SilverStone SETA A2 Case Review

The SETA series from SilverStone is not one to overlook if you are in the market for a high-airflow chassis design that is also extremely versatile.  With case designs like the Raven you can be assured that when SilverStone indicates that a chassis is a high-airflow design it will deliver on that promise.  Of course, design plays a major factor when it comes to airflow and while some companies call their perforated box with exposed fans a high-airflow concept the real intention is to maximize ARGB exposure over removing heated air from your gaming PC.

In this review we will be looking at the SilverStone SETA A2.  This will be the third Seta chassis that I have reviewed on Hardware Asylum.  The latest was the SETA H1 featuring dual 160mm cooling fans with support for large SSI-EEB motherboards and a vertical mount GPU.  It was quite nice but had limited modding opportunities due to the smaller overall footprint.  The first SETA chassis was the SETA A1 and predecessor to the chassis in this review. 

The A1 was a monster of a case featuring a vertical GPU mount and dual 200mm fans up front.  There were options to support additional cooling options but, it seemed wrong to remove the large 200mm spinners just to replace them with a 360 AIO.

Which brings us to the SETA A2 but, before we dive into the chassis, lets check out the specs

• High system configuration versatility
• Compatible with rear-facing connector motherboards
• Fully perforated steel front panel
• Four 140mm fans included (3 at the front, 1 at the rear)
• Triple 420mm radiator support.
• 438mm total graphics card clearance
• Front I/O includes 1 x USB Type-C, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x Audio, 1 x Mic

Model No. SST-SEA2Y-GWG (Rose Gold, White) / SST-SEA2Y-BG (Black)
Material Steel, plastic, tempered glass
Motherboard SSI-CEB, Extended ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX

Drive bay

• External N/A
• Internal 3.5" & 2.5" x 8 / 3.5" & 2.5" x 2 / 3.5” x 1 / 2.5” x 3

Cooling system

• Front 120mm x 3 / 140mm x 3 (Color matched fans included)
• Rear 120mm x 1 / 140mm x 1 (Color matched fans included)
• Top 120mm x 3 / 140mm x 3
• Bottom 120mm x 1 / 140mm x 1
• Side 120mm x 3 / 140mm x 3 ^[2]
• Internal 120mm x 2

Radiator support

• Front 120mm / 140mm / 240mm / 280mm / 360mm / 420mm
• Rear 120mm / 140mm
• Top 120mm / 140mm / 240mm / 280mm / 360mm / 420mm
• Bottom N/A
• Side 120mm / 140mm / 240mm / 280mm / 360mm / 420mm

Limitation of CPU cooler 190mm
Expansion slot 8
Limitation of expansion card Length :438mm
Power supply Standard PS2 (ATX)
Front I/O port USB Type-C x 1 / USB 3.0 x 2 / Audio x 1 / Mic x 1
Dimension 244.7mm (W), x 521.4mm (H), x 538.5mm (D), 68.7 liters / 9.63" (W), x 20.53" (H), x 21.2" (D), 68.7 liters
Net weight SST-SEA2Y-GWG: 14.35 kg / SST-SEA2Y-BG: 14.2 kg