• Reviews around panel (5.00 of 5)

    SilverStone Technology Home Theater Computer Case with Aluminum Front Panel for E-ATX/ATX/Micro-ATX Motherboards GD08B

    • No standoff tool includedPaint bubbled/blistered on top panel shows compromised QAOnly one 120mm case fanStorage orientation is rather haphazardReally should have had ventilation slots or perforations over the CPU area of the motherboardOverall, OK for the price but leaves much to be desired
    • The drive cage/bay is one piece, that you pull out to add/remove drives; no more digging-in to add drives.- Clean front panel cover/door design, that can be
    • First the 2 80MM fan mounts above the I/O panel are useful for fans, but I really wanted to do a liquid cooling solution, but none of the standard sealed models utilize 80MM mounts, so I compromised and just put some fans in, for most
    • Front panel well designed.
    • Clean front panel allows for using in HTPC setups very well without looking like a tank
    • I own the previous version of this case but was very disappointed to see that Silverstone has replaced the great looking, high quality, brushed aluminum front panel with a cheap plastic version
    • Front panel HDD led and power led looks cool.
    • There are some room for improvements; they could have made the front panel lock black colored to improve aesthetics.
    • Once we take the top panel off, you get a look at the DVD tray which you could use with an adapter to hold an additional mechanical hard drive instead of a DVD drive
    • 2 80mm fan mounts on the back above i/o panel, good for exhaust fans, but no standard liquid cooling solutions fit on an 80mm mounting point as of this review
    • Lots of bubbling all over the top panel.
    • Graphics cards that have any part more than a centimeter above the top of the metal mounting bracket will not fit with the top panel closed.- CPU cooler space is limited
    • The top panel has a small grille for heat to exhaust out of, and on the right side of the case you can see two of the three included 120mm fans
    • Larger coolers may not fit - wider ones may obstruct the 5.25" drive bay, and taller ones will not fit with the top panel closed
    • This case will support a beast of a card but it will also sacrifice a lot of room for cables, as well as, at least, one of the 3.5 drive spaces