SilverStone Intros Crown 04 HTPC Enclosure

[Nomad76]

SilverStone Technology has listed the Crown 04, a new home theater PC (HTPC) enclosure built with all-steel construction and a brushed aluminium finish (3 mm-thick front aluminium panel and a 2 mm-thick top aluminium panel). The Crown 04 follows the 5U rackmount standard with dimensions measuring 440 mm width, 239 mm height, and 458 mm depth. This size makes it compatible with larger graphics cards, including the RTX 50 series, and provides room for future GPU generations. The enclosure supports motherboards from ATX to SSI-EEB form factors and offers eight PCI expansion slots, allowing users to build powerful systems with high-end components.

The Crown 04 gives users plenty of room for storage as it can fit two 3.5-inch hard drives and three 2.5-inch SSDs inside. For cooling, SilverStone included 3x 120 mm fans while additional fans can be added (1x 120/140 mm on the rear, 3x 120 mm at the top, and 3x 120/140 mm on the side). Radiators up to 360 mm can be placed on top and the side of the enclosure.


Update May 13th: SilverStone Crown 04 MSRP: $549 USD (excluding taxes and VAT)

For connectivity, the Crown 04 features a sliding cover on the bottom of the front panel that reveals one USB Type-C port, four USB 3.0 ports, and a combo audio jack. An adjustable LED indicator sits above these ports, allowing users to monitor system and storage activity. The Crown 04 HTPC enclosure is currently available just in black finish; however, SilverStone has not provided information about pricing and shop availability.



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[Chaitanya]

Very odd they have removed 5.25" drive bay from HTPC oriented case.

 

[Nostras]

That is one sexy case. I wonder if pricing is reasonable.

 

[ZoneDymo]

That is one sexy case. I wonder if pricing is reasonable.

it will be reasonable...as int it will be very expensive but also very well made, that is silverstone for ya.

 

[katzi]

That is one sexy case. I wonder if pricing is reasonable.

Not in the US it won't be, but for the rest of the world maybe - it's not gonna be a Cheap case, it's a high-end Silverstone one.

 

[Cheeseball]

5U, all steel with aluminum finish? Hmm... I'm guessing USD 200. FLP01 came out at $140 and rose to around $160 to account for the tariff.

It better have higher quality than their Grandia 11.

 

[SilverStone Technology]

The main chassis of the Crown 04 is based on our RM51 server chassis so it has mostly 1mm thick steel with 3mm+ aluminum front and top. It'll be better built than any of our HTPC that came before it!

 

[QooBee]

The main chassis of the Crown 04 is based on our RM51 server chassis so it has mostly 1mm thick steel with 3mm+ aluminum front and top. It'll be better built than any of our HTPC that came before it!

Hi, SilverStone, I have noticed PSU limitation is 208mm, can drive bay removed to get deeper PSU like SEASONIC PRIME TX 1600W which is 210mm?

 

[SilverStone Technology]

Yes, you can see in Crown 04's manual that the drive cage in front of the PSU can be removed:

https://www.silverstonetek.com/upload/downloads/Manual/case/Multi-CW04-Manual.pdf