Silverstone SST-GD09B

Redelijke HTPC kast, maar te beperkt voor nieuwere hardware in mijn ogen

Good quality case, used to replace a previous slightly larger Silverstone HTPC. No instructions in box, don't normally bother with instructions but there's a 3.5" bracket accessory that needs explaining. No cable routing space but plenty of room to jam cables around. USB3 header is tight against the drive bracket. If you mount a 2.5 under the drive bracket and 3.5 or ODD etc in the top, you'll need two SATA cables (or one with long spacing between connections) as they mount at 90o from each other, my Fractal PSU cables didn't reach, so mounted the 2.5 next to the PSU instead. Overall very pleased with the finished build.

Scan service first class. I ordered a noctua nh-u9s and it fits perfectly. But I cant now connect my DVD drive. Trying an Arctic Alpine 12 next. The case is very well made.

I'm very satisfied with the job Silverstone did on this case. The 17cm height (legs removed) makes it slide in perfectly to our bench, with plenty of air flow to cool the living room PC/VR machine. Really satisfied with it. Do watch out for GPU height, as my card was a bit tall, but a "U" power adapter solved the problems.

Well, this is made from soft metal, and the base is not thick enough to prevent the motherboard fixing nuts from stripping the thread when you tighten them up to the correct torque. The support bar down the middle of the case means you can't fit a full size graphics card in the correct x16 slot because it gets in the way, and you can't remove it because the 5.25 bay then cannot be used. Otherwise the rest of the case is so-so for what it is. I would not recommend it, basically a midi tower on it's side with a lot of problems mainly stemming from lack of testing and being made from very cheap metal.