Silverstone Fortress FT01-SW Modding options?

[mattlef]

Hey guys,
the modding will take a little bit longer then expected... money is tight, so I'm working longer hours = no mod time lol....

But it'll give me time to work on more ideas....

[theToX]

yes please
from the floor of the case to the bottom of the drive bay rack
where the hdd racks go

thanks a lot dude

Would like to know these measurements too please.

Thanks

i measured from the floor of the case to the bottom of the 5.25" drive bays.....

it comes out to just about 9" exactly. 9" * 25.4mm = 228.6mm.

[MomijiTMO]

Finally started seeing this case in Australia and holy crap it's so cheap. Should be good.

[emoners]

Finally started seeing this case in Australia and holy crap it's so cheap. Should be good.

approximately how much is it? is it half the TJ07/TJ09?

[rjkoneill]

too small for a 240 rad - i think a 120 may fit

[theToX]

yeah a 240 wouldnt fit but if you chopped the first drive bay out ud be fine. im sure u could make something work out.

[mattlef]

Hey guys,

I've decided to start on modding my FT01. I had thought about going about getting the case sandblasted then re-coated, but i've actually decided against it. I think I really do like the silver powder coating, and it can work very well with what I'm thinking of doing.

Here is my work list as of now in no particular order.

1) Fab template of Internal Air/Cable Management - Done
2) Sleeve PSU and case cables
3) Fab Acrylic panels from templates.... (input needed)
4) Toolless Drive System Removal
5) DVD-R Drive Stealthing
6) Logo Design
7) LED fabs
8) Sata Arrangement

Will add more when everything comes to mind.
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Alright, here is what I have planned this far

I've fabricated, out of cardboard, what I want to do to hide the drivebays and add for a wind tunnel effect.



What is left to do is decide of the color of acrylic.
I was thinking Non Transparent back to contrast directly with the silver coating but will come together nicely with the other colors in the build... mainly the black on the mobo, and the Blue comming off the leds.

What do you think?

As well, you won't notice that around the PSU cover, but there is a rectangular hole. This is where I will have a peice of frosted glass, with my custom logo inlayed.... I dont know how I'm going to do this as of now... but its the idea...
Behing this logo will be a single led to make it pop a little bit.... blue or white... Im thinking white..

[mattlef]

Here is a quick look at the logo that will be incorporated somewhere in the build

[mattlef]

Another update and Question...
I'm gonna get the TRUE Black any day now, but I'm kinda stuck on what fan to put on it.... The CM fan I have on my Xigmatek isn't gonna cut it. Needs to be black.... and I think that it should have a blue LED and high static pressure...
I like that AeroCool Xtreme Turbine Black But, I hear that there is shotty quality, but it does move a lot of air.... I'm going to go for a push pull set up setup so |< TRUE< | So both fans need to have high CFM and high static pressure.... However, I don't want it to be insanely loud either. What do you guys recommend?

[emoners]

how about this one? CoolerMaster 90 CFM Blue LED Silent Fan 120mm

[mattlef]

Thats actually the fan I'm using right now, and while thinking about it... its served me well.... I'm sure that if there was a three fan config such as |< - <True< | that there would be no problem keeping the CPU very cool. (specs in sig)

I got a couple of the quotes back in regards to the acrylic.
I have decided to change up the design a little bit. I'm going to wait untill I get the parts in to post whats going to happen, but its a different direction. I'm going to focus on brushed alluminum with Black cabling and a few accented Blue LED's for color. Also, I think there might be a custom made front drive bay panel might be in order soon.... more on that when it happens...

I'll prolly be doing an official "Build log" in the next week as well.... a few teasers until then :P

[theToX]

Hey guys,

I've decided to start on modding my FT01. I had thought about going about getting the case sandblasted then re-coated, but i've actually decided against it. I think I really do like the silver powder coating, and it can work very well with what I'm thinking of doing.

Here is my work list as of now in no particular order.

1) Fab template of Internal Air/Cable Management - Done
2) Sleeve PSU and case cables
3) Fab Acrylic panels from templates.... (input needed)
4) Toolless Drive System Removal
5) DVD-R Drive Stealthing
6) Logo Design
7) LED fabs
8) Sata Arrangement

Will add more when everything comes to mind.
---------------------------------------------------------------

Alright, here is what I have planned this far

I've fabricated, out of cardboard, what I want to do to hide the drivebays and add for a wind tunnel effect.



