SILVERSTONE Fortress Series FT02B-W Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window

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This case keeps almost everything so cool. It was effortless to set up my Corsair H50 closed loop liquid cooler (make confident to put the fan in as an intake for very best cooling). - Fits extended ATX, possibly the only mid tower case that can do that. - Extremely effortless to set up- Difficult drive cages very accessible- Case is fairly heavy...is very tough- Has Teflon feet for effortless positioning- Great minimalist style - I/O and "backplate" on the best of the case, so with the cover on, it is difficult to access plugged in cables in a pinch. - two.5" drive mounts in an odd place on the opposite side of the case behind the optical drives. Be sure to take this into account, and take away five.25" drive bay covers initial. - No external 3.5" drive bay, but this is not a enormous situation as very good drive bay adapters are cheap.- Front-panel connectors are really challenging to plug in...fortunately this is a a single-time deal. - Case is really heavy...about 40 lbs loaded. Please don't hurt oneself carrying this case. This is clearly a superior solution by Silverstone. You certainly get what you spend for, and then some!

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I doubt that I could say anything about this case that other reviewers haven't touched on already, but I just had to take the time to rate this. Transferring the guts from my old case into this beauty was a breeze. Cable management is easy, mounting/swapping HDDs and Optical Drives is effortless. There's lots of room for all of my elements, and plenty of room to work in--I under no circumstances had to try to squeeze my hands into a cramped space to set factors up. And even though I by no means cared much for the aesthetic aspects of a case prior to, this case is gorgeous. Even my non-fancy searching motherboard and elements appear quite good through the side window. Oh, and when it comes to cable management, it's not just the interior wiring that positive aspects from this case. The motherboard "backplate" is really on the top rated of this case, which has its own pop-off cover. When you've connected all of your cables (power, USB, HDMI and so on), you pop the cover back on, and you have a single really clean searching setup. This factor is heavy. The empty case weighed at least as much if not far more than my old case with all of the elements installed (including four HHDs). As a person who attends LAN parties about once per month, this is not going to be entertaining to haul around (I have a dolly I'll be using). There is also no three.five drive bay, and although I have no use for 1, this could be an concern for some men and women. Nonetheless, with every other aspect of this product being so excellent, I nevertheless couldn't knock it down an egg. I didn't even touch on the cooling aspects in the Pros section. So, you know, it's runs cool AND almost whisper quiet.When I constructed my rig, I was both spending budget-minded and high quality-conscious. The a single element I compromised on the most--as far as the top quality was concerned--was the case, and now I am generating up for it with the FT02.The rig I have now will effortlessly retain me happy effectively into next year, but when I do make a decision to construct an all-new rig, I know I won't require to believe about what case I'm going to get.* AMD Phenom II X4 965, OCed to 3.8GHz on air* G.Talent 4GB ƒ x 2GB) DDR3 1333* GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard* Diamond Radeon 5870 1GB* Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card* four HHDs ƒx2TB, 2x1.5TB)* LITE-ON 4X Blu-ray Disc Reader* LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner* Pc Energy & Cooling Silencer 750W PSU.Like I mentioned, not the fanciest rig, but additional than capable of running each game out there. And I swear this case is giving me a couple of a lot more

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This is an completely outstanding case design and style. I've constantly wondered why circumstances were created so airflow goes sideways by means of the case, when heat rises. It's a really logical design and style which tends to make significantly much better use of straightforward physics in its airflow approach. As other people have mentioned, the drive trays are a bit lacking. No complaints other than that. Very merely, this is the finest case out there today. I had narrowed my choice down to either this or a Corsair 700D몸D (they're basically the very same case, with minor alterations). Even so, even though the Corsair cases have prime ventilation, they nonetheless employ sideways airflow as the main airflow.

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I won't repeat what other people stated. But i will say this : Best CASE EVER. I'm presently working with a old 500w OCZ energy provide, till i purchase a new one particular and the wires weren't extended sufficient to attain the hdd additional infront of case. I found a adapter laying around and now everything is ok. But hold in thoughts the length of your wires from your psu, if your going with many hdd.

