DeepCool Steam Castle mATX Chassis Review

Exterior

The left side of the chassis features a tinted window side panel which is held in place by a pair of thumb screws.

The right side panel is also held in place with thumb screws, here you will find the main I/O panel.

There is a small dial at the top for controlling fans and lighting, reset, power, HD audio, HDD and power LEDs, 2 x USB 3.0 ports and 2 x USB 2.0 ports.

The front features two huge stacks of fins down the left and right side, a mesh intake near the top and two smaller ones at the bottom. The whole thing looks more like a stylish power transformer, it’s a little garish, but still aesthetically pleasing at the same time, strange. There is a single 5.25″ drive bay tucked in there too, you can make out the removable cover just above the DeepCool logo.

Around the back you’ll find a small opening at the top to allow you to pull the top panel off, below that are two rubber grommets, a 140/120mm fan mount with a 120mm fan pre-installed, four expansion slots and a bottom mounted PSU section.

The top panel has all kinds of crazy lumps and bumps. The top circles look likes fans, but they’re simply there for design and nothing more, there are LED lighting in there which can be controller via the dial on the side of the chassis. The small vent at the back is for any top mounted cooling and the four holes on the left and right sides at the back are once again just there for the sake of it.

The bottom of the chassis is actually pretty neat and tidy, there are four very long rubber coated feed that will help provide a nice stable base for your system and will likely help reduce vibrations from your system.

The PSU ventilation is filtered with a good quality slide out filter for easy maintenance.