SilverStone Fortress FT02 Case Review

Conclusions

We were absolutely amazed with SilverStone Fortress FT02. It has only one flaw: it is too expensive for the average user. But for the user that can afford it, it is worth every penny, due to its superior quality and improved airflow design. In fact, from the three cases offered by SilverStone with the motherboard rotated 90° (RV01, RV02 and FT02), this one is the one we liked best. We usually don’t recommend cases above USD 200 because we don’t see value on cases above this mark, but today we have to open an exception.

Strong Points

• Top-notch quality with aluminum exterior, with rear, bott
  om and front panels made with the same aluminum sheet.
• Motherboard installed rotated 90°, improving thermal dissipation.
• Hole in the motherboard tray for accessing the backplate of the CPU cooler.
• Holes for routing cables on the motherboard tray with rubber covers.
• Clips for fastening zip-lock ties.
• The two USB ports are far away from each other, allowing you to install two “fat” devices at the same time.
• Air filters on the bottom fans.
• Speed controller for the bottom fans.
• Foam for reducing the noise produced by the PC everywhere.
• Screwless mechanisms for fastening drives.
• One hot-swap bay for hard disk drives.
• Supports the installation of radiators from certain liquid cooling solutions on the bottom.
• Sturdy construction.
• No sharp edges where you could cut yourself while building your PC.

Weak Points

• Too expensive.
• No eSATA port
• No thumbscrews for fastening expansion cards.