SilentiumPC Gladius Q50 Review 7

SilentiumPC Gladius Q50 Review

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Value & Conclusion

  • The SilentiumPC Gladius Q50 will set you back around 230 PLN or around 50 euro including taxes.
  • Compact chassis
  • Unique layout
  • May hold a 120 mm AIO liquid cooler
  • Dust filter for fan in rear
  • Anodized aluminum shell
  • Can hold quite the potent mix of hardware if the PSU is less than 155 mm long
  • 120 mm tower cooler would fit
  • Can hold up to three hard drives
  • Not very cheap
  • Opening in motherboard tray too small to be useful
  • Hard to do proper cable management
  • Top-blow coolers are a better choice for such a chassis
Looking at the SilentiumPC Gladius Q50, there are very few other cases with the same type of tiny form factor, aluminum body, and compatibility in terms of how you can mix and match CPU cooler, GPU, and PSU. That said, the chassis is not really cheap. Clocking in at around 50 euro, there are better-engineered albeit bigger choices out there.

On one hand, the Gladius Q50 will allow for a fairly long GPU of around 270 mm to be installed if you use an incredibly compact ATX PSU, or SFX PSU, which is pretty awesome for a case of this size. On the other hand, this is not what the unit is advertised for, which makes it a bit hard to place. Those wanting a tiny chassis will obviously welcome the unique layout of the interior as it gives you the best fighting chance to stuff the best parts into such a tiny chassis. That considered, the Gladius Q50 is actually pretty cool, and it should make for some really interesting builds.

Combine that with SilentiumPC's use of aluminum and the sleek exterior and you have yourself a recommendable tiny chassis even if it does not break any price-to-performance records.
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