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Features:
The Silverstone LC20 is designed mainly as a home theatre PC case, so Silverstone has kept it's styling somewhat simple and it's size enables it to fit in any standard component rack or shelving. The model we received was all black, however an aluminum coloured version is available as well. Another option for this case is the M edition, which has a built in two-line VFD display and included remote and iMON media center software.


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Upon first glance, the front of the LC20 is very simplistic looking, the Silverstone logo is in the upper left corner with a power button in the bottom left. The power button has a nice prominent Silverstone style to it, it's black with a chrome ring around the outside. The only other noticeable things you'll see on the front is the black plastic strip across the lower half. There are two LED's behind this strip for power and hard drive activity. The real features lie behind the two doors. Each door has a tiny "PUSH" label written on the top. The door in the upper right houses two 5.25" drive bays. I was happy to see that these weren't designed only for optical drives as some of their cases have. Once you remove the drive bay cover, it's a completely open bay so you can put any kind of drive in there you wish. The second door is below that one and long, instead of tall. When opened, it reveals 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 Firewire port, a mic plug, audio plug, a 3.5" drive bay and a small reset button. This is definitely an impressive array of ports, as most cases only give you two front USB ports. The drive bay allows you to put anything in it again, however you have to make sure it isn't too protruding on the front or it may obstruct the door from closing. Both doors are geared so when you push them open they have a nice slow glide to them instead of just falling open, this was a nice little attention to detail that I noted.

  
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The left side of the case has a very large black steel mesh vent. This is the part of the case where the power supply sits so the vent is a must to help with ventilation because the case can get rather full inside. The right side has a square vent of the same construction so you can mount an 80mm fan here if you wish. The top is just plain and painted as the rest of the case is. There are no vents or anything on the top. The bottom has very nicely finished silver feet. Their style is typical of what you would see on most expensive home audio/visual equipment.


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