The Nanoxia Deep Silence 8 Pro is surprisingly affordable for its full feature set wrapped into a modern chassis. Fortunately enough, that initial draw of a low price does not translate into any shortcuts with those features, but, rather, compromises in size and some less thought through functionality.

So let's start with the thing that does not make sense: That vertical GPU mount has no reason to be there. There is no window on the Deep Silence 8 Pro. On top of that, any such setup would mean that the GPU gets awfully close to the sound dampening material, which in turn results in bad thermals for your setup. Lastly, by installing it in such a way, any large GPU will force you to take out two of the three dual-bay hard drives cages, which halves your storage capabilities and thus really goes against a major unique selling points for the case. Instead, Nanoxia could have had the vertical GPU mount removed, which is easily done by the OEM upon request. With its already attractive price, that would have netted Nanoxia a little more margin in the end. On the other side, the non-Pro version of the chassis clocks in at just 10 euros less, which comes with half the storage capabilities and a single fan, making the Pro version even more attractive at its price.

Another thing that should be clear is the fact that while possible, the Nanoxia Deep Silence 8 Pro is not meant for liquid cooling. You could install a radiator setup in the front, but once again, doing so means sacrificing storage capacity, and with the focus on silence, airflow won't be that great anyways with such a build. So let's focus on what the Deep Silence 8 Pro is meant to offer as it manages to do so extremely well. If you are looking for a case that offers lots of storage, silence, a well-rounded I/O, and 5.25" drive bay, the market offers very slim pickings. Add its attractive price to the mix and the Deep Silence 8 Pro has a lot going for it.

The only real downside is the fact that it is simply not deep enough to allow for both long GPUs and uncompromising storage, so you will unfortunately have to live with just six 3.5" and two 2.5" storage options if you intend to pop in a modern GPU. In other words, if the chassis were E-ATX capable, this would have been a non-issue. Luckily, that remaining number of drives is still great in this price bracket, which dampens the hurt noticeably.

Overall, the Nanoxia Deep Silence 8 Pro works well as it delivers everything a workstation/professional user would want, at a good price and in a hefty, solid frame!