Conclusion
The Aerocool Dead Silence Cube is another sign that the market for smaller yet more powerful and customized machines is growing. With the surge of ITX boards now at a steady pace and more and more efficient PSUs become available, it is now more closer than ever that the gaming PC can finally hammer down on the living room that consoles have been pretty much dominating. SteamBox will also help drive this growth and with the platform being open, a lot of people will appreciate building their own living room gaming PCs.
The Aerocool Dead Silence Cube takes on Bitfenix for the ITX case of choice and what the other company lacks, Aerocool takes advantage on. Bitfenix offers separate cases for both ITX and mATX whereas Aerocool’s Dead Silence Cube can handle both. This makes the DS Cube a more flexible option and provides plenty of upgrade paths after a few hardware cycles should you consider changing motherboards. Though the DS Cube is significantly taller, it is actually quite lighter than the Bitfenix Prodigy making it friendlier for LAN parties.
This is not Aerocool’s first venture in the cube department. They have already released the QX2000 included in their debut PGS line of cases and as a happy owner of that case, the DS cube is a large improvement. But the Aerocool Dead Silence Cube itself could still use a few touches. Cable management is a top priority as there was plenty of cable mess going on and a user would need to go out of his way to tidy up the wiring. Noting the name Dead Silence means the case is optimized for quiet applications and Aerocool’s choice of preinstalled fans are dead good at delivering just that although there is a serious lack of muffling inside the case. Another room for improvement is the difficulty in removing the primary drive cage. All in all though, small nitpicks against a well though-out case.
Aerocool is asking for around Php4900 for the Dead SIlence Cube which is considerably higher than that of the competition but provided the DS Cube can accept mATX and ITX boards plus a push-pull config, that premium is well worth it for the extra space and flexibility
In closing, anyone looking to have more flexibility in a cube case that would really set-off as a nice living room gaming PC, a LAN party rig or just straight-up gaming rig then the Aerocool Dead Silence Cube is a top choice if you’re into ITX or mATX builds.
We give the Aerocool Dead Silence Cube Case the B2G Bronze Award and B2G Recommended Seal.
12 Comments
oyizzzzz
I love DS Cube. DS Cube rocks.
Really nice and elegant!
good workmanship and decent design
worthful to own one
I had one……very nice!
good quality cube case
Great jod…..Aerocool!
Great Aerocool new stuff…
GOT ONE!!
Awesome and beautiful case~!!!
Its a quite good case on the actual, seen it on Dyna store but Horizontal mobo for mATX is a big No for me.
Funtionality – not in my taste. horizontal mobo position is good for ITX mobo but not on mATX, because i want to see the whole build in typical vertical position. Coz it’s much nicer on that way. No mesh intake at the front. kinda bulky.
ex cases;
Coolermaster N200 – cheap, sleek and simple case
Bitfenix Prodigy M and Phenom M – Compact, elegant, reverse ATX mobo
Cougar Spike – damn cheap case for budget build
Fractal Arc mini- simple sleek, elegant, could not ask for more (pepsi)
Overall I give this case a 7.5 IMHO