Review on 💻 Silverstone FT04S-W: Premium Aluminum Full Tower Case for Extended-ATX Computers in Silver by Dakota Tailor

First impression: Very solid construction. Thick and light aluminum plates. Pure aesthetics. The upper mesh mesh is made of plastic. I chose to remove the hard drive bay and optical drive bracket for better airflow as they are right in front of the intake fan. There is a dust cover on the bottom, which I also removed to improve ventilation. A 140mm fan is located at the bottom to push air out of the case. I highly recommend replacing the stock fan with a quality fan like Noctua or Corsair's Magnetic Levitation fan. My GPU choice is the Zotac GTX 1080 Mini as it was the most powerful card that could fit in this case at the time of this build. The GTX 1080 reference design will exceed the size limit of this case. Other Notes: I disagree with the choice of Silverstone faceplate. It has 2 3.0 ports, audio out, microphone in, power and reset. Because the I/O is on top, you already have easy access to the microphone and audio jacks on the motherboard, eliminating the need for another set. I would prefer 2 2.0 ports, the internal USB 3.0 cable is too long and thick for cable management, in the case of USB 2.0 the thickness of the internal cable would be reduced and it would be easier to manage. Motherboard with an M.2 slot and a large M.2 SDD instead of a 2.5" SSD to reduce the cables in the case. My parts list: Intel i7-6700KMSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON ACCRYORIG C7 RadiatorCorsair DDR4 Dominator PlatinumCorsair 600SF SFX PUSSSamsung 960 PRO NVME M.2 SSDCorsair ML140 FanZotac GTX 1080 Mini