My Silverstone Foretress Build

EdGey · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:27

hey all

Well i finally got all the cables i need to get going with my re-build into the silverstone case, hope you like it

Im not 100% satisfied yet with cable management yet, but i ran out of time the other day so may have an update over the weekend if i get time. But overall i think it came out ok

I kind of forgot to take pics when building, but here are some of how it stands atm.

After building in it, my overall impression of the case is fantastic, its lowerd my CPU temps a massive 11C...which i was pretty amazed about. Although i did also clean the heatsink when building so that would have contributed to it.

The main thing i like about this case though, is the noise reduction it gave me. Anyone who owns a raptor knows they are stupidly noisy, i can hardly hear it at all in this case.

Im currently deciding if i should put a small red LED in there to light it up abit, what do you think? would you?

edit: The Specs!

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Asus P35 P5K-E
4GB Kingston PC2-8500
GTX 260-216
150GB Raptor
250GB F1
Corsair 520w
Asus Xonar DX

Hope you like it, thanks

sharpygsxr · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:36

lovin the build mate, reminds me to get some daytime pics of mine lol.

Cable management looks good to me, are you using all those HDD bays? if not id remove the top HDD cage to get more air from the front fan.

How did you find fitting the fan controller? and where did you get the funky thumbscrews?

Just lookin again what made you take off the fan grilles?

Malazan · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:37

Looks great!

I think your'e being a bit harsh on yourself about cable management though.

burtie · 25 Mar 2009 at 18:48

Looks fantastic to me m8, good cable managment, better than mine. I really need this case it looks mint.

rjk · 25 Mar 2009 at 19:11

rockin!

love the red bits

i especially love how all the fortress builds on ocuk have a zalman fan controller

RJC · 25 Mar 2009 at 19:12

Very Nice, good cable managment

Blackhawk47 · 25 Mar 2009 at 19:28

Beautiful

Just wandering do the red bits on the back come standard or did you do that? Interesting...

EdGey · 25 Mar 2009 at 22:15

thanks for the kind comments peeps :cool:

ok to answer some of the questions,

to sharpygsxr - Im not using all the hard drive slots, will see what i can do over the weekend, would make sense to remove it eh. I got the thumb screws from a large retailer in america, dont think im allowed to say the name sorry. Also i removed the fan grills mainly for better airflow.

The fan controler was a bit of a pain to fit i must admit, it got stuck a few times, had to yank it out and re-install it, but all is well now.

to rjkoneill - haha i noticed that too, people will begin to think its part of the case before long.

to Blackhawk47 - I did that

RJC · 25 Mar 2009 at 22:37

I thought they were red, I just assumed it was the red paint reflecting or the camera angle.
Not going mad after all

Blackhawk47 · 25 Mar 2009 at 23:00

rjkoneill said:
i especially love how all the fortress builds on ocuk have a zalman fan controller

If i got that case i would have to use my scythe kaze master, would look better in my opinion.

or sell it and get the aluminum version, which is ironic now, as its cheaper.

HighlandeR · 25 Mar 2009 at 23:17

Looks lovely good cable managment again and like the tuniq tower how it fits all in

Seems too be a fortress reign lately, but tbh its one of the best cases going currently and well priced !

Ewanb75 · 26 Mar 2009 at 11:47

That is looking great. Nice n Clean.

I really must get a shift on with my rebuild....

VARDY · 26 Mar 2009 at 13:39

how easy is it to hide away the cables on this case? i have heard there isnt much space round back

magicroundabout · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:10

looks ace.

lovin this case since Diggsy recomended it to me the otherday. Just hard to swallow the £140 price tag to go with it. :confused:

luckely OCUK have no stock so my bank balance is safe at present

EdGey · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:38

VARDY said:
how easy is it to hide away the cables on this case? i have heard there isnt much space round back

it takes abit of encouragement to get the side pannel on, but as long as you keep all the cables as flat as possible on the back, you should be fine

sharpygsxr · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:09

yeah i chickened out of mine at first until diggsy posted his build pics and then i thought hmm cram em in!

Mine all fit well with very little bulge if any

Diggsy · 26 Mar 2009 at 19:34

VARDY said:
how easy is it to hide away the cables on this case? i have heard there isnt much space round back

It is a breeze! Loads of places to hide cables, so really no excuse to have many visible.

There isn't a lot of room at the back of the board, but as said already, keep the cables pretty flat and just 'encourage' the side panel back on. Works a treat...

Clean side...

Messy side...

So as you can see, not that much room, but more than enough to hide a multitude of sins

Blackhawk47 · 26 Mar 2009 at 20:59

@ Diggsy, oh my, that is a great idea with the floppy drive.

If i did get this case one day (who knows, maybe ill do a new build) then that is something that i will do too, sweet

Diggsy · 26 Mar 2009 at 21:10

Blackhawk47 said:
@ Diggsy, oh my, that is a great idea with the floppy drive.

If i did get this case one day (who knows, maybe ill do a new build) then that is something that i will do too, sweet

Thanks. It fits in there beautifully, and for the few times it will be used, I figured it was the ideal compromise. I had to slightly trim the plastic cage and modify an old floppy cable (shortened and rounded) but it was well worth it.

Kennysevenfold · 26 Mar 2009 at 23:01

i love that case.! Pay day soon