What is left to do is decide of the color of acrylic.
I was thinking Non Transparent back to contrast directly with the silver coating but will come together nicely with the other colors in the build... mainly the black on the mobo, and the Blue comming off the leds.

What do you think?

As well, you won't notice that around the PSU cover, but there is a rectangular hole. This is where I will have a peice of frosted glass, with my custom logo inlayed.... I dont know how I'm going to do this as of now... but its the idea...
Behing this logo will be a single led to make it pop a little bit.... blue or white... Im thinking white..

i like where your going with this. it definitely gives me some ideas. ive had to put my project on the back burner for a little bit but eventually ill get it going and make it what i really want.

[mattlef]

i like where your going with this. it definitely gives me some ideas. ive had to put my project on the back burner for a little bit but eventually ill get it going and make it what i really want.

Thanks!

I've actually changed up the design a little bit, things are gonna look a little differently, but the overall idea is still the same.
I had a few things priced out, in regards to Plexiglas work.... and i had chosen some brushed aluminum topped plexiglass, but at the cost I didnt seem to think it was worth it. So instead of a all brushed interiour, i'm going with a back on powdered silver....

So I'm not painting the motherboard tray at all, i'm going to leave it the silver coating. i am however, going to paint, (or order in black from Silverstone) everything else in the interior in black and lay some plexiglass as previous shown with cardboard.

I've also ordered some sleeving from MurderMod. But I don't think I'm going to do any accent sleeving... not yet, until I throw everything together and see how I can incorporate it.

[Hennels]

approximately how much is it? is it half the TJ07/TJ09?

At about 10 of the shops down here it was about $100, many people ordered it at that price and got their money refunded.

Then the price went up to around $300. Complete waste of money seeing you can get the TJ07 for that price.

[mattlef]

Update----

I have the black version of the case coming in... modding the silver just was unpractical... so the silvers up for sale lol

[mattlef]

heres some quick hit updates

Sleeving

[theToX]

nice sleeving job. is that the murdermod sleeving kit?

[mattlef]

that it is. great product

[Rmrdr13]

I'm gonna start my own FT-01 project in a week or so when I get some time. But now I'm just sitting back and reading what ideas you guys are coming up with.

I don't really plan to mod the case so much other than powder-coating it and really focusing on cable management. That's most likely where most of the hacking will be done.

[mattlef]

I'm gonna start my own FT-01 project in a week or so when I get some time. But now I'm just sitting back and reading what ideas you guys are coming up with.

I don't really plan to mod the case so much other than powder-coating it and really focusing on cable management. That's most likely where most of the hacking will be done.

To be honest, unless you want to route everything behind the mobo and have it seem like there are no cables at all, the FT-01 has fantastic cable management... I was just lazy when installing the PSU you see in the pics of the mockups lol

[Rmrdr13]

To be honest, unless you want to route everything behind the mobo and have it seem like there are no cables at all, the FT-01 has fantastic cable management... I was just lazy when installing the PSU you see in the pics of the mockups lol

I'm gonna try to get it as close to invisible as possible, but I love the ideas that you're coming up with. I might have to barrow a couple of them

[mattlef]

I'm gonna try to get it as close to invisible as possible, but I love the ideas that you're coming up with. I might have to barrow a couple of them

lol thats it, I'm patenting this sh*t lol
I'm flattered that you would even want to borrow a few of them lol

Anyways.... Everything is now being shipped... and the rig should be assembled completely in a matter of a week? a few surprises... and a photo shoot in front of a..... fort? lol I live in Amherstburg, which is a semi famous battle point from the civil war and has an actual colonial fort, so I plan on taking some glamor pics in front of this said fort... maybe try to find a house that looks like a castle or something.....

I have asked one of my photographer friends to do the pics, because my camera will just not cut it... We'll see how it turns out.

Just a matter of days now

[mattlef]

more to come...

[mattlef]

[Weelkoo]

can You close the case with TRUE inside? I'm wondering because someone somewhere wrote that TRUE is too high for FT01B-W