Dunno why, but the layout of that case looks awfully messy/non optimized or something.. The front fan is just pushing air into the case, while the HDD-cage is nowhere near the fan and seems to be designed mainly to block the use of any proper graphic cards! :D Maybe I'm just nit-picking, but after s...

Were the fans really exactly the same? I mean my Raven 2 sample came with a 0,18 A fan, whereas the Fortress 2 had a 0,27 A exhaust fan. Also scored slightly better CPU-temperatures, probably because of that... Good review anyway, it's always a pleasure to see some actual noise measurements instead ...

I cut an IDE-cable once and it didn't work ever since. Dunno why, though.

Just received the case... It's.... It's beautiful Review coming up, feel free to throw me a PM if there's something special you want to know/get measured..

Now that I've got the Raven 2 I really can't wait for the Fortress 2! Same awesome design with better outlooks, I think we'll really have a winner...

They're really going all-out with this positive pressure cooling. I have a Raven 2 running next to me right now as well, and I'm really liking the case. Also I DO start to like the 180 mm fans, they're sturdy, quiet and get the job done. Some huge fans seem flimsy and ridiculously flashy, cheap.. Ew...

Wake me up when the competition is over, there are now five topics with the same component shots and so far not much actual modding going on.

Soz if that turned out hostile, but the deja vu is pretty immense.

I thought I would be done with case reviewing for a little while, but dang I want one of those! I already loved the design of the original Fortress (one in use right now ) and that's even better.

Thanks for the review, always a pleasure to see noise measurements in which I can actually believe in :) I also reviewed the case a while ago and it's just SO DAMN BIG. What's the point? Show me a gamer with actual need for 12 5,25" bays and I'll sing you all a heart-touching ballad :roll: I just do...

Corsair Obsidian 800D. Doesn't get much heavier than this :roll: The heatsink case was made by Zalman, can't remember the model right now. Anyway neither of those is the right way to go, just soft mount/buy a separate box for the hard drive. Luckily you're on the right forums to find more info on th...

Ever since the P180, Antec's designs have just taken a nasty turn to the fuglyville. I have no clue why they keep hitting even the previously nice looking case (again P180) with the uglyhammer. That thing is so freaking hideous I really have no clue why would anyone over 8 years want it. Sure it's j...

Thanks!

And depending on the motherboard layout, you'll need a pretty damn low cooler to fit there.. Personally I use optical drive so rarely I'd just leave the whole bracket away and slap something like Mini Ninja in there.

The review is finally out!

http://metku.net/index.html?path=review ... gd04/index

I hope moderators won't mind a bit of an ad. All and any feedback is always welcomed, also feel free to drop any further questions either to the review comments of my PM.

It's such a lovely little case.

I've got a full GD04 review coming up soon. So far it seems like a very nice case.

Still working on the review, so please if you have any special questions or details/clearances about the case you want me to check, just drop me a PM.

The only surprise here being that someone actually bought one of those things :roll: No offense lol, I just never understood even what the point was supposed to be, the original Skeletor was bad enough... Nice parts inside it, anyway, I've been thinking of building a mini-ITX setup just to see how s...

I've been wondering how these things will take to a coat of metallic spray paint. Really. I'm going to have to try it on one soon. Although the brushed aluminum style case looks good, I'm not sure that it's all that practical either. My Lenovo T42, T62 and X300 all have the same rubberized black pa...

That looks tempting. BUT! There's the but, I totally, utterly and absolutely hate the glossy black plastic. It's bad enough in home-hardware (the stand of my TFT is made of it :roll: ) but on portable devices it's just so retarded. Just pull the lappy off the bag/sleeve and it already has the gross ...

I was just about to recommend the FT01, but I see you already went one better. Good choice there...

Hi friends, I am going to set up a very quiet rig with the following: Case: silverstone FT 01 PSU: silverstone Nightjar TN45 CPU: i7 920 Mainboard: asus P6T deluxe V2 Video card: gigabyte 9800GT silent cell Memory: OCZ 3*2G Hard drive: WD 1T green I will hardly have the 920 overclocked, and prefer ...

Thanks for the great review! This right here MIGHT just be the PSU to get me interested in Antec PSUs once again :roll: On the other hand these just leave me wondering one thing... If you REALLY need 850 Watts then how on earth are you going to keep the rest of the system quiet enough for the PSU to...

I've been wondering about building a Phenom 965 mATX-setup, but we'll have to see about that one. i7/mATX is gets me even more worked up.

The cables are so neat they look almost... almost GERMAN! Good work.

Lol'd bad at the virtual keyboard shot.. I've watched one and a half seasons of The Office recently. I even used the line once today by accident

Nothing wrong with testing coolers with the supplied fans, after all that's the way the majority use their coolers. Sure things go belly up when you add random fan+heatsink-combinations in the mix, and make conclusions based on those tests. For noise testing I always come to SPCR, and don't even bot...

SST Guy wrote: The FT01 is noticeably smaller than the TJ07 and is even smaller than the P183:

Which hardly means it wasn't bulky

I bet Intel appreciates you finding the 120 bucks is basicly for nothing, if you undervolt the chip :) Dunno if it being engineering sample makes any difference... It sure has made a difference in overclocking, so it might also change the way a chip underclocks? Some temperature tests would have bee...

hmm cept that the Q6600 is 108W TDP for B3 and 95W for G0 which is far from the 130W from a i7 True, but then again, the Q6600 wasn't running at stock voltage (1,3 V-ish), the TDP doesn't tell the whole story, and the temperatures achieved in the test were GOOD, so even with a bit higher wattage, t...

It would be pretty heroic to stuff Core i7 + SLI + two disks and a 240 rad into that case :D I felt like it was full with just normal low-end setup. Still not sure about the rad, tried to google something, but no luck there. It just would make sense for a 120-sized rad to be about in par with 120-si...

You've really loaded that thing! Gosh... Anyway your question instantly brought THIS to my mind. I don't think it's available yet, but should be out soon, and should also provide better performance than "high performance air cooler" let alone the low-profile Silverstone cooler. Also seeing the resul...

They get the job done - most of the time, and for smaller coolers are just fine. I don't LIKE using them, but can't really say I'd hate them either. Anyway I much prefer a bolt-through method, and would choose that any day and always when given a choice (unless I had to install coolers to 100 setups...