SilvStone SST-GD11B mITX SST-GD11B

I deliberated for months on whether to dive in and spend the money on this case. I had an old SilverStone case that did the job but it didn’t have enough cooling. This case accommodates a number of fans (slow speed quiet ones) and the GPU has a lot more room. Takes a number of hard disks as well and the cable management is fairly easy although not as neat as some cases. Given the fact it’s not got glass panels and such though this isn’t really an issue.All in all a very easy build and it looks great - passed the wife test which is clearly the most important thing for a PC in the living room.

I agree with the other review not enough of HTPC cases around now - i do like this one and upgraded my old one to this as it can fit a AIO and the big boy 3090's GPU's etc (i like it to double up as a games machine as well as HTPC) love the fact it looks like a speaker - i have it amongst my KEF ATMOS setup doesn't look out of place. Now the negatives the white leds look cheap and are too bright - i had to tone them down (i wish they were blue) - hard drive fittings yes could do with a 2.5 fitting - only platter drive fittings, however we are moving away from platter drives and SATA drives imo and NVMe's are the future (in fact i used NVMe's) in this build and got rid of the older drives. Anyways generally i like this case a lot

Where to start with this.1. Cheap feeling metal, and finish. When I compare the thickness and finish quality to other cases I own that have this price tag they are just better.2. The price, this case is on par with your average sub £60 case, and then the other case would probably be better equipped. This is a £70 case max3. Cable management. There's basically none, this is expected on even mid tier nowdays.4.The included fans. There pretty much pointless and landfill fodder, not even PWM5.The lack of drive and other mounting options, this is not at the level it should be at this price.6. The stupid front leds dimmed by a cheap plastic slider, that still shines up from the mesh. Why are these not actually dimmed this is not a lot to ask for at this price range.7. CASE FLEX this is the biggest issue case feels so weak when moving. You can lift a corner and have the other 3 stay in place for a good few Millimeters this flex is being transferred to motherboard.8.Air vents grills and dust covers. Silverstone this would of been good 10 years ago, but honestly cheap plastic side grills and a front mesh you have to remove the lid to access. Poor9. Acoustic performance is sub par. Moving a PC guts from a Corsair 5000d Airflow ( which is about 70£ cheaper ) its noticebally louder now, I suspect from the lower quality materials used.You could forgive a few of these, but when you add it all up its just a bad, overpriced, plain black box with litte to no thought in its design. First and last attempt at using a Silverstone product.

Good size case. If you’re using nvme drives then no issue with no storage drive bays. Can accommodate a 4090 (shorter than 34cm) and a full atx board and you can even use a 240mm AIO to cool your cpu which I did. overall you can build a pretty beefy gaming and HTPC machine for your living roomIf you’re using a full ATX board then any connectors next to the last PCIe slot may get obstructed if you try and install any extra fans. Sides are not suitable for radiators.If your putting in a big graphics card consider the height clearance when plugging in the power cables specially for 4000 nVidia or 7000 AMD high end cards.

Perfect HTPC chassi. Good ventilation and a great look.I changed to fans to Noctua without trying the ones that was supplied.I recommend this chassi!

Ich bin sehr beeindruckt von dem Gehäuse. Würde ich auf jeden Fall wieder kaufen. Ich habe das Gehaüse unter meinen AV- Receiver gestellt. Sieht toll aus und spart Platz auf dem Schreibtisch... Leider hat man nicht die große Auswahl, wenn mein eine Wasserkühlung besitzt. Dies scheint das einzige HTPC Gehäuse zu sein, das einen Radiator unterstützt. Ein HTPC Gehäuse mit einem Slot für ein Blu ray Laufwerk und einem Platz für ein Radiator wäre nicht schlecht gewesen.

J'ai repéré ce boitier pour monter un PC de salon (plateformes de streaming vidéo, vidéothèque perso, musique, etc.) avec des pièces que j'ai remplacé dans ma config travail/gaming. Le boitier remplit bien sa fonction en accueillant facilement la carte mère ATX, idem pour l'alimentation avec un disque SSD 2,5" et un 3,5".Niveau qualité de fabrication, le boitier est bien fini, la façade et les pieds avant aussi. À la limite je reprocherai à la structure d'être un peu trop flexible. Sans capot supérieur et le panneau frontal, c'est assez facile de plier un peu la structure, mais rien de dramatique.Le montage est assez simple, même s'il faut faire attention à quelques éléments : - Si vous installez un radiateur 240mm en façade, vous n'aurez pas l'espace pour installer un ventilo 120mm à côté de l'alimentation - Avec une carte full ATX, si vous avez les connecteurs ventilos/USB/alim sur le bas de la carte, il faut les connecter avant d'installer les 2 ventilos possibles. L'espace est très limité une fois qu'ils sont installés.- Le câble HD audio qui doit traverser le boitier en diagonal pour la plupart des cartes mères est étrangement court (voir la photo avant l'installation des bacs disques/SSD).- Si vous comptez l'installer dans un meuble, il faut regarder la profondeur, elle est vraiment importante en comptant un peu de marge pour les câbles.En conclusion, j'en suis satisfait, la température du CPU (Ryzen 5600G) en utilisation (streaming/lecture vidéos Full HD à 4K/streaming jeux) est très bonne (~35° dans une pièce à 20°). Les options de refroidissement sont efficaces et permettent de régler les ventilos assez bas pour limiter au maximum le bruit, le pc se fait facilement oublier. J'aurai juste aimé qu'il soit aux alentours de 120€ et dispose d'un second emplacement 2,5". Sur un boitier de cette qualité et vu le prix des SSD SATA, ça aurait plus logique. Mais bon, les alternatives sont très souvent ITX et donc bcp plus chères pour la config entière.

Il case è ottimo in quanto ho potuto installare una scheda madre ATX (quindi di quelle grandi) una vga Sapphire RX5700XT che non è certo piccola, 3 dischi fissi meccanici da 3,5 pollici e sistema di raffreddamento a liquido. Unica nota negativa è che il kit di raffreddamento a liquido con radiatore da 240mm (nelle specifiche del case lo da compatibile con sistemi da 240mm appunto) ha dato qualche problema nell'installazione, ho dovuto mettere mano a lima e sega per modificare un traverso del case in quando aveva problemi con il radiatore. Forse la compatibilità è solo con i sistemi di raffreddamento della stessa marca? Ma la cosa non era specificata. Per il resto devo dire che c'è stato tutto e rimane un buono spazio per il ricambio dell'aria.

Ich konnte auch problemlos eine etwas breitere 26cm AIO verbauen, die Staubfilter sind an der richtigen Stelle. Kleines Manko: Man kann mit den Staubfiltern nicht von hinten nach vorne den Luftstrom zirkulieren lassen. Es ist vorgesehen, die Luft von vorne nach hinten zu bewegen. Wenn es hinten offen ist, kein Problem, in einem geschlossenen Regal, staut sich so die heiße Luft im Inneren des Möbelstückes.