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Sentey GS-6000 Optimus PC Chassis Review (hardware)

Posted by Shane Dickson (Oregon Slacker), 4 days ago

Sentey GS-6000 Optimus Overview:

The GS-6000 Optimus comes with a wide variety of features, the most noticeable is the finish, as soon as you take it out of its packaging you notice a sleek gloss that matches what you’d see on a newly waxed vehicle coming straight out of the detail shop, making it the ideal conversation piece for sitting atop your desk rather than underneath. It also comes with a painted black interior as well, something most enthusiasts find to be pleasing when showing off the internals of their systems.

The outside of the case also has some very nice exterior contours, almost like that of a stealth fighter with perfect angles and impressive looks that will make you want to show of this case. There are holes in the back to support liquid cooling reservoirs if needed.

Sentey Optimus back  Sentey Optimus Right side

The other important feature of the case is the 180mm filtered fan, located on the inside left panel to allow for great cooling and nice aesthetics as you can see the glow come from behind the mesh on the side grill. With a total of three LED fans (Top, Side and Front), and one Fan on the back that’s Sentey Optimus Left sidenot LED, this unit has great airflow and therefore great capabilities to keep your system nice and cool and also extend the life of your system.

The front side of the case has a twisting dial fan controller, 2 USB 2.0 ports, audio/mic inputs and a useful MMC/SC card reader. It also has a handy fold down grill for your optical disk drive.

The theme of the internals are black and red, red being used mostly for the tops to the tool-less drive bays, HDD slider grips and extension slot bracket holders. The inside area is quite spacious and has a lot of room to work in for a medium tower case, this will work for most gaming enthusiasts, however users with extended length video cards and/or massive CPU coolers may have to look for another solution from the Sentey Extreme line.

Sentey GS-6000 Optimus Setup & Usage:

Setup for the Case was fairly easy, although I did spend a fair amount of time on cable management with all the fan wires being my most frustrating. I used an older machine to do my install with, thinking that most people getting a case would want to upgrade their plain case to this beauty. The older parts provided useful insight into installs with the case, I think a modular power supply and a couple Y-connecting molex adapters or extenders would have alleviated most of this hassle, as would an extension for the main power cord. That being said there was plenty of room on the backside for cable management.Sentey Optimus cabling

Motherboard install was fairly easy as the case supports both ATX and micro ATX motherboards, power supply holes in the back were sufficient to support new and older model power supplies as well. The tool-less drive bays functioned perfectly, and all wires for the front side panel were well labeled. So you didn’t have to worry if your Optical drive faceplate color matched that of the front side of case, the Sentey Optimus impressed me even further with grills that folded down when the eject button was pushed, offering yet again another feature to make the case look stylish, one that you don’t even see in high priced cases.

I daisy-chained most of the fans to the fan controller so all operated with the switch, but was unable to so with the front LED as it had a terminating connector, as did the power receptor for the fan controller. It would have been nice to see these actually wired together but it’s a small concern in light of an absolute feature rich case.

 Our Rating for Sentey GS-6000 Optimus PC Chassis Review (hardware)
7.5
Construction
Sturdy, and hardy enough composition, laminated exterior looks good, but lightweight almost flexible steel for panels on sides
7.5
Installation
Tool less features including twist lock optical bays, pinch clip removable HDD trays and even plastic locking expansion slots make a screwdriver almost unneeded., however cable routing proved a task given the number of fans and wires involved, and still way above average compared to a typical case.
7.5
End-user
A very good case for the mid tower line, however without USB 3.0, large graphics card support and space for larger air CPU coolers it misses in terms of upgrading for future hardcore gamers, but if using an older system this is an ideal choice for a case upgrade .
9.0
Style
Looks, awesome exterior finish and stealth like angles and edges will make this a case you’ll want to show off,
9.0
Functionality
Very feature rich all the way around and one of the best values I’ve seen. 4x fan Cooling with fan controller and LEDS, card readers, PSU vents, everything you’d want in a mid-tower case plus more
8.0
Overall
A truly great value and feature packed addition to the mid tower case line from Sentey, one that any gamers would be proud to own and display

Rating: 3.0, votes: 2
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