After just getting myself a pair of Steelseries Siberias yesterday I have the itch for some more purchasing. I have been thinking about a new case for a while as I currently have a mATX setup and I want to go full ATX. I don't want anything too massive but I want a case with decent options and airflow, so I have decided on one of the two in the title. There really isn't much to choose between the two. The silverstone probably has better build quality but the panzerbox is 50 quid cheaper and I think it looks marginally better, then again the FT01 has more drive bays and more HDD drive mounting and much better cable management options and will be alot quieter I reckon.
But for me the real deciding factor is that I have pipedreams of watercooling in the future (may never happen lol). On this front the panzerbox has the FT01 wooped as it comes with brackets for a 240mm rad, it even supports medium thickness ones and I could stick a 120mm rad on as well at the back. But then I discovered this radiator. It comes with brackets for 180mm silverstone fans. If that radiator will fit internally and that is obvously a big if I think I would prefer the FT01. The dimensions of the rad are 245x200x36mm and the dimensions of the FT01 are 211 mm x 496 mm x 494.5 mm. As you can see it is probably going to be the width that is the problem as the rad is 200mm wide and the case is 211 mm wide, height I don't think will be an issue as anything in the way can just be cut out. This is a picture of what i believe is a 180mm silverstone fan on the radiator with the supplied bracket. As you can see the radiator only seems to stick out by a cm each side over the fan, therefore if the fan mounts on the case are the same distance either side from each side of the case, looking at photos it looks like it should fit in the front and if it fits in the front I can't see why it wouldn't fit in the top as well (where length definately wouldn't be an issue).
Sorry for the long post, I hope one of you can maybe help me out and point out anything I am missing. Also which case do you guys think is best and why?


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