SilverStone Milo ML01

Performance:

Though SilverStone's Milo ML01 is designed for MoDT systems, for our testing purposes we took a different view on things. Our philosophy for testing was to pack in quite a few power hungry components to see how well the ML01 is able to hold up with desktop components. The rationale behind this is if the Milo ML01 is able to withstand a Pentium D processor with a TDP of 95W, it then should have no thermal problems with a Pentium M or Core Duo going through even less power. These desktop components were also done to better measure the acoustics of the chassis. Below is the rundown of components used:

The installation of these components into the SilverStone Milo ML01 was relatively straightforward. SilverStone's manual had done an adequate job of documenting the procedures. You will notice that we had used two hard drives with the ML01. This was done through using the internal 3.5" drive bay as well as the external 3.5" drive bay. If you have the card reader models, that will need to be removed if you wish to use two drives. Unfortunately, with the external 3.5" drive cage it lacks the proper holes for hard drives, but even so we managed to tightly fit the SATA HDD in place. Installing a second hard drive into the Milo ML01 was an extremely tight fit, and we wouldn't endorse this method. Another minor detail would be for the card reader models, it would be nice if SilverStone also included the 3.5" cover for the front bezel -- in the event you remove the card reader for installing an internal device. The motherboard and all other components had installed without any other problems.

As far as the thermal results go when strapping an Intel Pentium D 820 and other components inside of the compact SilverStone Milo ML01, we had run into no major heat related issues. After the system had been running for over an hour and entering the BIOS, the system temperatures (e.g. Chipset and CPU) had varied from 50° to 60°C.