SilverStone Kublai Series KL03 Case Review

Outside KL03

In Figure 15, you can see the switches and connectors available on KL03: two USB ports, one FireWire port, heaphones output, microphone input, power switch and reset switch. The location of these connectors and switches is perfect: on top of the unit. As you can see, this part of the case is also in aluminum. Here we missed an eSATA port. We think that a case from this level should have at least one eSATA port on this panel.

Figure 15: Frontal connectors.

In Figure 16, you can see the rear of KL03. As you can see this is a traditional seven-slot case, coming with a 120 mm fan on its rear. As happens with the majority of high-end cases, this case doesn’t come with a power supply. What is interesting about this case is that you can remove the frame that holds the power supply in place, allowing you to install a redundant power supply, which is bigger and doesn’t fit regular ATX cases.

Figure 16: Rear side.

If you play close attention in Figure 16 you can see that this case use regular screws. We think a case from this level deserved thumbscrews.

Another feature of this case is its feet. You can leave them on their default position (Figure 17), you can rotate them 90° so they become apparent (Figure 18) or you can simply remove them with a Phillips screwdriver, if you don’t like them.

Figure 17: Default position of the feet.

Figure 18: Rotating the feet 90° they become apparent.