Today we have something a little special and by that I mean it's literally little and it's special, I am of course talking about one the latest small form factor chassis' from SilverStone, the SUGO SG09. SilverStone have already proven time and time again that they are the masters of compact design. This is something we have seen in previous reviews of the SilverStone range such as the PS07 and the FT03-Mini, both of which were worthy of eTeknix awards for their unique design features, performance and build quality, all of which we hope to see in the SG09.

As you can see from the specifications below, the SG09 may be small but it's capable of housing either Micro-ATX, DTX or Mini-ITX motherboards, giving it a wide range of compatible motherboards to choose from. Add to this the fact that it comes equipped with three fans as standard, support for two 3.5" hard drives, four 2.5" hard drives, a slim optical drive, large CPU coolers and long graphics cards! All of which is impressive for a chassis of this size. This feature set addresses something that has been growing in popularity for quite some time now in the system building community, I am of course talking about the craze of putting immensely powerful gaming / work systems into smaller chassis'. This is in part due to the ever increasing popularity of LAN gaming events and the need for systems that can perform like any other desktop, yet still be highly portable. So let's dive right in and take a closer look at what the SG09 has to offer and see just how capable a chassis of this size can or can't be.



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