Hardware Installation (Cont’d)
Power Supply
The CW02 HTPC enclosure is designed to mount a standard ATX power supply. For this build we used a SilverStone Strider Gold Evolution 1000W modular power supply. The PSU slips into position and sits on two rubber pads for support and is secured to the back panel with four screws.
There is plenty of room to install a large (meaning long ~180mm) power supply but as in most cases cable management can get tricky. If you don’t need six HDDs, it will be a good idea to leave as many of the internal 3.5" bays behind the PSU open as possible to store excess cables. There is also some good space available underneath the HDD cage behind the PSU if you don’t have an optional 92mm fan installed in that spot.
Optical Drive DVD
For the optical drive we chose an ASUS Blu-ray combo drive, which is 6.75" long. To mount an internal OD into the CW02 chassis you first remove the two angle brackets, attach them to your ODD, and then install the drive back into position above the LCD PCB. You also need to confirm that the front door opens and closes smoothly as the ODD tray extends and retracts and that the push button aligns with the button on the front of the ODD.
3.5" Devices (HDDs)
The CW02 enclosure has two 3.5" device bays that can each mount three devices. That means you can mount up to six HDDs with a potential storage capacity of 18 terabytes (assuming you use 3 terabyte drives)!
For our purposes, I opted to mount four HDDs and one SSD (using SilverStone’s SST-SDP08 3.5" to 2.5" bay converter).
Overall, we were very pleased with the results. We were able to install all the hardware for a high-end system, just like we planned. The only issue we had was with the graphics adapter power cables being potentially blocked by the ODD but we found a relatively simple solution for this that should work for most. And even though the CW02 is a large HTPC chassis most users will still have to do deal with some creative cable management to make everything neat and tidy.
IEEE1394 and a pair of USB2.0
IEEE1394 and a pair of USB2.0 ports on the front panel in this day and age is ridiculous. Aprat from that Silverstone makes great case and the replacement of this case will surely fix that front I/O ports.
It wasn’t ridiculous 3 years
It wasn’t ridiculous 3 years ago when I purchased this case. I just swapped it out a week ago for a smaller one. I can’t believe it hasn’t been updated since!
It’s fantastic for the person that wants a game PC under their TV.
find a board that will fit
find a board that will fit this form factor and also supply USB3.0 headers………..
Uhm this is an ATX case so
Uhm this is an ATX case so it’s not hard to find a board with headers, beside this case is several years old, which is why the I/O ports are outdated.
you have to pay $$$$ to get
you have to pay $$$$ to get the USB3.0 headers on board, also its an HTPC, is your primary method of moving files plugging stuff in to the front panel? Sorry if it is.
also how often will the front panel be used on a HTPC? game controller? 2.0 is plenty fine.
a proper setup really doesn’t have MUCH use for 3.0 on the headers…… so I don’t think anyone at silverstone is losing sleep over this, i wouldn’t.
stop sneeker netting.
The iMon is the deal-killer
The iMon is the deal-killer for me. Their stuff never does work quite right.
How about the cooling if i
How about the cooling if i use the cw02 not as a htpc but as
a normal pc for video editing ?
Only one 120mm fan and two little 80mm in the bottom are not
very much.
I use is as a HTPC for 1 year
I use is as a HTPC for 1 year now.
It is a fantastic case.
I use a 16mm cpu cooler on my I3-540 without fan, and the temperatures are great
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Any chance an ‘Asus RAMPAGE
Any chance an ‘Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME’ motherboard (E-ATX) will fit into this case?
Cant imagine you can fit in a watercooling sytem??
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Hey is there any chance that
Hey is there any chance that an Antec25 KulerhH2o 920 liquid cooling system would fit into this case or would there be headaches concerning case room ?
I have a Thermalright Silver
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I’ve lost the atx power
I’ve lost the atx power Adapter for the CW02 case. Silverstone sell it no more since 2015. can someone help me? Would pay a very good price….