Given, four built-in AC outlets is a nice thing to have on a system, but having three of them switch on and off with the system as a whole is even better. Of the four AC plug ins in the back of the power supply, the cluster of three on the one side of the power supply shut off with the computer’s power switch, while the lone AC plug in above the usual PC Cable stays on whether the computer is on or not. This was the big selling feature of this case for me, this awesome power supply. If it weren’t for this feature, this case would just be another case.
Not only does this power supply have a built in surge protector, it is also 300W of pure power; meaning that an Athlon or Duron based system is no challenge for this power supply. If you want build that big, bad Athlon 1.2GHz Thunderbird System, this power supply will not even burp with the power needs thrown at it. Plus, from judging from the power supply label, this puppy also comes in 350W and 380W versions, if you can find them.
This is obviously a great Power Supply, but the case is lack-luster for most users that require a bunch of drive bays for their digital thermal diode read-outs, hard drive fans, and DVD, TrueX CD-ROMs, and CD-RWs. After praying that the name listed on the Power Supply Sticker was the manufacturer, I logged on to my favorite search engine, Google. I found what seemed to be the site of the manufacturer of this power supply, but the link was dead. www.youngyear.com.tw Being goggle found it, and had some cached information on it, I’m hoping that this is only a temporary outage. I will keep checking it out and hopefully I can find a way to get a connection to just these power supplies.
The Case
This pup is pretty much just the standard ATX case. It has 3 Internal 3.5″ Hard Drive Bays, as well as two external 3.5″ Bays, and 4 External 5.25″ Bays. For me, this case is perfect because it’s not too big, and yet not too small. It features enough room for expansion of Drives, yet it’s not to big to fit under my desk. As of now, the only cheap cases that I have been able to find were either had 3 external bays and a power supply right over the ATX CPU Socket, or 7 external bays and too large to fit anywhere, and too heavy to frequently rip open and upgrade.
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