WEBVTT 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:12.719 welcome to an unboxing that I've actually wanted to do for quite a while 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:22.279 and I've received a number of requests to do now I know that I unboxed the F3 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:24.400 mini a long time ago and I uh promised 00:00:22.279 --> 00:00:29.720 at the time of unboxing it that I would do an ITX build guide in that case and 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:35.760 it took like months to get it done but I would like to remind you guys that I 00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:38.559 eventually did get it done so when I'm 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:43.559 committing now to do a Micro ATX build guide in the 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:48.039 sg9 I don't know how soon it'll get done 00:00:43.559 --> 00:00:50.480 but it uh will get done at some point so 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:55.199 there you go I I am committing that to you Silverstone has to be one of the 00:00:52.440 --> 00:01:01.719 most underappreciated case manufacturers in a lot of ways so number one is you 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:04.920 guys have no idea what it costs in terms 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:10.080 of the tooling and design costs to bring 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:13.119 a new case to Market it is a boatload of 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.479 money and Silverstone releases new case 00:01:13.119 --> 00:01:19.600 designs all the time trying to constantly innovate and constantly do 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:25.119 things differently they also do a lot of stuff that only has Niche appeal where 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:31.439 they'll be like okay let's build like the craziest smallest ITX enclosure that 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:35.399 can hold a Ballin graphics card like they did with the F3 mini and also cools 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:39.240 exceptionally well like they did with the ft3 F3 mini or they'll take 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:45.159 something they'll be like oh let's turn like the motherboard on its side 90 degrees and so they do like this crazy 00:01:42.759 --> 00:01:50.479 stuff and they take they take gambles because it costs them even if they never 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:54.119 actually sell a case it still costs them hundreds of thousands of dollars to 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:57.960 bring that case to Market which has nothing to do with even so so let's say 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:03.280 even they sell a hundred case a 100 cases or a thousand cases like they they 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:07.920 the margin doesn't justify the development cost in a lot of cases 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:11.959 unless it really takes off so they they take gambles they bring things to Market 00:02:10.440 --> 00:02:15.879 and I think we have to appreciate that because they do unique stuff so there's 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:21.879 your sort of History lesson on Silverstone and what they do and this 00:02:18.239 --> 00:02:25.200 folks is the sg9 which is intended to be 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:28.599 a super small super awesome airf flow 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:30.239 Micro ATX case so you can see airflow is 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:35.680 the name of the game with this guy we've got huge vents on the front huge vents 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:40.879 on the side all down the bottom here all up the top here huge vent on the top 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:43.519 these look like very very large fan fan holes once we get it opened up we'll 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:48.480 have a better idea what's going on and a 120 at the back so this is like an air 00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:52.120 cooling box so let's have a look at what Silverstone has to say for themselves 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:56.080 and then we'll move on to the case itself so dual speed fan switch on the 00:02:54.360 --> 00:03:00.680 rear pane 120 mil fan included independent hard drive and SSD compartment behind the motherboard tray 00:02:58.959 --> 00:03:06.599 love it support supports full size CPU coolers up to 165 Ms air penetrator AP 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:11.159 181 fan is included very nice very good fan slim optical drive bay is included 00:03:08.799 --> 00:03:14.360 right up at the top detachable front power supply fan filter so your power 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:19.080 supply goes right in the front fullsize ATX power supply is supported dedicated 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:23.360 triple GPU fan slots with removable filter and four expansion slots 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:28.959 accommodate top end graphics cards up to 13.3 in Long which is about as long as 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:33.480 they get these days guys full graphics card ample fence BL 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:39.640 blah okay yeah let's move on all right the case itself so that is the front 00:03:36.760 --> 00:03:43.920 that is your power supply intake so I have a feeling we're going to find a 00:03:40.920 --> 00:03:45.519 very very unique internal layout here uh 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:50.280 when I go get my screwdriver and I can take off the thumb screws on the back so 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:54.400 exterior first the front is plastic so that is a plastic bezel however they're 00:03:52.040 --> 