Technology SST-SG12B-V2 Micro-ATX Small Form Factor with Aluminum Front Panel Cases

Very sturdy small case design capable of accommodating an large new video card. You can feel the quality of the case when installing components. No sharp edges anywhere inside the case to cut you either. I have build many computers over the years and this is probably the best small case that I have ever used. Highly recommend this product!

Regularly going up to 85 degrees C. Great handle though.

I wanted to go to a smaller box for my server and this one fit the bill. I have 6 drives in it and room for more. Since it is smaller than the towers it is very cozy in there - I had to reroute some cables because of the space, but it appears worth it. Definitely get two 80 mm fans to help with the cooling. I would buy it again

Beautiful case, not well thought out. If your build does not require the mechanical drive bays or a medium- large CPU air cooler this is the case for you. Just jam the case fan where the drive bays were and you're good to go. Other wise you're SOL. The drive bays prevent any sort of cable management and the PSU over the MOBO severely limits cooling options .

Decent, highly portable case, once I figured out how to fit everything. Lacking refinements found in my old case. I got this mini-ITX case after researching a lot of options out there, with the intention of rebuilding my desktop tower, which was in a Corsair Carbide 400R. I wanted something more portable, but still top-end power, for VR hackathons and the like. Smaller mini-ITX cases that I looked at wouldn't support full-sized GPUs. And while this Silverstone Sugo SG12 does in the end work, it was not without some sacrifices and unconventional layout that I managed to make it happen. The SG12 seems, initially, to be highly configurable, having a modular drive bay which could accommodate several drives, in addition to the mounting area which I used to house two 2.5" SSDs and a 3.5" HDD directly below (which is the area allowing for one front-facing optical drive, alternatively). Speaking of the 3.5 drive, this case does not come with adapter brackets to fit the 3.5 drive in the optical bay, so plan to purchase that if you want this configuration. What I found when I started to layout my build, though, is that removable drive bay, and the entire case, isn't really modular in any useful sense. The drive bay can be removed entirely (which I had to do to make room for the GPU), but it doesn't fit anywhere else in the case. The case as a whole is quite fixed in layout, and you either use the spaces as they're designed, or don't use them at all. The most bewildering aspect of this case -- and which takes a whole star off this review -- is that the official SiverStone product page (http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?area=en&pid=540) recommends the NT06-PRO CPU cooler, so I dutifully purchased that for my build. However, it *does not fit*. Full stop. The NT06-PRO, when I tried to put it into place, was physically pressing against the PSU above it. And the fan that comes with the NT06-PRO would not fit *at all*. Even if it had fit, it would be venting air upward -- directly into the PSU. I returned the NT06-PRO and ended up purchasing a Corsair H100i v2. Which leads to the next problem: The SG12 case fits full-sized GPUs. I have additional clearance in the longest dimension for the 1080 which I installed. *However*, the modular drive bay mentioned above has no clearance for plugged-in drive cables, with a large GPU in place. I ended up removing the drive bay entirely and using the empty space for cables. Because, in additional to not fitting the drive bay, there are almost no options for placing the fan of a water-pipe CPU cooler. And since there's no clearance above the CPU itself (due to the PSU), you basically have to use a water-cooled cooler, if you're installing a powerful CPU. Here's where things really get wonky. The Corsair H100i v2 which I used wouldn't work on the side nearest the CPU, since the case doesn't have air venting for the Corsair's two fans (granted, I could have used a single-radiator version like the H90, but trust me, you're still going to have trouble with the fit). What I had to do was route the Corsair's fans around the GPU, and mount it on the other side of the GPU from the motherboard, venting outward. And it basically doesn't have enough room for this. I managed to close the case, with the Corsair fan system squeezed between the case wall and the GPU *very carefully*. The GPU's fans are venting directly into the Corsair's fans and radiators, and only with care was I able to ensure the screw heads of the two fan assemblies don't touch the fan blades of the other assembly. Sure, I know some people remove the fans from the GPU itself and then water-cool *that*, so maybe a more enterprising case-builder than I will have better luck. Finally, with the Corsair's radiator and fan assembly sitting aside the GPU, there's no mounting hardware for it. So it was squeezed in place, but otherwise free-floating. After a while in this arrangement, I realized that I could attach screws to the radiator assembly from outside the case, and thereby anchor the radiator to the case itself. I'm actually fine with this and feel it is fairly secure, but you might find it tacky or sketchy AF, which would be entirely understandable. I've included pictures of this so you can see what I mean (two steel screw-heads on the side of the case). The case also lacks refinements which you'll find in other brands, such as air filtering. Thus, I added my own black plastic mesh (and black foam just for sound/airflow dampening), taped to the inside of the case walls. Otherwise, dust would freely enter through the large-diameter holes in the case walls. The PSU didn't sit quite correctly against the back wall of the case, and as a result I had to angle the screws to even get them to fit. I'm pretty mixed on this case, overall. My setup is solid once built, and certainly portable. I have a high-end PC in a compact and stylish housing. But the lack of options, refinements, and mis-match on product recommendations really detract from the product overall. It feels a bit like a first-iteration of a new design that might get better with time (and feedback like this). Overall score is about 2.5 stars.

