The SilverStone brand exudes quality and excellence. We put this special Western Digital Raptor X edition under our microscope to see if it lives up the expectations.
Since 2003, SilverStone has been renowned for their exquisite line of stylish cases. Today we'll be reviewing the SilverStone Sugo SG01 Special Edition. What makes this micro-ATX case a special edition is the addition of a double Western Digital Raptor X drive bay. This exclusive case has been rarely seen since CeBIT 2006 when it made its debut. Although you may be hard pressed to find this particular case, the review still stands as insight into the design decisions regarding craftsmanship and quality you're likely to find on most SilverStone cases. However, no one company is perfect and the inclusion of the Raptor X bay and other oddities show that even the best can sometimes falter. SilverStone does manage to recover from certain pitfalls with this case in its Evolution version of the SG01, but compared to the Thermaltake LANBOX, it sometimes just can't meet the A grade.
Hardware Configuration
- Case: SilverStone Sugo SG01 SE
- Power Supply: CORSAIR HX520w
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
- Hard Drive: Samsung 500GB SATA
- Video: PNY GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express
- Memory: CORSAIR CM2X1024 PC2 6400 2048MB
- Optical: Lite-ON 20x DVD+/-RW Lightscribe
- Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Display: Samsung Syncmaster 710N 17" LCD
Software Configuration
- Motherboard BIOS: GA-G33M-DS2R F2 (04/24/2007)
- Chipset: Intel INF 8.3.0.1013 Windows XP 32-Bit WHQL Certified
- Operating System: Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2
- Video Driver: NVIDIA ForceWare Version 162.18 32-bit WHQL Certified (July 26th, 2007 release)
- Audio Driver: Creative SB Audigy 2 Series Driver 02.08.0004
- Test Software: Folding@Home Console Client v5.04
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