Nope, I haven't seen it. Anychance your comp is close to your kitchen???
Yes, I cook on the back grille of my U3011 LCD. I love the smell of burnt plastic in the morning.
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Nope, I haven't seen it. Anychance your comp is close to your kitchen???
Yes, I cook on the back grille of my U3011 LCD. I love the smell of burnt plastic in the morning.
maybe you smoke cigs a lot. Ive seen computers with layers and layers of "oily film" from users smoking next to them computers.
Yes, I cook on the back grille of my U3011 LCD. I love the smell of burnt plastic in the morning.
I've heard you can fry on egg on those NVIDIA cards.
Has anyone ordered a black FT02 without the window off Amazon lately? I'm thinking about ordering and wanted to know if it was the revision with the honeycomb grills or the grills integrated with the fans?
I did see a post here that a recently ordered silver FT02S from Amazon had the older honeycomb grills on the fans.
I got my windowless FT02 from Amazon in January and it was a v1.7 with factory-installed AP181 fans / integrated grilles.
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I have Amazon Prime which gives free two day shipping. I just ordered a FT02B and it says it's in Stock and I should get it Friday using 1 day shipping for $4 bucks extra. If I used two day shipping it would be at my place by Monday.
Be sure to check that it's "Sold by Amazon" as secondary retailers show up first on some searches. I'll let you know how it looks when I get it. Newegg's shipping is like 30-40 bucks on the case.
good to know because they often have something way cheaper than newegg.
Just got my FT02B delivered via Fedex from Amazon. They didn't double box but the box and case didn't have any shipping damage.
Couple questions though, should the side of the top panel that snaps on be flush with the sides of the case? The one I received had it bowing out sliigtly (2mm-3mm) toward the center of the case while being flush toward the back and front.
Also had a few tiny chips in the paint at the edges of the font and back top. Sharper would fix but is this the normal fit and finish for this case? A little disappointed there, especially since it looked pretty well protected in the plastic and styrofoam---looked like it was minor damage prior to packaging. Case was definitely new and sealed.
Case was marked V1.9. Came with the 181 fans and the golf ball like divoted top fan.
Couple questions though, should the side of the top panel that snaps on be flush with the sides of the case? The one I received had it bowing out sliigtly (2mm-3mm) toward the center of the case while being flush toward the back and front.
I would definately contact Amazon or SilverStone as that's not how it should be. Mine has no chips and is not bowed in the least.
I just checked mine and it's like you describe. The top panel is more flush to the side panels at the edges and there is a bit of increasing overhang towards the middle. So I think this is by design.
THAT is good customer service !!
Just got my FT02B delivered via Fedex from Amazon. They didn't double box but the box and case didn't have any shipping damage.
Couple questions though, should the side of the top panel that snaps on be flush with the sides of the case? The one I received had it bowing out sliigtly (2mm-3mm) toward the center of the case while being flush toward the back and front.
Also had a few tiny chips in the paint at the edges of the font and back top. Sharper would fix but is this the normal fit and finish for this case? A little disappointed there, especially since it looked pretty well protected in the plastic and styrofoam---looked like it was minor damage prior to packaging. Case was definitely new and sealed.
Case was marked V1.9. Came with the 181 fans and the golf ball like divoted top fan.
Decided to Mod the Case a bit and remove the 5bay Array cage.
The space will be perfect for another push/pull radiator.
Since I only use SSDs, the drive cage was a waste.
I plan on getting a couple of Antec 620's and adapting them to fit my 6970 Cards.
So I popped all the rivets and dismantled, then a buddy of mine took the case to his work. (Paints cars for a living). He sprayed the inner case with Lexus ISF Ultrasonic Blue Mica.
I replaced my Asus Mobo with the Asrock X58 Extreme6. It came with a USB 3.0 3.5 Bracket. I took the unit apart and JB welded the USB 3.0 ports in where the old USB 2.0 top ports were.
I was going to wait till it all came in, but could not help myself.
Decided to Mod the Case a bit and remove the 5bay Array cage.
The space will be perfect for another push/pull radiator.
Since I only use SSDs, the drive cage was a waste.
I plan on getting a couple of Antec 620's and adapting them to fit my 6970 Cards.
So I popped all the rivets and dismantled, then a buddy of mine took the case to his work. (Paints cars for a living). He sprayed the inner case with Lexus ISF Ultrasonic Blue Mica.
I replaced my Asus Mobo with the Asrock X58 Extreme6. It came with a USB 3.0 3.5 Bracket. I took the unit apart and JB welded the USB 3.0 ports in where the old USB 2.0 top ports were.
I was going to wait till it all came in, but could not help myself.
A window-less V1.9 FT02B? I wonder what's different about it compared to my V1.4. Tony, would you care to shed some light on various revisions?
I'm searching for a Power Supply Unit that would be specially adapted to the specially oriented airflow of the FT02.
And I think what would work out best for a vertically placed Power Supply Unit is a heavily ventilated bottom side (the side where it's modular cables come down from), because that would allow the airflow coming from the FT02 fan at the bottom of the case bellow the PSU to go straight through the Power Supply Unit on it's way out through the top of the case, instead of having that same upward airflow being blocked by the Power Supply Unit.
This would potentially not only allow the inside of the PSU to be cooled directly and more silently by the FT02 fans, but also reduce the airflow turbulence inside the FT02 (because the airflow would go straight through the PSU, instead of smacking into it and spreading all over the place to work it's way around it).
Also some PSUs which work like this use an 80mm fan on the top side (the side pointing to the top of the FT02), instead of a bigger fan on the usual side for a PSU (the side pointing to the back of the FT02), and so I'm also wondering which kind of PSU fan would would cooperate best with the bottom FT02 fan.
And my question is : If I am correct in assuming that this would be the best kind of PSU airflow for the FT02, which PSU would that be ?
To illustrate what I mean, here are two examples of the kind of PSU that I'm talking about :
- Antec TPQ-850 850W
- ENERMAX Galaxy EGX850EWL (this one has two fans)
However those models are outdated and mostly sold out anyway, so I'm looking for some similar but less outdated alternatives (2010-2011 models).
Thank you.
Well a list of names of "a power supply like the links I posted" is exactly what I'm asking about.Just get a power supply like the last link you posted of a Galaxy PSU and for gods sake, get a moduler one lol. Don't worry about the PSU getting enough airflow or the air not having a straight path to work through. The people that designed these PSUs have made sure that airflow is going to properly ventilate these things. The FT02's backend has a fresh air intake for the PSU which is a ton better then what some cases afford the PSU.
I've bought a Thermalright SIlver Arrow (it will get to my place sometime next week) and wanted to know if it fits the FT02.
I measured it and it seems like it will, but do any of you have first hand knowledge