Finished Looks

While I myself am not a fan of yellow, it does make for a bold and striking design. Much like the Okeanos, the Steropes stands out to command one's attention, which is definitely unique considering its diminutive stature.


I had no issues with the motherboard's heatsinks touching or interfering with the Steropes' installation. Overall, a solid design that looks good and suffers from no obvious mistakes.


Clearance around the cooler is also fairly solid since the Steropes does not encroach on the EPS 8-pin power connector.


In terms of memory clearance, the Steropes again proves to be fairly accommodating. Installed onto most motherboards, all four DIMM slots can be populated by DIMMs of any height. Though it will depend more on socket and board design, I encountered no memory clearance issues on my test system's MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard. I am also happy to report that the cooler provides adequate room for the primary expansion slot to be exploited, making it truly Mini-ITX friendly.