SilverStone Technology Temjin 5
by Purav Sanghani on August 25, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Case Fans
SilverStone's Temjin 3 Nimiz came with a set of four 80mm fans as we saw back in March. It didn't perform the best in the group of cases that we tested around that time when it came to thermal benchmarks, but it performed well enough to maintain stable temperatures for normal day-to-day operations.Since the TJ03, SilverStone has decided to rethink their fan selection and layout by including a pair of 120mm fans located at the front (intake) and the back (exhaust). At first, we thought this to be quite insufficient, but realized that the size of the fans would make up for the quantity. We felt two 120mm fans could circulate just as much air as four 80mm fans while performing at quieter noise levels, which is also an important factor in PC cases.
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SilverStone, again, has not left us without the option to expand. The TJ05 does provide another three 80mm fans to be installed for increased circulation of air. As we mentioned earlier, a pair of 80mm fans can be mounted to the swing bar, which would help relieve the expansion cards from heat, especially a high end VGA card.
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The last 80mm fan can be mounted on the right side of the chassis in a compartment on the other side of the removable HDD carriage to increase cooling of those installed HDDs.
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Combined with the LCD temperature display on the TJ05's front bezel, the case fans make for a great cooling system. We're excited to see how the case will do in our thermal tests.
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masher - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
Why does the reviewer call a concave door "convex"?JustAnAverageGuy - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
[i] "The TJ03 Nimiz was a monstrous product that had great features, such as a sliding removable motherboard tray, a seemingly endless potential for expandability,"[/i][i] "The Bad
- No removable motherboard tray
"[/i]
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Modal - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
Wow, that's a really nice looking case. Great review, and thanks for picking a non-ugly case to review this time. :)Almost makes me wish I had waited until now to build my machine... I like that case a lot better than my current one.
ciwell - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
Finally a case that does not burn out your retinas by looking at it. Great review.P.S. Is there a Thermaltake Tsunami Case Review in our near future? :D
Spacecomber - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
I appreciate the inclusion of more pictures showing the case with the components installed. For example, seeing a full size motherboard installed gives me a better feel for the actual dimensions of the case, and I can see how easy it would be to work inside of it. The highlighting of the space between the bottom of the power supply and the motherboard is also important to me, since you sometimes have to worry about CPU heatsinks overhanging the edge of the board, depending on how close to the motherboard edge the socket is placed.Thanks for the review.
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skunkbuster - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
at least it looks better than the last one that was reviewed here.oupei - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
page 11, chart units should be "decibels"Operandi - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
Agreed with #1...Deinonych - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
Looks like the author edited the sentence, so n/m.Deinonych - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - link
#2I agree. In context, it seems like the author meant to say "an entirely ALUMINUM chassis would have appealed more..."