Hasbeen wrote: I like the case it has certain appealing qualities, but how was the fit and finish? What was your overall satisfaction level while building and managing what cables you used in such a confined space? I have to say as a novice I thought pictures looked really good and offered great views of the system and components.
The fit and finish it not bad. The side panels come off maybe a bit to easily but its not like they just fall off whenever you touch them either.
As for routing the cables and such its pretty well thought out. Seems that Silverstone took their time with it and though gee, that cable will go their and this one will go there, we might want to make holes for those.
This case is a prime example of why Modular PSU's are the way to go. You wouldn't want to use a standard PSU on this case at all. It could be done but the end result would suck. There is just not enough room for all of the cables.
The only connections that I have on the PSU are the 2 6+2pin PCI power cables and 1 Molex cable with I think 4 connections on it. One of the connections runs all the fans with the included adapter from the case, one is for the hot swap 3.5in bay and the other one is Molex to sata for the SSD. I didn't want to run another cable from the PSU just for the SSD so I used the adapter. I also found a new home for my Icy Dock that I bought when I built the Shuttle.
Nacelle - I would of gone with a 580 but their was no reason to spend more cash when the 560 is working fine. With everything cranked it pulls 120fps in Starcraft 2.
I have seen some builds with SLi/Crossfire in these cases but it seems to me that the cards struggle with airflow. When you do that there just isn't enough and things get hot.
I will say this. With the Corsair H60 installed the RAM in this thing really runs cool. The heatsinks are cool to the touch even after gaming for an hour. That 120mm fan blowing cool/filtered air on the Motherboard really seems to help out.
