DeepCool Steam Castle mATX Chassis Review
Peter Donnell / 10 years ago
Complete System
Total build time on SteamCastle was 40 minutes, the compact size of the chassis meant that things were a little tricky to install, especially the modular PSU, as cables had to be connected and squeezed passed the hard drive bays.
I opted to mount the hard drive in the front bay for display purposes, of course I could have also used the rear 2.5″ drive bay if needed, but since I don’t need to remove this bay, I may as well use them.
GPU clearance is plentiful, even our large Sapphire R9 270X has enough room and will get plenty of extra airflow from that front 200mm fan. Of course this chassis is capable of holding two GPU’s and even a second 270X wouldn’t have thrown up any issues.
Around the back of the chassis you can see that airflow is nice and clear over our motherboard. It was a bit of a tight fit throwing in the Corsair H80i, but there is good clearance from the front fan to the rear radiator to help keep things running nice and cool.
Cable routing isn’t extensive, but there are enough gaps and openings that you can use to tuck excess cables out of the way. Of course it’s not overly important for this bit to look very neat, as only the GPU will be visible through the side panel window.
With all the panels back the GPU and the PSU are visible through the side panel window. Overall the build looks neat and tidy and in my opinion, it’s pretty cool too.
