SilverStone Nimiz Temjin III
by Purav Sanghani on March 16, 2004 11:04 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Motherboard Tray
The SilverStone Nimiz features a removable motherboard tray, which slides smoothly out the back along grooves. The entire back panel, including the add-on card section (but not the power supply bay), is connected to the tray allowing for easy removal. This is helpful when working with heavier components like CPU heat sinks.The tray is made of the same aluminum used throughout, which, despite its size, makes for a very lightweight case. The model we tested had no sharp edges and was strong enough to hold the heaviest of components.
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SilverStone has included 15 stand-off screws on which to mount the motherboard. If they had included snap-on spacers instead, installation for the motherboard would have been much quicker than using conventional screws. Another drawback with the motherboard tray was the lack of screw holes for various form factors. Users of micro ATX boards may find it annoying that the bottom right is left unsupported, which can lead to a cracked board if not handled carefully.
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lbmcleod - Tuesday, February 8, 2005 - link
Nice case, except for the fact that yet again the drive bays have been rubbishly constructed -just a peice of bent alu without even guide platforms machined out. Even cheap cheiftecs and aopen cases have better drive bay constructionZepper - Thursday, March 18, 2004 - link
The UL file number on the silverstone PSU is listed as Enhance, which makes decent PSUs..bh.
Zepper - Thursday, March 18, 2004 - link
The price is around $250. on newegg..bh.
TrogdorJW - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
Forget the Silverstone cases. I'm just not that interested in a light aluminum case. What I would like to know is how their power supplies perform. Any word on that? Specifically, I'm wondering if the 120mm fan is really quieter and if the power supplies are a good alternative to the 350W Antec PSes that I usually get.puravsanghani - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
#5-#6: The links are put at the top of the page by the marketing company. We passed on to them information about the error and have removed the link.hirschma - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
#5 - Oops, they have the wrong price listed. Anyone know how much this thing actually costs?And yes, I think that my Lian-Li is worth every penny. It comfortably houses my Tyan Dually Opteron board, as well has 7 hard drives, and is quiet and cool. Like this case, you can upgrade to one of those neato redundant/hotswap power supplies. It was very difficult to find anything that would do the trick.
Jonathan
hirschma - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
Why is this case expensive at $85?I just bought a Lian Li PC-75 for a big server I'm building. It is an excellent case, but missing some nice features that this case has - and it goes for over $220. The two are directly comparable.
What am I missing here?
And yes, Aluminum is the way to go with the big cases, unless you want to damage yourself lifting the machine once you've built it :)
Jonathan
Schadenfroh - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
crap, i just ordered a sonata, this thing looks cooler, darn, should have waited 1 more dayaraczynski - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
>personally< i don't understand the fascination with aluminum cases. the only benefit of them is weight reduction, other then that, its all prepubescent hype with a higher price tagmy >personal< taste (if i wanted to bleed money) would be to get an IBM industrial PC case (anyone that worked/works in the automation industry might know which i'm referring to). If you know the older IBM AT keyboards and love(d) them, you would drool over these things. They're about the only thing that has ever impressed me from IBM, and quite frankly the ONLY case that has ever impressed me. solid design/engineering.
anyway, since working with these cases a few years back, almost everything else since then has felt/looked cheap in comparison, and i would put these aluminum cases in that same (cheap) category.
maybe i'm just 'old school' ;)
decptt - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - link
It's cool. I love 03 but too expensive for me.to webmaster, Anandtech deal shows wrong model 'TJO1' instead of review 'TJ03'