Review on 💻 SilverStone SST-FTZ01B-E Aluminum ITX Small Form Factor Computer Case with Riser & ATX PSU Support by David Bowens

Poor airflow. I built a HTPC/SteamBox with this case. I chose low TDP components - a Pentium SkyLake processor and an nVidia GTX 950 GPU. The entire system is powered by a 300W power supply. The system stays cool and quiet during media playback and general use like web browsing. Although games are a different story. Being an HTPC build, it's meant to be placed in a media center. This is where the problem begins - the GPU air intake is located on the bottom of the device. As a result, when the system is running at full capacity, there isn't enough airflow to cool the graphics card, which caused a few freezes for me. I solve the problem of putting the suitcase on raised stands. Perhaps Silverstone should have approached this matter more creatively. Maybe flip the whole setup by placing CPU consumption on the bottom and GPU on top.