OC3D Review Silverstone Fortress FT03

[tinytomlogan]

The air in the bottom and out the top approach that Silverstone have been using is very popular, can they make it work in a compact chassis though?



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[sheroo]

I know you ain't got the time to do a full build for each case. But I would have loved to have seen you put a full on gaming system through its paces in that thing. Rip those 120mm fan mounts out. get a D14 in there, dual 80mm fans in the bottom and see how long you could go on a gpu.

[SieB]

Nice little case from Silverstone even though it's a bit restrictive with the fans being the way they are, but it's all good for cooling and air flow.

[sheroo]

For me the only thing missing would have been a grommeted hole at the top and another one in the floor so that if you wanted you could run the video and other cables behind the motherboard tray and out through the bottom. This for me would have finished the clean look.

I think that this could make an awesome gaming rig, more innovative than the SG07 and much better looking.

It reminds me of the Apple Mac G4 cube.



If they hadn't gone with the hot swap bay, they could have had a vertically mounted dvd drive and kept the front completely clean.

[jonowee]

saw the video yesterday... agh, magnets! Like the RV03 and the NZXT H2, magnetic tacked on junk should burn many points off. I thought the case was crampd when I saw it last year, but now with TTL look inside, now I'm claustrophobic.

[dugdiamond]

perfect for a web-surfer - small and compact

terrible for a power-user - not enough air OUT, for my liking

liking the hotswap mechanism

ALL those locking plastic panels will wobble after time, adding to vibration noise levels

[sheroo]

Originally Posted by dugdiamond

not enough air OUT, for my liking

hmmm lots of cases have a single 120mm exhaust?

[dugdiamond]

Originally Posted by sheroo

hmmm lots of cases have a single 120mm exhaust?

hmmm - alot of case have more than ONE 120mm (or better) exhausts

also, when the gpus are inserted, they are facing AWAY from the intake fan, which means the in-air will be hitting the backplates of the gpu(s)... if it gets that far!!!

also, if the cpu cooler is placed as TTL had it, the air is pulled in - straight through the cooler and out the case, starving the gpu(s) of fresh, cooler, air.

[tinytomlogan]

Originally Posted by dugdiamond

hmmm - alot of case have more than ONE 120mm (or better) exhausts

also, when the gpus are inserted, they are facing AWAY from the intake fan, which means the in-air will be hitting the backplates of the gpu(s)... if it gets that far!!!

also, if the cpu cooler is placed as TTL had it, the air is pulled in - straight through the cooler and out the case, starving the gpu(s) of fresh, cooler, air.

GPU's get fed cool air from the bottom of the case

[dugdiamond]

IMHO this is not an enthusiast's case, or has any traits that an overclocker would be looking for.

but, if someone is looking for a small build for web-browsing rig only, and this case was fitted with a single low-profile GPU, then it passes the test for simple practicality