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- High excellent, stunning case.- Incredibly construct-friendly. Plenty of space, alternatives.- Lots of wire-management selections.- Extreme cooling capacity (See "Other Thoughts").- Quiet.- Good-pressure case + filters on all intake fans = minimum dust inside case. - No three.five" external bay. Calls for purchase of an add-on component to set up, eg, the three.5" USB3 front panel pod some Asus socket 1155 mobos present.- No external access to the hot-swap bay(s); Access requires removal of the top and a side panel.- PSU strap isn't important and may not be usable based on how far your psu fan protrudes from your psu. You may possibly not be in a position to open/close the filter door.- The hole in the mobo tray does not align with the socket on the Asus P8P67 Deluxe, and most likely other mobos as properly. So you can't set up a cooler (or at least the rear bracket) after the mobo is in the case.- The molex connector for the hot-swap bar is low-high quality and would not mate with Corsair psu cables with out removing most of the plastic shield to align the pins.- There are so numerous wire-routing choices you can invest more than standard amounts of time here. Although there are a number of disappointing cons, the truth remains no case I've ever employed cools as well and as quietly as this case. Working with a Noctua NH-D14, my 2600k ran 8 threads of Prime95 at stock for an hour with no core temp ever exceeding 49C. The cpu essentially turbo'd 1 step for the whole run. Auto-overclocked to four.4GHz by an Asus P8P67 Deluxe, a 1-hour eight-thread Prime95 run made a max core temp of 60C. Whilst the cpu and cooler clearly make it achievable, the case gets rid of all that heat quietly.

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the finest case I have ever owned....its apparent that silverstone place a higher degree of believed into this case no sleeved cables...I guess you cant have it all its extended....quite extended

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Wow Charley its wonderful that you got each this case and the Raven 02 and some how felt the exact way about both of them verbatim. Go take your uneducated dribble somewhere else. I really like this case personally. Yes, it is a tiny cramped behind the back panel due to the sound proofing foam. All it requires is handful of extra minutes to properly route all of the cables, and discover a position for them to sit flush. The positive airflow technique is wonderful, I haven't noticed a spec of dust inside my case. As to the fans becoming loud, that just proves that you have never ever owned this case. I have mine set to high at the moment and I can't hear a single thing. My GFX cards at ten% are louder then the case fans. Leading HEAVY!!! Are you attempting to make me laugh... This issue is a freaking tank, at 36ish lbs its going to take a lot alot more then some graphics cards and a energy supply to make this unstable. Yeah, it makes me angry when consumers/spammers w/e come on to a web site like this and terrible mouth a item they obviously have under no circumstances employed. This site and the capability to have client feedback is meant to help help in the selection creating procedure. Sadly an individual may well error this great piece of equipment for significantly less then it is for the reason that of your jackassery. Amazing case, I have built a variety of custom Pc's in the past for good friends and household. From High-end to Low, but this is the case I decided on for my personal individual air cooled system. Don't let the bozo turn you off. He definitely has some sort of agenda.

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Exceptional airflowTop quality, thick material (adds a lot of weight, though)Really quiet fans with dampening materialWonderful design WeightCostOnly 1 backplane for SATAVent for PSU doesn't match the PSU I bought, so the exhaust fan is covered slightly I really like this situation.

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I have a higher finish core i7 system and naturally I'd like to defend that investment. I have a HAF 932 case which had been cooling the program nicely, but did not guard it from the ever present dust and flotsam that appears to float about. I have a property with 95% hardwood floors... how is this attainable? Cats (IMO) and two of them at that. Regardless of all the precautions - electrified blankets, anti-cat weapons and military grade gas - they appear to get their hair everywhere, which includes my case. Pros: Dust filters - Style - Sound Dampening - Cooling; i.e., Good Air Pressure - painted interior. I genuinely like this case. It does an excellent job of maintaining the interior clear of dust and debris. It looks great, sleek style keeps it visually appealing - and it is just plain cool. Doable Con: Cable management behind the motherboard is tight - though it actually isn't a large deal. Some have complained about it... nah, no large deal - just assume about the management instead of throwing wires each and every-which-a-way. It operates just fine. Other Cons: House is dusty, cats are too hairy, function is boring, telephone interruptions, yardwork, trash, light, 3d glasses, environmentalists, crime, jump-to-conclusions mat, driving in the rapid lane executing 65mph, etc. The white zone is for....what? oh, sorry - should remain on subject. Regardless of dusting and cleaning just about every weekend a quite good townhome remains dusty simply because of cats - thankfully Silverstone heard my prayers and built a wonderful case with dust filters for me. I know other producers make cases with dust filters and i'm confident they are just as good. It comes down to requirements (atx, e-atx, and so forth) and design. I just come about to like this. If I chose another case around this price tag - i'd chose ABS canyon 595, or a Corsair ...uh... obsidian? or a cooler master atcs. In any event this case gets the job accomplished, looks wonderful, has outstanding develop high quality, offers sound dampening (I mean this produced a huge difference compared to the HAF) and dust filters. This is protecting my "investment". I like it and you could too!

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MajorLike the increasing thermal design notionKeeps my construct cool Behind the mobo space, not sufficient space for lots of wires or thick power cords.Only 7 pci slots (should be eight). Saw this 1st on different websites showing products from CES 2009. Knew I wanted 1 correct away. Silverstone took forever Ɠ months behind schedule) to get these situations out to the public.

