SilverStone PT13 Ultra Compact Mini-ITX Thin Chassis Review

Complete System

In total it took around ten minutes to put this system together, and that’s hardly surprising given that there isn’t really much to do here. The motherboard clipped into place easy enough, and mounting our SODIMM and CPU proved effortless as there are no other chassis components blocking the work space.

Front panel cables connected up to the motherboard easy enough, the only issue I had was that the cables like to get trapped in the front hinge, so use of a cable tie to hold them out of the way wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

The two brackets screw onto the back of our SSD using the included screws, which can then be screwed directly onto the top panel interior.

For this build I used the Silverstone AR04 low-profile CPU cooler as it perfectly fits the ultra slim design of the chassis.

Screw the top panel back in place and you can better see that the ventilation is well placed to allow heat to escape from all major components, and given that cooling is very important in such a small chassis, this is obviously a good thing.