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SHT 04SHELL 01, general arrangement

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case

SHELL 01

Mid-tower airflow case

A 4 mm anodised aluminium shell over a steel chassis, with nothing between the front fans and your components except a dust filter. Airflow is the product.

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Specification

Form factor
ATX · mATX · ITX
Shell
4 mm anodised 6063 aluminium
Intake
Full-height grille, 41 % open
Fan support
9 × 120 mm positions
Radiator support
Front 360 · top 360 · rear 120
GPU clearance
410 mm
Cooler clearance
172 mm

Materials

  • 6063 aluminium
  • SGCC steel
  • Tempered glass

On our bench

3.1 °C lower GPU delta than our own mesh reference chassis, same fan curve.

Engineering notes

Cases lose their thermal argument at the front panel. The SHELL 01 doesn't have a front panel in the traditional sense — it has a full-height intake grille machined into the aluminium, 41 % open area, with the filter on rails behind it.

Inside, the PSU shroud stops 40 mm short of the front so intake air washes the GPU from below as well. Cable management is a 23 mm channel with fourteen tie points and a door that closes over the mess.

Pairs with