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Just to get you up to date and maybe provide some help for other FT-02 owners looking for a new GFX: I now went with an EVGA GTX770, blower-design, and so far it seems to feel right at home in my case. Load temperatures after 3 hours of Skyrim (everything maxed out, 8x AA) peaked at 60°C/140°F...

The bottom fans are running, ofc. However, with a lot of the multi-fan coolers featuring lateral fins instead of longitudinal ones on their heat sinks, I was worried that this might block the inflow of cool air from below. ASUS and MSI seem to manufacture heat sinks with longitudinal fins, so I...

Christmas is coming, and my gaming rig desires a present. So I thought I'd put the HD7870 in my wife's rig and get myself a new card. Since I run an old Enermax Liberty PSU with only 500W I decided to go for a GTX 770, which should provide enough fps for the games I usually play. Which are...

I didn't order yet and still consider the UD3H to be a very good option. ;) However, I will probably go with the UP4 TH instead. The system will probably (have to) run for the next 4-6 years. First serving as my gaming rig for ~2 years (minimum until Intel Broadwell is available), then as my...

So, now that I'm set on a motherboard, I want to re-consider the choice of my cooling solution. Basically, there are two contenders for the job: - Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Special Edition - Prolimatech Megahalems Black Edition, 2x 140mm Prolimatech Red Vortex LED Price is more or...

Alright, convinced. Gigabyte Z77X UP4 TH it is. Thanks. :) Now there is only one more thing to do before ordering - and that is to newly figure out which led color I want to use for my case's interior... I didn't expect a windowed case being a such a 'pain'... :D

Argh, you guys really do know how to make a decision a difficult one, don't you? ^^ Just looked up the IR3550 mosfets, and - well, they really sound like quality. But now I'm back right where I started. Those Gigabyte boards do sound promising. However, I have absolutely no use of the...

Hm, so it's basically a matter of personal taste... After a lot of contemplating and having "fun" with tons of google searches I think I'll actually try the MSI Z77 MPower. It just seems to have a slight edge over Gigabyte when it comes to build quality. And I have read pross and cons on both...

I'm going to retire my trusted Q6600, finally. It will be replaced by an Intel i5 3570K, cooled by a Thermalright Silver Arrow and G.Skill Ares RAM modules. Eventually the i5 will be OCed, namely when its performance is unsatisfactory. Once this situation arises, I want to be able to run it at...

Having asked for help on which case to choose here some time ago, I ended up buying a Fortress FT02 with window. It arrived about one month ago, and so far I just love it. :) Now time for new components has come. I plan to install an Intel i5 3570K on a Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H with G.Skill Ares...

*drool* Or a Baneblade Super Heavy Tank... If they ever release such a case my ability to make decisions based on reason will be utterly and completely crushed by the might of those god-machines/batlle mechs...

Ordered mine yesterday, together with a NZXT Sentry LX fan controller and two green cathodes. :) Browsed through a ton of fan controllers, but although being quite massive the NZXT seemed to be the best choice. The Silverstone fan controllers look like... wannabe-retro-style with this...

I think I'll order a Silverstone Fortress FT02, black, with window. The few drawbacks that this case has (problems with too long optical drives, removal of the top hatch to switch fan speed, bit tight for cable management behind the mainboard-tray, but still ok) are paling in comparison to it's...

Thanks for the replies so far. I knew this is the place to ask for such details. :) Taking all information into account, Antec 1200 is dismissed. Turns out that it is what I feared it to be: a good case when it was released, but aged since then not worth the money anymore. At least when...

First of all, hello to everbody. I stumbled across this forums whilst trying to get some more information on everyday-experience with the cases mentioned in the title. And I had the impression, that this is the place to ask for that information. So I registered and this is my very first post. :)...