Silverstone FT02 with MSI 580 Lightning

[Dovin]

I got myself a black FT02 case about a month ago because the old case i had cost about 20 GBP, it had one exhaust fan, and it was full of dust, so i bought a new one. At the end of the summer i'm going to upgrade to a relatively good rig and i really want the MSI 580 Lightning for two reasons. 1 i want a good card that i can OC so the rig can last just abit longer. 2 the MSI Twin Frozr 3 cooler. The problem is i don't know if the Twin Frozr cooler is going to work well with the FT02s 180mm fan blowing up the bottom and "disturbing" the airflow in the Twin Frozr 3 cooler.

So my question is, would i be better off coolingwise to go with a reference cooler on my GTX580 in the FT02 or would the MSI Twin Frozr 3 work better? Changing the case is not an option.

Sorry if my English is a little bad, it's only my second language.

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

Your English is fine mate.

I wouldn't worry about it mate. That case and card will work great together.

 

[jonowee]

Eventhough Silverstone recommend rear (top) exhaust only cards in their manual, but I can't see too much of a problem with open body graphics cards like the Twin Frozr, may be even better since it's getting uninterrupted fresh air. Except for centre fan, close body, dual GPU cards (ie 590, 6990) where the front (bottom) exhaust has to fight the case's intake fan.

 

[-warheart-]

got a 570 phantom in mine and temps are fine. i wouldnt worry too much^^