Review System

Assembly

To showcase the SUGO 16's capability of utilizing a 120 mm tower cooler using the AR12-TUF, we first prepared the motherboard by placing the backplate, simply screwing the cooler down, and attaching the fan. This makes the installation process very easy and quick. Even with the 120 mm tower cooler, there is plenty of space, and SilverStone mentions a solid 172 mm of clearance. You could theoretically go even bigger. The only limitation is that you must employ an SFX PSU when going with air cooling. Neither the ION SFX-L and compact ST-1000-PTS will fit alongside it within the SUGO 16.


Preparing the motherboard for the PF120 AIO also requires placing the backplate first, after which you may just put the board inside the chassis. Things are rather tight on the top edge, especially due to the board's large heatsink above the CPU socket, so plan your build order carefully.


We went straight with the 3.5" HDD after some initial cable management inside the case. It is secured with classic screws through the front of the chassis, with its connectors facing upwards.


As a next step, after all the motherboard cabling is connected, we install the AIO, which snugly fits inside the chassis. As you can see, the power cables were also pre-attached. We just had to connect them to the PSU towards the end of the assembly process.


Adding an SSD to the mix is easily done outside of the chassis, and there is still enough wiggle room to get it in there even with other components installed.


With all the major parts added to the system, the last step is to secure the PSU and add the GPU. Going for either first works as you can easily slide the graphics card past the power supply and plug it in, which makes the overall build process slightly more flexible, and simpler.


With everything in place, because of the short power supply, there is still enough space between the compact ST1000-PTS and AIO in the rear to go with a push/pull configuration if you wanted. But it would also be an option if employing an SFX or SFX-L unit instead. In the front, you can clearly see where the power cable has been routed through the GPU opening and connected to the ST1000-PTS, while the side behind the motherboard tray only provides access for some simple cable management.

Finished Looks

Once turned on, there is really only the power LED to let you know that the system is up and running. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it with the upside-down board layout. As the PSU power cable is in the left corner, it doesn't get in the way of things either.