Silverstone SST-FT03-Mini (Mini-Itx)

R3MF · Mar 6, 2012

silver and black as far as is known.

Motaa · Mar 18, 2012

Mid March here. Still waiting.

kencheeto · Mar 18, 2012

This is gonna be so worth it though.

Synomenon · Mar 18, 2012

I'm going to pair the new Z77 Asus ITX board with this case.

jbdarkblue · Mar 18, 2012

I really like the look of this case. I will probably buy it next summer when I do a full upgrade to Intel Haswell. Hopefully by then there are 600W PSUs for the SFX form factor.

Motaa · Apr 2, 2012

Sure is April.

R3MF · Apr 2, 2012

*hoping Tony will pop by and confirm that they are now shipping..............*

MissJ84 · Apr 2, 2012

Japan gets this case on April 13, but who knows when it will be available here. Tony did say Q1, didn't he?

qiaowenqian · Apr 3, 2012

The case is already available in China.

MissJ84 · Apr 3, 2012

I assumed so considering it will be released in Japan next week. I want to know when it will hit the us.

vipz · Apr 3, 2012

I'd rather see the optical drive facing up, G4 cube style.
The switches and "front" ports should have been moved to a corner.

MissJ84 · Apr 3, 2012

vipz said:
I'd rather see the optical drive facing up, G4 cube style.
The switches and "front" ports should have been moved to a corner.

Yes and they should have placed the PSU lower. I don't mind if it's blocking a bit of the intake fan, because a bigger cooler would have been possible.

R3MF · Apr 4, 2012

any news of shipping to uk/europe.....?

qiaowenqian · Apr 10, 2012

review

http://www.chiphell.com/article-3283-1.html

Hazelrah · Apr 10, 2012

Thanks for the link. The review says that the PSU is not shipping with the case. I find that surprising since it needs an SFX PSU and Silverstone usually includes those (especially since there are not that many other options on the market). However I guess this way anybody who wants a 450W PSU can get one.

kyNiSk · Apr 10, 2012

I'm dying to get this case paired with Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe, Ivy and a 680! Now I just gotta consider cooling options

MissJ84 · Apr 10, 2012

Hazelrah said:
Thanks for the link. The review says that the PSU is not shipping with the case. I find that surprising since it needs an SFX PSU and Silverstone usually includes those (especially since there are not that many other options on the market). However I guess this way anybody who wants a 450W PSU can get one.

It's probably because they're releasing a gold 450W sfx psu. Then again, is not like there are any components that will fit in the case that will require more than the standard st45sf.

Edit: Forgot that it's modular.

_PixelNinja · Apr 10, 2012

qiaowenqian said:
review

http://www.chiphell.com/article-3283-1.html

The cable management looks like hell :/

Jen · Apr 10, 2012

_PixelNinja said:
The cable management looks like hell :/

looks a bit messy on cables , so when is this case going be available to purchase?

Jen

Jacob666 · Apr 10, 2012

qiaowenqian said:
review

http://www.chiphell.com/article-3283-1.html

I'm impressed by the photos. Seems like a well thought out case. Only problem are all the cables in this little box...

R3MF · Apr 11, 2012

MissJ84 said:
It's probably because they're releasing a gold 450W sfx psu. Then again, is not like there are any components that will fit in the case that will require more than the standard st45sf.

Edit: Forgot that it's modular.

a modular 450W SFX "Gold" power supply!

when?

MissJ84 · Apr 11, 2012

Well it's up on the site now, so it shouldn't be too long - http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=333

I wish they'd give the GPU length in mm instead of inches. I'd like know if it's a little more like it turned out to be with the SG05.
Edit: Wow, well there's definitely enough room for the 680!

R3MF said:
a modular 450W SFX "Gold" power supply!

when?

My bad, I don't think it's modular. It has shorter cables and is expected the 2nd half of this year.
Edit: Actually, I think it is going to be modular. If you look at the FT03 mini photo above, it has a modular PSU inside

ST45SF-G

minnus · Apr 11, 2012

Doh ~ I JUST ordered the SG08 to fit the GTX 680. Given the layout, will this be very good at cooling the video card?

Jen · Apr 11, 2012

minnus said:
Doh ~ I JUST ordered the SG08 to fit the GTX 680. Given the layout, will this be very good at cooling the video card?

honestly i think any high end video card is going to run warm in this due to lack of fan to direct to it like the matx version has. but i may be wrong

Jen

MissJ84 · Apr 11, 2012

minnus said:
Doh ~ I JUST ordered the SG08 to fit the GTX 680. Given the layout, will this be very good at cooling the video card?

My 680 idles around 33C and gets up to 67C under load. That's with auto fan and while doing heavy benchmarking. With the fan at 70%, it goes no higher than 63C.

