PROS:
- Solid construction. Attractive and well designed. Looks great in the A/V cabinet.
- The black stained brush tectured aluminum finish looks great. Please note that the front is not real aluminum, it's a textured plastic.
- Small but with plenty of space for Micro-ATX motherboard, full size ATX power supply, full size optical (DVD/Blu-Ray) drive, two HDs and three expansion cards. Did not use all of it, I only have one HD, Blu-Ray drive, and no expansion cards. If you're gonna use all slots it might be a good idea to get a modular power supply.
- Lots of internal space. The inside arrangement of the case is great, it all makes sense when assembling it.
Great HTPC case., (What's this?) I bought this case to replace a more sophisticated LC11B-M case I bought a long time ago. That previous one was much smaller, had a remote, VFD, etc. Because it used riser cards and opened from the bottom, it was a hassle to service. It also was really cramped inside. This new case was much less expensive, roomier, quieter and more. I was really impressed with the temps inside the case now, as well as the overall noise level. The full size card slots and power supply make upgrades very simple. It looks great, even though it's a lot taller than I'm used to.
Nice case, but it has issues, (What's this?) Pros: The case looks very nice and is stronger than most towers. Phenom II with stock cooler fit nicely. Full size power supply still leaves enough room for two hard drives. The standard power supply works fine and there is room for the cables if you want to save some money and avoid the modular power supply.
Cons: The fans are horrible. The first fan failed the first day - it began by making a chirping noise like it had a bad bearing. The others are fairly loud and getting louder. The optical drive door cover is straight and will not mount nicely to a curved blu ray logo door (like the asus model). It is not deep enough to mount to the blu ray door without the logo plate on it. There are a few more hoops to jump through than with the standard tower, so plan a little extra assembly time.
The fans are the real annoyance and I'd return the whole thing if it wasn't such a pain to get the MB/optical/hardrive back out. Luckily, the fans can be replaced without removing everything.
Slick HTPC case, (What's this?) I've got this bad boy loaded up with all my HTPC gear, and love the finished product. The case looks great and stays fairly cool. The fans were a little load for my tastes, so I have them undervolted (5v). Before running them at 5v, I probably would have given this 4 stars due to the fan noise. They're silent now. 5 stars.
Good case, wrong parts, (What's this?) Case is nice, excellent fit and finish. Only one major problem. The small box in the package that contains the optical drive stick-on panel, user guide, etc. was for a different model. Had to contact Silverstone to send me the correct part.
Small outside, spacious inside, (What's this?) Small form factor, but a surprising amount of internal space. You really don't have to make many concessions when it comes to component selection. If you can forgo an optical drive, you can install a large CPU cooler, to go along with a decent sized graphics card, and full size ATX power supply. So getting gaming tower performance into this box is very feasible.
My only gripe is the fans run a bit fast, and swapping them out for three 800 RPM fans increases the overall cost significantly. I wouldn't say they're loud, but they're not ideal for HTPC usage. Also, the power light is a bright blue LED...really, Silverstone? I need to open it back up and disconnect the header for that.
Great looking and built case, (What's this?) This case is attractive, well built, and fits perfectly with any solid home AV system. It doesn't look out of place at all.
Great case for the money, (What's this?) This case looks great & works well. I added a Bio-star Th61 ITX board and it fit, I was also able to still utilize the pcie slot on my board.
The fans are fairly quite, I would compare all the fans running to sound about the same as my Xbox (slim)
the black metal strip that sticks to the DVD drive is slightly off color, but as long as you don't have it in direct light you will not be able to notice it.
As far as fit of all my components, everything fit without issue, except I needed to add an extension to my sata connectors due to how all the drives had to fit into the case.
Quality case, but has a few issues, (What's this?) This case is made of high quality materials. The face is about 1/4" thick aluminum, I guess. Very solid. I was suprised how well the stick-on drive door cover works and you would never know by looking at the outside. It looks great inside my cabinet with my Sony receiver. Now these are the only two components in my cabinet and they are the same size and color, giving it a very clean look.
Excellent case with shallow depth, (
Support Expansion Cards up to 10.5 inches.Three Silent 120mm Fans Included.Micro ATX HTPC.Positive Air Pressure Design.Support 2.5 in HDD or SDD..
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