SilverStone Kublai KL05B Mid-Tower Case Review

By Julian Duque

Manufacturer: SilverStone Co. LTD.
Product Name: Kublai KL05 Windowed Edition Mid Tower
Model Number: SST-KL05B-W
UPC: 844761011864
Price As Tested: $69.99 (Newegg l Amazon)

Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by SilverStone.

If you have ever bought a SilverStone case, you would probably agree that the price can be easily justified by the over-the-top build quality and the unique designs that can only be obtained by buying one of the many cases that SilverStone has available. It has been over a year since SilverStone last released a member of the Kublai series, and when they mentioned to Benchmark Reviews that they were updating this line with the Kublai KL05B-W, we immediately asked for a sample.

The first time I laid eyes on a SilverStone case was back in 2007, when the SilverStone SG02 first featured in white. It was quite a unique case because to this day, it still remains as one of the smallest Micro-ATX cases ever made. It is this same ideology of daring to take risks, like making the smallest Micro-ATX case, that has allowed SilverStone to gain such popularity among enthusiasts. But even the popular SilverStone can not make premium cases all the time and expect to remain as a top contender in the case market.

That is the reason why SilverStone introduced the Kublai series of cases a very long time ago. The first time we ever took a look at a case from this line, was in 2013 when Tom Jaskuilka concluded that the KL04 was a very promising case that unfortunately lacked many features that made it really hard to build in. Looking at the features and specifications of the KL05 from SilverStone’s website, the KL05 improves over the KL04 by adding more support for cooling, and by adding to it’s dimension to make a more spacious case.

Features & Specifications

Courtesy of SilverStonetek.com