Moving in for a closer look at the outside of 650 we first come to front of the case. The front features a diamond precision cut aluminium door which opens out.

Around the back, at the bottom there is space for mounting the PSU. Above this there are 7x PCI expansion slot covers which are solid (without ventilation), immediately to the side is a vertically aligned PCI expansion slot cover with thumbscrew. At the top of the back panel there is a 120mm rear exhaust fan and dual circular rubber grommets.



Once opened, foam padding is revealed to encourage further silence. With the door open there is now access to various features; at the top there are 2x 5.25” drive bay covers and beneath this there is a 3.5” drive bay to hot swap HDD storage – through the flap there are SATA ports for connectivity.

Beneath the hot swap bay there is a removable panel – this plastic panel has ventilation and a nice metallic Cooler Master emblem, on the reverse there is a removable air filter which can be detached and cleaned. With the panel removed we then have access to dual 120mm intake cooling fans rated at 1200 RPM and 17 dBA. These fans will be responsible for bringing cool air into the chassis and they can be replaced with a single 140mm fan if preferred.





On the next page we will continue looking at the external aspects of Silencio 650.