Cooler Master Silencio 352 mATX Mini Tower Review

Exterior

The left side panel (like the rest of the chassis) is finished in a matt powderer black, giving it a clean and stealthy appearance. There is a slightly raised section to the side panel that prevents the side panel from looking flat and featureless. The left side of the front panel fears the hinge for the front panel door as well as some air vents to provide intake for any front mounted cooling.

On the top we have room for an additional fan.

Of course if you don’t want to mount a fan here you can always use the top panel cover to keep the external appearance looking nice and uniform.

The front panel is slightly glossy in appearance but still not very reflective, it looks nice and professional, enough to look suitable in an office, a gaming room or a living room. It is well equipped too thanks to a pair pair of USB 3.0 ports, a single USB 2.0 port, HD audio jacks and an SD card reader.

Behind the front panel we find some foam padding, and a 240mm high air intake that is fed by the air vents on the left and right side of the front panel.

Behind the cover/filter you will find a single 120mm intake fan, but this can be expanded to two fans or ever a (upto) 240mm water cooler block.

The dust filter is easily removed, washed and re-installed.

The right side panel is a mirror of the left, featuring an identical side panel.

Around the back we have a 120mm fan, with room to replace it with a 90mm or 80mm fan if you wanted, although I can’t imagine why you would. There are four ventilated and reusable expansion slot covers, some removable covers for extra water/cable routing and a bottom mounted PSU area.

The underside features a slide out dust filter, four firm rubber feet, four screws (and extra holes) for mounting / removing the internal HDD bays.