SilverStone Technology Temjin 5

Benchmarking - Thermal

When benchmarking the TJ05, we test the temperatures of key components, including the actual CPU temperature, the actual temperature inside the heatsink, the temperatures of the DDR, Northbridge, Southbridge, HDD, PSU, and the ambient temperature inside the case all during normal operation. For a system to operate efficiently, the components need to stay at a specified temperature to avoid system crashes, or worse, hardware damage. A well designed case should have an air flow system that is effective in keeping the hottest running components at a constant and stable temperature for optimal performance. During our testing, the PSU and CPU heatsink fans remain on to measure temperatures during normal system operations.

AOpen AK86-L AMD Athlon 64 3200+ OCZ PC3200 512MB DDR x 2 Zalman CNPS7000 Copper Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA ATI 9700Pro OCZ 520W PowerStream

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We took temperature readings of the components at 10 and 30 minutes of system operation time. During the 30 minutes of operation, we ran applications like Windows Media Player to simulate day-to-day work.

After all that talk about case fans and the LCD temperature display/control system, we were not surprised at our results. The SilverStone TJ05 outperformed the past 4 cases that we have looked at including the Thermaltake Damier V6000A, which had a total of five 80mm case fans. The larger 120mm fans in the TJ05 did not have to work too hard to move air in and out of the case to keep our precious components cool. The system ambient temperature was kept at a stable and cool 22.7-24.8 degrees, which showed how quickly the fans moved cool air in and warm air out of the large chassis. Compared to the Sea Hawk's 27 degrees, the TJ05 was a refrigerator.