Summary and Conclusion:
The case overall is unimpressive, even for the price. Though I am a fan of simpler designs this case just doesn’t add any features. The main flaws are lack of venting, irremovable right side panel, awkward to open left side panel, hard to open front side panel, only 1 fan to move the air out of the chassis not counting PSU fan. Front panel only has audio in’s and out’s and 2 USB ports. Power button behind the door can become tiresome or you’ll just end up having the door open all the time (personal experience). Being unable to install PSU after placing the motherboard adds a lot of easily avoidable trouble.
Adding an extra fan either on the side panel or couple smaller fans on the front panel(right where the filter is) would add a lot of air flow. The “Silence” part of the chassis only comes from lack of fans and venting since there isn’t any sound proofing done on this case, and any video card or CPU fan makes this fan just as noisy. Thus, adding extra fans and venting isn’t going to make it any less silent but the benefits would be clearly noticeable. Making an easily removable PSU is a very simple and cheap design change that can save bunch of trouble. Front panel can definitely use an eSATA, which is actually implemented on Sonata Elite.
Wire management was on a decent side, there was plenty of space behind the HDD bays to stick all the wires. The 5.25″ and the HDD drive bays weren’t tool free but they are much easier to install, which for someone who swaps the hard drives a lot, is a necessary feature. It’s surprising that many chassis makers avoid this trend.
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