00:03:58.360 using that brushed plastic that I happen to really like so it's got kind of a 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:02.959 like a brush feel to it the place where it's missing that finish 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:08.519 is up here on that power supply intake as well as here where the slim slot 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:10.079 loading optical drive goes so that's a 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:13.560 little bit disappointing but it's not the end of the world it doesn't look too 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:17.560 bad I'd love it if it was a metal front but this would be very expensive to do 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:22.040 it a metal Silverstone logo here power and reset buttons on the left and the 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:25.759 right two USB 3 front ports as well as front headphones and front microphone I 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:30.199 already kind of showed this but it's okay so this is probably something to do 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:33.560 with the uh the motherboard tray back mounted SSD Mount so you can see how 00:04:32.520 --> 00:04:39.759 much room there is behind the motherboard tray so I'm expecting to find pretty good Cable Management in 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:42.000 there this up here looks like it has a 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:46.199 little like uh handle here so you can yeah there you go you can get that uh 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:51.680 get that whoopsy daisies get that out of there so it was an included 180 mm air 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:56.160 penetrator if I recall correctly yeah that's a 180 mm air penetrator that's 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:58.960 blowing air down onto the CPU area as well as down onto the back of the 00:04:57.320 --> 00:05:03.720 graphics card where it'll be exhausted this way so they're going for a little bit of a different airflow layout with 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:07.520 this case go ahead and snap that back into place then on this side there's 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:11.280 that triple fan thing that they set up so it looks like a 120 and dual 80s 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:14.960 that's going to be dedicated to cooling the graphics card as well as more 00:05:12.960 --> 00:05:18.319 ventilation here so these were a little bit tight from the factory but loosening 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:22.400 them with a screwdriver has got that taken care of and this is something that 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:28.039 I haven't really seen before it looks like we can remove pretty much every 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:32.960 panel except for a little bit down here to almost completely 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:36.479 open up the case for for installations so you know what let's just see if 00:05:34.960 --> 00:05:42.880 there's any documentation I mean with the uh uh-oh I think it was the gd8 as 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:46.800 well as the F3 mini a couple Silverstone cases I've looked at recently they 00:05:44.440 --> 00:05:51.680 specifically said in the instructions this is a unique case don't even bother 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:57.240 trying to assemble your system in here without some help so yeah something 00:05:54.400 --> 00:06:00.880 something carefully prepared by yeah and they do such good manuals so they're 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:05.280 like yep here here's all the different things here's a little addendum this is 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:11.000 how you disassemble it blown up view of it how it goes back together so 80 or 92 00:06:08.280 --> 00:06:14.880 mil fans on the side there reset button 180 mil fan okay I'll be back in a 00:06:12.599 --> 00:06:17.800 moment baby's crying okay so I removed all the screws from the back but I 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:22.520 realized there's actually one more that you have to remove here to get the top 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:28.240 cover off so we were in the middle of figuring out how the whole thing comes 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:30.440 apart so this is sort of one big 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:35.319 u-shaped piece that all comes off and I see much like the F3 this case could 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:41.080 present some challenges even for experienced Builders because of the 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:43.440 unique way that it all fits together so 00:06:41.080 --> 00:06:48.000 this guy is done with two separate screws so you can either take it off or 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:50.800 not take it off it's totally up to you and by two separate screws what I meant 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:56.440 to say was three separate screws cuz there's 00:06:53.400 --> 00:06:58.440 one more on the bottom here there we go 00:06:56.440 --> 00:07:02.280 so let's take those off and then so we can either remove those or not remove 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:06.759 them and we are going to do that just for the sake of getting this going here 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:12.879 so you can do either a 120 and you can see there's an air penetrator included 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:16.599 120 and 280s or 92s or you can do 380s 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:18.440 or 3 92s it's totally up to you I hope 00:07:16.599 --> 00:07:24.680 that I'm correct about that and I'm totally wrong so it's a 120 and 00:07:21.520 --> 00:07:27.800 uh 110 blah blah blah blah backwards 