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

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

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

EdGey · 28 Mar 2009 at 16:49

hey again

had some time on my hands today so decided to go ahead and do the finishing touches.

Ive taken the top HD cage out, braided(only the visible bit) and re-routed the sata cable at the top, and re-routed/braided the sound card cables

took a while to re-wire etc but was worth it in the end i think.

pics:

I think it looks much better than before, im happy with it for now.

EdGey · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:17

Diggsy said:
That looks SO much better now. Although you need to get those front panel cables braided

lol, might try that at a later date, pretty nackerd now!

thanks for comments