Cooler Master Sileo 500 (RC-500) Review

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Price comparisons with the US are inevitable. The Sileo can be purchased for between 70$-75. Various online retailers in India have it listed for around Rs 4500/-. This makes it a slightly pricey proposition. Prices for in-store pick up in the US are significantly lesser at around $50-55. A pricing strategy that is a little more in touch with market realities and the idea of affordability in the Indian scenario would surely result in better sales here.

The CM Sileo sets out to be a low priced silent cabinet. It has its little niggles, such as the intrusive positioning of dampening material and the hard plastic case feet/pushpins. Despite all these issues, the Sileo achieves its objective and them some. The basic design of the case as such seems to be a rehash of the time tested Centurion lineup from CM. The Sileo however has enough number of minor modifications/additions to make it stand out as being significantly different from the rest in the same range.

On the face of it, if it were to receive a slight correction in pricing, the Sileo makes for a very good recommendation to anyone in search of an affordable, silent mid-tower case.

Please digg the review here : Digg - Cooler Master Sileo 500 (RC-500) Review

To close things out, I would like to thank Mr. Siddharth & TheTechShopGuy from Techshop.in and CoolerMaster India for the review sample.

Dark Star · #1 (**permalink**) By Dark Star on 7 Mar 09, 11:02 PM

Very nice review

Keep them coming

Reps ++

Desecrator · #2 (**permalink**) By Desecrator on 7 Mar 09, 11:15 PM

Good review man!

PS: Magnetic ring? AFAIK those're ferrite cores. The use's like u mentioned; to suppress EMI.

stalker · #3 (**permalink**) By stalker on 7 Mar 09, 11:16 PM

I have no idea!
The manual says that its a magnetic ring

gamepagol · #4 (**permalink**) By gamepagol on 8 Mar 09, 12:07 AM

very nice review.....

TheTechShopGuy · #5 (**permalink**) By TheTechShopGuy on 8 Mar 09, 12:20 AM

Thanks for the credits and more importantly a Great Review !!!

Extreme boy · #6 (**permalink**) By Extreme boy on 8 Mar 09, 12:38 AM

look like ammo

with new outer body...

stalker · #7 (**permalink**) By stalker on 8 Mar 09, 01:11 AM

^^ I mentioned that

its based on the old Centurion design

sathyanaidu · #8 (**permalink**) By sathyanaidu on 8 Mar 09, 02:50 AM

nice review, good pics too.. ^^

sarang · #9 (**permalink**) By sarang on 8 Mar 09, 03:35 AM

nice review mate, any comparison with similarly priced products would help further.

Dark Star · #10 (**permalink**) By Dark Star on 8 Mar 09, 01:59 PM

Put the review up at TOSCAR ..Please digg the review here : Digg - Cooler Master Sileo 500 (RC-500) Review

H2O · #11 (**permalink**) By H2O on 8 Mar 09, 02:17 PM

Nicely done.....Loved the number of pictures/their proper resizing/And the way they were taken.

SidhuScorpion · #12 (**permalink**) By SidhuScorpion on 8 Mar 09, 04:06 PM

Good review !

sri_k · #13 (**permalink**) By sri_k on 8 Mar 09, 04:45 PM

very informative review...thanks..

Aman27deep · #14 (**permalink**) By Aman27deep on 9 Mar 09, 07:40 AM

good review, DIGGed

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