New build, but which case?

[C4PPY]

Hi Guys,

I need your opinion on which of two cases, it should be?

1: SilverStone Fortress (FT-01)
2: SilverStone Raven (RV-01)

Rest of the specs are:

Intel Core™ i7 Quad Processor i7-920
DFI LanParty UT X58-T3eH8
2x Corsair Dominator DHX+ DDR3 1600MHz 6GB Kit
2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA2 32MB 7200RPM
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB
2x XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Zalman 850W PSU

[Lu(ky]

Are you going to be on air or water? Here is a new one by Lian Li -------> H E R E

[C4PPY]

Have used water the last couple of years, but my new build is gonna be on Air.

I really liikey liikey the new LianLi, but i cant get it in Denmark yet

[SoulsCollective]

Nice build.

Really, cases comes down to personal preference. If you're after one that can hold all your hardware and no more, then just go for whatever looks the best to you - for me, I would never buy the Raven because IMHO it looks utter crap, but some folks here love it. If you've some further requirements or want upgrade potential for more hardware, more HDDs, etc etc, it'd help if we could have some more details - as above, air/water would be helpful.

Finally, is it just between these two? There are a lot of quality cases out there, but if you're limited by availability then it's pointless for us to recommend other cases.

[C4PPY]

Thx Souls, glad you like it

I work @ a casemod store, so i have owned a lot of HighEnd cases. Example: Stacker 830, Cosmos S, ACTS 840 and many others, i have a minor casegraveyard @ home

But I really cant choose my next one, so I need a little help, but yeah i have two silverstones in mind .

[Frananta]

In that two option, I think you should go with raven, fortress will be too cramped for your hardware.

[C4PPY]

thanks for the fast replies guys

[C4PPY]

p0Pe, i should have been "newbuild" , just a typo

I work at Studiedata .

[C4PPY]

Supporter(G33K) Student

[C4PPY]

So is the Fortress not as good, as all the reviews do it ?

[Frananta]

So is the Fortress not as good, as all the reviews do it ?

I've already seen those two, in my opinion, FT-01 is slightly better in terms of build quality, cabling management is good also, but that case is to small, you'll ended up in mess, in other hand, I dont like the looked of raven, but that one is really good case, good quality (plastic, but really good quality) and cabling management is really good, you can setup a really clean rig on that.

you can try looked at this picture

FT-01



RV-01



Off course it's not fair comparison, because they using tri-sli on FT01, but you should get what I mean of ended up in mess.

[C4PPY]

Thanks Frananta, I´m gonna use CF in the first setup but who knows could go tri-sli someday

I´m falling more and more in love with the FT-01

[boredgunner]

Of the two, go with the FT01.