| #821 - Sigma Luna Case |
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| Written by Zach Jeffers | |||||||
| Friday, 04 May 2007 | |||||||
Page 3 of 5 Luna Contents With the case fully unraveled, the case is very bold in its simplicity and clean lines. Well that is until you get to the window. The window is very clean, but they have eight blue triangles out of nowhere. They do not even match anything on the case. I was very disappointed to see such a striking case ruined by bright blue triangles. These triangles are not even straight.  Looking at the front of the enclosure, you find a full size all aluminum black door. This is off set by a striking silver inset. A small LED is centered above the angle in the inset. This is actually the power LED. To the left, we find the full size window with the eight blue triangles. I am not going to say anything else about these… There is a blue LED 80mm intake fan on the upper left corner of the window to intake fresh air to the CPU cooler. On the right side, you find a plain side panel. The side panels are made of brushed black anodized aluminum.    The back of the case is home to the standard ATX mount at the top, included black I/O shield plate, 120mm exhaust fan, two hinged pull levers and seven expansion slots.  On the front right of the Sigma Luna’s door, you will find a recessed area for your fingers to get behind the door. With the door open, you can see that it only opens ninety degrees. I would have liked to see the door open a little further to make sure that optical drives have plenty of room to eject. The door is held shut only by a hidden magnet. This magnet is not very strong and is barely noticeable. The door does open if the case is held at a downward angle.  
The upper half of the front bezel is home to five 5.25”, and two 3.5” external drive bays. The front of these bays has a very high gloss finish just as the rest of the front bezel. At the bottom of the bezel you will find the power button, power and hard drive activity LEDs, and reset button. On either side of the controls are six ventilation ports that are then screened by circular mesh. Below these openings are two USB2.0 ports, audio-in and audio-out ports.  
A closer look at the back of the door reveals a small goof on the production line. The door did not fully get covered by the black coating. Here you can see that there are also screws holding the two sides of the door to the center silver center piece. I can see some real modding possibilities here. At the top and bottom of the door is a piece of rubber to absorb the shock of shutting the door.    At the back of the case, you will find four included thumb screws holding the side panels on. At the top of the case is the standard ATX power supply mount with two included support fins. Make sure that if you have a PSU with a protruding fan grill, these will not interfere. Below this mounting area is the included 120mm exhaust fan with a honey comb grill punched out of the case.  
On each side panel, there is a hinged pull loop. Pretty interesting thought, not sure how necessary it is, but neat all the same. The bottom features the seven expansion bays and you can see above each one is a plastic piece. This is actually the tool-less design for the expansion devices.  
On the left side panel, you find the 80mm intake fan. This fan is protected by circular mesh and thick black ring. This next picture will scare you. It is the blue triangles that are mounted to the window. You can see they have a nice look to them… just not for a pretty case like this one. They are also made of plastic as apposed to aluminum like the rest of the case. This would have looked ten times nicer with just a black rivet or cover, or not at all.  
Once again, back to the hinged pull loops. These actually forced out the lip of the side panel a bit, but not too much. To then removed the panel, remove the thumb screws, flip open the loop and then pull.  
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