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Large black super-tower server chassis with dark tempered glass front and side panels, rotated motherboard layout visible inside

Silverstone Technology

SilverStone Technology ALTA F2 Premium Super Tower Server Chassis SST-ALF2B-G

SKU CH-SMZ8-ZP11J

Super-tower server chassis with 90-degree rotated motherboard layout, 11.3° tilted GPU mounting, triple 180mm fans and radiator support up to 540mm

  • Stack-effect cooling with 90-degree rotated motherboard layout
  • 3-degree tilted GPU placement separates CPU and GPU exhaust paths
  • Supports XL-ATX and SSI-EEB boards plus dual power supplies
  • Three 184mm Air Penetrator fans included for up to 540mm radiator
  • Push-button side panels and adjustable bottom fan bracket simplify access

Rotated motherboard stack-effect chassis

The ALTA F2 is a super-tower server chassis that rotates the motherboard 90 degrees to create a natural stack-effect airflow. Its 11.3 degree forward-tilted GPU placement separates graphics-card exhaust from CPU airflow. The design targets builders who need maximum thermal headroom for high-wattage components in a single system. Buyers requiring a compact footprint or standard ATX layout should look elsewhere.

Three 184mm fans and 540mm radiator support

Three Air Penetrator 184i PRO fans drive bottom-to-top directional airflow through the 658mm deep interior. The chassis accommodates radiators up to 540mm (triple 180mm) alongside 120mm, 140mm, 240mm, 280mm, 360mm, 420mm, 480mm and 560mm sizes. An adjustable bottom fan bracket allows airflow tuning without tool use. Systems relying on single-fan or rear-exhaust cooling will not exploit this layout.

Dual power-supply mounting with PCIe 4.0 riser

A secondary PSU mounting position supports dual power-supply configurations for redundant or high-current delivery. An included PCIe 4.0 riser cable connects the rotated motherboard to the forward-tilted graphics card slot. Builders planning a single PSU or vertical GPU orientation without a riser will find the feature set unnecessary.

Highlights

  • Stack-effect cooling with 90-degree rotated motherboard layout
  • 3-degree tilted GPU placement separates CPU and GPU exhaust paths
  • Supports XL-ATX and SSI-EEB boards plus dual power supplies
  • Three 184mm Air Penetrator fans included for up to 540mm radiator
  • Push-button side panels and adjustable bottom fan bracket simplify access

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

How do I install the motherboard in the 90-degree rotated layout and which step do builders often miss?

Mount the motherboard rotated 90 degrees so the I/O panel faces upward; the step often missed is routing cables before securing the board because the rear compartment becomes hard to reach afterward.

What maintenance will the three included 184mm Air Penetrator fans need over time?

The three 184mm Air Penetrator fans should be dusted every few months; bearings are not user-serviceable, so a noisy or stalled fan requires full replacement with another 184mm unit.

What thermal limit appears first when running a 540mm radiator under sustained load?

With a 540mm radiator installed, the stack-effect airflow path from bottom intake to top exhaust reaches its heat-removal ceiling before the radiator surface area does.

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