For the past
several months, we have been eyeing a particular chassis coming from the deep,
inner depths of SilverStone’s mid-tower manufacturing line, a masterpiece waiting
to be released to the mass market of enthusiast system builders to behold all
of its inner beauty and exceptional design.
In fact, we only recently mentioned its
existence in the marketplace a few weeks ago as we saw fit. It is now the
middle of December, the moment when the holiday shopping season begins to
unwind, Fedex and UPS employees are required to work extra-overtime, and
shoppers are left with lint-filled pockets and empty bank accounts as they experience
the beginning of a new decade and generation. It is at this same time, however,
that enthusiast hardware manufacturers begin to announce and release a trickle
of next-generation goodies ranging from memory modules, hard drives, high-end GPUs and even
cases.
In perspective, SilverStone recently announced the Fortress
FT02 chassis, a work of art and aesthetics combining two of SilverStone’s most
distinctive computer chassis breakthroughs – the unibody construction of the
Temjin TJ07 introduced in 2005, and the 90-degree rotated motherboard design of
the Raven RV01 from 2008. The company’s engineers have combined the rigidity of
unibody construction with the unparalleled cooling layout of the Raven chassis,
adding a hot-swappable hard drive cage and an acoustically padded interior for
maximum versatility.
Yesterday, we were exited to learn that the company proudly
announced its latest flagship case design had received the iF (International Forum Design) product
design award for 2010. A collection of international jury gathered in Hanover,
Germany and judged over 2,486 products from over 39 countries to make their
selections. Among all of these candidates, the forum chose to award the
SilverStone Fortress FT02 with the design win. If there was any other better
way to express our enthusiasm about this particular chassis, it would be noted
with the mention of this exceptional award.
The SilverStone Fortress FT02 should be available in the
company’s US office sometime next week, and we will be following up with a
review very shortly.
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Fortress FT02 wins iF Product Design Award 2010
Unparalleled design innovation