A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, simply remove the thumb screws holding the side panels in place. The interior is essentially without any brackets or cages with the exception of the HDD cage on the floor towards the front of the chassis. Behind the motherboard tray with its large number of zip-tie hooks and several cable-routing holes are two mounting possibilities for 2.5" drives or modern SSDs.


Most of the area at the front is for cooling purposes, with the large vent and mounting possibilities for the two aforementioned fans or a radiator. Silverstone has included a HDD cage on the floor that allows for a 2.5" or 3.5" drive to be installed in the plastic tray, with an additional 2.5" drive mounting possibility on top of the cage. This brings the total storage capability of the PS15 to four, which is quite respectable for such a compact chassis. However, there is no visual indication of why Silverstone could not have simply raised the cage to include two 3.5" drive trays instead. Such an inclusion would allow for more professional applications that require RAID or large storage capabilities.


In the rear, the PSU bay is pretty standard with four foam-covered tips on which the power supply will rest. Above that are the four expansion slots and the 120 mm exhaust fan.


Looking at the air vent in the ceiling, you can clearly install two 120 or 140 mm fans here, but due to the compact nature of the chassis, Silverstone does not recommend putting a radiator here.


All the cables with the exception of the power lead are of the standard variety. Silverstone employs a Molex plug for power as it also supplies electricity to the embedded lighting elements, as we will see later on.