Its whats inside that counts…
Opening the side door of the case reveals a small area with which to work with, this was to be expected, I just didn’t expect to have to remove pieces before I could actually get to the point where you can begin to mount the mother board. First things first… Remove the side panels (both sides are removable for cable management) once that’s done you need to remove the mounting bracket for the 3.5 inch floppy drive, this bracket spans the case from front to the back.
Once you have removed that bracket you can now get at the motherboard and power supply area, I strongly recommend starting with surprisingly enough the hard drives which are mounted on the bottom plate (also removable) there is enough room for 2 hard drives thought the accommodations are nothing fancy just a metal holding bracket that is part of the base of the case.
Once you have the hard drive(s) installed you can now put the mother board in and you will have saved yourself some irritation with the lack of space between the bottom of a micro ATX board and the hard drive enclosures. Irritation aside though it was a good idea to put them on the bottom like that versus a traditional spot in the front of the case which would have contributed to the size of the case. Once the motherboard is installed you are going to want to add your DVD or BluRay drive if you plan to install one. Once all your drives are in place and you have installed your video card(s) and any other add-on cards you will be able to mount the power supply which sits right over the CPU cooler. The placement of the power supply is directly responsible for the height restriction for your CPU fan, I strongly recommend if possible to use the stock Intel or AMD cooler as these tend to be pretty good, as well as being low height. The final component will be the power supply your best choice would be one that is modular for cable management, I say that because there is a shortage of room in these small form factor cases and the Sugo SG04 is no exception. The other good reason for choosing a modular power supply is for air flow, the front of the case houses a single 120mm fan that blows across the board and out the back, this happens to be within 5″ of the edge of a standard ATX power supply.
The front of the case without the rounded front panel, it also shows the single 120mm fan.
That is the quote from Silverstone’s site not Techwarelabs. I agree powerful is not a quality of a case.
line of beautifully crafted small but powerful
How can a case be “powerfull”. What does that mean? Is the case ………..I don’t even know what question to ask. This is so patently ridiculous that it defies logic. Here is a computer case, thats all. Looks like a small to medium case and not outstanding in the least. Powerfull indeed!!