SilverStone's Old-School Workstation Case Packs 15 Drive Bays for Unlimited Storage Expansion

[AleksandarK]

SilverStone has just launched the Seta H2, a full‑tower workstation case that prioritizes raw storage over flashy lighting or tempered glass, delivering a nostalgic nod to late‑1990s designs. In its 70‑liter interior, you can fit up to 15 HDD thanks to seven removable brackets behind the front panel that accept both 2.5 and 3.5‑inch drives, two extra mounts on the interior panel, a conventional two‑bay cage in front of the power supply, two 2.5‑inch slots behind the motherboard tray, and a final bracket that holds either one 3.5‑inch or two 2.5‑inch drives. Despite this staggering drive capacity, the Seta H2 still accommodates E-ATX and SSI-EEB motherboards, virtually unlimited CPU cooler heights, and graphics cards up to 428 mm long, with only a 330 mm clearance requirement if a side-panel radiator or a drive bracket is installed at the GPU level.

An eight‑slot expansion area and support for power supplies up to 289 mm round out its component flexibility. Cooling is handled traditionally with space for three 120 or 140 mm fans up front, one in the rear, two 160 mm or 140 mm fans on top, and two 120 mm fans on the side, plus removable brackets that let you mount a 360 or 420 mm radiator at the front or top (up to 65 mm thick). The all-steel and plastic chassis, weighing 15.2 kg, also features front I/O with USB-C, two USB 3.0 ports, and HD audio. Pricing starts at around €200 in Europe, and around $216 in the US.



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[HBSound]

Nice and clean case!

 

[Makalite]

No DVD drive bay.

 

[Canned Noodles]

SilverStone cases look so clean and straightforward. Very cool.

 

[A Computer Guy]

It would be great if they made a design with side mounted hot swap bays.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

It would be great if they made a design with side mounted hot swap bays.

Hot swap bays would ruin the look unless they added a door to cover the slots.

 

[Igb]

No DVD drive bay.

Agree. If this intends to be a workstation case for me that is a must have. I still keep and old Obsidian 900D because there is literally no better option.

This silverstone case is a toy for rich kids. No hot swappable bays, so bad as a NAS (its best use IMO), and not a single 5.25 bay, so bad as a TRUE workstation

 

[A Computer Guy]

Agree. If this intends to be a workstation case for me that is a must have. I still keep and old Obsidian 900D because there is literally no better option.

This silverstone case is a toy for rich kids. No hot swappable bays, so bad as a NAS (its best use IMO), and not a single 5.25 bay, so bad as a TRUE workstation

I still keep an Antec 1200 because of the bays. When I upgraded/side-graded to threadripper unfortunately it wasn't big enough literally nothing could replace it in the same form factor except Anidees AI Raider XL.

 

[Igb]

I still keep an Antec 1200 because of the bays. When I upgraded/side-graded to threadripper unfortunately it wasn't big enough literally nothing could replace it in the same form factor except Anidees AI Raider XL.

Sadly I see no availability in Europe for the case you described, because it seems very interesting. I am ok with my current one, the only big drawback is the lack of usb3.2 on the front (fixed precisely using an aliexpress adapter in one of the 3 available bays)

I could use an upgrade if it exists though

Thanks for showing me that manufacturer

 

[SSGBryan]

Cooler Master N400 is a better case for less than half the price.

 

[Chaitanya]

No DVD drive bay.

You want this case for both 5.25 and 3.5" drive bays.

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/cs383/

 

[bonehead123]

The all-steel and plastic chassis

.... say whut ??????

I know this may be nitpicking & such, but which is it ?

Is it ALL STEEL, or ALL PLASTIC, OR a combination of both, which is what I believe they meant, or should have said....

 

[SilverStone Technology]

.... say whut ??????

I know this may be nitpicking & such, but which is it ?

Is it ALL STEEL, or ALL PLASTIC, OR a combination of both, which is what I believe they meant, or should have said....

Not sure why our marketing makes mention of plastic as part of the material of this case when it is used only for very small parts and the case feet. The entire chassis body and the front panel is all steel.

 

[57er6uigyuholn]

makes me wet. shame about the boring front panel.

their convertible rack/tower case has top
tier aesthetics when the door is open, should have gone in this direction minus door

 

[Caring1]

Why no NVMe drive bays up front?

 

[Quicks]

Very cool, 200TB+

I can only imagine how heavy that case would be fully loaded.

 

[Igb]

You want this case for both 5.25 and 3.5" drive bays.

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/cs383/

Much better that the newly released case. Still a bit lacking in the cooling department (only the top part is available por a 420mm radiator).

Why no NVMe drive bays up front?

Because it is as frequent swapping an NVMe drive (rarely seen on workstations on my part, even now) than replacing a failing disk on a NAS or needing an optical media in a workstation, right?

Is not about everyone using that bays. It is about having them available if needed. And we are going backwards in capabilities. That is always bad.

 

[W3RN3R]

Still have my fractal design arc midi case, they don't make them like this anymore.

 

[Frick]

You want this case for both 5.25 and 3.5" drive bays.

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/cs383/

Long GPUs is a tight fit...

Still have my fractal design arc midi case, they don't make them like this anymore.

A few years ago I got the Refine R4, used, and it's lovely.

 

[DonKnotts]

No hot swappable bays, so bad as a NAS (its best use IMO)

How often are you swapping drives in your NAS? I put the drives in and they stay there until here's a problem. I've literally never had a need for hot swappable drives in a NAS.

 

[Chomiq]

Long GPUs is a tight fit...

I mean, it will still fit something like 5090 FE easily.

 

[Frick]

I mean, it will still fit something like 5090 FE easily.

AIB models won't though, and neither will 5080s. My card (XFX 6950XT) might not fit. A bunch of 7900XT/XTX cards will not fit, even some 5070ti's will not fit.

 

[dinmaster]

I'll stick with my twelve in a node 804

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Agree. If this intends to be a workstation case for me that is a must have. I still keep and old Obsidian 900D because there is literally no better option.

This silverstone case is a toy for rich kids. No hot swappable bays, so bad as a NAS (its best use IMO), and not a single 5.25 bay, so bad as a TRUE workstation

I build workstations for people who operate multi million dollar businesses and not a single one has asked me to put a 5.25" drive in any of the systems.

 

[A Computer Guy]

How often are you swapping drives in your NAS? I put the drives in and they stay there until here's a problem. I've literally never had a need for hot swappable drives in a NAS.

It is nice when you do have a problem or just upgrading capacity. Popem out , popem in, quick and easy. It's a bonus if they have LED's and you can do drive identification with them if you forgot how the disks were installed.