SilverStone Crown 04 Review: A Rousing Requiem for the Home Theater PC

It’s rare these days for people to see an ATX case in anything but a tower orientation, so we remind that the term “desktop” can refer to either a form factor (as opposed to “laptop”) or an orientation (i.e., short and wide). The Crown 04 adheres to both definitions—SilverStone has given its desktop-style desktop a brushed-aluminum face, a two-layered lid that covers a perforated steel top panel with a 2mm-thick slotted aluminum top sheet, side vent perforations that match those of the top…