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Very surprised after 3+ years and the TJ11 that they went away from the vertical card layout. Kinda makes me sad I wonder if the other cases weren't selling like they'd hoped?
They sold very well, Tony just told me they wanted to do something new and different.180 mobo mounting isn't new, but it's different from anything they've made recently.
I wouldn't be so sure...these cases took some very obvious design cues from the TJ08-E.
I think those small circles are the power and reset buttons.
So where is the FT04's power button? Next to the USB port on the side? Looks like a rocker switch is placed there...
I really hope they do a window free version of both. Otherwise I shall not be buying it.
So where is the FT04's power button? Next to the USB port on the side? Looks like a rocker switch is placed there...
5.27 inches shorter than a FT02!! And it cools better!!
I missed the part where the FT04 is said to cool better than an FT02.
I find that highly unlikely given the design and thermal properties of the 2 cases.
I really hope they do a window free version of both. Otherwise I shall not be buying it.
Better how? unless the temperatures are lower at the same fan RPM and noise level then the cooling isn't better. You can add a couple of 5000 RPM Gentle Typhoons and claim the cooling is "better." I'm willing to give Silverstone the benefit of the doubt for now, but until this is clarified and we know the operating RPM range of the AP182s then we can't know."better than FT02 cooling" with a mere two AP-182
I think you already said it, it's a pre production prototype - the fit & finish is pretty crappy but we can easily make allowances for this early version. Aside from making those gaps tighter I think the grooves (or 'feathers' if you prefer) on the RV04 need to be be tweaked so that line up and flow seamlessly from the front panel to the top panel.I don't like the gap the door creates in the top panel.
Usually, it a unibody frame that allows the design to flow front to rear.
You can't please all of the people all of the time...If Tony is watching the thread, I rather have the 5.25 bays mounted to the front of the case, just like all other FT/TJ cases. NO DOOR.
I think you already said it, it's a pre production prototype - the fit & finish is pretty crappy but we can easily make allowances for this early version. Aside from making those gaps tighter I think the grooves (or 'feathers' if you prefer) on the RV04 need to be be tweaked so that line up and flow seamlessly from the front panel to the top panel.
Just surprising they are stepping away from the signature unibody design of their higher end cases.
I really don't see how it can be, at least without doing an apples to apples comparison with the same fans in the FT02. The "heat rises" design is fairly easy to follow, plus you have fans that are (for the most part) not obstructed so the airflow goes straight to the parts, rather than being blocked by drives or a drive housing. On the FT04, your intakes are all farther away plus they're blocked by the drives and/or at least the housing so the airflow isn't a straight shot. On top of that, the GPU will probably get little to no cool air, whereas on the FT02, it does.
I really don't see how the 04 can cool better than the 02, especially if you use the same fans in both.
Again - Tony's a good guy, I just don't see how an 04 cools better than an 02 let alone with 1 less fan and no pivotal fan points anywhere near the GPU. You could get a $50 Bitfenix Outlaw and cool the CPU better than a stock FT04 by using the rear fan as an intake instead of an exhaust. I would say the best way to use the fans in an 04 would be to have the fronts and rear as intakes and the top as exhausts; at least that would make more sense.