Silverstone Aluminum/steel Micro Atx Media Center/htpc Case Ml03b Black

alaTest has collected and analyzed 29 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the usability and size. The design and value for money are also mentioned favorably, whereas many are critical about the reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Silverstone Aluminum/steel Micro Atx Media Center/htpc Case Ml03b Black is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon review summary for the Silverstone Aluminum/steel Micro Atx Media Center/htpc Case Ml03b Black

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 12 user reviews of the Silverstone Aluminum/steel Micro Atx Media Center/htpc Case Ml03b Black from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

75% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Disappointed again

 

Looks and build quality. I have found after doing many builds that the cases offered on the market are nearly all cheap and never look or feel as good as in the pictures. The front plastic face plate on this unit is not horrible but the sticker that...

Size, full size (small) psu, USB 3.0 front ports, front looks decent, plenty of room for main board fan and memory

As others have said.... Really really cramped when using a DVD drive. Only about 1inch clearance between the drive and psu. No place to hide or route cables effectively. I thought hey, I route cables like a champ on my other builds. Expect to do some...

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Decent Case, Definitly a tight fit build.

 

If you like your cables looking nice and neat, plan on spending a decent amount of time working on cable routing. I put an ssd and a 2TB storage drive and an optical drive in here and there is very little clearance for the motherboard power cables. The...

Fits right in with the rest of the entertainment center, For the price this case is nice and solid. As everyone else states, make sure you don't buy too large of a power supply if you plan on putting an optical drive in here. This is a small profile...

The SSD mounting bracket hangs over the motherboard a bit. If you buy a motherboard where the main power hookup and usb 3.0 hookup are on the opposite side of the board from all of the main outputs, you will have problems. I had to move the ssd bracket...

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For those of us who have room for it

 

It's a big case, so if you have an entertainment center that doesn't have a lot of room in it, you are going to need to go smaller. It fits a mini ITX with plenty of room to spare. IMO, the quality of this case is quite good for the price.

This case is nice and roomy. It is about the same width as my directTV box but taller. It has feet under it to keep it up off the service. Keeping my HTPC cool shouldn't be a problem in this case. It was easy to install everything. It came with cord...

It's big, but I knew that going in

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Excellent Design, Component look

 

You can not ask for much more considering the price. It hits a sweet spot for budget minded HTPC builds. Looks are great considering price. You really need to think about cable management as you move along. Put your drives in last, route the power...

Excellent Design for a HTPC. Goes well with other black audio equipment. USB 3 Ready but also includes a USB2.0 converting cable. Smart cabling management options and excellent hard drive installation design. Ultimate value for HTPC box

Could use a couple of fans in the event your building a more powerful HTPC. Not worth dropping an egg considering the price

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Good value, but it can feel a little cramped

 

I used this case when building myself an HTPC consisting of a Biostar TA75M+ DDR3 2000 USB3 SATA3 AMD FM1 A75 MATX Motherboard, AMD A6-3650 APU with AMD Radeon 6530 HD Graphics 2.6GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Processor - Retail AD3650WNGXBOX, Kingston...

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Looks great and keeps everything so cool

 

Built an htpc using this as the chassis. This looks great and keeps my components so cool. It was a little bit of a nightmare routing wires, but I managed. I like the amount of room it has for storage drives. Adding an optical drive was a bit tricky as...

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Handsome, decent construction

 

Obviously I bought this for an HTPC. It barely fits in my entertainment center (actually ,it sticks out an inch in the front). It's both big and small. Big because it's the biggest thing in my entertainment center except for my combo receiver/subwoofer...

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Overall functional and small footprint.

 

I like this case a lot for the price and size. You can fit a lot into it, but there are drawbacks. My main concerns are that the case came to me slightly bent/warped. I noticed this when trying placing the case on a flat surface and the again when...

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Pretty good, but poor attention to some details

 

The case is well constructed. There is little flexing in the case. The rubber HDD mounts are a nice touch. The manual is very detailed, and gives great instruction, illustration and descriptions for the many ways that hardware can be mounted within the...