Silverstone SUGO SG09 Small Form Factor Chassis Review

With the main casing removed you can better see the impressive fan capabilities of the SG09. The large 180mm fan on the top panel, the 120mm exhaust on the rear and the triple fan mounts on the side panel where you find the pre-installed 120mm fan, it is clear that this little chassis is going to be able to move a massive amount of air.

Around the right side of the chassis we have the 80mm fan mount in the bottom left, the slide out PSU mounting bracket and mounting area in the top left, a removable motherboard back plate which should aid with not only initial cable routing but also CPU cooler installations. The real special thing here however is the drive capabilities of the SG09, with the area behind the motherboard being capable of holding two full size 3.5″ mechanical hard drives as well as the plastic brackets at the bottom which can each hold two 2.5″ hard drives, making for a total of six hard drives, impressive!

Now we return to the left side of the chassis and you can see here that I have removed the fan mounting panel, this allows a good view of the chassis interior and as you can see the bottom half of the chassis is all but free of intruding components, this vast space that runs the full length of the chassis should allow room for graphics cards of up to 13.3″ in size, not only that but having four expansion slots means that an SLI system isn’t completely out of the question.

The left side fan mounting panel comes setup with the 120mm fan acting as an air intake, the other two fan mounts are perfect if you’re running hot expansion cards in a chassis as compact as this and will go a long way to providing vital airflow to your components should they need it.

The chassis casing covers three sides of the chassis (top, left and right) and as you can see it comes fitted with plenty of ventilation for the various fans and exhaust points of the chassis.

Lastly (before we build our system) we have the top fan, this is a pretty hefty piece of equipment and frankly I’m not only amazed that they put such a huge fan into a small chassis but also that it doesn’t intrude on other components at all, either way its cooling performance should be impressive. Next to the top fan you can see the optical drive mount, not the most common of drive sizes but a quick Google found a SilverStone DVD drive that is compatible for well under £50.