Logisys CS888UV: Glowing Acrylic!
by Purav Sanghani on November 5, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Internal Design
Since we are dealing with a clear acrylic case, we are not surprised to see the insides of the CS888UV. To get a clearer view, though, we removed the side panel to show the various parts.At the front, we see where the bundles of USB, audio, and the other front panel wires come together. There are two circuit boards: one for the power/reset buttons and lights and one for the auxiliary ports. The front instrument panel (power/reset buttons, lights) wiring is bundled as a single ribbon cable to reduce the mess that we have seen before in many cases.
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In the image above, the bundle of wires is twist-tied to one side of the drive bay mounts. The drive bays are actually two molded pieces of acrylic, which are screwed to the case from the top and bottom. We saw this design in the CS888CL, which was included in our clear case roundup in July.
There are a total of four 5-1/4" drive bays and eight 3-1/2" drive bays, two of which are exposed for floppy drive applications. As with the CS888CL, Logisys does not implement rubber HDD mounts on the CS888UV. Rubber stoppers help HDDs absorb any vibrations that may be carried through the acrylic to the drives. In effect, these stoppers greatly reduce the risk of damage to those HDDs.
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The expansion slots are supported by a steel casing that help increase the strength of the acrylic in that area when mounting add-on cards. We noticed how ClearPC had failed to implement this type of support in their Secret Agent suitcase style acrylic case, which resulted in a cracked area in the acrylic.
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diehlr - Friday, November 5, 2004 - link
UGLY.Shinei - Friday, November 5, 2004 - link
Now, if only Macs were half as good as PCs... ;)I do agree that the G5 cases are dead sexy, though, and I'm curious why someone hasn't gotten the bright idea of putting out that A(B)TX case style (like the Temjins) with a G5-style case... Amazing cooling + hot looks + huge case == winner.
Orchid001 - Friday, November 5, 2004 - link
#1 I agree there are a lot of very bad pc cases out there (A lot do look like they are designed for/by 16 yr old metal fans), there are some exceptions, I have a shuttle case myself which I think looks great. PC case designers could take a leaf out of Apples book.SMT - Friday, November 5, 2004 - link
#1 - Um, Shuttle?Avalon - Friday, November 5, 2004 - link
Acrylic cases are so funny looking that I almost wish I had one...almost :PLocut0s - Friday, November 5, 2004 - link
Others have said it before but I'll say it again.What ever happened to the concepts of sleekness, style, and form? It seems like most of the case makers have hired 16 year old tone deaf heavy metal freaks. "Oh you know what would be cool man?! Make it transparent and glowy and shit!" or "Make it look like a transformer!". Whatever you may think of Apple (and I myself am NOT an apple guy) you have to admit they are one of the few remaining bastions of style and taste left. Where are the PC cases for the rest of us?
breakfastninja - Monday, May 3, 2010 - link
I just wanna say that I own a CS888CL and it only has three 80mm fans, not five. I actually cut a hole in the top of mine for a 120mm and dropped my system temps by 6 degrees.