SilverStone Technology Temjin 5
by Purav Sanghani on August 25, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
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 |
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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.
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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..."