A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, simply remove the thumbscrews holding each panel in place. The interior lacks any visible 3.5" drive bays and sports a single 5.25" variant as an external opening. Looking at the motherboard tray from behind, there are two simple openings at the top edge, but only one large, partially covered opening has been put into the left edge of the tray. While this will allow for some interesting cable routing, it also means that you will have to route elements like audio all the way across the motherboard.


You may pry the front of the chassis off to reveal two 140 mm fans. The front is lined with a simple filter as well, which is not supposed to be removed. Silverstone simply used a fully sized USB cable that is connected to the front panel to offer the USB-C connector there. This means that you will require a board with two 20-pin plugs if you want to fully utilize both the Type-C and traditional USB 3.0 plugs.


There are a total of four SSD-mounting positions, but Silverstone only provides two trays. These trays are on the backside of the motherboard tray by default, but may be moved to the top of the shroud on the floor of the chassis interior.


Looking at the front, starting underneath the shroud, there are two plastic drive trays for both 2.5'' or 3.5" drives. If you look closely, you will see the aforementioned mounting holes on the floor of the chassis. Turns out that these cannot be used and are just part of the tooling. Silverstone simply chose to leave them in instead of modifying the manufacturing process to keep production costs as low as possible.

Above that are the two 140 mm intake fans. You may install a radiator of up to 240 mm in size here, but that will also slightly restrict how long your graphics card can be. You will find the lone 5.25" drive bay which comes equipped with a tool-less lock for easy assembly in the very top. The tray for the drive is removable since you will need the space if you install a radiator into the ceiling of the Redline RL05.


In the rear, once again starting below the shroud, you will find the simple but effective PSU bay. The PSU will rest on four foam spacers as an anti-vibration measure. Above that are the seven expansion slots and the 120 mm fan mount.


Taking a quick peek at the ceiling, you can clearly see the simple dust filter. It also comes with holes so that you may keep it in place, regardless of how big the installed fan will be.


All the cables within the Redline RL05 are of the default variety and come with black sleeving. This means that you should have absolutely no issues when using modern motherboards. As previously mentioned, there are two 20-pin USB 3.0 connectors, which is something you should keep in mind before making the purchase.