Major design flaws in this one. So I started my build like this... * Asus Prime B360M-A mATX (Meh) * i3-8100 CPU (plan on upgrade but not bad) * Noctua NH-L9x65 Cooler (don't recommend) * Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (just to fill the slots) * Seagate Exos X14 12TB 7200 RPM SATA (Like!) * Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 2.5" 500GB (I've had good luck with these despite the reviews) * 1- Noctua NF-P14s redux-1200 80mm Case Fan (Like!) * 1- Noctua NF-S12A ULN 120mm Case Fan (Like!) * Lepa MaxBron 800w 80 plus Bronze B800-MB (COVID19) * Asus BD-ROM * MSI GTX 1060 Okay so not the greatest build but COVID19 has severely limited my options. The biggest problems with this case is the supposed fact that you can support a full size GPU which might be the case if you are not using a HHD. If you only use SSDs then you are better off. I had to modify my back casing to fit my HDMI cable into the back port of my GPU due to interference from the case. If you are using a HHD a full size GPU will not fit. The HHD gets in the way. I am ordering a GTX 1650 Super to fix this issue due to it's size. Also there is no cable management hooks on this case. I'm using twist ties and a lot of cable chaos. I would suggest going full modular with the power supply and would recommend a FSP power supply for this case. Also if you do use a Lepa on this case, good luck fitting it with the rubber exterior cover. I would also recommend to Silver Stone to add an additional USB port to the front.

Despite all the work I had to go through to make this build work (mostly due to trying to get an MSI mobo to work with Zen 3), I really like this case. This was exactly the form factor I was looking for. Build quality is perfect in my eyes. But what's keeping me from recommending this case is the complete lack of airflow. For a case this compact, I don't think it would've been a bad move to have gone with a more open chassis. For instance, the top only has two air vents that line up with the 80mm fan mounts. Why couldn't the rest of the top have some air holes? I drilled my own holes right above the CPU cooler and I just can't figure out why SilverStone didn't have these holes pre-cut. Seems like a no-brainer to me. There hasn't been any thermal throttling that I've been aware of, but this machine runs HOT. Much hotter than any other build I've put together. I'm fine with sacrificing some performance in exchange for a more portable rig, but I think SilverStone should have done more to improve the airflow of this case.

Very nice small/er form factor case. I took 1 star away because it wasn't very clear as to what was considered a "standard" power supply as my existing one I planned to use didn't fit although it is/was a standard ATX power supply. I did have to purchase a new power supply that did fit and allow clearance for the CPU fan. This case is tight/close quarters inside.

I have been able to fit my MicroATX motherboard with a graphic card, wifi card and 3 hard drives (2 ssd 2.5' and 1 hdd 3.5'). Nicely made, compact and beautiful design.

I like the design of the case, many options for various boards/hardware/cooling. Price was reasonable, Shipping excellent.