Project: TJ uh-oh
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Just noticed this log, Shall be following it to see where my case ends up
On a side note, If I knew what you looked like I may bump into you at download fest
On a side note, If I knew what you looked like I may bump into you at download fest
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Its MDPC sleeve and its not cheap either, especially if you have it shipped to the U.S.
Just noticed this log, Shall be following it to see where my case ends up
On a side note, If I knew what you looked like I may bump into you at download fest
Yup this is where your tj07 is ending up
Mod wise to your case will be a solid mid plate and might put the holes back in for the 2 92mm fans. The paint looks good on your pic but might take a look at it and paint the missing part or repaint it completely.As above, its the MDPC-X sleeve and it isn't too cheap at 8 Euro's per 10m and for me to the UK 8 or 9 Euro's shipping. On the other hand though it is a quality product, colours I want and for that I am willing to pay for it.
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i love the colour or your cables 
Just noticed this log, Shall be following it to see where my case ends up
On a side note, If I knew what you looked like I may bump into you at download fest
Oh noes! You know my address and now you want to know what I look like! I think it is time to dial 0845 restraining order haha. Here you go though
Normal ish looking meCrazier looking meAs for your case, see below
i love the colour or your cables
I love them too
Anyway update time
Thanks to unworthybean selling his tj07 at pretty much the right time look what got delivered Tuesday morning 
Then braided the internal wires
(sorry for the blurry shot) I will be braiding the USB cables as well but run out of blue braid 
Then dismantled the case and working out what to do with the solid midplate I ordered
And the reason for dismantling the case was some bits weren't painted and I want a completely black case so:
5.25" drive bay being primed
The other 5.25" being painted black
The back of the motherboard tray wasn't painted but I have primed and painted that but forgot to take some pictures though I will when it is all done. Taped up the painted parts so I could prime the back of the it though
Hopefully I can fit it all in to get the case fully painted and put back together before going away so when I come back I can start building in it.
Small update again Probably going to be last one now before download and hols so see you in 3 weeks
As the bottom will be full of rads the psu cables will need to be into the top part and I don't like the cables on view so the only option is to put them behind the motherboard. Drilled a row of holes in the area behind the mother tray runner.
This was then cut and filed to make it just wide enough for psu plugs to fit through. I am not sure it is big enough hole but want the hole as small as possible to keep the cables nicely bunched.
Finished painting the case too and put it all back together to see what it will look like. I need 3 pci slots so not bothered about painting the silver ones. I can't decide on whether to paint the 5.25" HDD holder though,with the window on it is hard to see but I think it stands out with the side off - Opinions? Also you can see here I have mounted the xeon tray thingy (I don't actually know what it is for) the wrong way round and painted it black to help cover up some of the gaping hole in the motherboard tray.
Finally who doesn't like boxes of shiney things Some of the fittings are from the first post but some are new. The rads are a SR-1 480 and XSPC RX 240 (the sr 1 240 was out of stock ) I had a test with the with silver 90 fittings and I think boths rads will fit in the bottom of the case but it is going to be very very tight. Also forgot to add in this pic, there was a couple of 120mm rad stands too
Picture showing how tight for space it will be with the rads. I think it will all fit down there thought I don't know if it will with the little tabs on the side panels. I can think of a couple of solutions if they wont fit, the xspc is low fpi rad so should be able to get away with some slim fans or even running it passive with 4 fans on the 480. The other solution, though I don't really know how effective it would be is to run no fans on the 240, but duct it to the 480 somehow so the fans on the 480 are pulling air through both rads, it would mean warmer air over the 480 but better airflow for the 240 (above just passive) so I don't think temps would be effected too much.
Ordered some Lian li vented drive bay covers to go over the hdd so the fan can still pull in ambient air. Hopefully they will arrive sometime next week. I also need to order some sata sleeve and some 90 bitspower fittings then I should have everything I need to actually build this thing.
Decided with the fans, I will build it with the yate loons at first. It wont be perfect but after ordering all of this, I cant justify spending £80 on replacement fans at the moment. Though hopefully wont be too far into the future I change them for apaches, depends how long my sanity lasts with the noise from the yate loons.
Probably going to be last one now before download and hols so see you in 3 weeks As the bottom will be full of rads the psu cables will need to be into the top part and I don't like the cables on view so the only option is to put them behind the motherboard. Drilled a row of holes in the area behind the mother tray runner.
This was then cut and filed to make it just wide enough for psu plugs to fit through. I am not sure it is big enough hole but want the hole as small as possible to keep the cables nicely bunched.
Finished painting the case too and put it all back together to see what it will look like. I need 3 pci slots so not bothered about painting the silver ones. I can't decide on whether to paint the 5.25" HDD holder though,with the window on it is hard to see but I think it stands out with the side off - Opinions? Also you can see here I have mounted the xeon tray thingy (I don't actually know what it is for) the wrong way round and painted it black to help cover up some of the gaping hole in the motherboard tray.
