Cooler Master Silencio 452 Computer Case 'ATX, microATX, USB 3.0, Solid Side Panel' SIL-452-KKN1

Excellent case. It has an expensive looking dark striated aluminium finish and gives a sophisticated and stylish finish to a build. All materials in the case have a quality feel. It comes with a wide range of stand offs, spares for all the screws used in the case and extra blanks for the pcie slots on the rear. It has removable cages in the bottom of the case and the cage for the hard drives unscrews. It is large enough inside to enable an easy build. It also allows installation of a fairly large CPU cooler; it easily accommodated an Arctic Freezer 13 on an I5 3570k.It has a good front panel wring loom. The motherboard tray has numerous cut outs to facilitate tidy wiring including the additional 8 plug for the CPU. It has numerous cable clips on the case to help tidy the cables. The PSU is located on the bottom of the case. It has a removable dust filter underneath. The front panel also has dust filters accessed by simply pulling the panel out which releases a top and bottom clip. The internal insulated panels are dense and thick. The right hand side still allowed me to run cables between the case frame and side panel to allow good cable management. It is quiet and when you close the door, the noise level noticeably drops. It comes complete with two Coolermaster fans which provide good cooling. Despite the sound insulation I have hand no issue with the internal temperature and I did stress test the components. I set the fans to 50% in the bios and have had no issues with the system which is a gaming rig. This case was a joy to use, I highly recommend it.Quality, space, noise and temperature were all good. I build systems frequently for friends. I will use this case again. EXCELLENT!

The 352 is a better made case but I needed this 452 because of the larger number of drive bays for RAID. It's very easy to assemble and very quiet indeed, even with Western Digital Blacks going full pelt - these usually sound like tiny ball bearings bouncing and racing around a tiny track but the Silencio 452 soundproofing makes this almost inaudible. Power supply is a big noisy component but if you get a quiet one like any of the Corairs (not EVGA), this will virtually eliminate noise emanating from the back. Truly silent power supplies exist but fanless comes at four times the price. A passively cooled graphics card (if you don't need gamer performance) can keep high pitched whine to a minimum but even with my 750Ti installed, which uses a small fan, no discernable noise gets through the soundproofing. CPU coolers can be noisy and expensive if you like peace and quiet but the Cooler Master Hyper 212X is cheap and almost silent in this case and it fits in - just. Anything larger should be avoided. The two included 120mm (three pin, speed adjusted by the motherbaord) case fans are almost silent - they will get noisier as they age but that's pretty normal, just buy new ones (or drill and lubricate) when you can hear them. With the above components, it's easy to forget the PC is on. Highly recommended for those who like their PCs seen but not heard. The 352 is much better in terms of build quality and little extras but if you need a larger case, this is great respite from wholly unnecesarily home noise pollution at a low price. A niggle is that the power light is too bright! And a bright blue... much, much brighter than the lovely unobtrusive, understated little blue power light on the 352. I chose this over the Fractal Design R3 because of the integrated SD card reader - it sounds petty but this is something I simply cannot do without. Sure, I could have attached a separate card reader but it's so much neater and tidier to have that built in. I wish the SD card reader slot had a cover because in it's vertical position, it's likely to collect dust. The slot is horizontal on the 352 which in theory should be better, but it attracts dust because of it's proximity to the intake fan. I'll just have to Dyson it, taking care to not pull any vital parts out. Air flow is good, I just wish there wasn't a Cooler Master logo on the front door. It's not too noticeable but it is there and I would have preferred a matt black 2001-like monolith slab of inky emptiness.

I purchased this case as an upgrade from a previous Cooler Master case. I was upgrading because the previous case was too loud and the mesh front was a dust magnet, I still wanted the quality from Cooler Master at a great price, a quiet machine and less of an eye-sore. I have split the review into pros and cons. PROS: - Very Quiet, I wouldn't say extremely as I can always hear the CPU cooler when it gets faster, but placed below my desk it is hardly audible in a silent room. - Extremely well built case in a number of aspects, the side doors and front door is lined with foam - Comes with two Cooler Master fans, not the best and not the fastest, but are perfectly fine for small to medium powerful builds. (If you add in a graphics card, you will definitely need to add an additional fan to the front to keep it cool, because of vents at the sides on the front, you need more power to pull in the air) - The front IO includes two 3.0 USB ports and an SD card slot - Dust filter on the front and bottom both easily removable, as well as a cover for the top if you don't have a fan there. CONS: - There is not much room around the back of the motherboard tray for cables, so much so that I had to route the 8-pin straight to the connector, not the cleaner way through the back. (But, no one can see inside, so does it matter to you?) - The front door opening direction cannot be changed

Great build quality especially considering the sub-100 price tag. The included fans work well enough but obviously not the best on the market if you are looking for heavy overclocking/SLI. The case has a very subtle look which is great for a work station computer. The power led is blue, in case if you are wondering. Inside, the case has a standard configuration with the power supply on the bottom, removable hard drive bays, and fan slots on the front, top and back. It fits full size graphics cards and power supplies with no problem, but you may want to remove the bottom drive tray for more space to run the cables.

Moderno, essenziale, linea sobria e senza fronzoli, minimalista nel look ma assolutamente esuberante nella dotazione. Comodissimo il layout interno, i cablaggi passano quasi tutti dietro la scheda madre, anche se 5 mm in più di spazio non avrebbero fatto male. Lo spazio per le periferiche è esagerato soprattutto se consideri la possibilità di montare har disk o SSD anche sulla base o dietro la MB. 2 USB 3.0 + 2 USB 2.0 + card reader in comodo accesso superiore. Filtri estraibili antipolvere sotto e davanti. 3 ventole silqnziosissime da 120 in dotazione. Spazio anterore e superiore predisposto per radiatore ad acqua o ventole supplementari da 180. Finestrella laterale e coperchietto superiore smontabili per aumentare l'aereazione e appunto se si vuole installare altre ventole (a scapito della rumorosità) . Notevole attenuazione del rumore rispetto al vecchio case (è vero che sono passato da AMD a i7...però....). Attacco audio frontale sia AC97 sia High Definition Audio, a vostra scelta... Una busta di viti per ogni evenienza (anche se tutti i compponenti sono installabili senza necessità di viti. Unico neo per me, lo sportello frontale non è reversibile per via che gli interruttori di accensione e reset sono su un lato verticale, peccato, ma tanto chi lo apre mai...Insomma un fantastico rapporto prezzo-qualità, vale tutto quello che costa, anzi ...di più!

静音性は高いです。 裏側配線も可能で取り回しも良いですが、電源を下に配置するタイプなので電源ユニットとマザーの組み合わせによっては配線 が難しいかもしれません。 前面の吸気口が直に5インチベイに当たるので、マザーに直接風を当てようと思うならばシャドウベイは取り外した方が良いです。 付属のファンはすぐ壊れてしまい回らなくなってしまったので、回転数の多いファン×２に換装しましたが、音は気になりません。 前面ファンを取り付ける際、ネジではなくゴムのパッキンで止めるタイプの場合、扉が閉まらなくなる場合があるので要注意です。 私はゴムを削らなければなりませんでした。

Top value, lightning delivery.

Downsized my PC from a Full Tower to the Cooler Master Silencio 452 . Added an extra Front Fan as well. So quiet you would not know that it was on. USB slots and SD Card Reader on top are great idea. So much easier to insert and remove devices than my previous setup. The only problem I came across is when installing a full sized graphics card you need to remove an internal piece of metal from the Hard Drive Bay.