Silverstone Technology SUGO 14, SG14, Black, Mini-ITX Cube Chassis, Supports 3 Slot Full Length GPUs/ATX PSU / 240mm AIO, 4 Removable Panels, SST-SG14B

A great case that can pack a huge amount of power in it if you want. The case is very well made, easy to work in, and looks very sleek. The dust filters are easy to take out and clean, and are fine enough to assist in preventing dust build up from making it into the actual components. The cost is decent these days, too, making it a budget choice for an SFF PC. The I/O is nice, I actually prefer having an additional USB-A port over a C-port, but some may disagree. The GPU sag bracket is excellent. Cooling is actually stellar when you orient the fans correctly as well. Notes for prospective builders: - This case cools best with the default orientation, the one where the GPU is vertical. - However, this means that GPUs with Vapor Chambers might not be the best choice, as vapor chambers prefer the typical horizontal orientation- which, while this case does offer that, it is less cooling efficient. - This case can fit AIOs with 120mm or 240mm but make sure the rad and fans combined aren't too thick. I went with a Cooler Master Atmos Stealth 240mm, and it fit perfectly. The pump block *MUST* be under 55mm to fit under the rad and fans. - After testing, the best cooling setup if you have an 240mm AIO is to buy an additional 140mm fan, and place that as the rear case fan instead of the stock 120mm silverstone fan, and set it as an intake. Same thing for the top case fan, intake. The AIO should be set up in a push exhaust setup, and all the case heat will be vented through the AIO rad as exhaust as well. This setup results in positive case pressure as well, and allows some air flow to reach bottom board M.2 drives a bit too, and helps with preventing dust from collecting inside. Positive case pressure is essential here.

TL;DR: Nice SFF case that provides decent support for longer graphics cards. A few different choices would have made this case easier to work in, and the air cooling options could be better; however, it looks nice and feels sturdy/well built. Pros: 1. Nice looking SFF case that looks decent in living spaces. 2. The case has enough room to support most higher end graphic cards. 3. Front panel LEDs work, and the buttons and ports are easy to access. 4. Plenty of panel ventilation for air cool systems. The magnetic mesh on the panel ventilation is a welcome addition to help with dust management. 5. The included fan works well and is quiet. Cons: 1. Awkward PSU placement for more complex system builds. 2. The design could have been more friendly to air cool setups. 3. While doable, it’s still tight for larger GPU cards. A few more mm in a couple of places could have alleviated this. More detail: I like having a PC connected to my main TV, along with my gaming consoles, etc. I need a SFF case in order to accommodate it in my entertainment stand. I’ve been mostly using this PC as a casual gaming rig; however, recently I started to get more and more into VR gaming. Setting up a PCVR system in my living room was more enticing than my smaller study, due to having more space to move around. I had a Core V1 case previously; however, I needed to get a more substantial graphics card for VR and the Core V1 wasn’t going to support it. It’s a shame, because that case is fantastic otherwise. After researching dimensions, The SUGO 14 was the only case that I could find that met my “shoe box” dimension requirements. It supports graphic cards up to 330mm (almost 13 inches), and sports 3 expansion slots so it can support most of the wide graphic cards out there. I picked up this case, an upgraded power supply to support a more power hungry GPU, and got to work transferring my system over to the SUGO. All four side panels of the case (top, bottom and sides) are removable, so running cables is fairly easy. There are a few spots that are akin to threading needles, but it’s doable. The top and side panels have ventilation. I air cool my system, so I made sure to take advantage of each. Coming from the Core V1, this case is much tighter to work in. The sides are easy enough to run cables, but the space for mounting the MoBo is tight. I highly recommend setting the jumpers for the front panel, USB ports, etc, BEFORE mounting the MoBo into the case. I already had my CPU and RAM installed from my previous setup, but I would have installed those before mounting in the case as well. As with a few other SFF cases, Silverstone has the PSU mounted vertically in the center of the case. This is important to note, because the PSU is then sandwiched between the PCI card bay and the 5.25” drive bay of the case. This affects installation planning and I’ll mention more on this in a moment. I would not build a system in this case without a modular PSU. The PSU I ordered has flat modular cables, so installing and running cables was easy enough. Tight in some places, but very doable. Silverstone documents that you can install the PSU with the PSU fan directed to either side of the case; however, the PSU compartment runs right next to where the graphics cards are installed. If you install a longer graphics card, you really only have the one choice of pointing the PSU fan. This brings a potential secondary issue. The other side of the PSU slot is the 5.25” drive bay. If you plan on installing an internal Blu-ray burner, or anything in that drive bay, planing of adequate air flow is important to take into consideration. Thankfully my rig is simple enough and I do not use that drive bay. Due to the bay being empty, the PSU fan has plenty of space to push air out the side panel of the case. There were plenty of rails and supports to run and tie down cables. This helped ensure adequate space for air flow and help keeping the areas where you can get your hands into case clear for easier maintenance. Summary: While tight in some areas, and not as air cooling friendly as my previous case, the end result is a functional system that is fairly pleasing to look at in the entertainment stand. I have plenty of room to move around for VR, and the system supports the demands easily enough. I’d give this 4.5 stars, but only allowed whole increments. I dock a (half) star for the couple of spacial decisions that could have made this a perfect case. Depending on the build, I’d recommend this case to a friend.

I had very specific space requirements when I was searching for cases to replace my aging Cooler Master with something better and this one in it's horizontal configuration was the best looking option I found. I needed something that supported larger GPUs and good hardware but could fit in a shelf on my TV stand. Currently the case houses a very capable gaming system: Asrock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Ryzen 7 5800X3D GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Samsung 970 Evo Plus* The 5800X3D is cooled by only a 120mm AIO. Sure, if you push it with CineBench it will throttle, but under normal gaming operation it stays well shy of throttling. The airflow to the 3080Ti is much improved if you remove the mesh on the side, but I get enough performance leaving it in place although I do end up hitting the 83C throttle point of nVidia GPUs. Overall though... this case allows me to stuff a 120mm AIO, another additional cooling fan, and an exhaust fan in almost the same footprint as my old case which only allowed me the intake with the 120mm AIO which left most of my other components to roast. Having the exhaust actually pushes the hot air out instead of it floating around and recycling back inside like my old case, and I have the option of sacrificing dust filtration for better temperatures even though I already have better temperatures than I did before. *My Motherboard is one of those older ITX boards that placed m.2 slots on the back of the board, not anticipating the temperatures that late m.2 Gen 3x4 SSDs would reach. There is enough clearance under the motherboard to install a low profile heatsink on the SSD to keep it from roasting as well. I also was able to sandwich the heatsink against the bottom cover of the case with a thermal pad between for additional heat dissipation.

Comes well packed and overall quality is good. Very easy to build in and was able to fit a RTX 3080 TUF with a 240mm AIO easily.

I downloaded the user guide when planning my computer-build before I ordered, and find the case as this listing describes. Without any modifications, I use a 160 mm long Corsair RM550X power supply in this case, which really isn't in spec nor recommended, unless experience and care is applied. With regard to GPU space, the case is 'roomy' and 'breaths' surprisingly well even with an optional optical drive installed.

Nice case wish it would've worked out, but the threads on the motherboard stand offs didn't match the screws and I ended up accidentally snapping one the screws inside of one stand offs while trying to screw it in.

Quality was good. Built an old 12600K processor system and it went well. Noise level was pretty quiet which surprised me when I did a stress test on the 12600K. I like the removable panels which came in handy when building the rig. If the overall size is smaller, it would have been the best ITX case.