WiSK · Apr 12, 2012

MissJ84 said:
Actually, I think it is going to be modular. If you look at the FT03 mini photo above, it has a modular PSU inside

There's this photo from Cebit which shows non-modular.

edit: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,8...teil/Netzteil/News/bildergalerie/?iid=1637702

R3MF · Apr 12, 2012

i love the case, and am definitely going to buy one, but...................... it is going to have to wait until that short-cable modular PSU with an 80+ "Gold" rating turns up.

tony, and eta on the new PSU?

the cabling on the chiphell review looked ugly using a normal SFX power supply.

tuanster1119 · Apr 12, 2012

I can't wait for this case. I was just browsing through the manual and it looks like a self-contained watercooler will fit!

Almighty ODST · Apr 12, 2012

Not sure why anybody would buy this. Sure it looks cool, but without the power supply included like their other sff cases, they're limiting their market even more.

Hazelrah · Apr 13, 2012

Almighty ODST said:
Not sure why anybody would buy this. Sure it looks cool, but without the power supply included like their other sff cases, they're limiting their market even more.

The case is basically a vertical version of the SG05/SG06. I don't know what the final pricing will be, but in a Hexus video interview, Tony said around $130, and in the Chiphell article, somebody wrote in the comments that the price was RMB 999, which is around $160.

Right now you can get the 450W version of the SG05/SG06 for about that price, including the PSU. The PSU is easily $50-100 (not really sure) so the FT03-Mini seems like a bad deal going purely by price.

Of course, it could be that the SG05/SG06 is just a *really* great deal and the FT03-Mini is priced more normally by comparison. Lian Li's vertical ITX cases are about the same price and they don't come with PSUs either.

WiSK · Apr 13, 2012

Hazelrah said:
Of course, it could be that the SG05/SG06 is just a *really* great deal and the FT03-Mini is priced more normally by comparison.

This is the correct comparison. The SG05 is very very basic when you break it down. Less than two square feet of aluminium, a dozen rivets, a cheap 120mm fan and a plastic front panel. The FT03 is indeed just an SG05 faced down, but it has several more components such as the 140mm fan, the sturdy base, the housed "front-panel" sockets, and of course the high quality outer panels.

_PixelNinja · Apr 13, 2012

WiSK said:
There's this photo from Cebit which shows non-modular.

I can't find any information on this. Nonetheless, I really hope Silverstone will produce a modular SFX PSU saving us from having a mess inside the enclosure. If it is indeed the case, I will be changing my plans from building a mATX FT03 system and stay ITX with a FT03-Mini (providing the new ASRock Z77E-ITX board is as good as it looks or the recently announced EVGA ITX comes out as a recommendable motherboard).

Hazelrah · Apr 16, 2012

flopticalcube said:
Plenty of slim, slot loading DVD and BD drives on ebay. Newegg sells the LiteON slot DVD for $50. The airflow in this looks considerably better than the SG05 due to its twisted motherboard configuration, the use of a 140mm Air Penetrator and moving the drives out of the flow. Under the desk this would work well but for "on desk" use I'm not sure the cables coming out the top would work so well.

1. Can somebody link me to a slot-load slim DVD-RW drive? I think the post was referring to this drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106031 but it has been discontinued, and I don't see another product on Newegg.

2. I am curious about what the cables for this case would like too. I put my SFF cases on top of the desk so the appearance is important. Anybody have a pic of an installed system? Don't see it on the Chiphell review or Silverstone website.

funklizard · Apr 18, 2012

It's up on Silverstone's Web site now:

http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=333

MissJ84 · Apr 18, 2012

Yes, it has been since Friday. That's where I grabbed the above photo with the 680.

vipz · Apr 18, 2012

Hazelrah said:
1. Can somebody link me to a slot-load slim DVD-RW drive? I think the post was referring to this drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106031 but it has been discontinued, and I don't see another product on Newegg.

DVD, ~$48 shipped: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118051

BluRay, ~$135 shipped: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118070

MissJ84 · Apr 18, 2012

vipz said:
DVD, ~$48 shipped: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118051

BluRay, ~$135 shipped: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118070

This, but I'd rather use an external and stuff all the PSU cable slack into the bracket, which is what I do with my SG05. I don't think I use my DVD drive for anything other than installing Windows and even then it can be done from a USB thumb drive.

tuanster1119 · Apr 23, 2012

I noticed this while doing some browsing: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33987

Thought some of you guys may be interested. Not really sure if it's in stock.

qiaowenqian · Apr 23, 2012

nice!

tuanster1119 · Apr 23, 2012

Also... still no sign of a modular SFX power supply. I wonder how close they are to releasing it since it hasn't even hit Silverstone's website yet.

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