Opinions on these upgrades?

Sound_Card · Feb 9, 2012

2TB Seagate Green drive
Silverstone FT02S-W case
Filco Majestouch-2 yellow keyboard (with blue cherry switch)
steel series mouse pad (my razor one is falling part)
Audio Technica ATH-AD700 headphones (x41's pissing me off)
Recon3D 5.1 sound card
Noctua NF-P12 120mm fans (two of them for my H60)

Opinions? :respect:

Norton · Feb 9, 2012

Sound_Card said:
2TB Seagate Green drive
Silverstone FT02S-W case
Filco Majestouch-2 yellow keyboard (with blue cherry switch)
steel series mouse pad (my razor one is falling part)
Audio Technica ATH-AD700 headphones (x41's pissing me off)
Recon3D 5.1 sound card
Noctua NF-P12 120mm fans (two of them for my H60)

Opinions?

FT-02 is a nice case- I would have bought one if I didn't have an FT-01

Double check the fit of cross-fire 6950's in that case- reviews said something about this or the Raven 02... maybe both.... clearance issues below the expansion slots is the main potential problem

OnePostWonder · Feb 10, 2012

Sound_Card said:
2TB Seagate Green drive
Silverstone FT02S-W case
Filco Majestouch-2 yellow keyboard (with blue cherry switch)
steel series mouse pad (my razor one is falling part)
Audio Technica ATH-AD700 headphones (x41's pissing me off)
Recon3D 5.1 sound card
Noctua NF-P12 120mm fans (two of them for my H60)

Opinions?

OoOoO Mr. Mechanical Keyboard, nice choice.

You don't mind the slower green drives? Also, prices of HDDs are so bad right now because of the flooding in Thailand. If you can buy one used you would save a lot. It seems like a fair number of people sell HDDs over at the Buy/Sell section (that is unless you've already purchased it).

You likely already know those are decent headphones based off reviews.

Those are my opinions.

Sound_Card · Feb 10, 2012

Norton said:
FT-02 is a nice case- I would have bought one if I didn't have an FT-01

Double check the fit of cross-fire 6950's in that case- reviews said something about this or the Raven 02... maybe both.... clearance issues below the expansion slots is the main potential problem

Hmm thanks for that. I'll have to investigate this before I buy. I like the case because it is aluminum, mid tower, 90 degree lay out, white/silver two tone, and window. It would suck if my 6950's can't have clearance in it considering it pretty much checks off as my dream case.

You don't mind the slower green drives? Also, prices of HDDs are so bad right now because of the flooding in Thailand. If you can buy one used you would save a lot. It seems like a fair number of people sell HDDs over at the Buy/Sell section (that is unless you've already purchased it).

You can pick these drives up for about $110 new if you look hard. Price is not too much of a factor for me on this particular purchase any how. I just want 2TB to last me a long time on my games. I'll be using it in conjunction with my Crucial M4 64GB SSD with Intel's fast caching SRT raid. Best of both worlds considering I only have two SATA 3 ports.

KingPing · Feb 10, 2012

I don´t know what steel series mouse pad you are referring to, i once bought one and it was money wasted, i didn´t feel any difference from a normal pad, now i have a razer goliathus and it´s miles better. Unfortunately i don´t remember what model it was.

Norton · Feb 10, 2012

This review has some detailed photos showing some of the interior space concerns (this is pg 6)

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ne-fortress-ft02-mid-tower-case-review-6.html

Check the configuration and placement of your cards, ports, etc... it should work out in most builds but you will see what I'm talking about :cool:

*** EDIT- regarding WD Green drives- check some reviews on them... they like trying to spin down to 5400 rpm (impacts performance) when you don't want them to from what I've heard ***

Sound_Card · Feb 10, 2012

Thanks for that. It looks like it will work just fine in my case. No pun attended.

The green drive I'm talking about is the 2TB 5900RPM seagate drive. I'm going to use in SRT raid mode with my 64GB ssd.

AsRock · Feb 10, 2012

I use a Steelseries one and it's made of glass and i have had 0 issue's with it and had it over 2 years now and still like new

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Sound_Card · Feb 12, 2012

Just did the final tweaks to my final purchase.
-Took the steel series out for a hard surface cyber snipa pad
-Took the Fortress 2 out, added 2.5 bracket for SSD
Everything else the same.

Buying tomorrow.

AsRock · Feb 12, 2012

I just picked up a bunch of these COUGAR CF-V12HP Vortex Hydro-Dynamic-Bearing (Flui... and i am very impressed with them.. I am using them on m video card and CPU cooler and all i can hear is the air flow from them and not the fans them selfs..

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Opinions on these upgrades?

Sound_Card

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OnePostWonder

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KingPing

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AsRock

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