SilverStone SST-TJ05 Temjin 5
Review by Matthew Homan on 7/30/04
Reviewed system provided by Sundial Micro
The internals of the case are quite a sight of engineering
genius, in comparison to most standard PC cases. This case is NOT shy
on air flow, and will provide ideal cooling for a drive array as well
as motherboard components. The case comes with two 120mm fans, the first of which is
mounted on the front between the front panel and the five 3.5"
drive bays. The drive bays are turned 90 degrees so that the ribbon
and jumper side of a hard drive faces outwards for easy access. Also,
if the included 120mm fan isn't enough for the five drives, an 80mm fan can be added on the right side of the case ("behind" the drives, as seen at right).
Located just behind the internal hard drive bays is another impressive design element: a hinged
utility panel that allows
two more fans or two more 3.5" drives to be installed. The utility
panel is also equipped with adjustable card reinforcement arms that rest
against PCI cards to prevent them from working themselves out of the motherboard.
This may sound pointless to some users, but cards certainly can workthemselves loose from heating and cooling cycles of normal use, and especially have potential to become unseated during transportation (LAN party, anyone?). Swinging the utility
door out of the way reveals the vast storage area for mounting the motherboard,
installing PCI cards, necessary cabling, while still having an incredible amount of space
left over for those oversized heat sinks.
Just inside the utility door, mounted to the bottom of the
case, is the tool kit containing the tool-less rails required to mount
all drive bay peripherals. This is quite a handy idea to have a storage
place to keep the rails with the case while a bay is not being used. Also,
being a tool-less design allows you to quickly swap out parts without
needing to go find a screwdriver and possibly losing screws inside the
case. As shown at right, the tool kit has a cover that slides off, which is quite nice to prevent the extra rails from sliding around during transportation, as happens with Antec's drive rails occasionally.