SilentiumPC Gladius Q50

[Darksaber]

"No one ever said a gaming PC cannot be small and pretty." - big words from SilentiumPC when it comes to the tiny Gladius Q50 chassis. We take a really close look to see if it can deliver on this promise.

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[Disparia]

Cool. Almost got one recently, but ended up going with a Lian-Li Q01. Aside from being a fan of the brand, it has front USB/audio ports while the Gladius has top ports. Otherwise I was seriously considering it due to it's simple exterior.

 

[ben07]

I really like this case. It is essentially the same as another manufacturer R*******k (less the side window). What is not mentioned in the review is that the entire case can be disassembled and then reassembled in the reverse configuration. By default (the front facing you), the pcie slot of the motherboard is at the topmost position. When reassembled in the opposite orientation, the pcie slot can be placed in the lowermost position and the internal components accessible via the left panel instead of the right.

In the default configuration I was able to fit an Asus H81 motherboard, an i5-4570, 8GB of DDR3 memory, a 3.5" WD 1TB blue drive on the top bay, a 2.5 SSD on the bottom location (motherboard components were going to interfere with a second SSD), a Corsair CX500 non-modular PSU, a 215mm long Sapphire Dual X-OC (dual fan) HD7790 and a full sized Coolermaster Hyper 212+ with two fans. The rear fan is reversed to act as the INTAKE and the power supply takes care of expelling hot air from the enclosure. This works pretty well and temperatures remain manageable.

The reversed configuration build used another Asus motherboard (H97), a Xeon E3-1231V3 processor, 16GB of DDR3 memory, 2 WD 750GB black drives (biggest black drive in 2.5" format) and a Crucial M.2 SSD as boot drive. Another non-modular PSU - Corsair TX650 was used and primary cooling is via a Thermaltake Water 2.0 AIO with two fans (mounted as intakes and the PSU handling exhaust duties). Reversed config places a strict limit on the GPU size - I have an Asus GTX970 DCUII mini with barely 2mm to spare between it and the PSU.

Two things to note: Even with an SFF PSU or a short 150mm non-modular PSU, Video card length is still generally limited to 220-230mm. Anything longer would mean removing and disabling the two top-mounted USB ports. Second, the rear fan is generally insufficient to be the single exhaust fan of any system. In this default setup, the fan filter is pretty much useless. It basically adds to interference to outgoing air.

 

[deemon]

So is this the rebrand of Raijintek Metis Classic or just blatant ripoff?
http://www.raijintek.com/en/products_detail.php?ProductID=17

oh yeah the only difference I can see are the rubber screw on feet replaced with circular ones. And no ventilation holes in sidepanels.

It is essentially the same as another manufacturer R*******k (less the side window).

There are 2 variations of this case, Metis (with side window) and Metis Classic (without side window but with ventilation holes in side panel)

 

[Nordic]

Spoiler

I have the same case but as a rebrand by DIYPC. I really like it. I got it for $40 from newegg.

 

[BiggieShady]

Funny how that ancient GTX 280 still gets installed in all those cases

 

[Basard]

On page three you say in the review that it lacks Audio I/O.... but what are the two ports in between the USB 3.0?

I looked through again and it lists the audio I/O on the first page.

 

[deemon]

How exactly is 50€ "not very cheap" for an aluminium case? it's kind of standard price, no? Not cheap, but not expensive either, so bringing this out as a con is just absurd.