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December 2008
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The editors liked
Good airflow design
Excellent HDD mounting system
Smooth
Quiet 180mm fans
Roomy
Low baseline noise
Elegantly understated aesthetics
Very sturdy construction/designCONS
Large
Only one SATA backplane provided
Top fan filter not accessible
Our tha...
Extremely sturdy
Good ventilation
Build quality
Quiet fans
Cleansleekelegant styling!
Excellent build quality and beautiful anodized finish (black or silver)
All aluminum
Premium grade
Midtower enclosure
Positive air pressure design optimizes cooling performance and keeps dust out
Two 180mm and one 120mm
Positive Air Pressure Cooling
Whole case is completely black even the inside
Noise level is low with quiet fans and noise damping foam on doors
Nice deep tray on top of the case
Lots of expansion slots for more hard drive and optical drives
Very stro...
Classic design principles
Executed with precision
Light weight
Strong construction
Quiet design with high quality fans
Dust-Free pressurized case design
Flexible HDD drive bay provisions
SATA hot-swap feature available
One included
Flexible mo...
Looks amazing
Excellent cable management features
Solid
Top-notch build quality
Superior air-flow
Extremely quiet
Light-weight
No sharp edges anywhere
Excellent value
Solid construction
Great looks
Plenty of dard drive bays. Quiet
Effective thermals.
The editors didn't like
Large
Only one SATA backplane provided
Top fan filter not accessible
The side panels could be a bit thicker
Lacks proper cable management
No hole for the CPU cooler installation
Space a little tight for cable routing/management when fully populated
Does not support Extended ATX motherboards
No ESATA port
Not a completely "tool-less" case
The PSU area may be too small for larger Power Supply Units
The price is on the high side of the pricing spectrum
Only one hot-swappable SATA hard drive bay area
Two of three filters not easily removed and/or cleaned
Cable management could use improvements
Airflow options are limited
Slight mismatch of anodized finish on external drive bay covers
No eSATA connector on external patch panel
The included fans dont light up
There wasnt a second GTX280 included
Quality like this doesnt come cheap
Would like to see more how-swap connectors included
Over-insulated
No E-ATX compatibility.
A tad expensive
A bit cramped for sidemounted SATA ports. Only one SATA hotswitch plate.
Abstract: Video Review: The SilverStone FT01 Case is a very well crafted mid-tower case. There's two large 180mm fans and one 120mm fan which provide positive air pressure. The use of dust filter along with this positive air pressure eliminates dust and provides excellent cooling. There are five 5.25" drive bays and seven hard drives can be installed. Installation for these drives is a tool-less operation. It also comes with easy open side panels, top I/O ports and much more. Watch the video to find out more...
Extremely sturdy, Good ventilation, Build quality, Quiet fans
The side panels could be a bit thicker, Lacks proper cable management, No hole for the CPU cooler installation
Overall then, the Fortress is a really impressive case. When it comes to the outlooks, it nicely follows the well proven lines of the TJ07. I cant imagine anyone not liking the thick aluminum outer shell with its lines. Surely it may look plain if yo...
SilverStone has taken the idea of a "clean room" such as used in the manufacture of computer chips to the case level first with the Temjin TJ07 and now with the Fortress FT01. The case kept the computer running cool, with positive air pressure driving ...
Good airflow design, Excellent HDD mounting system, Smooth, quiet 180mm fans, Roomy, Low baseline noise, Elegantly understated aesthetics, Very sturdy construction/designCONS, Large, Only one SATA backplane provided, Top fan filter not accessible, Our tha...
Large, Only one SATA backplane provided, Top fan filter not accessible
How much Silverstones touted uni-body construction and positive pressure cooling affected the cases performance is difficult to assess. Regardless, the Fortress is substantially better than their last uni-body effort. Dampened panels, soft(er) mount...
Overall, this case was a joy to work with, and one of the best-looking cases I’ve worked with to date. The brushed aluminum looks nice, without the fingerprint issues that a smooth-polished finish would have. The dampening foam quiets a lot of the r...
Abstract: Back in 2006, SilverStone Technology Co. released the world’s first uni-body chassis with their award winning Temjin TJ07. The TJ-07 was known for unique look which was accomplished by using one single piece of aluminum bent into a U-shape that elimin...
The included fans dont light up, There wasnt a second GTX280 included
When I first saw the picture on the box of this chassis, I thought to myself, "Great, another Antec 900 look-a-like." This assumption couldnt have been further from the truth. In fact, the Silverstone FT01B-W is much more than that, and has many fea...
As I stated at the foreword of the review that a PC case is a personal item, but there is one thing that we all have in common and that is we want quite cooling. I was ready for a more noise friendly PC on my desktop and I was rather pleased on how wel...
Cleansleekelegant styling!, Excellent build quality and beautiful anodized finish (black or silver), All aluminum, premium grade, midtower enclosure, Positive air pressure design optimizes cooling performance and keeps dust out, Two 180mm and one 120mm
Space a little tight for cable routing/management when fully populated, Does not support Extended ATX motherboards, No ESATA port
The SilverStone Fortress FT01 is a beautiful mid-tower enclosure. The all aluminum build quality is excellent resulting in a light weight, yet sturdy case. The FT01 comes with three high quality case fans that produce positive air pressure and deliv...
