SilverStone SST-PS07B Black Steel / Plastic with Aluminum Accent MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: Small and compact. Good solid design. no sharp edges. great air flow and the filters work amazingly. i managed to squeeze a 6 core 1366 cpu with an asus motherboard with 16GB ram and a gtx 480. two seperate water cooling systems one for the vid card one for the cpu.

Cons: none. unless your an idiot and dont know what MICRO ATX means. yeah its gonna be a tight fit. no $h1t. but i managed to fit thousands of dollars of high end stuff in it with no problem.

Other Thoughts: 1366 6 core cpu with 16gb ram asus rampage mb and evga gtx 480. i modified a thermaltake bigwater 760i or something like that to fit into the top two optical drive slots and relocated the pump on top of the HDD cage stand which i removed the hd cage from, and put the water resevoir in the middle on the bottom level of the case. that cools the vid card. also still fit two 120gb sata3 SSDs under the pump. no CD drive i use a usb one. Seperate water cooling system for the CPU one of the self contained small ones from corsair or something. Could have easily added another 480gtx and added the tubing to the bigwater but every game runs on max already with no lagging whatsoever so whats the point. CPU overclocked to 3.6ghz no problem, 4ghz max. all in all its extremely compact and heavier than it looks but it all fits and isnt too difficult to work on, can add water in a few seconds and have it closed back up again in no time. System has been running with not a single glitch for around a year now, probably more than that.

Pros: Easy Access
Great cable management
Quiet fans

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: You can easily take both sides and the top off of this (8 screws, 2 hand turn) and another 2 screws gets the motherboard tray out. I don't remember the last time I worked in a case where everything was so easy to get at!

Pros: -The case has a nice look, fit and finish to it
-Good front access to USB 3.0 / mic / speaker ports
-Has a lot of expandability in theory.
-No sharp edges that I could find

Cons: I'm not sure if people just have low standards when it comes to cases, or perhaps all MicroATX cases have these issues, but this one has been a struggle for me.
-The HDD expansion cage overhangs the motherboard and got in the way of my USB 3.0 header
-The LEDs are like nightlights and I had to write over them with a marker to make them less bright. Not helpful when using in a bedroom
-One of the front fans had a plastic deformity in a blade that I had to file off to stop it from making a noise
-The front access panel is plastic and sometimes gets caught when trying to open, needs to be pushed / bent to open properly
-Add/remove of the power supply requires taking off the top panel, which has lots of little weird screws.

Other Thoughts: Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon, and I'm coming from a gigantic old Supermicro SC750...but I wanted to like this MicroATX case. Couple other things:
-I don't like the PS vent on the top. Just makes me afraid if I were to ever spill something near this case
-I'm not sure if it's the fans or my mobo, but the front fans don't always turn on with the computer. They need to be pushed gently to get them going
-And this could definitely be me not being used to MicroATX, but I had a really difficult time getting everything to fit well in this case. Getting one SSD and one HDD placed somewhere that the cables would run without getting in the way was not easy

If anyone is trying to decide between MicroATX and an ATX case, and you aren't severely constrained for space, I'd say go ATX. MicroATX isn't much smaller but you give up a lot of working space.

Manufacturer Response:

Thank you very much for purchasing a SilverStone. Regarding your fan not spinning on startup, please check to see if you can adjust the fan speed setting or fan voltage setting to start higher in your motherboard BIOS setting.

Pros: Same layout as the TJ08-E except for that this front bezel is plastic and the fan system is 2x120mm rather than 180mm.

Cons: I dont like plastic bezels in any situation.

cannot mount a corsair H80 when using lga 2011 as the system will interfere with the DIMMs

Other Thoughts: Unlike other reviews of this case I can confirm that the Corsair H100 will not NATIVELY fit in the front 2x120mm slots. Instead I had to take out the HDD cages and deform the metal at the mount holes quite a bit to get the H100 to mount.

Pros: USB3 case plugs. Great cooling. Lift out dust filters. Easy to work with. Enough room for all the permanently attached cables on the Stallion PSU I used in this build. Big enough for the HUGE Enermax CPU cooler I'm using in it.

