From Silencio 352 to MasterBox 5 (White)

Marfe · July 20, 2018

TL;DR: If you are a first time builder and planning to use a Non-Modular Power Supply... DO NOT BUY THE SILENCIO 352

I know both are a pretty old case as of 2018 but I just want to share my experience with it.

It was my first time building a computer last December.

•CPU: Ryzen 5 1600

•MOBO: MSI B350M Bazooka

•RAM: 8x2 Corsair LPX 3000mhz

•GPU: MSI 1060 3GB Aero ITX OC

•PSU: Antec Neo Eco 650W 80+ Bronze

•STORAGE: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB

•STORAGE: WD Blue 1TB

•CASE: Silencio 352

The picture below was the end result.

Cable management in the Silencio 352 was VERY AWFUL. NOT ADVISABLE FOR FIRST TIME BUILDERS(Specially if you don't have a modular power supply). At the back of the case there isn't much room to store cables. CPU temps idles at 40C and 60C under gaming load. Can't remember the GPU temps.

After a few weeks of watching youtube videos about building computers and most cases now a days have a Glass/Open side panel and RGB I decided to change my case.

I decided to buy a MasterCase 5 (White) and give my friend my old Silencio 352.

Cable management on the MasterCase 5 was a breeze. I don't know if it's just I already had a first time experience building or if it's just really a spacious case.I also bought SilverStone sleeved extension cables for a much "Cleaner" look. I only bought the 24pin and the 6+2pin extension cables because I thought the 4+4pin CPU connector will not be seen. Temps are VERY GREAT. Now I idle around 30C and 45C under gaming load. (It's probably the cooler tho(Hyper 212 Evo), but the stock cooler of the Ryzen 1600 was very great in most reviews)

I also bought a cheap LED Strip with controller

There is a lot of room at the back of the case to put all of your cables and there is a PSU shroud to cover the cables. All in all I have 5 fans in my tower. 3 120mm fans in the front 1 at the back and 1 140mm at the top (I'm in Japan and the MasterBox 5 here has a fan mount at the top).

Front of the case is full mesh. You wouldn't have any problem about airflow. I also bought some cheap magnetic filters to add in the front of the case so there would be less dust coming inside the case.

There is a lot of mounting options for 2.5" storage but unfortunately the case only includes 1 mounting bracket for a 2.5" drive. There is also a 3.5" storage bay at the bottom right of the case for 2 hard drives.

I also painted the PSU Shroud and the 3.5" bay white

Me and my friends are playing games such as Dota 2 and PUBG. But all of my friends bought a pre-built PC, i'm the only one who built my own PC. So everytime someone visit my apartment they were very amaze in my PC. I know for the #PCMasterRace people this is a peasant PC but for people who bought pre-built PC without Windowed Side panel just to play games... This is a very good looking PC.

Sfekke · July 20, 2018

35 minutes ago, Marfe said:

I know for the #PCMasterRace people this is a peasant PC but for people who bought pre-built PC without Windowed Side panel just to play games... This is a very good looking PC.

For your second try I'd say you learned quickly!

It isn't half bad, let alone bad!

To be honest it look perfect.

Unless you get into case-modding you won't get more classy then this

Marfe · July 20, 2018

11 minutes ago, Sfekke said:

For your second try I'd say you learned quickly!

It isn't half bad, let alone bad!

To be honest it look perfect.

Unless you get into case-modding you won't get more classy then this

Thanks man! That means alot!

TVwazhere · July 20, 2018

1 hour ago, Marfe said:

Dust filters for your dust filters

For when you really wanna give those nasty little particles the middle finger

Marfe · July 20, 2018

7 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Dust filters for your dust filters

For when you really wanna give those nasty little particles the middle finger

Lol

Marfe · August 24, 2018

On 7/20/2018 at 9:27 PM, Sfekke said:

Unless you get into case-modding you won't get more classy then this

I actually went ahead and made some modification to my case yesterday. I bought an Acrylic sheet and made the side panel full window (If felt like the borders of the MasterBox 5 sidel panel are too thick) and I extended the PSU shroud to cover the hard drive bays.