Silverstone SUGO SG09 Small Form Factor Chassis Review

As the box for the SG09 recommended a higher degree of assembly skill I was expecting this build to take a little longer than usual, so I set myself some extra time to do a really good job of it. In total it took me around 90 minutes to complete this build which is three times longer than most other chassis take me to complete. This is partly due to the cable management and installation procedure for the chassis and I literally followed the instruction book to the letter to ensure everything fit nicely, fortunate then that the booklet was well laid out and easy to understand. As you can see in the picture below this tiny chassis has taken our components with ample room to spare throughout, cable management is as well laid out as I could reasonably achieve.

The top air intake fan, rear exhaust fan, CPU cooler fan and of course our GTX 560 Ti fans all have plenty of room to breath within the chassis, there are little to no cables in the way and unobstructed airflow goes a long way to keeping your system cool and quiet.

The PSU extension cable can be seen here running from the back of the chassis to the front mounted PSU, the benefits of such a powerful GPU in a small system such as this are incredible as you’re no longer restricted by the power draw of high end add in cards or a power thirsty high end CPU.

Not only is the airflow unobstructed thanks to the cable management, but it has gone a long way to making the chassis interior highly presentable, it’s a shame this little chassis doesn’t have a side window.

Around the back you can really see the benefit of the shorter PSU cables, not to mention my extensive cable tidying, something that would need to be done should you wish to install drives in all six bays. I wouldn’t worry about space though as there is a surprising amount of room for tucking away excess cables, not forgetting the amount of extra room still left on the other side of the chassis.

With the side fan-mounting panel back in place you can see just how the fans can supply extra airflow almost directly to the graphics card fans, very handy if you plan on putting heavy workloads on your system and need to keep it as cool as possible.

The rear of the chassis looks neat and tidy and our GTX 560 Ti has plenty of breathing room thanks to the extra ventilation surrounding the expansion slots.