SilverStone Technology Premium Computer Case

Pros:*All aluminum construction*Easy to install components*Good airflow designCons:* Needs some tweaking for certain PSUs to fit.I took the chance and purchase the "Used Like New" from Amazon Warehouse for 60 dollars. The case came with no scratches except for the inside of case on side where the motherboard would be installed. The side is covered up so I don't really care. It came all the screws and the manual still in their individual packets. I would definitely say that it was worth the gamble and I am considering buying used items on Amazon more often.The case itself is an all aluminum construction with modern design will fit well in any environment. The side panels are on opposite sides of the case and come off with thumb screws so installing the motherboard was crazy easy. I purchased the non hotswap model and hdd caddies are conveniently located above the motherboard. I used the Thermaltake Silent 1156 CPU Cooler and barely had any more clearance so I highly recommend getting a low profile cooler.The only issue I came across was when I was installing the Corsair SF450 PSU the L bracket that holds one side of PSU covers up the on\off switch so I need to remove it. The L bracket is held on with screws so was easy to remove. The case is designed for the components to lay down in a 90 degree angle so gravity isn't pushing the part where L bracket wouldn't be.This last part isn't a con but just a consideration. The case only has a single full size PCI-E slot so I wouldn't consider this for a gaming PC build. This case meant to be a HTPC or server build.

CS01SA beautiful, well-constructed case for this price point. The look and feel of it is small, sleek, stylish, subtle, and silver - hard qualities to find in the right combination without spending a few hundred.Bought this for a low-power home PC for my wife, and with some finagling I'll probably have it up and running in a few days. I think they really avoided optimizing heat dispersion and ventilation since the only case fan is at the bottom and the main vent at the top is heavily obstructed by the storage cages (which I removed because I like airflow, and removal was easy).Now, I get that it was designed as a NAS case, but that does not excuse avoiding easy-to-fix problems like the rigid power cord extension that will come down over your motherboard and may interfere with your CPU cooler. There was also no need for the built-in USB 3.0 ports, or to have at least included a small piece of aluminum to seal the port with if you want to remove it. Basically, the built in cabling and internal layout could have used some serious optimization that could have led to less impeded airflow, or SilverStone could have included a specialized PSU, a sleeve for generic and ubiquitous power supply lines that would have sealed better in the opening port, and/or hardwired the case better to create a better cable management system because as it stands, there is no way to avoid running power cables straight across the case.For the price, I would have anticipated more very minor customizations and a slightly better internal layout on the off-chance that some enthusiast would like to use this case for an mITX gaming build because it has such a beautiful exterior and there really is nothing like it on the market.Everything else I have read about this case states that it functions very well as a home NAS, but even still the cable management options internally need a lot of re-tooling.

Compact and light. The next time I need to evacuate (Erma), I will have a MUCH smaller server to load into the car. Since it holds 4 ssds it serves as a nice RAID server.