: Garrett Perron
Published: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Conclusion
At just over 100 dollars the Sentey Burton offers a lot of bang for your buck. The almost tool-less hardware locks and roomy interior make installation extremely easy and the included accessory box made it so break out my personal tool kit to install the hardware. The accessory box also allows you to store any extra parts in a convenient location and out of that dreaded PC parts box.
Case construction is very good and complete with smooth and rolled metal edges so you can focus on correctly installing parts and not worrying about leaking blood all over your new motherboard. The extra interior space does allow for installation of oversized aftermarket CPU coolers without sacrificing overall airflow.
With a total of six fans running it will be a little louder than you might expect however you can control the noise by choosing which fans to operate using four fan power buttons located on the top of the case. Of course less fans means you'll also have a warmer chassis, but in some cases this can be an allowable drawback. I like that this allows the user to make the choice in their cooling needs without having to install an aftermarket fanbus panel.
The LED lights on the fan do an excellent job at lighting up interior of the case. It would have been nice to have a window in this case given the abundance of lighted fans as it's a shame to cover them up. Then again that is why we mod.
Case construction is very good and complete with smooth and rolled metal edges so you can focus on correctly installing parts and not worrying about leaking blood all over your new motherboard. The extra interior space does allow for installation of oversized aftermarket CPU coolers without sacrificing overall airflow.
With a total of six fans running it will be a little louder than you might expect however you can control the noise by choosing which fans to operate using four fan power buttons located on the top of the case. Of course less fans means you'll also have a warmer chassis, but in some cases this can be an allowable drawback. I like that this allows the user to make the choice in their cooling needs without having to install an aftermarket fanbus panel.
The LED lights on the fan do an excellent job at lighting up interior of the case. It would have been nice to have a window in this case given the abundance of lighted fans as it's a shame to cover them up. Then again that is why we mod.
Good Things
Fan control buttons
Built-in card reader
Great LED lighting
Enough space to easily install aftermarket components
Accessory box to keep needed tool and screw
Built-in card reader
Great LED lighting
Enough space to easily install aftermarket components
Accessory box to keep needed tool and screw
Bad Things
Difficult to secure 3.5" hard drive to drive tray
Easy to get smudges and fingerprints on case
Easy to get smudges and fingerprints on case
