Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Review

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5622755/DAFT/Janis%20as%20done%20by%20Clint%20Reid.mp3
...For those of you who wanted to download my backing track music...here is the link above.

This is one sexy looking case.
Very good cooling, with the three 180mm cooling fans (@ 18 to 27 dBA) mounted on the bottom of the case.They come complete with their own removable dust filters. The Top of the case pops off to reveal the rear input/output connectors for the motherboard. Very handy if you are constantly making connections. I really like the styling of this case and the design is near perfect, however there are a few things that could be improved.
I couldn't mount my power supply with the fan taking air from the back vent because of the PSU fan grill sticking out. I had to turn it around, but I don't see where it makes a whole lot of difference.
Another gripe I have is with the limited amount of space behind the case. It is very hard to fit bulky connectors and there could stand to be a larger gap between the case and the panel.In fact, I would highly recommend buying the add on Silverstone CP05 SATA2 Hotswap Cables. The case only comes with one, and attaching regular Sata and power cables is very difficult and could even damage your hard drive logic boards once the panel is jammed on.
There is also very limited space for connectors behind the top front bay for a DVD burner or such.
Other than these Installation difficulties I encountered while installing my new hardware, I was very pleased with the finished result. One classy case indeed!

Strengths:
90 degree motherboard mounting
Motherboard back plate opening behind CPU
Foam padded interior
Heavv duty plexiglass window

Weaknesses:
Tight space for rear panel cable management
Tight space for PSU mounting, and top front panel DVD Burner.
Very Heavy
Expensive

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Silverstone
• Fortress
• FT02B-W
• computer
• case
• review
• fortress

[Stox]

nice pc! what is the song?

[vstmonger]

@Stox Thanks...I have since rebuilt it and cleaned up the cables, etc.

That song is a tune I produced using P.C software. I sampled Janis Joplin's voice and put it to music made with FL Studio. Glad you liked it.

[BrytaPlanka]

@vstmonger I like it to! Do you have a mp3 on it?

[vstmonger]

@BrytaPlanka Glad you like it...I left a link to download the song in the video description. Enjoy!

[vstmonger]

@Stox @BrytaPlanka I put a link in the video description to download my song if you want. Enjoy!

[BrytaPlanka]

@vstmonger Thanks! Its downloaded now and i am currently enjoying it. :)

[Siltwarrior]

@vstmonger Ah okay, but should be Removeable, i got the Case. The Fan on Top 120mm is very loud, isnt it?

[vstmonger]

@Siltwarrior Gee read the comments.

[MrMexgt2007]

cant even apreciate a thing because of the text boxes, thanks.