Assembly

As stated before, the panels for the UFO Cube Case are individually wrapped in soft white foam. To start the installation, follow the manual carefully and unwrap only the parts needed for the current step. Lay them on top of the foam to keep them clean and lint-free. The assembly starts with the bottom panel and adding four L-shaped brackets and then one PSU support bracket. When adding the thumbscrews, be sure to not tighten them all the way. This will give you a little bit of slack to work with and make small adjustments easier.


Next the metal expansion panel was added to the rear acrylic panel and the thumbscrews are added to the access panel. This small panel can be removed to allow the user to swap out or add drives and bay devices. This is a great improvement over other plastic cases that need a lot of disassembly to perform basic upgrades.


The motherboard tray has three holes and three notches to allow wires and cables to run between the top and bottom portions of the case. Sunbeam has done a great job of making sure these are in the right place to keep the cables neat. There are also slots and tabs in various places on the tray to help provide a little extra support for the case where it is needed most.


There are two sides to the drive cage which have tabs that fit into slots on the bottom and the motherboard tray. Once assembled these tabs and the drives installed actually help to hold everything in place. This unique approach keeps unnecessary hardware out of the case, and simplifies the assembly. The whole process of putting the case together takes about an hour, and that is with taking time and using great care to keep the case panels neat and smudge-free.


Here the corner is shown to help understand how the parts fit together. One L-bracket is used on each corner to connect all three panels. Each thumbscrew goes into a threaded insert, which is much stronger than just going into a threaded hole in the plastic. This does add to the cost of the case, but greatly increases the construction quality.


The final step is to add the front I/O ports and add the top. Two things missing from the instructions were the installation of the front ports and the fans. However, anyone buying a case like this who has the skills to put it together should have no trouble figuring out how to do so and which screws to use.