Test: SilverStone SG01-S

Så er vi nået til vejs ende efter at have kigget nærmere på endnu et SilverStone kabinet. Det er et lidt anderledes kabinet der er blevet gennemgået her, men ikke desto mindre har det været ganske interessant. Efter at have leget med kabinettet her, må jeg erkende at SFF tiltaler mig lidt igen.
Det ER bare smart at man kan have så meget hardware på så lidt plads, også selvom man vil have high-end hardware i sin maskine.

Silverstone har her produceret et rigtig flot kabinet i aluminium hele vejen igennem. Det er stilet fra den ene ende til den anden, kun afbrudt af nogle få "fejl". Desværre vil jeg betegne en af disse fejl som kritisk, og her er selvfølgelig tale om det åbenlyse DVD-drev i fronten. Dette kan heldigvis løses ved køb af sådan en front.
Ser man bort fra det sammen med den manglende "klap" for USB portene i fronten, ja så har man et super flot og stilet kabinet, der sagtens kunne konkurrere med flotte HTPC-kabinetter.

Kabinettet kan købes for omkring 1.000,- hvilket jeg synes er en helt acceptabel pris. Barebones i samme kvalitet og design læner sig op ad 2000-2500,-, så der er rigeligt penge til et lækkert bundkort. De medfølgende blæsere er helt gode og lydsvage, dog er det ærgerligt at der mangler en enkelt for at gøre systemet komplet.

Alt i alt vil jeg sige at kabinettet virkelig er et stykke lækkert isenkram, kun med meget få fejl, til en fornuftig pris.



Tilbehør/Bundle
Der følger aldrig ret meget med til et kabinet, og det gør der heller ikke her. Udover de skruer og manual som man kan forvente, følger der dog to blæsere med til kabinettet. Det er super godt at de medfølger, hvilket bestemt trækker op i karakter, men det trækker alligevel lidt ned at den sidste (den tredje) ikke er inkluderet. Et 4-tal igen.

Design:
Designet er helt i top. Der er virkelig kræset for de lækre linier i den børstede aluminium. Kabinettet er udført i ALU hele vejen rundt, hvilket kun trækker det hele længere op. En spejl/krom kant ved drevene ser lækkert ud, den tykke front får det til at ose af kvalitet, ja faktisk ligner dette kabinet det ultimative SFF-kabinet. MEN, der er nogle fejl, blandt andet at man ikke kan skjule sit DVD-drev, hvilket gør at kabinettet ikke scorer topkarakter, men i stedet et 4-tal.

Ydelse:
Under ydelse vil jeg bruge mine erfaringer med kabinettet under montering samt brugen af det, til at vurdere karaktergivningen her. Der har ingen problemer været overhovedet med at adskille eller montere noget i kabinettet. Det hele har gået som en leg for at sige det mildt. De fire skruer bagpå kabinettet burde have været fingerskruer, da det efterhånden er standard, men bevares, det skal jo ikke skilles ad hver dag.
Der er ikke noget støj fra blæserne, og kabinet ser super godt ud med sine blå dioder, så helt i orden her. Da jeg ikke kan finde noget at klandre kabinettet på her overhovedet, vil jeg strække mig så vidt at give kabinettet 5 på denne konto.

Pris:
En pris på 1.000,- lyder for mange dyrt for et kabinet, men hvis man kigger på alternativerne, er dette faktisk en ganske god pris. Barebones med et bundkort monteret koster typisk over det dobbelte, så her er det godt gået.
Man kan dårligt sammenligne dette kabinet med et almindeligt midi-kabinet, men gør man det, vil man også erfare at man her nemt betaler 1000-1500,- for et kabinet i rigtig god kvalitet.
Prisen er helt sikkert ikke den lavest mulige, men absolut heller ikke i den dyre ende. Jeg giver 4 for en ganske fornuftig pris, som jeg faktisk troede var højere.

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UK Summary

The test of the Silverstone cabinet has come to its end. The cabinet checked here is a little different, but even so it has been quite interesting. After I worked with this cabinet I must admit that I like SFF again.
It is lovely that you can place so much hardware in so little space even if you want high-end hardware in your machine.

Silverstone have come up with a nice cabinet in aluminium all over. It is stylish from the front to the back and this is only interrupted by some small "mistakes". Regrettably I must mark one of these mistakes as critical and by this I am talking about the solution of the DVD drive in the front. The cabinet would appear much nicer with some kind of lid. Fortunately Lian Li made one that fit.
If you look apart from this and the "missing" lid for the USB-ports in the front then you have a super nice and stylish cabinet that could compare with nice HTPC cabinets.

The cabinet can be bought of 1.000,- DKR, which I think is a acceptable price. Barebones in the same quality and design lean towards 2.000 to 2.500,- DKR so there is plenty of money to spend on a nice motherboard. The enclosed fans are good and quiet. It is a little ambitious that one fan is missing to make the system complete.

Overall I would like to say that this cabinet is a wonderful piece of hardware, only with small imperfections, to a reasonable price.

Bundle / Accessories
A big bundle is a rare sight when talking about a cabinet. Besides the screws and the manual which you can expect there is two fans enclosed with the cabinet. It is super nice that they are enclosed and it gives a small bonus but it deducts marks that the third fan is not enclosed. A score of 4 is given.

Design / Layout
The design is in top. Silverstone has added a lot of goodies with the brushed aluminium. The cabinet is made from aluminium all over which gives a bonus. A chrome frame around the drives looks nice and the thick front makes it shout of quality. The cabinet could even be the ultimative SFF cabinet. But there is some imperfections, among these that you can't hide your DVD drive which does that the cabinet can't get maximum score but instead I'll give it 4.

Performance
In this category I will use my experiences with the cabinet during the assembling and the use of the cabinet so evaluate the score. There have been no problems at all when talking the cabinet apart or mount the hardware in the cabinet. All of it is like playing children games. The four screws on the back of the cabinet should have been finger screws because it is gradually becoming a standard. By all means you are not going to take the cabinet apart every day.
There is no noise from the fans and the cabinet looks super with the blue LED's- Great job. Because I can't find anything to lay my hand on I will give the cabinet a score of 5.

Price
A price of 1.000,- DKR sounds expensive for a cabinet but if you look at the alternatives thousand DKR is actually a good price. Barebones with a motherboard mounted typically cost double the price.
You can barely compare this cabinet with a ordinary midi cabinet, but if you do you will learn that you often pay 1.000 - 1.500,- DKR for a quality cabinet.
The price is surely not the lowest possible but is neither expensive. I give it a score of 4 for a reasonable price which I expected to be higher.