A Closer Look - Inside

To access the interior of the Silverstone SETA A1, simply remove the thumb screws holding each side panel in place. The interior layout can be considered rather traditional with Silverstone clearly having chosen the tried and true tooling options. The metal shroud covering the PSU and larger hard drives has mounting possibilities for two 120 mm fans even though Silverstone does not explicitly mention it on their product page. Thanks to the width of the chassis, this could actually still be useful without completely blocking off the connectors along the bottom edge of an installed ATX board. As you may also install a GPU vertically within the SETA A1, there are mounting holes to add the optional PCIe bracket to the shroud.


Behind the motherboard tray, things look rather simple, and Silverstone has chosen to skip any grommets for the cable-routing holes. This is alright in the black frame variants of the SETA A1, but those who pick the rose gold edition will notice it a bit more. That having been said, these openings are well placed, and while a bit compact, there are a good number of hooks to use for zip ties all around. Underneath the large opening for any CPU cooler backplate are two individual SSD trays to hide your drives from view nicely.


In the front, underneath the shroud, are two metal frames for additional storage. Each of these can hold a 3.5" as well as a 2.5" drive, which brings the total storage space within the SETA A1 to a respectable six drives. You could place one of the aforementioned SSD plates on top of one of these cages as well. But I see no reason to do so as the placement on the backside of the motherboard tray would not get in the way of things in any scenario I can think of. Above that, the entire front is utilized by the two 200 mm fans, while also allowing you to install a radiator of up to 360 mm. Because the two fans are mounted to the exterior of the chassis frame, you should also be able to go for a thick radiator of that size without issue.


In the rear, the PSU bay is pretty basic, with glued on foam bits the unit will rest on. The 7+2 expansion slots above that use classic screws, so you may just detach those you need for your GPU or other add-in cards. In the very top, the 120 mm fan is no-frills as well, being all black with a 3-pin motherboard header connector for power and RPM control.


Taking a look at the ceiling, you can clearly see the mounting holes for active cooling or radiators. From this view, I still don't see any reason why you should not be able to install a 280 mm radiator as well, as there seems to be plenty of space all around.


All the leads inside the Silverstone SETA A1 are black and come with the right plugs. The USB 3.0 and the USB 3.1 Type-C cables are flat, which is a refreshing difference to the stiff, round cables we are used to with most other implementations out there.