Carbon fibre cases are here
CES 007 Ultra is the first
By Charlie Demerjian in Las Vegas: Tuesday 09 January 2007,
18:06
BY FAR THE coolest case in the show has been the Carbon Fibre one
by Ultra. Like the title suggests, it has real, not cosmetic,
carbon fibre(CF) side and top panels with an exposed brushed
aluminum frame.
The exterior side and top panels are real black finished but
unpainted CF, you can see the raw weave through the epoxy. The
panel is quite stiff, you can tell that by the high pitched sound
when you tap on it, but also amazingly light. Where any other metal
panel would sag if you lift it by one corner, this one remains
almost perfectly straight.
The frame is also semi-exposed and it is made out of brushed
aluminum. It compliments the shiny black CF well, the case looks
great.
Form without function is rather pointless, but in this case, Ultra
went the extra mile to put in a few unique touches. That rod
leaning against the drive bays is called a power bar and you plug
in a main power source to the top and it distributes it to all the
drive bays without cables. This will probably come in real handy
when laying out a system.
Ultra would not comment on pricing, but since race cars are not
cheap, we would not expect to get one of these on sale for next to
nothing. Availability is set for spring and the cases should be
carried in a bunch of places, but we expect Tiger Direct to be in
one of the first to get them.
So bullet-proof? 
But dun think is splash-proof leh...if you
accidentally spill coffee over... 
Light and i think good ventilation. 
