Silverstone Temjin TJ05 Case - TJ05 Interior
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TJ05 Interior
That’s the basic setup of the case. The metal panel that you can mount fans on it hinged, so you can open it up to work on the interior. The hard drive bay faces out and is removable, which makes installing hard drives very simple. There are tons of wires because of the front panel ports and LCD device, but they are hidden when that metal penal is closed. Let’s take a closer look at the important parts.
Here’s the back panel. You can see right through the fan here, and it’s obvious the airflow will be great. The I/O panel pops out so you can install a custom one. The slots also pop out, so there’s no bending and breaking off the covers like on cheaper cases.
Last, you might notice the black box to the left of the slits with a blue and white wire. That’s connected to a switch on the back of the case that is depressed when the side panel is put on. For motherboards that can detect when cases are open, you can connect that blue and white wire to the proper pins.
Moving on, here’s the integrated tool kit is hidden behind the hinged metal panel, and behind the drive cage. Here are pictures of it.
The top of the kit snaps into place. Lift up on the tab and slide the top panel out to open it up. Inside are the case screws, keys to open the front panel of the case, and drive rails to install devices without tools or screws. The blue rails are for floppy drives, and the case give you enough to install 2 floppies. The black ones are for hard drives, and you get enough to install 8 hard drives.
You ask where the rails for your DVD drives are. Good question. The rails for your optical drives come in a separate box. They are a different, blocky shape and they don’t fit into the accessory kit here. These seems like the most unexplainable thing about the case design, which is really kind of trivial. Still I would have appreciated being able to stick all the rails in the kit here to keep from losing any.
What’s nice is that there’s enough space here to throw in a small screwdriver, if you move the keys. You still need a screwdriver for installing a motherboard or removing the placeholders for empty drives on the front of the case.
With the right side panel off, here’s what the other side of the case looks like. It’s a big, sturdy sheet of metal. While this feels very solid, you’ll notice there is no removable motherboard tray. I’ll comment on this a little when it comes time to install.
After unlocking the font panel with the key, here are the insides. I’d just like to mention that the key does not lock the front door to the drives or the side panel, just this area. Those aluminum place holders in the bays up top are screwed in, so working with drives may require a screwdriver.
Also notice the front intake fan. Like the rear fan, Silverstone cut out the metal of the case to open up the airflow. The In the front panel, there are several concealed intake holes. They are a little hard to see well on the internal photo, but photos of the front show them clearer. They look small, but they do seem to suck in a lot air.
I noticed that this intake fan has no filer, but the other one on the side does. This seems a little odd. I’m not sure why Silverstone didn’t filter them both from the start, since most people probably would want to install a new filter themselves.
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