Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Owners, Your thought's please!!!

Steves1982 · 29 Jul 2011 at 09:08

Idle is around 41 and load can go up to 80-85 depending on the game or benchmark.

Venares · 29 Jul 2011 at 09:38

GPU temps are very good in these cases due to having that enourmus 180mm AP fan blowing directly across them.
While I still had mine it used to keep my 580 below 70c @ load.
Compare that to my current case where my 580 now hits upwards of 80c.

ChrisD. · 29 Jul 2011 at 09:42

My 5850 gets into the 90's with a heavy session FurMark, but no game will ever stress it to that level so I'm happy.

Kyo · 29 Jul 2011 at 22:42

MilanoChris said:
Can someone please trust me where I can get the USB 3 adaptor kit as well as the SATA hot swap kit.

EDIT thanks, got the info I need.

Chris - can you be so kind and trust me with the same info as well?

Thinking going the RV02-EW route so going to need the same replacements for the 4x HD backplates and USB 3 kits.

Cheers

ChrisD. · 29 Jul 2011 at 23:18

Sent.

OcUK should really stock them.

Sycho · 29 Jul 2011 at 23:56

Ordered this:

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Seems to be a good lasting upgrade to current as i can whack 2nd 580 in Nov or so later in year.

By the way Kyo probably be only one Raven 2 white in stock after now i've ordered one and i am not sure if they getting more? i'll post pics when build is done however it probably be in 10 days time or so due to work being a pain.

Kyo · 30 Jul 2011 at 09:34

Sycho said:
By the way Kyo probably be only one Raven 2 white in stock after now i've ordered one and i am not sure if they getting more? i'll post pics when build is done

Nice one mate.

I am definitely getting a case lol but not 100% sure between the 2 ravens so not in any great rush. The white is definitely not for me anyway so no bother

Robertnpmk · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:48

How has this turned into a raven thread?

Robertnpmk · 1 Aug 2011 at 13:31

Khemist- can you show the back of your case? want to see how you have done your cable management?

thanks.

Kyo · 1 Aug 2011 at 13:35

Robertnpmk said:
How has this turned into a raven thread?

Hardly off topic :rolleyes:

Dont see the problem people asking questions between the 2.

DampCat · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:30

Jesus Christ, its so HEAVY.

Robertnpmk · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:31

Yeah I nearly had a heart attack carrying it upstairs after I built it. lol

DampCat · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:53

Going to be a nightmare with all the watercooling installed!

Robertnpmk · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:54

what system you got, better post pics when your done?

Venares · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:54

DampCat said:
Jesus Christ, its so HEAVY.

HAHA, have fun with that FT02 m8

DampCat · 4 Aug 2011 at 23:37

Robertnpmk said:
what system you got, better post pics when your done?

FT02 (Ltd Edition Black/Red)
MSI P67a-GD53 (B3)
Intel i5 2500k
Asus HD6950 OC 2048mb
16gb (4x4gb) Kingston Hyper-X Grey
2tb HDD (might add a second)
Corsair HX750w

And building a custom loop with various parts. Will post pics when im done, probably after the weekend

Venares said:
HAHA, have fun with that FT02 m8

been cabling it all bloody day, nice to work on though!

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 23:40

Get pics up.

ChrisD. · 4 Aug 2011 at 23:56

I'd like to see pics. I'm half tempted to put a custom loop in on the CPU, using one of the front bays for the res and pump.

DampCat · 5 Aug 2011 at 00:20

Yeah it's not ideal for water to be honest. There are 2 good spots for a cylinder res, although one will require you to drill some holes and may affect the inner most HDD. As for pumps, well, still deciding on whether to stick it under the PSU on the stock fan, or in the Drive Bay cage.

Bay Res/Pump is by far the best option. I'm also sticking to a 120.1 for now too, which fits perfectly in the ceiling 120mm Fan recess.

Trying my hardest to avoid any heavy modding.

khemist · 5 Aug 2011 at 00:29

MilanoChris said:
I'd like to see pics. I'm half tempted to put a custom loop in on the CPU, using one of the front bays for the res and pump.

I was going to try that with the XSPC bay res but it wouldn't sit flush with front of case as it has a slight lip on the front about 1-2mm so i sold it just done a pump/res on top of fans although i have seen it done in other pics.

I think you would probably have to knock back some metal tabs or something, cant quite remember.