Review System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard is a breeze thanks to access on all sides. SilverStone designed the Alta G1M such that the board fits like a glove as well, making its unique cable-management possibilities a welcome sight. Our Palit GeForce RTX 2080 Ti fit just fine inside the chassis with lots of room to spare. You should really have no issues adding any GPU on the market to your system when using this chassis.


While there are two locations to add hard drives, the rear and side, we opted for the rear by simply screwing them into place in their appropriate locations. There are openings that line up with the connectors of these storage devices, so you should come across no issues when connecting them, or even swapping drives with a fully assembled system.


PSU installation offers similar flexibility, as it has its own dedicated, fully accessible bay. Even with our SFX-L unit, there is still a bit of room for cable management at the end.


With those components installed, which was extremely easy with the the Alta G1M, it was time to attempt placing the 360 mm AIO. You may prepare it outside the chassis by screwing it to the mounting plate. Then simply clip the contraption into the bottom edge of the case and flip it up. All we had to do was make sure there was enough clearance on the bottom for the Air Penetrator fan, which had the whole cooling element fit perfectly after adjusting its height slightly on the frame.


With everything assembled and a few zip ties later, the whole result looks really clean. You will easily be able to access all major parts of the system—from the GPU to PSU and any hard drives—without having to take much apart. Even if you want to get to the NVMe drive or memory, all you have to do is remove the two screws holding the AIO in place.


We opted to have the fans pull air into the case and through the radiator, but there is no reason you could not do it the other way around. On the motherboard side, you can clearly see where the four Velcro strips came in quite handy for holding all the excess cables in place and out of the way.

Finished Looks

With all the panels back on the SilverStone Alta G1M, the only thing left to do was to connect everything. This is easily done by routing the cables through the opening in the back and then placing the magnetic cover over these to finish things off.


Once turned on, the Air Penetrator fan is nice and quiet, with a white LED in the power button letting you know the whole system is turned on as well.


Looking at the front, you can clearly see the RGB element of the GPU, which bodes well for airflow. On the vented side, there are no visible parts, but if your cooling setup does have LED fans, you should also see its glow here quite prominently. Looking at the rear, things look really clean thanks to the hidden cables and solid panel.