Silverstone Precision PS06 Review 6

Silverstone Precision PS06 Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Silverstone Precision PS06 sells for under 90 Euro or around 95 US Dollars. The choice of a window also adds 5 Euros or USD to the price.
  • Cool looks
  • Very good quality of metal and plastics used
  • Hot-Swap bay in the front
  • Air Penetrator 180 mm fan
  • Tool-less trays for the hard drives
  • Tool-less locks for 5.25 inch bays great
  • 120 mm intake fan
  • Many possibilities for cable routing
  • Plenty of space inside the chassis for the latest gaming hardware
  • Easy to keep things clean
  • Eight expansion slots
  • Internal USB 3.0 connector
  • Dust filters easily removable
  • Tray on top to hold small parts
  • Only two fans - other cases in this price class offer three or more
  • Short I/O cables
  • Only four hard drive bays
  • Fan controller hardwired to installed Air Penetrator fan
  • No rubber lining for water cooling holes in the back
  • No extras like zip ties or the likes included
Silverstone is well known for their line-up of cases for pretty much every budget. On top of that their very unique approaches like the Fortress series push the envelope on what is possible. In this regard the Precision PS06 is actually a very down to earth chassis. It costs less than that magical 100 USD mark, looks pretty darn cool and offers a few nice aspects. While I am glad the chassis has a lot of cool features, most of them come with some sort of achilles heel. The Air Penetrator is a great little touch - especially when running at low speed, it ends up being fairly loud on full throttle and also hardwired to the fan switch. The hot-swap bay with its very useful front location is fairly simple while still remaining functional and the internal USB 3.0 cable is great to see, but simply too short to hide properly. None of these are any deal breakers, thus looking at these features I am glad they are there in the first place, as they really make the case what it is. On top of that Silverstone has managed to include enough space for very good cable management, functional tool-less approaches for the drives and an extensive use of thumb screws. So as a case, the shortcomings mentioned are not as bad and you should still end up being quite happy with a spacey looking chassis. While the black one looks good already, I suggest going for the blue version - you will not be disappointed.
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