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Exactly where to start. Great high quality and interest to detail. I have been creating computer systems for over ten years and this is by far the greatest case I have ever own. a true operate of beauty. Anything went well for the duration of the set up. I in particular like that I can attach an aftermarket CPU cooler right after the motherboard is attached. I am formally a Cooler Master fan but after this and a Silverstone case for my HTPC I am now a convert. Wish it came with an adapter for my three.five inch card reader. attempted to install it with Lian LI 5.25 to three.five converter but it would not fit. The drive bay was to narrow.

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Incredibly Nicely made.Thermal Style is above typical.Uncomplicated to make a "Clean Seeking" make.Lots of holes to get cables by.Neat thought to turn the mother board 90 degrees.The one Hot Swap enabled bay is good. The Back side for cable management is incredibly thin. Want to squish the cables about to get the door on.The Drawers for the Hot Swap drives are on the low-cost side but they function. Only 1 drive has a hot swap board on the back. I did order 4 a lot more. The optional Hot Swap Hardware is not he exact same as the 1 that is on the case. I like the a single that came with the case better but they function. Also the Hot Swap Hardware utilizes a MOLEX for energy connection as opposed to the SATA power connector.The 2 1ǘ" bay sounds nicer then it is. Quite tight energy connector for installing an Intel SSD for instance.The whole for the CPU fan mounting bracket could be a little bigger. I guess I should add it is with a ASUS P6X58D mother board. This is my second FT02 case so with that getting mentioned I truly can't give a greater recommendation. I have been a long time Thermaltake fan, but I have a new preferred case.Mounted a CORSAIR CWCH50-1 in it with a push/pull fan. Ought to note it is on the exhaust side not the intake side as advised but the CPU temp is in the higher 30C most of the time (i7-980X).Also got a ATI 5980 fit in it. To do that I had to take away the FAN guard on the inside.I don't believe you will be in a position to get three Graphics cards in to this case and be capable to use the five 1ǘ bays. Just two close. two cards must work fine.One writer commented about the case tipping over, I disagree, this case is actually heavy, I have 1000W provide in it and two - five 1ǘ Drives. Its not tipping unless I seriously want it to. My other case has a huge Heat sink in it and it just doesn't matter as far as mechanical stability goes.All of the Cons are actually minor but I figure they all add up to an egg off.

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good cooling /w plenty of fans /w filtersFlipped motherboard design /w uncomplicated access to cards and IO metal drive cage mount strip was bent up on leading corner- there was no cosmetic damage to paint and so on., so it was tough to notice. this caused a short to the motherboard that took a while to track down. bent the lip back down with hammer and soft cloth and it's all very good now. "Others could also uncover this defect" can't access IO devoid of taking top cover off- so it just stays off.would have liked door style in front

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- Stunning case with great construct quality and attention to detail. I've never ever paid this significantly for a case but I can say its properly worth it. Some points you get what you spend for, this is one particular of them.- If you use the built in speed switches for the three 180mm fans, on low you'll be taking off the cover to make sure they're on, seriously they're that quiet. On high, you can hear them sure but it's fairly quiet, mostly blends in as background noise which is fairly impressive for 180mm.- I've under no circumstances been able to get that clean appear keeping the wires hidden but there is tons of space behind the motherboard tray to hide wires behind. The only spot you can see wires now is where they come up to connect to the distinct devices. -Even though the leading panel is produced with thick sturdy plastic, I feel like im gonna break the pins off everytime I go to pop it off to access the "back panel" connections.-BFG1000EX PSU intake fan doesnt entirely line up with the fresh air intake grill, about 1Ǚ of it is covered so no guarentees on that ideal alignment there.-Its quiet certain but not as substantially as I was expecting from the critiques. I'm coming from a Panzerbox that has x2 200mm fans in it. I was hoping for it to be additional quiet then it is (but its still quieter then the Panzerbox).-I have a complete 7.5 inch bluray/dvd burner drive and due to the fact of that length the top two five.25 bays can't be utilized since the drive hits the case where it angles down into the slot covers for external connections. On top of that I also run a pair of 6970s in CF and the connections on the drive are pinched in between the drive itself and the second card. If you have a 5.25 device that is 7.five inches in length the final expansion slot is blocked Even with the one egg off, I could quickly advise this situation to any individual looking for a qualit case that cools effectively even though also maintaining incredibly quiet at the similar time.I suggest to any person thinking of receiving this situation to assessment their program setup and assure that if they are going to have multiple GPUs operating to make sure that their optical drive is 7 inches or less in length OR to get a set of 90 degree SATA information and energy connectors so your not pinching wires into spot.As far as fitment is concerned, 6970s fit in this case with about two inches amongst the end of the card and the fan grills and a Corsair watercooler fits exceptionally properly and even looks actual nice in this case.Extremely Suggest working with a modular PSU to hold it hunting clean.Situation comes with adapter brackets to set up 120x2 radiator with the 180mm fans.PSU holds in just fine beneath the four mounting screws.

