| Bob Slay UV Blue Acrylic ATX Case by
Mountain Mods:
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The Bob Slay Acrylic case is quite interesting.
It is unique in many ways. |
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The primary concern we had when building the computer
was with Static. |
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Static can be a major problem, and the Bob Slay case had
so much static initially that we were afraid to put our
components into it. |
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We researched the problem and ordered some Novus Clean
and Shine 1 plastic polish to help alleviate the issue. |
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After a few days the static was gone and we proceeded to
finish building the machine. |
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| By default the Bob Slay case only
ships with two 5.25 drive bay openings. This is
fairly limiting for future expandability. |
| Luckily Mountain Mods could easily
and cheaply add drive bays up to a total of three 5.25
and three 3.5 inch bays. |
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| The bottom compartment of the Bob
Slay case relies on the Power Supply fan for all its
cooling. It is mostly sealed and there are no
intake ports for air to flow into the lower compartment. |
| We addressed this issue by having
Mountain Mods add in a 120mm Fan opening to the bottom
of the case. |
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| The Bob Slay case allows for full
sized components. It can handle an ATX MotherBoard
and Power Supply. |
| It is not so forgiving for
non-standard parts. Aftermarket CPU coolers, and
Pumps and things may not have the room they need, though
many people water cool their Bob Slay computer. |
| Care must be taken to consider the
size of the parts before ordering. |
| Here is the amount of CPU Heat Sink
clearance you can expect. Shown is the stock Intel
CPU Cooler. |
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| The Hard Disk mounts quite close to
the left hand panel. |
| Here is a view of the amount of space
any drive connectors shall need. |
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| An 8800 GTS video card fits easily
within the case. |
| But an 8800 GTX may not fit, due to
its extreme size. |
| Here is an image of the clearance an
8800 GTS has. |
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| While the top of the case is clean
and looks great, the bottom portion filled with wires in
our install. |
| Luckily the bottom chamber is not too
visible in our set-up so it works out great. |
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The LED Power and HD indicators are
extremely bright.
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| We found that we needed to reduce
their luminosity. |
It took a total of 7 layers of Masking tape to cover the
Power LED enough to reduce its beam to a soft glow.
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| To work on the case and add
components typically involves removing both the top and
left side panels. |
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About 15 screws need to be removed to do this. |
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The PCI card retention mechanism is a bar of acrylic
that screws in and secures the PCI cards. It works
well. |
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| For lighting we used the
FlexiGlow UV Laser LED Light
kit. |
| It lit up our UV reactive sleeving
just fine. |
| But it is interesting to note that it
had no effect on the Bob Slay UV Blue acrylic case. |
| Either the Bob Slay is not truly UV
reactive, or our LEDs are not emitting the correct UV
frequency it needs. |
| We would recommend expecting a Blue
Acrylic case rather than one that shall be Blue UV
Reactive. |
| Regardless of if it is UV reactive or
not, the Blue Acrylic looks excellent. |
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| Having the MotherBoard mounted 90
degrees is an great innovation. |
| Having the backplane on the right
side makes it very easy to attach USB devices or unplug
the network quickly if needed. |
| We view it as a superior design to
having the I/O port in the back of the machine, and
difficult to get at. |
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