SilverStone SST-TJ08B-E - Temjin Mini Tower Micro ATX Computer Case, Silent High Airflow Performance, black

To avoid confusion, this review is about the SilverStone SST-PS12B. (I think Amazon is merging reviews for several other SilverStone cases).For the money it's a decent case. No sharp edges to cut your hands/arms on, it's nice and compact however that's also its down side.. it is very compact, my micro-atx motherboard (Pegatron AP480C-S) has the ATX-power plug (the fat 24 pin one) right under the harddisks making it awfully hard to access, also I couldn't place the motherboard in the case without first removing the CPU-cooler off the motherboard and removing 4 hard disks from the case.*Dust filtering and cooling.*In the way of airflow this case offers you the room for two fans at the front, an (exclusively) 120mm and 80mm slot and on the back you can find a single 92mm mount that also doubles as a 80mm mount. Included is a single front mounted 120mm Silverstone branded intake fan (model: HA1225L12SA-Z), and to cut to the chase this is the major downside to this entire case. It is a cheap and noisy fan! I'm using this case in combination with an  ARCTIC Freezer A11  CPU-cooler which is a low budget range CPU-cooler (along the same lines as this case) and it is far more quiet. If it wasn't for this fan then this case would have gotten a 5-star review as its other flaws can be forgiven for its small footprint and friendly price.I do however have to give silverstone some props for the screws they use, they're very long and go all the way through both screw-holes on the fan and only have threading on the very end which secures them in place. This makes putting in a new fan (the one it comes with is pre-mounted) a much more pleasant experience than when using the usual self-tapping screws or rubber grummets. A possible downside to this however is that slim fans won't fit (although I see little reason why you would want to aside from the unlikely case of owning a spare quiet one already).Temperatures are good as my (admittedly very low-power and equipped with a large CPU-cooler) CPU idles just above room temperature and doesn't go much higher under load.*Cable management*There's a fair bit of space for cable management behind the hard disk cage which is nice, however don't expect dedicated pathways for it, it's a low budget case after all. Get some tie-wraps and you should be able to have the cables in a way where they are mostly out of sight and out of the airflow but don't expect a super tidy build as you may have an unsightly wire running across the motherboard.*Conclusion*Overall I am impressed with the case aside from the fan and how the side panels slide on. The sidepanels can be quite fiddly and have had me wasting more time then I wanted to. The real reason for a 4 rather than 5-star review however is the cheap and noisy fan. Manufacturers pay next to nothing for fans and if they put in a model that's £1-2 more expensive it would have made the overall experience so much better.Dust filtering that's easy to clean on the intake, a relatively low price.*Pros:*Cheap, small, a lot of storage options for a Micro-ATX case, good build quality without sharp edges, all black (painted insides as well).*Cons:*Side panels can be a bit of a pain to put in place, cheap noisy fan, you have to think through your build order as a result of the small footprint.As a final note, think well about you're going to place your components in here or you might have to redo some parts. My advice is to follow these steps:1) Place the motherboard first2) Install the Power Supply and connect all the cables including the SATA-cables (otherwise the HDDs might cover easy access up)3) Insert the RAM into the motherboard (before placing the HDDs as they may overlap the RAM)4) Put the hard disks in place and hook them up with the cabling and sort out your cable management. Keep in mind that tower CPU-coolers will be relatively close to the hard disks so tie the cables to them down tight or possibly even use angled-connectors as to avoid cables from going into the CPU-fan.TIP: If your motherboard only supports USB2 and has no USB3 headers, get something like the "Neuftech USB3.0 19 pin Male to USB 2.0 9 pin Female Motherboard adapter converter". Then you can make use of the case's front ports as USB2.TIP2: If you value a quiet experience, replace the 120mm intake fan with for example the  ARCTIC F12 TC . A self-regulating 120mm fan equipped with a temperature sensor that is much more quiet. As for the CPU itself the  ARCTIC Freezer A11  for AMD systems, or the  ARCTIC Freezer i11  for Intel are very cheap and very quiet and fit with little space to spare. For the power supply any quiet unit will do although something that's a bit on the smaller side and modular might save you some cable management nightmares, I'm using a Cooler Master G450M myself.

Set it all up, all the lights in the case flickered like crazy then a bad smell, thought I'd cross wired so took everything apart to look, I hadn't, one of the silverstone case fans was cross wired.Bought a new motherboard rather than try to get the old one fixed as MSI have the worse customer support in the world, still no good.I'm going to assume these were deliberately made to only work with Silverstones own expensive fan controller.I have a choice of fans that run at max volume that are unable to be controlled, or fans with no lights.For some reason plugging the RGB in makes the fans run at max speed and ignore PWM and DC fan control.So yeah along with the piss poor excuse for a fan filter on the bottom that falls off before you'll know it, utter garbage. Been a lifelong Silverstone fan too, such a shame.

On balance this is a lovely case, it looks great, the cable management is excellent, and it's very well built, BUT...there's also a fair bit wrong with it.I opted for the tempered glass window, which is so DARK, it's almost impossible to see anything through it, especially in a reasonably well lit room (the glass acts like a mirror), so that's the first fail.Secondly, if like most people who'll be buying this case, you have the window facing into the room, the colour choice is frankly academic. There's so little of the red or white visible (about an inch strip down the left), that it may as well just be all black.Finally, Silverstone cheaped out on the very fan you probably see the most when the case is on a desk, i.e. the rear fan, which isn't RGB. For a start, really?! Also, without the fan being RGB, you'll definitely not be able to see any of the internal components through the window. So that's another expense you'll need to factor in when buying this case...

SST-PS09B: Let's start with the positive. If you need the smallest case to pack in the most stuff, this will do the job and is not expensive. It takes a MicroATX mobo and then has room for FOUR 3.5in drives and TWO 5.25in opticals and a 2.5in SSD. There's room for a long graphics card, and some neat space beside the drive cage for tidying up cables.The downside of this is that you are working in a very cramped space. If this is something you will build once and not touch for 5 years, that might not be a problem. However, I found that (with a large cooler in place) two of the 3.5in drive bays were inaccessible unless I completely removed the mobo first.Also note that it has been built down to a price. Even the included screws are poor quality. But what I disliked the most was the expansion slot area: the slot covers are not removable/replaceable as they are with other cases I've used, but rather have to be broken away from the frame - they can't then be put back. Not only that, but the dimensions in this area were very slightly off, so that my expansion cards didn't sit completely square in their sockets. Ugh.Tip: attach the CPU power cable BEFORE installing the mobo.I can't send this back as I can't fairly claim it was faulty, and now I've removed the expansion slot covers its not fit to be resold. But I've already unloaded the case and reverted to using another one, so this money was wasted. Be careful before you spend yours.

Looks stunning, temps are very good. Currently housing x570-i, ryzen 3600 and a 5700xt idling at 40, maxing about 75 under load on both CPU and GPU. Cable management is very good. Case connection cables could do with being a bit longer for cable management but they reach mobo without to much hassle. Quality manufacturers finish, no sharp edges etc. As you can see in the photo, the inverted look suits my setup....also aids the GPU in keeping cool.