SilverStone Sugo SG07 Mini-ITX Case Review
Andy Ruffell / 13 years ago
A Closer Look – Exterior
The first thing you will notice when you look at the SG07 is the ventilation on the side of the case. The majority of the left side of the case has ventilation holes which will give constant airflow around the case and give improved cooling to expansion cards such as graphics cards. Obviously being quite a small case, ventilation and airflow is quite an important factor, and due to SilverStone knowing the best method of cooling a case of this size, it pays that they’ve been developing the Sugo series over.
The other side of the case also has ventilation in the form of 2 panels which will give improved airflow around the CPU socket area and memory. The ventilation section near the front of the case gives aided cooling to the hard drive area.
You will also notice the large ventilation section on the top of the case where a huge 180mm fan is situated for extreme cooling to the most vital components of the system.
The front of the case in our eyes is one of the most vital parts of any chassis. It’s the first point of call when you look at a case and most commonly the side that you will see most of the time. Especially on a case like this, that is favoured to sit on your desk due to its small form factor design.
The front shows us the fantastic design and style efforts that were put into the SG07, with a beautifully crafted power button which every time I look at just reminds me of a microwave.
The Silverstone logo sits comfortably in the middle of the case to give precedence and with the snow-flake style logo; it indicates that the cooling on the case should be ice-cold and that the overall product is cool.
Towards the right of the case is where we see the front panel connectors, which include two USB 2.0 ports, a microphone port and headphone jack. We can only assume that the next model in the Sugo range will provide us with USB 3.0 functionality, but time will tell.
The back of the case is painted black to match the rest of the design and on the left side we can see a switch for adjusting the 180mm fan speed from low to high. The low setting will see a comfortable 700rpm fan speed, whereas high will see the fan speed go up to 1200rpm which is more than sufficient for a fan of that size.
This case also comes supplied with a 600watt power supply which SilverStone make very clear that it has an 80 Plus Bronze efficiency rating on the back of the case. Next to this efficiency sticker, we find a reset switch and power connector.
Just below this is a little bit of mesh and two ventilated expansion slot covers for the likes of a dual slot graphics card. To the left of this is where we’d see the I/O panel being inserted.
Taking a look underneath the case gives us a view of the rubberised feet to assist in sound dampening and vibration. As you will see later on the in review, the power supply is actually near the front of the case. Due to this, there is a dust filter included, which we can see branding the SilverStone logo.
