A representative of Silverstone made an announcement about their upcoming flagship chassis over at VR-Zone. The Temjin 11, or TJ11, looks like an excellent case for enthusiasts whether it will be used for air cooling or water cooling the latest and greatest equipment!
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We saw a little bit of the TJ11 as well as other upcoming Silverstone cases at Computex 2010. The Temjin is Silverstone's flagship chassis lineup. The TJ07 is regarded as one of the best water cooling cases out there, and it is regarded as one of the most well built and solid cases on the planet. But it is lacking in air cooling options and tool free designs. The TJ09 and TJ10 addressed possible airflow issues and retained good water cooling potential, but are lacking in cable management.
Later down the line Silverstone introduced a new form factor chassis - the Raven RV01, with a unique 90 degree rotated motherboard tray improving airflow by means of a wind tunnel with air movement from bottom to top, as heat naturally rises. This airflow designed carried onto the Raven RV02 and Fortress FT02 cases. The design has proven to be one of the most effective solutions for air cooling. But the Raven series are more affordable than the Temjin series, since they have a less costly and less durable steel and plastic construction. The Fortress series utilize a steel and aluminum construction unlike the Raven series, but still lack the excellent water cooling support of the Temjin series.
So Silverstone has come up with some of the most fascinating ideas for computer cases, but sadly these ideas were implemented into different case models. This brings us to what we are looking at today, the TJ11 chassis. Silverstone has implemented all of their greatest features into the TJ11. Unibody aluminum construction of the TJ07 and FT02, water cooling support of the TJ07, removable motherboard tray like the TJ07/TJ09/TJ10, mid section air cooling like the TJ09/TJ10, 90 degree rotated motherboard tray as seen in the Raven series and FT02, and quite a few new features were implemented into the TJ11 as well. The result is one very impressive chassis, as you are about to see.
The Silverstone TJ11 boasts an aluminum construction, with the only exceptions being a few internal components such as hard drive trays and fans. The TJ11 has a 2mm unibody design, similar to that on the TJ07. This means the front, top and bottom of the case are made from a single piece of aluminum. This keeps weight down and doesn't sacrifice on durability. Below are the specifications of the TJ11.
The TJ11 has a similar body shape to the TJ07 but overall looks quite distinctive. The model shown has a windowed right side panel.
This case has two power buttons - one on the top and one on the front. This means that you have easy access to the power button whether the case is on or below your desk. The reset button, audio ports, two USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports are located on the top of the case. The front reveals nine optical drive bays.
As you can see the right side panel has lots of ventilation and a window covering only the motherboard area.
The interior of the chassis is very fascinating. The motherboard tray is removable and slides out through the top of the case, with the expansion slots too. It has a large CPU retention plate access hole, nine expansion slots that seem to be held into place with thumbscrews or regular screws. The case is very open allowing you to easily route cables behind the motherboard tray.
The bottom compartment houses up to two standard ATX power supplies, which would intake air through the ventilated side panels. It also houses two hard drive cages - each one has three hot swappable hard drive trays. They support standard 3.5" drives and have rubber anti-vibration pads. These are cooled by two AP121 120mm intake fans on the opposite side of the case. These fans also have a dust filter. The top compartment houses the mainboard area and nine 5.25" drive bays. 5.25" devices would be secured with screws or thumbscrews. What you can't see is the opposite side of the optical drive bay - this area has three 2.5" hard drive mounts. To cool the motherboard area, two AP181 180mm intake fans draw in air from outside of the case through the side panels, and blast this air upwards across the motherboard. This is excellent direct GPU and CPU cooling. The design is just like that of the FT02 and RV02 which has been proven to be very effective. Each 180mm fan has a dust filter which easily slides out - you won't even have to remove the side panels to access these filters!
Here you can see a reset button and two USB ports. The top of the case is almost all ventilated, although this ventilated area is easily pulled off revealing what is normally at the back of a case. A 120mm exhaust fan, fan speed switches for each 180mm fan, motherboard I/O shield plate and nine expansion slots.
The other two USB ports and audio ports are on the top right side of the case. One of the sides will have two USB 3.0 ports and one will have USB 2.0 ports.
The TJ11 has a similar body shape to the TJ07 but overall looks quite distinctive. The model shown has a windowed right side panel.
This case has two power buttons - one on the top and one on the front. This means that you have easy access to the power button whether the case is on or below your desk. The reset button, audio ports, two USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports are located on the top of the case. The front reveals nine optical drive bays.
As you can see the right side panel has lots of ventilation and a window covering only the motherboard area.
The interior of the chassis is very fascinating. The motherboard tray is removable and slides out through the top of the case, with the expansion slots too. It has a large CPU retention plate access hole, nine expansion slots that seem to be held into place with thumbscrews or regular screws. The case is very open allowing you to easily route cables behind the motherboard tray.
The bottom compartment houses up to two standard ATX power supplies, which would intake air through the ventilated side panels. It also houses two hard drive cages - each one has three hot swappable hard drive trays. They support standard 3.5" drives and have rubber anti-vibration pads. These are cooled by two AP121 120mm intake fans on the opposite side of the case. These fans also have a dust filter. The top compartment houses the mainboard area and nine 5.25" drive bays. 5.25" devices would be secured with screws or thumbscrews. What you can't see is the opposite side of the optical drive bay - this area has three 2.5" hard drive mounts. To cool the motherboard area, two AP181 180mm intake fans draw in air from outside of the case through the side panels, and blast this air upwards across the motherboard. This is excellent direct GPU and CPU cooling. The design is just like that of the FT02 and RV02 which has been proven to be very effective. Each 180mm fan has a dust filter which easily slides out - you won't even have to remove the side panels to access these filters!
Here you can see a reset button and two USB ports. The top of the case is almost all ventilated, although this ventilated area is easily pulled off revealing what is normally at the back of a case. A 120mm exhaust fan, fan speed switches for each 180mm fan, motherboard I/O shield plate and nine expansion slots.
The other two USB ports and audio ports are on the top right side of the case. One of the sides will have two USB 3.0 ports and one will have USB 2.0 ports.
So that's the TJ11, Silverstone's flagship case. Loaded with excellent cooling, water cooling support, cable management, tons of drive bays and other convenient features, this will definitely be a case to keep an eye on. The release date for this case is December. No official word on pricing although a price of $500-$600 is expected.
- GND News Staff
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