Test System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard 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 all your expansion cards and covers will come loose every time you change your system's configuration.


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 hard drive is completely tool-less due to the plastic trays. These come with plastic pins that 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.


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 RL07, which means there is still plenty of room for even a 140 mm long PSU with modular cables.


With everything installed, the interior of the Silverstone Redline RL07 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

Once turned on, you are able to see all the hardware parts inside the chassis clearly because the glass panel isn't heavily tinted. It looks quite nice, and I am sure the white variant would be just as beautiful.


You will find your standard power LED in the top; it lights up red, but Silverstone has also included a secondary lighting element in the front of the RL07 that matches it pretty closely in color, which instantly reminded me of lava, especially in combination with the black surround.


Thanks to the clear glass side panel, you can see all the hardware within the RL07 nicely. I feel like Silverstone could have taken the opportunity to allow for the front panel lighting element to shine into the interior of the chassis for an added effect, though. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it to be for a mid-tower chassis.