Assembly

Installing a motherboard is done by traditional means, with the use of the included spacers. As you can see, a 120 mm tower cooler fits within the Deep Silence 4, but there is very little space left toward the top area of the chassis, which may make connecting cables to the upper edge of the motherboard difficult. The EVGA 770 SC fits just fine and should be the reference for the maximum length of graphics cards within the Deep Silence 4.


Nanoxia is one of the few companies out there to still utilize metal hard-drive trays instead of cheaper plastic ones. The included ones still require the use of tools and screws, but also come equipped with rubber rings as an anti-vibration measure. Once the tray is filled, simply slide it into the bay of your choice until it snaps into place.


Installing an optical drive within the Deep Silence 4 does not require you to use any tools or parts. Simply take the cover out of the chassis and slide the drive into place. Lastly, use the included locks to hold it in place. They do hold well enough, but there is still a tiny bit of play, which could translate into vibration noise. I strongly suggest sinking a single screw in somewhere to pin it down properly.


Adding the power supply to the system is done by traditional means and does require you to pull out a screwdriver. There is plenty of space to add a long unit if your assembled parts require such.


With everything installed, the interior of the Deep Silence 4 looks rather clean as most of the cable mess is nicely hidden behind the motherboard tray. While there is plenty of space, the motherboard tray does not come equipped with a lot of hooks for cable ties so that one has to get a bit creative to spread the cables apart nicely.

Finished Looks

The first thing you will notice once the side panels have been re-applied and the system turned on is the noise, or lack thereof. The Deep Silence is quiet at full throttle and near silent with the fans turned down completely. This, however, only pertains to the chassis, not the included parts. If you have a 38 mm thick, high RPM fan installed within the chassis, you will still hear it—just not as much. A green ring lights up around the power button, but it also holds a red LED for HDD activity, so the two colors mix if data is accessed within the system.


All the drives are nicely hidden behind the door. As you can see, the 3.5" adapter was used to install a card reader within the chassis. All the connectors in the rear are where you would expect to see them. Last but not least, the solid rubber grommets were used instead of the open ones as we do not have a need for such openings in the rear.