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Wonderful new design and style where what would normally be the back of the personal computer is on the top because it is a Proper Side Window lay out. Heavy Solid construction. The only factor I wasn't thrilled with had been the challenging drive bays and lack of screws that came with them. The rest of it is built like a tank!!! All my earlier desktops have been left window with regular positioning. Because I have my desktops on the left side of my desk this a single I will truly be able to see the internals from a seated position. You got it proper SilverStone!

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Incredibly uncomplicated to disassemble/reassemble. Really sturdy and rigid. You could park a vehicle on this issue. Rotated motherboard configuration vastly improves airflow. Has a committed spot for an SSD. A lot of space for all your drives with screwless bays and a hot-swap for your SATA HDD. Wire management is tight but ample sufficient to give a really clean appear. Plenty of cooling fans and the region for the PSU has the significant best-side fan port with its personal screen. 193mm Optical drives will stick out far adequate over the motherboard to avert use of a far left PCI-e slot (depending on what you put in the slot and which bay you insert your optical drive into). Can't use more than two video cards because of this. I am X-Firing two HD5780s and I most likely couldn't squeeze in one more card for anything. Air flow and heat management had been definately high-priority. This case is good for people placing together their 1st pc or their thousandth. It is uncomplicated to manipulate parts into the situation and the instructions that came with it are thorough and simply followed. The situation supports SST-CLEARCMOS installation. CPU cooler height limitation at 165mm and PSU at 230mm length. 30mm radiator thickness is allowed when working with 10.five" expansion cards ࿜mm for 9" cards). Max allowable MOBO size is 12"x11" Case dimensions are 212mm wide, 497mm high and 626mm deep.

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* Massive situation, effortless to install elements.* Stock fans are quiet, so are Silverstone's 180mm blue fans.* Cable management is fine, in a position to route all cables behind the mobo for that clean qualified appear. It did take some preparing even though to allow the left door to close appropriately, not a con, just forces the builder to perform a little harder.* Place of power supply is great and rotation of mobo is genius. These alterations also allowed for less difficult cable management.*If you like huge solid instances then this is the case to buy. Properly worth the funds. No cons Silverstone has created one particular of the ideal cases I have ever worked with. Installing components was a breeze however I did have to program out the cable management behind the motherboard tray. As an instance, I removed all of the four pin molex connectors from my NZXT Sentry fan controller and just applied the three pin connectors. The elements look great through the windows, my Cooler Master V8 looks little inside this situation. To jazz up the situation I utilized Silverstone's 180mm blue fans, looks great and these fans are just as quiet as the stock fans.As extended as the market keeps generating ATX mobos for newer and more quickly processors I'll by no means need to have another case!

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This is the very best case I've ever owned. The air flow design is second to none. The looks are really clean and specialist. The dust filters are good. The situation looks fantastic with the side panel off too. Sliding cover more than front panel ports is an elegant touch. Cable management is adequate. Very good quantity of room to operate on the inside. Sound deading foam is excellent, the situation is quiet. Mounting hardware and accomodation for 1 SSD out of the box. Cable managemnt cuold be greater. Challenging drive caddys ought to also have a spot for SSD mounting; but they dont. Back plate cutoout need to be a little larger. It would be nice if the side panels had a latching mechanism with a button to push. If you need a lot of drive bays this may not function for you. 90 motherboard is a Good notion and silverstone did a excellent job executing it.

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Roomy for a situation of this style. I like the system board placement. HDD mounting is layed out well. Lots of sound dampening foam on the interior. More than enough room for anything such as 1 honking huge cooler. I wish there was just about a half inch more clearance behind the system board tray and the side of the case. Would have produced wire management a bit easier. the top two optical bays are usless if you are going SLI or Crossfire. Im sold on the 90 degree turn of the technique board. It tends to make the method look muche neater with the gfx cards vertical and also supplies much less tension on your PCIe sockets if you have some of the bigger heaver cards. I have 3 EVGA 280s on an evga x58 board in this case and have a lot of room. I also have a Megahalems CPU cooler with a 140 mm fan inside this case. Plenty of room!

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This is THE case to get. I have had a number of. None will ever measure up to this bad boy. A lot of space. It can hold the greatest, baddest of something. Cable management inside is a breeze. Frame is super sturdy. Undercarriage vent makes it possible for to be set on carpet without having be concerned. Heat management is one of the prime considerations in this rig. Enormous fans and really uncomplicated access and attention to installation of liquid cooling, SSD, and power supply (even the power supplies that have the enormous fans). The fans even have screens to hold out dust. and the screens slide in and out for straightforward cleaning. The 3 primary fans on bottom draw air in and push it out an exhaust fan up top rated. The 3 intake fans have their own switches near the exhaust fan so that you can manage their speed. The situation disassembles and assembles with ease. SUPER QUIET. Certainly none.