Silverstone Fortress ft03 build

[4dd0]

Not a build log per se and I apologize in advance for the lousy picture quality..

 

Case: Silverstone Fortress FT03 Silver

Motherboard: Asus Z87 Gryphon + 'Armor kit'

CPU: Intel i7-4770K
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55
Memory: 4 x 8 GB Corsair Platinum 1600Mhz
SSD: 4 x 128GB Vertex 4 (fakeRaid 0)

ODD: Silverstone SST-SOD02 DVD+R  'Slot-in' drive

GPU: Inno3D GTX 770 4GB iChill Accelero Hybrid
Case: Silverstone FT03
PSU: Corsair AX860i

 

Misc:

2 x 120mm Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vertex 12 PWM (15 mm thick)

1 x 120 mm Noctua NF-F12 PWM

2 x Akasa SSD & HDD adapter (Fits two 2.5" drives into one 3.5" slot)

4 x Silverstone ultra thin SATA III cables

1 x Akasa SATA extension cable (15 cm)

 

Background:

Well, I got tired of my Corsair Carbide Air 540. I needed something smaller that would fit onto my table. So I went with the FT03

 

For those who aint familiar with the FT03: 

 

 

 

Front view with both radiators mounted:

 

It's a tight fit. 3-4 mm of space between radiator and RAM module. That's the reason why I chose Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vertex fans. They are quiet, slim and they are pretty efficient.

 

 

Far from a clean build. I could have gone with a custom loop but my experience with custom water cooling is very limited. For my own best, I went with pre-filled loops.

 

 

Behind the motherboard tray and the mounting of four SSDs.

 

Reasonable temps...

 

To show how thin the SATA III cables from Silverstone are. The screw is a standard motherboard screw.

[CtW]

Great job! 

How easy was the case to build in? I'm going to be building my dad a computer in that case and am hoping it won't be too much of a pain. 

[Father Fuzzy]

unique small case

 

like the odd slot

 

how do you like those slim Silverstone cables?

[4dd0]

Great job! 

How easy was the case to build in? I'm going to be building my dad a computer in that case and am hoping it won't be too much of a pain. 

Thanks :-)

 

In my case it was a bit of a pain to fit both radiators into the case because of the long tubings. Apart from that, I think it's a superb case and very easy to build in. Due to the tight space you will have to mount the parts in a particular order, otherwise you're screwed (I learned that the hard way).. I had to pull the gfx out again to mount the sata cables and one fan.

 

how do you like those slim Silverstone cables?

The smaller the better :-)

 

Definitely not the most solid quality but if you handle them with caution, I'm sure they will last for a long time. I don't understand why no one else have come up with this idea earlier. Thin cables like these are perfect for mATX and mITX cases.

[Paulandpedro]

Looking Nice.