A Closer Look - Inside

The interior of the SilverStone SETA H2M can be considered a traditional layout. Interestingly enough, SilverStone has opted to include grommets at the top and on the shroud. While we always advocate for these on cases with windows and generally welcome them, they aren't really needed in this case as the SETA H2M has a solid panel, as such you won't be able to see anything. There are all the right cutouts to support Micro-ATX boards with BTF connectors, which will also be very helpful to keep any cable mess away from the interior.


The metal shroud is mostly perforated as it allows for two 120 mm fans to be installed. If it looks a bit wavy to you, it isn't your eyes deceiving you. The square venting makes this surface a little bit more susceptible to bending out of shape than round holes would. An opening at the center allows you to easily and cleanly route your GPU power wiring. SilverStone also includes a study metal GPU support bracket. It can be moved around a matrix of 16 screw holes and sports several possible holes to align with those mounting positions. This should give you all the flexibility you need to find a setup which does not interfere with any fans of your GPU.


On the backside, you will find a total of six pre-installed Velcro strips. Interestingly enough, the three for the main cable channel are much simpler than the three towards the back of the chassis. Regardless, having them is a great detail as it makes cable management so much easier.


SilverStone has a tendency to try to cram as many drives into cases as possible - especially with the SETA series it seems. As such, you will find a mounting plate for either three 2.5" units or one 3.5" variant. This tray may be removed by releasing the captive thumb screw at the top. We noticed that the plate still had a bit of play as that one screw isn't sufficient - especially as the plate is simply hooked into two small holes at the bottom. As such this could be a potential place of vibrations. The plate itself doesn't feel very sturdy either unfortunately. You may remove it to reveal two more 120 mm fan mounting positions, which line up with the section of the side panel that is vented. You may also install an AIO of up to 240 mm in size, but doing so will limit your GPU length to 250 mm in size.


Underneath the opening for the CPU cooler mounting plate, there is yet another 2.5" drive tray. This one is made of plastic and completely tool-less. At this point it should be clear that SilverStone is really trying to use all the surface area within the SETA H2M well.


In the front, underneath the shroud, you will find even more storage capabilities in the form of a pretty unique looking HDD cage. It may hold either four 2.5" drives vertically or two 3.5" units horizontally.


Interestingly enough, the tooling of the HDD cage allows you to rotate it to any 90° position to the original and still fit it underneath the case. While this is nifty, that just seems to be a tooling feature for another case that uses the same body as the SETA H2M.


Above the shroud in the front, you can see that the area is simply used by the two 160 mm intake fans. On the side, you can see the HDD mounting plate and how some of the mounting holes are not accessible when in place. This simply means you can't skip any steps when adding drives to it, nothing more. That said, SilverStone could have easily added holes here to allow for a pump or reservoir to be mounted unto the plate as an added feature.


The PSU bay of the SETA H2M is simple but effective, but also rather compact. There a punchout for an internal power supply cable, which seems to suggest that there is a case in the works which does not have the PSU at the rear. SilverStone mentions 170 mm for the unit, which—while possible—feels a bit tight. Above that, there are those five expansion slots, with individual, reusable covers. The design is bridgeless, which makes sense as you are able to take the whole expansion frame out of the case. It looks like the tooling of the SETA H2M is a bit of a preview to a future chassis with a glass window, which will also come with all the necessary components to allow you to install three slots vertically. In the very top, there is that third fan which looks pretty hefty with its large hub. The only downside is the fact that SilverStone is still clinging onto the 3-pin RPM interface for all the fans within the SETA H2M, where it would have been better to have PWM instead.


The ceiling is purely intended for cooling purposes as the IO has been tucked away at the edge. The mounting holes are as far away from the motherboard as possible, so you should have no issues routing any cables or employing tall memory modules in your build inside the SETA H2M.


All the wiring within the chassis is black and SilverStone uses flat cables for all the IO of the SETA H2M. The front panel connectors are unfortunately not unified, but you do get that clearly identified, dedicated LED wire. Which, again, is clearly a sign to come as for a chassis that uses the same tooling, but caters to a different audience.