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

Robertnpmk · 13 May 2011 at 21:07

Robertnpmk said:
The postman brought something fun today. Cant wait to put my sandybridge system in it.

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DampCat · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:54

Can someone take a pic of their case in situ? Ive failed to find any. Basically I'd like to see it with all DVI cables, USB and Kettle leads running from it. Can you keep the grill on the top while plugged in?

Apem · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:56

Thats what its designed to do have all the cables with the lid on m8.

Robertnpmk · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:58

will take a pic when I get home and try and uploads, it all goes out of the hole at the back though, and the lid shuts easily.

Robertnpmk · 14 Jul 2011 at 08:19

Picture as requested.

DampCat · 14 Jul 2011 at 12:07

Lovely, thanks

khemist · 14 Jul 2011 at 13:23

I've had a FT02B-W before but i'm looking for the silver windowed version this time around, pity nobody in the uk seems to have stock of it.

jaybee · 14 Jul 2011 at 17:34

Only just seen this thread but I just made a build log here

Nice case.

DampCat · 14 Jul 2011 at 20:35

How are the stock fans guys? Does it come with 3 or 5?

khemist · 14 Jul 2011 at 20:37

Most places have the newest version with the ap181 fans, they work very well in this case.

Three in the bottom and standard 120mm in the top.

DampCat · 14 Jul 2011 at 20:39

Hmm bought mine second hand so not sure what it'll have in there. Seen some cheap red and black fans though, Akasas, which i might grab!

khemist · 14 Jul 2011 at 20:41

These are 180mm fans, pretty sure akasa don't do them.

Even if it has the older fans in it the cooling is good enough that you wont notice a difference.

If anyone knows of a supplier for the silver version with window message my trust please.

DampCat · 14 Jul 2011 at 20:45

ohh! nice i would have bought the 120s. Cheers!

nicktay2605 · 16 Jul 2011 at 10:01

I just bought the WRI version of this case. I really like it so far, my CM-690II had good temps but the temps from the FT02 are even better, plus the build quality is superb. I was expecting it to be a little quieter than it is, even on low fan settings it's not much quieter than the 690II was, which I was a little surprised by. The only real complaints I have are that the tool free drive bay clips are a bit rubbish, it would be nice to have the tool free thing on both sides as I find the drive bays come loose very easily.

One thing I'm a bit concerned about is that my PSU's fan is partially blocked at the back of the case. I bought the FT02 second-hand and the one bit it didn't come with is the PSU strap, so I had to fasten my PSU to the top of the case using the normal screws. Should I be concerned that part of the fan is obscured? Is it dangerous? I might see if Silverstone will send me a PSU strap because I am a little worried about it.

ChrisD. · 16 Jul 2011 at 16:14

I've decided that this will be my next case, can't wait to order it.

Those with H70, how is the cooling?

Will my Enermax PSU have enough length in the cables?

And are normal SATA cables long enough? Or will I have to order some longer ones?

Robertnpmk · 16 Jul 2011 at 16:15

I have the H60 and 2 fans, The cooling is amazing. Got an I5 2500k at 4.5Ghz and it doesnt top 62 degrees under full load.

ChrisD. · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:21

What's the difference with the 1.4 version, if any?

khemist · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:23

Has AP181 fans.

ChrisD. · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:25

Ah, just some non 1.4 are advertising with AP181 fans.

Robertnpmk · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:03

I contacted silverstone about this, just get the person at the shop to make sure it has AP fans, the rest of the versions are small cosmetic changes nothing else.