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SilverStone PS11B-Q Mid-Tower Case Review

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SilverStone PS11B-Q Detailed Features

Now we’ll take a closer look at some of the detailed features offered on the SilverStone PS11B-Q.

With the side panel door taken off of the SilverStone PS11B-Q we can see all the various mounting positions for hard drives, optical drives, SSDs, and case fans.

At the bottom of the SilverStone PS11B-Q you have some foam padding where the PSU mounts. The mounting plate is good for mounting the PSU upright, or upside down, depending on how you want to orient your PSU. The bottom also has a plastic mesh filter that spans the bottom where the PSU fan and optional bottom mount 120mm fan are located.

The motherboard tray has a decent size cut-out for optional backplates for aftermarket CPU heatsinks, and is compatable with ATX, and M-ATX motherboards. The tray has M-ATX and ATX stamped into the middle of the tray, but are hard to see in the above image.

On the front end of the SilverStone PS11B-Q we have a three slot 3.5″ HDD mounting cage, with one 2.5″ SSD tray on top of it. Above that we have mounts for two 5.25″ optical drives and one 2.5″ SSD tray on the bottom side of the optical drive bays.

All of the drive mounts are tool-free and do not require any slide bars to be attached or plastic sleds. They simply slide into the slot and click in place with a plastic pin, that can be moved by pulling on the plastic tabs to keep the pin from being snapped off during installation. The same thing applies to the optical drive cages, with the exception of the tab being spring loaded and only having to be pushed slightly forward to release the drive.

The SSD trays can be removed by unscrewing the one thumb-screw and then mounting a drive in using the supplied screws that come with the SilverStone PS11B-Q. Reattaching the drive trays are easy. You just slide two tabs on the back into their slots on the HDD or optical bays and screw it back on with the thumb-screw.

The SilverStone PS11B-Q has two intake fan mount options for 140mm or 120mm fans, and has an included 120mm intake fan.

The front panel connectors include two USB 3.0, power switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, reset switch, and headphone and mic jacks.

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The SIlverStone PS11B-Q has foam padding on both doors and the removable front panel. The foam padding is suppose to help dampen noise in the case, and seems to help reduce fan noise slightly.

Here is a look at the cable management side of the SilverStone PS11B-Q. There is plenty of pass-throughs and tie-down points to do an adequate job of managing the mess of cables that will be necessary for any PC build. The included front mount wires are power, power LED, HDD LED, reset, two USB 3.0 ports, and headphone and mic jacks.

There is no pass-through near the top of the motherboard tray to route the CPU power cable behind the motherboard tray, even though there is some tie-down points along the right edge of the tray.

The side panel has a bevel in it that offers a bit more than 1/2 inch of extra clearance to help keep those wires from pushing against the panel once your PC is built.

At the front of the SilverStone PS11B-Q you have a removable plastic panel that has foam padding on the inside for noise dampening. There isn’t a removable dust filter, instead the front panel draws air in on the side of the front panel, which has some mesh grille that will act as an air filter to help keep the dust out of your system. The panel is easily removed by gently pulling the bottom of it away from the case. The opening on the side of the panel seems to be open enough where airflow is not impeded and muffles the sound of the fans slightly.

At the very top you have your power switch, which is just simply part of the plastic face cut on 3 side to allow it to bend enough to depress the switch behind the plastic to turn the PC on.

You also have two USB 3.0 with the headphone and mic jacks located between them, and your power and HDD activity LEDs located to the left, with the reset button recessed into the plastic panel. The reset button is so small it requires a pen or pencil tip to depress it. I kind of like this feature since it makes it nearly impossible to accidentally reset your PC. On the flip-side of this, if your PC ever locks up and you need to use the reset switch, you’ll need to have something on hand to use the button.


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