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Introduction
Every now and again new things pop onto the
market. Today we have a 20 in 1 panel, which has
20 different things in one as the name
perceives.
Sunbeam Tech are well known
for their top quality Cold Cathodes and other
modding products, but this product is a leap in
their doing. They would normally make it for
mainly the modders but this is made for both
modders and general users, it comes with a handy
6 in 1 card reader as well as front panel, such
as Audio In, Out, and Microphone. RCA for input
or output, 2 USB's, 1 Fire wire, 2 SATA (because
they are used for hot swapping) and last, the
main aspect is the Fan Controller with
thermal probes and LCD Display.
Packaging
Well If it goes in a box I say sweet, but most
people want to transport it around their country
for purchases and or gifts. It fits in a snug
box no bigger then my two feet, probably not the
same height but not much bigger then a CD or DVD
drive box.
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What
you get
You get all the leads, the panel, the 2 thermal probes and some
screws with stickers!
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Included
- The Panel
- 4 pin header to USB (for the Card Reader)
- 2 USB to USB pin header (Panel Headers)
- Line In, Line Out to Pin headers (Panel
Headers for Sound)
- 2x Thermal Probes
- 2x Chassis Fan Extension Cords with Speed
Plug
- Power Cable
- RCA Male to RCA Male
- Fire Wire to Fire Wire Pin Header (On Panel)
- Glue for Thermal Probes
- Stickers for the Fan Controller
- PCI Plate with hole for Plugs
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The Test Computer
- A AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 3000+
- Gigabyte K8N Ultra SLi
- Mushkin PC-3200 Level II Version 2 CAS 2
- Gigabyte ATi X600PRO 128mb
- Single
SATA 80gb 7200rpm Hard Drive
- Standard 450w Power Supply.
Installation
Well this part
the easiest, though it does require a bit of cable
tying for those with side panels. But you just
mount it like you would mount any other CD/DVD
Drive or Fan Controller. You screw it in and
plug it up. Drag the cables you want through the
hole in the PCI plate (included). And wa la!
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Conclusion
I have to emit this is a pretty fine Panel it saves me from
getting out my camera's USB to Camera Adapter, and even allows
me to easily transfer to my mobile phones MMC Card. But the fan
controller that's one of the best I have seen though, it doesn't
seem to give a boost, though it still does seem to drop the fan to off
mode, and it dims the lights on a LED fan right off, now that's
something I like. After all this you might think why bother, I say
"why not bother?". You get all this stuff, a new front panel
for audio, USB, fire wire and so forth,
Card Reader and a LCD with a nice fan controller. I recommend
you do get one, but the only flaw out of all this I would have
to say it the leads running to the back of your computer, but if
you cable sleeved it there would be no worries about. So if your
looking for a card reader and your going to get a Fan Controller
why stop and by 2 separate when you can buy them together with
extra front panel connections! That's why I say this product
receives the "Pure Genius" award, because
it adds everything a common person or even a pro modder, would
need in one fine looking drive bay.
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