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:29.319 compatible with 92 and then 280 yeah it 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:37.160 claims to be yeah okay oh there they are there there I see the holes but it doesn't do 80s so you can do 92 92 92 or 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:39.680 120 92 92 120 80 80 and this case uses 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:44.199 extremely fine fan filters so they're almost more like a nylon than an actual 00:07:42.520 --> 00:07:49.599 plastic you can see there's some like there's some shiftiness to them here so 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:51.800 these should be doing a really good job 00:07:49.599 --> 00:07:55.639 of uh sorry just got to check the direction there these should do a really 00:07:53.280 --> 00:07:59.159 good job of filtering even very fine particles out of the air that goes into 00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:03.840 your case which is important for that con concept of positive air pressure so 00:08:02.440 --> 00:08:10.039 you can see the way they've configured these fans this guy's an intake this big 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:12.960 guy up here the big 180 mm is also okay 00:08:10.039 --> 00:08:18.240 baby is also an intake and then the only exhaust is this 120 at the back as well 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:22.440 as the power supply itself so that means you're going to have overall positive 00:08:19.919 --> 00:08:25.919 air flow combined with filtered intakes you should have a very dust-free 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:29.520 internal environment very solid construction on this guy overall like 00:08:27.520 --> 00:08:33.159 you can see there's no there's no flex of the materials given that there's not 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:36.599 a whole lot to speak of here so it's quite a thick steel all the corners are 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:40.599 rounded like that so you're not going to risk cutting yourself or anything I 00:08:38.760 --> 00:08:45.640 remember when I used to work with cheap cases all the time I always used to have 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:49.399 the cuts just all over my hands and uh you know people ask me what's going on 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:57.160 and I'd be like no no I'm fine don't worry uh on the back we've got 2 by two 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:58.959 so four total 2 1/2 in Drive mounts then 00:08:57.160 --> 00:09:02.399 we have some additional optional accessories which I'm just going to have 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:07.040 to go ahead and cheat and look at the manual and I'll be back in a minute as I 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:10.279 said before the guide included is so detailed it goes through and gives you I 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:14.000 mean it gives you great little tips these are the kinds of things you never 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:17.800 find in installation guides it has a dedicated step called we recommend 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:21.399 deciding whether or not to install the right side fan now and then there's 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:24.519 another one that's like awesome as well because it basically just says this is 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:28.200 this is the point where you need to start thinking about cable routing 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:31.120 before you before you keep going make sure you're doing things tily I don't 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:34.920 remember where it is anyway on the back you mount two 3 and 1/2 in drives here 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:38.680 and you can see they've given ample thought see right there little bit of 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.480 air flows coming right over the hard drives so that they're going to be 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:46.040 positioned in such a way that they're going to get Cooling and then the bottoms of the hard drives have a little 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:49.920 bit of space down here where you can route the wires that you need around 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:52.959 here these guys right here hold those 4 2 and 1/2 in and again it doesn't really 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:57.519 matter that much whether you have that much air flow over here so I personally 00:09:55.760 --> 00:10:01.640 would I really like this design it's great so you can put that 80 mil fan 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:05.600 here that is not a filtered intake however it's uh yeah is not so that's 00:10:04.680 --> 00:10:11.240 probably one that I wouldn't really recommend using let it be like a passive exhaust or install an exhaust fan there 00:10:09.560 --> 00:10:14.839 as another option so it gives you instructions for removing the power 00:10:12.880 --> 00:10:19.399 supply cage itself so you can see the way the power supply is going to be 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:21.160 positioned we'll have this plug right 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:25.120 here which is a right angle plug plugged into the back of the power supply it'll 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:30.600 intake at the front of the case and then it'll exhaust out the side of the case 00:10:27.880 --> 00:10:34.680 right there so it'll come right out the side and none of that air is ever going 00:10:32.680 --> 00:10:38.880 to affect the cooling of the internal components your slot low DVD drive goes 00:10:37.079 --> 00:10:41.760 up here and guys remember we are going to be doing a build guide in this case 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:45.040 so don't worry if you're if you're missing any of