SilverStone is another big name in the aluminum case market and they had a rather interesting mATX case on display. The SUGO SG04B-H seemed to be really solidly built and had a massive aluminum handle on the top, which should make this a suitable LAN party case for those that are into that.




SilverStone managed to squeeze in a pair of 120mm fans and support for a pair of 266mm graphics cards, and it works with PSUs rated up to 1000W. This might be the ideal companion for DFI's new mATX Lanparty motherboards.


Finally, we have a case from Xclio, maybe not a big player, but we found it slightly amusing considering how many fans Xclio had managed to squeeze into it. The case itself will be known as the 1000 or 2000, depending on some of the internal mechanics, and it has no less than eight 180mm fans, three at the front, three on the side and two on top, as well as space for one rear 120 or 140mm fan.




One interesting feature of this case is that the front fans are mounted on individual doors, which gives you easy access to whatever is behind the doors. The case also has modular hard drive bays and you can fit four drives in each module. At least the case comes with built-in fan controllers, so you don't have to lay out extra cash to quiet this beast down.

We also saw a bunch of cool stuff from Gigabyte, and the only reason we're mentioning them last is because we weren't allowed to take any pictures. They've renamed as the 3D Aurora series, as there was some brand name conflict, so expect to see a new brand name when this new range of cases launches later this year.


They had a lot of concept designs on display, and this was the reason why we weren't allowed to take any pictures. One of the cases had a very nice die-cast top with a rounded edge toward the front of the case and featured a curved door to go with it. Another model had leather inlays and something like a bat made out of leather on the side. Hopefully, a few of these models will appear at some stage and we'll try to get you some pictures at a later date.