SilverStone SG13 Computer Case - Small form factor with extreme versatility
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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a little while back lonus and I built a mini Beast of machine in this
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Silverstone sg-13 with an 18 core Intel processor a Titan x dual ssds and other
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things the case was able to fit everything which by default made it
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awesome considering how big it is so we decided to review it and also don't
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forget to stay subscribed to lus Tech tips because scrapyard Wars is finally
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coming
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back Kingston casc 310 series business grade
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ssds feature firmware based power loss protection massive capacities and
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performance to spare in fact we're using them for our new production server click
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right here to learn more about them starting on the outside of this 220 mm
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wide 181 mm tall 285 mm deep 11.5 L 2.4
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kg case we have a classy aesthetic that
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will dynamically fit into any home theater setup or any computer desk with
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ease regardless of whether or not you go with the higher airflow dimpled mesh
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version that we have or also the foo
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brushed aluminum option just below the mesh on our unit is a Silverstone logo
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in the bottom leftand corner with dual USB 3.0 Jacks and dual 3.5 mm audio
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jacks on the far right hand side on the left side of the case we see a very
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large mesh which should allow for any compatible size graphics cards that's
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anything with a length of 10.5 in or below to breathe quite easily also we
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see a little bit of breathable mesh for the front intake of the case just along
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the side of the front bezel on top of the case is a mostly plain although
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there is a fairly sizable mesh on the back where your PSU or other various
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incidental case air flow could go through we decided to mount our PSU with
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the fan on the bottom to help pull uh air directly from the system so won't
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help there but anyways over on the right hand side we have a smaller mesh panel
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with incidental airf flow and yet again we see a bit more breathable mesh for
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the intake of the case just along the front bezel the back of the case is
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pretty simple revealing the cutout for an internally mounted power supply an IO
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shield and a little tiny bit air flow meshing just above the externally
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secured addin card slots then we get to the bottom which features four nice
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little rubber feet which do a pretty good job of keeping the case from sliding around too much even with a fair
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amount of force applied and it lifts off lifts it up off the Surface by a little
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bit and while this doesn't really help with cooling by much as there's no mesh
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on the bottom it does make picking it up that much easier which leaves us with
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four pre-cut holes for mounting an SSD on the bottom of the inside of the case
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once you remove the outer kind of u-shaped frame you see that the inside
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of the case has well not much to be
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frank there's a nice steel plate that holds two ssds or one hard drive up and
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out of the way near the top of the case which also features two little indented
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bits where you can easily plug in the SSD these or one cutout where you can
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plug in the hard drive and then we have a little bracket which helps hold up the
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power supply so it doesn't bend the frame of the case or droop onto any of
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the other components and then which brings us to the 120 mm or 140 mm fan or
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radiator mount in the front of the case one word of warning with this is be
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careful with the length of your tubing as this can uh cause some issues if you
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check this video out from lonus and I building the system we had a hell of a
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time getting everything to fit due to the magic of editing you didn't
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necessarily see all of that but it did take us quite a long time to get
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everything to work without any kinked tubing just trust me it was a bit of a
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hassle but worth it considering it worked and in the end we were able to
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fit everything in this tiny tiny little case and that's about it other than you
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know like motherboard standoffs do I sound
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disappointed I'm not I know I might but I'm actually not that's all there is but
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that's fine this case actually makes that a good thing with many cases you
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can have someone pick it up and you'll know fairly accurately what they're
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going to put inside of it with this thing not really other than an ITX
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motherboard and a graphics card it's pretty much up in the air do they go
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with the super crazy high-end sleeper like system that lion I did with a Titan
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X and 32 gigs of RAM and an 18 core processor or do they go with a low power
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CPU and something like a 750 Ti because it doesn't take a dedicated power slot
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so it doesn't take up that much power at all just sipping power for a home
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theater box it's a cheap case but it looks classy as hell and will suit
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whatever you decide to put into it so in conclusion like I just said it's cheap
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but it feels fairly well built it's small but it fits a lot in it for its
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size it lacks an extensive feature set yet somehow accommodates creativity
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there's a fantastic and unique feeling of really thinking that the component
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you were trying to put into it isn't going to fit even when you line it up
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but then having it fit or finding a way to fairly painlessly make it fit every
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damn time anyways this isn't a 100 100% unique case there's cases that are very
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similar to this but especially at this price point I think it does make quite a
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bit of sense all right guys I look a little bit different because I'm actually in the middle of building my
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system for scrapyard Wars which is coming soon but I had to pause for a
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great message from our friends over at Mass drop they have something a bit
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different for you guys today this thing they currently have a drop available for
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the Chic smart S1 scooter which is a
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self-balancing two wheed electric scooter and it's rated at 12 M of range
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on a single charge and is capable of traveling at up to 6 M or 10 km per hour
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while you won't be breaking any land speed records necessarily or off-roading
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through the hills on this pretty cool thing it's a smooth travel on a smooth
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surface and it's a pretty good conversation starter due to its
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preserved but interesting appearance of course this is available through massop
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which means it's a significantly discounted price thanks to the group by
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model essentially the more people that buy it the more the price goes down to a
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set minimum with its minimum price being just under 30% below MSRP you can check
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out this drop and many others at the link in the description dr.p s/ Linus
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