these steps now that it's 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:49.440 down to the bare skeleton you can see our internal connectors so we've got an 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:53.839 internal USB 3 as well as all your usual front panel connectors including front 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:58.720 audio we've got fan connectors for the included fans and you can also see here 00:10:57.079 --> 00:11:04.120 just how much space there is they also give you fan fantastic tips like a lot 00:11:00.920 --> 00:11:05.560 of people ask me this um and the answer 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:10.200 I usually give is well it depends on your case they say oh I have a I have a 00:11:07.760 --> 00:11:14.800 case fan over my graphics card area should I use it as an exhaust or as an 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:18.920 intake Silverstone gives you examples of a variety of different fan 00:11:17.079 --> 00:11:23.519 configurations that you can find on graphics cards which hopefully I will 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:29.480 component size limitations they cover all of that as well as here we go more 00:11:26.760 --> 00:11:32.440 component size limitations types of caes that are optimal so they recommend using 00:11:30.920 --> 00:11:38.760 Straight cables they show you types of CPU coolers that are recommended there you go so they say okay this this is how 00:11:36.160 --> 00:11:42.800 you do it this kind or this kind this is how you do it and they let you sort of 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:46.760 make your own best judgment that way they also tell you you know don't use 00:11:44.680 --> 00:11:50.920 two cards in SLI or Crossfire that are sandwiched too close 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:54.160 together so the way that they recommend is say for example you got a GTX 590 00:11:52.920 --> 00:11:57.519 which is going to exhaust some out the back and out here so you'd want to use a 00:11:56.079 --> 00:12:02.200 couple here as an intake and then this one as an exhaust and let the pass mive 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:07.120 exhaust go out the back of the io for that side motherboard tray is fairly 00:12:05.880 --> 00:12:11.839 solid about what I'd expect from Silverstone and I think that pretty much 00:12:08.959 --> 00:12:18.160 covers it so the idea was for them to do a microatx case which is capable of an 00:12:14.880 --> 00:12:20.360 SL or Crossfire configuration within I 00:12:18.160 --> 00:12:25.639 think they set out a design spec for themselves of 23 L total internal 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:30.160 capacity remember guys this case is probably smaller internally than a bit 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:34.320 Phoenix Prodigy and actually accommodates a pretty high-end 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:38.880 configuration now it doesn't have those same liquid cooling options available 00:12:36.199 --> 00:12:43.160 but you would still be able to get away with a thick 120 mm radiator here and 00:12:41.760 --> 00:12:47.880 with some more creativity you could probably do like an 80 mil rad there and 00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:50.880 who knows you could even maybe ceiling mount something if you put it sort of 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:55.199 over here on the side and figured out a way to mount it so there's a lot of room 00:12:53.160 --> 00:12:58.560 in here for all kinds of cool stuff thank you for checking out my unboxing 00:12:56.560 --> 00:13:03.040 and first look at the sg9 from Silverstone don't forget to subscribe to 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:05.600 lus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and I'm going to have a hard time 00:13:03.839 --> 00:13:09.440 putting this back together and other computer videos I think there's one more 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:12.839 thing I haven't showed you that I would like to show you before we do wrap 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:16.560 things up here is at the back how do you actually connect your power supply via 00:13:14.800 --> 00:13:19.680 the outside it goes right there so that's that passer that I showed you 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:23.680 that connects to the internal power supply which goes here and then you can 00:13:22.079 --> 00:13:27.279 see from the front so you better make sure you pick a power supply that's not 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:30.399 you know like gray and I actually did end up forgetting a couple things guys 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:35.880 so they even include things like a little duct if you want to use a 25 mm 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:40.040 thick fan on the side um so yeah you can bridge the gap so 00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:45.240 that it gets a little bit closer to your GPU delivers the air rate to it includes 00:13:42.920 --> 00:13:49.320 uh rubber feet for the bottom so those are super super grippy which is good all 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:53.800 your included screws can't believe I didn't cover this when I did the actual 00:13:51.040 --> 00:13:58.120 unboxing uh USB 3 to usb2 adapter if your motherboard doesn't have front USB 00:13:55.279 --> 00:14:05.120 3 some cable ties ah this is cool so single Mox to three three pins for those 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:07.079 three fans right there as well as oh 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:14.120 neat it's a bracket for converting from 180 to 140 mm and this is for the slim 00:14:11.839 --> 00:14:19.360 opticle okay now don't forget to subscribe oh yeah and 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:23.560 these These are evidently for adhesive spacers for 9 and 1 12 in slim optical 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:26.560 drive installation so you get four of them