Test System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard within the KL07 is done by traditional means, with the use of spacers and screws. As the locking mechanism and screws for all expansion cards are on the outside of the chassis, you will have to remove all the screws holding your expansion cards in place, and two more screws that keep the protective cover from swinging open. This means that all your expansion cards and covers will come loose every time you change your system's configuration.


Installing a hard drive is completely tool-less due to the plastic trays. These come with plastic pins which are sturdy enough to hold the drive tightly. Once filled, simply slide the tray back into the bay of your choice until it snaps into place.


Adding an SSD is quite simple as well. Just raise the plastic tray away from the motherboard, slide the drive into the unit, and push it down until both sides of the tray snap back into place.


Installing a power supply is done by using the usual set of screws to hold it in place. If you look closely, you can see the mounting hole for the hard-drive cage on the floor of the KL07, which means that there is still plenty of room for even a 140 mm long PSU with modular cables - I am not sure why Silverstone is not communicating this properly as they seem to be too harsh on themselves in their specifications.


With everything installed, the interior of the Silverstone Kublai KL07 is extremely clean due to some well-placed, grommet-equipped openings in the motherboard tray. That entire cable mess is very well contained behind the tray even though the chassis doesn't have as many zip-tie hooks as most other enclosures out there.

Finished Looks

With the side panels in place and the system turned on, you would not know it were it not for the faint operating noise and blue LED at the front.


Looking at the rear, everything is where you would expect it to be. Thanks to the solid side panels, everything is hidden. The panels do tend to be fingerprint magnets due to their somewhat smooth paint job, as you can see in the pictures above.