FT03-MINI

FT03-MINI

Super mini footprint design with no cables and vents on four sides
Ample space for CPU cooling (82mm in height)
Elevated standoff for motherboard back side components
Includes 140mm Air Penetrator fan and support entry level liquid cooling
Support for two 2.5" SSD/hard drives and one 3.5" hard drive
Mini-DTX / Mini-ITX motherboard & SFX PSU compatible
Standard-length expansion cards support (10 inches)

VERSION

Graphic card length reference:
ATI Radeon HD 4850/4830 - 9”
NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT - 9"
NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT/GSO - 9"
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GS/GT/GTS - 9"
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 10"

Product Specifications

Model No.

SST-FT03B-MINI (black)
SST-FT03S-MINI (silver)

Material

Aluminum outer shell, steel body

Motherboard

Mini-DTX, Mini-ITX

Drive bay

External

12.7mm Slot loading slim optical drive x 1

Internal

3.5” x 1 , 2.5”x2

Cooling system

Front

--

Rear

--

Side

--

Top

--

Bottom

1 x 140mm Air Penetrator fan, 1500rpm

Internal

--

Expansion slot

2

Front I/O port

USB 3.0 x 2

Audio x 1

MIC x 1

Power supply

1 x Optional standard SFX

Net weight

4.7kg

Dimension

188.9mm(W)x 397mm(H)x235.1mm(D), 17.6 liters
7.4" (W) x 15.63" (H) x 9.25" (D), 17.6 liters

expansion card

Compatible up to 10" (254mm) long, width restriction-5.11" (129mm)

Limitation of CPU cooler

82mm

Limitation of PSU

SFX PSU

File Download

FT03-MINI manual

Version

v1.0

File Size

4.47 MB

FT03-MINI High resolution photos

File Size

4.42 MB

FT03-MINI Product Sheet (EN-FT03-MINI-EDM.pdf)

File Size

298.45 KB

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Q & A

Why do you recommend using all-in-one liquid coolers?

Many Mini-ITX motherboards are currently designed based off of Intel’s reference layout, which means the CPU is likely positioned too close to the PCI Express slot and limits the size of CPU coolers that can be installed. Normally if the same size fan is used, a high-end air cooler is more efficient than liquid cooler. However, Mini-ITX motherboard restrictions usually limit air coolers that use 92mm fan or smaller so liquid coolers would have the advantage in the FT03-MINI as the radiator is installed in the bottom of the case and not limited by the space around CPU area. We can fully recommend using liquid cooler in the FT03-MINI as an alternative, our internal testing also shows liquid coolers to perform better than air coolers within the FT03-MINI.

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CPU cooler:
Horizontal style cooler

Good orientation Good orientation Bad orientation

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