Cheaper than the white version. "Finned" aluminum trim on the front looks nice.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I was going to get the white version, but just before I placed my order Newegg came in with this model. Very easy case to work with. Taking off the case top to install the power supply is not a big deal.

This is my first micro-ATX case. It wasn't absolutely clear to me that such cases used a standard ATX form factor power supply, since Newegg lists a few power supplies specifically for micro-ATX cases. I gambled and ordered a standard ATX PSU for it and it worked fine.

Pros: Has front USB 3. Excellent cable routing design. Easy-to-fit panels open from two sides and the top. Perfect cooling arrangement for a quiet low wattage build. Sturdy, with good styling. Includes plenty of assorted length screws, velcro wraps, zip ties. Has zip tie attachment points. Small sized power indicator lights. The air filters might help save the fans from damage and imbalance due to dust build up.

Cons: The connector for front usb 3 ports is very tall so the case's hard drive bracket will block it from being plugged in if your Motherboard's usb 3 header is located in the same place as it is on my Intel BOXDH77EB. I could have just plugged the case's front connector into a usb 2 header by using the included adapter cable, but I did some minor surgery on the removable hard drive bracket to allow fitting of the usb 3 connector (thereby discovered the bracket is made of relatively thick steel during its match up against my 4 inch angle grinder).

Other Thoughts: The case has one built-in 2.5 inch drive mount that is located on the very bottom of the case and it faces sideways. I could not use it because my PSU's single short sata cable was not long enough to reach both the DVD drive location and the 2.5 inch SSD drive location.

Pros: Good design
dual 120mm fans in the front
Cable routing holes
all black interior- minus the PCIE brackets

Cons: Cheap build quality. This case uses really thin metal for its construction. If you apply too much pressure it will bend easily. Cases with similar construction usually cost around 40-60, but this case is at $80. Simply put you are paying for the name. If you are using it for an itx case I would go with the BF prodigy, $10 more and a lot more sturdy.
The bottom of the psu mount is open and not closed. I really would have preferred to have a closed bottom with a 120mm fan hole cut to hide the psu.

Other Thoughts: Still a good case. I was just really disappointed with the build qiality of this case. And the cpu air mount hole on the bottom, since I water cool I took it off and now have this hole at the bottom of the case.

Pros: The stock fans are totally inaudible over the low background noise at my work. I work in a very dusty environment, and I was quite surprised at how little dust makes it into the computer case through the front filters! Lowest temperature increase over ambient I've yet seen in a build.

Cons: Front fan filter is a bit tricky to re-attach, even after doing it several times. Front door feels a bit flimsy. I banged my leg on a corner of the case and about swore at a customer, it was sharp!

Other Thoughts: After three months in the office the CPU fan has no visible dust on it and the drive cradles (directly behind the intake fans) only had a light powder of dust on them, this compared to the old Pentium 4 PCs that had to be CLEANED every three months and had worryingly loud cooling setups. Keeps the stock i5-3470 at ambient while idle and ~45C under full load under the stock cooler.

Pros: Sleek design. Quality construction. Very quiet. Removable motherboard tray. Great cable management, plenty of places to tie down.

Cons: With the outer shell removed, the interior supports bend easily.

Other Thoughts: I had a blast using this case for a recent build. Because of the lack of "quick-release" fittings, I wouldn't recommend this case for someone who is constantly digging around inside their computer. I had no issues fitting a 600W power supply, 5.25" DVD drive, 3.5" memory card reader, two 3.5" HDDs, and a 12" long 3-slot wide GPU card.

Pros: This case is a great combo, of solid build, easy access, ultra quite and full featured. I love the removable air filters. The fans are the quietest stock fans I've ever had. Has a lot of drive space for a MicroATX case. Extremely light.

Cons: The included from port USB 3.0 cable has a very talk plug and give the location on most MicroATX boards it causes a problem wit the drive cage. Need maybe another 1/8" clearance. I was able to bend the cable enough to make the drive cage sit in place after the cable is plugged in. The Magnetic fan filter for the PS doesn't stay in place very well. The grove for it should have a sharper edge so it wont slide out.

Other Thoughts: I've owned many cases over the years and this is one of the best values for the money I've come across.