External Overview
From Cooler Master
“Sileo 500 is Cooler Master’s latest introduction of a silent mid-tower chassis. It is fully equipped with acoustic foam sound insulation material on the top, bottom and sides. It also includes anti-vibration pads inside the detachable HDD trays to reduce noise and noise reduction pads for the power supply. The Sileo 500 also has tool-free 5.25″ and 3.5″ drive bays for easy installation and maintenance; a true testament to silent computing.”
The Sileo 500 offers a plain, yet elegant black brushed aluminum finish to the entire case. There are no visible fans, except for the rear of the case, mainly because of internal insulation.
The front bezel follows the simplistic design as the rest of the case. Five plain 5.25″ drive bays and two 3.5″ drive bays, only one plain, are placed on the bezel. Of the two 3.5″ external bays one is used for external connections which include two USB, HD Audio connectors and an eSATA connection. Below the drive bays are the power and reset buttons.
The rear of the case is similar to most any other case. For this review we received a case with a RS-500-PCAR-A3 500W Power Supply which was already installed in the case.
In addition to the typical external slots and power supply slots there is the 120mm fan grill, I/O slot, and another ventilated section for more airflow right next to the external slots. The one side panel also has two thumb screws for an easier and quicker removal.
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Cooler Master sucks!
I really don't see the point why the supposably well-respected companies have to cheat their customer like this!
I recently bought the PC chassis Sileo 500 by Cooler Master. In all the official pictures the case was presented with metallic silver pads at the base. Instead you get some cheap regular plastic feet not even rubberized in the tone of producing a silent vibration free product and look totally unappealing. Thank God you cannot even see them instead of the glorious demonstration of the fancy ones over the official site (and otherwise). At least the company can judge what is ugly and makes the choice to cleverly hide it. Prise to that Cooler Master!
You can of course argue that this is a minor detail but always just always on those situations you get less to what you see. I can understand the cheap technique of having plastic mimic brushed aluminium but not the so striking changes where you get something totally different and always of lower quality both in terms of material and looks. I really don't see the point why companies act like that. While they succeeded in making me buy this product (by making a fool out of myself) they totally failed earning more money since I was planning to get more products from them. And of course the even bigger damage to their profit is that I do not find a reason which I should suggest Cooler Master to friends. So they loose even more money with those kind of cheap advertisement techniques.
Bye bye Cooler Master (Cooler Sucker rather). I was planning of getting a PSU and CPU fun also from the same company with triple the price tag of the chassis itself but never gonna happen.
Stay away if you have some self respect and want to be treated as a proud honer of a decent product. Never gonna make the same mistake twice.
Cooler Master sucks!
I really don't see the point why the supposably well-respected companies have to cheat their customer like this!
I recently bought the PC chassis Sileo 500 by Cooler Master. In all the official pictures the case was presented with metallic silver pads at the base. Instead you get some cheap regular plastic feet not even rubberized in the tone of producing a silent vibration free product and look totally unappealing. Thank God you cannot even see them instead of the glorious demonstration of the fancy ones over the official site (and otherwise). At least the company can judge what is ugly and makes the choice to cleverly hide it. Prise to that Cooler Master!
You can of course argue that this is a minor detail but always just always on those situations you get less to what you see. I can understand the cheap technique of having plastic mimic brushed aluminium but not the so striking changes where you get something totally different and always of lower quality both in terms of material and looks. I really don't see the point why companies act like that. While they succeeded in making me buy this product (by making a fool out of myself) they totally failed earning more money since I was planning to get more products from them. And of course the even bigger damage to their profit is that I do not find a reason which I should suggest Cooler Master to friends. So they loose even more money with those kind of cheap advertisement techniques.
Bye bye Cooler Master (Cooler Sucker rather). I was planning of getting a PSU and CPU fun also from the same company with triple the price tag of the chassis itself but never gonna happen.
Stay away if you have some self respect and want to be treated as a proud honer of a decent product. Never gonna make the same mistake twice.