SilverStone
Today we are taking a look at the SilverStone FX500, one of the very few Flex-ATX PSUs in the market. It boasts a magnificent 500 Watt maximum output at a quarter of the volume a typical ATX unit requires and is 80Plus Gold certified, making it practically the best-engineered Flex-ATX unit available today. But channeling 500 Watts through such a small PSU also brings some noticable cooling challenges.
SilverStone NightJar NJ520 Power Supply Review
Most PCs don't require a massive power supply capable of 750W or more sustained output, and even the 500-550W models can be overkill for many users. Today we'll be...
44 by E. Fylladitakis on 7/8/2014Computex 2014: Fanless PSUs from Silverstone and Enermax
When a power supply becomes sufficiently efficient, it loses less energy from the input as heat. Given the right conditions, a very efficient and low rated power supply...
13 by Ian Cutress on 6/12/2014SilverStone ML04 & ML05 Slim HTPC Cases Review
Silverstone is well-known among technology enthusiasts, and while they offer a great selection of technology-related goods, cases and virtually everything enclosure-related are their specialty. The company offers a very...
39 by E. Fylladitakis on 4/18/2014Closed Loop AIO Liquid Coolers: 14-way Mega Roundup Review
There was a time when liquid-cooling a computer chip was considered to be "extreme", something you'd only see hardcore enthusiasts or overclockers doing. It took a lot of work...
140 by E. Fylladitakis on 2/12/2014Analyzing Power Use: 80 Plus Bronze vs. Platinum
I’ve been toying around with updating my computer lately, and one of the topics I wanted to look at was the choice of power supply. For the most part...
79 by Jarred Walton on 10/30/2013SilverStone Precision PS07 Case Review Redux
We revisit SilverStone's mainstream micro-ATX enclosure to test its newest revision.
32 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/20/2013SilverStone Fortress FT04 Case Review
The chassis used in the SilverStone Raven RV04 returns in its premium model: does it ameliorate the existing issues or exacerbate them?
49 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/29/2013SilverStone Raven RV04 Case Review
A string of delays have kept the most radical entry in SilverStone's already unconventional Raven series from making its debut, and even now it's only materializing in limited quantities...
27 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/20/2013Computex 2013: Thunderbolt Graphics from SilverStone
Visiting the SilverStone booth was rather interesting. In a similar ilk to MSI’s GUS which used Thunderbolt to transmit data over PCIe, Silverstone are developing their own at-home...
34 by Ian Cutress on 6/6/2013SilverStone Sugo SG08 Mini-ITX Case Review
Continuing our series of reviews of smaller enclosures, we take a look at one of the smallest of all: SilverStone's impressively diminutive Sugo SG08 Mini-ITX case.
51 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/13/2013Cooler Master Seidon 240M and 12 More Coolers: The Retest and Mega-Roundup
There's no right way to describe it; we're testing the Cooler Master Seidon 240M along with two new Noctua coolers in a new testbed. Alongside ten of our industry's...
62 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/26/2013CPU Air Cooler Roundup: Six Coolers from Noctua, SilverStone, be quiet!, and Cooler Master
Now that CPU cooler reviews have begun in earnest here at AnandTech, it's been interesting to see just how conventional wisdom plays out in practice. There's been a pervasive...
63 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/14/2013SilverStone's New Fortress FT04 Flagship Enclosure Promises Much
No trip to CES would be complete without a visit to SilverStone, but this year was especially important for me. I've been a longtime advocate of the Fortress FT02...
6 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/10/2013120mm Radiator Fan Roundup Part 2: Fan Harder
It's funny, when I did the first 120mm radiator fan roundup two months ago, I wasn't expecting quite the response it got. It was an interesting exercise that seemed...
81 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/22/2012SilverStone Sugo SG09 Case Review: Someone at SilverStone Loves Tetris
You've seen it here: small cases are getting big. Mini-ITX boards are becoming both more common and less expensive, and there's been a bit of a renaissance for small...
45 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/20/2012Choosing the Best 120mm Radiator Fan: Testing Eight Fans with Corsair's H80
As an enthusiast it can be difficult to just "set it and forget it," to assemble a system and decree "this is as good as it's going to get."...
113 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/23/2012SilverStone Sugo SG05: The Mini-ITX Standard Bearer
We've been looking at a few mini-ITX enclosures as of late, an interest sparked largely by the surprise success of the Bitfenix Prodigy and the general industry tend towards...
70 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/19/2012SilverStone FT03 Mini Review: We'll Make You Fun Size
One of the first cases we reviewed back when we initially established our case testing methodology last year was SilverStone's FT03, a very unique Micro-ATX design guaranteed to be...
67 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/22/2012SilverStone Grandia GD07 Review: Centering and Serving Your Media
The last time we reviewed one of SilverStone's Grandia enclosures, it was the GD04, and it was a review that launched the first major revamp of how we test...
37 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/29/2012Introducing Our 2012 Case Testbeds and Revised Methodology
Over the past year we've tested more than twenty different enclosures using our existing testbed and produced a mountain of comparative data. The goal of the undertaking is produce...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/29/2012