Finally who doesn't like boxes of shiney things
Some of the fittings are from the first post but some are new. The rads are a SR-1 480 and XSPC RX 240 (the sr 1 240 was out of stock ) I had a test with the with silver 90 fittings and I think boths rads will fit in the bottom of the case but it is going to be very very tight. Also forgot to add in this pic, there was a couple of 120mm rad stands too
Picture showing how tight for space it will be with the rads. I think it will all fit down there thought I don't know if it will with the little tabs on the side panels. I can think of a couple of solutions if they wont fit, the xspc is low fpi rad so should be able to get away with some slim fans or even running it passive with 4 fans on the 480. The other solution, though I don't really know how effective it would be is to run no fans on the 240, but duct it to the 480 somehow so the fans on the 480 are pulling air through both rads, it would mean warmer air over the 480 but better airflow for the 240 (above just passive) so I don't think temps would be effected too much.
Ordered some Lian li vented drive bay covers to go over the hdd so the fan can still pull in ambient air. Hopefully they will arrive sometime next week. I also need to order some sata sleeve and some 90 bitspower fittings then I should have everything I need to actually build this thing.
Decided with the fans, I will build it with the yate loons at first. It wont be perfect but after ordering all of this, I cant justify spending £80 on replacement fans at the moment. Though hopefully wont be too far into the future I change them for apaches, depends how long my sanity lasts with the noise from the yate loons.
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ah, the case of champions.
superb work. going to be interesting seeing how you sort the radiators out in the bottom section of the case.
i had the 480/240 combo setup in mine for a bit and it was a massive pain to fit right with my thermochills. looking forward to seeing your results.
superb work. going to be interesting seeing how you sort the radiators out in the bottom section of the case.
i had the 480/240 combo setup in mine for a bit and it was a massive pain to fit right with my thermochills. looking forward to seeing your results.
Very small update (whoo) no pictures though (booo). Emailed Silverstone about getting the older style motherboard tray as the solid one is much better IMO. Asked for my address to work out shipping and now I am waiting for a response Hopefully the price wont be too ridiculous but I can imagine shipping being quite a bit.
TJ07's have been done to death but playing around with this one it is a nice case I don't know if they both will fit with fans, if they don't it will only be a small amount over so if I don't have fans on the double it give me plenty of room. Marking up the bottom of the case for the stands and trying to formulate a plan on how to get them both in tubed up. If it is a lot of trouble, I might add some quick disconnets in the tubing so I can take one or both rads out on it's own.
I have ordered the extra braid I need so I can braid my sata cables for this build as well as re braid the ones I messed up on the ones I have done already. If you want solid colour cables then it would be much easier and a little cheaper to buy the pre braided ones (bitfenix, nzxt etc) but I like my alternating colours Some people have done some really nice combinations also, it is all up to you. I keep seeing them sat on my desk too which gives me the satisfaction of "I did that " which is another bonus of doing it yourself.
Hopefully the price wont be too ridiculous but I can imagine shipping being quite a bit.TJ07's have been done to death but playing around with this one it is a nice case
I don't know if they both will fit with fans, if they don't it will only be a small amount over so if I don't have fans on the double it give me plenty of room. Marking up the bottom of the case for the stands and trying to formulate a plan on how to get them both in tubed up. If it is a lot of trouble, I might add some quick disconnets in the tubing so I can take one or both rads out on it's own.Quality looks great. Love the braiding, influencing me to do it for my next build
I have ordered the extra braid I need so I can braid my sata cables for this build as well as re braid the ones I messed up on the ones I have done already. If you want solid colour cables then it would be much easier and a little cheaper to buy the pre braided ones (bitfenix, nzxt etc) but I like my alternating colours
Some people have done some really nice combinations also, it is all up to you. I keep seeing them sat on my desk too which gives me the satisfaction of "I did that " which is another bonus of doing it yourself.
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I've seen quite a few inverted ATX/BTX mods on the TJ07, what's the big advantage of that layout? Anyway, I will also be ordering a solid midplate when I finally get mine and will be cutting a couple of 120mm fan holes as I will be air cooling, should act as a good intake and give my graphics card plenty of air.
Window on the other side
.Some guy did a through test of GPU and CPU air cooled temps and didn't find a difference. I'll try to dig up a link.
EDIT: Technically, the CPU is suppose to be cooler and the GPUs hotter (due to hot air rising from the CPU). Doesn't seem to matter in practice though.
Emailed Silverstone about getting the older style motherboard tray as the solid one is much better IMO. Asked for my address to work out shipping and now I am waiting for a response
I did the same thing couple of weeks back.
The tray itself was €18,00 and shipping was €16,55 total sum including VAT was €41,11. (£36.81)
But it’s worth it mate, The new motherboard tray with the cut-out is rather ugly
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Regarding the reversed atx for me the plus point is the window is on the other side which the pc is on my left so window will be for me to see. I do prefer the normal layout though so some plus some negatives really.
I had a reply about it and while I want a solid one its cost vs looks as it isn't too noticeable with the back cover on. Still weighing it up.
Little update too, the 5.25" Lian Li bay covers came and put two in place, the third needs cutting to get it in place though so something to work on. I haven't decided what colour to paint the back of the hdd cage the front needs to go black so it isn't visible.
I also cut off the braid and started again to male sure heat shrink is as good as can be. Slight colour change too to get some black braid into the mix. The missing wires will be blue but waiting on a delivery of some braid for me to do the blue ones.
I had a reply about it and while I want a solid one its cost vs looks as it isn't too noticeable with the back cover on. Still weighing it up.
Little update too, the 5.25" Lian Li bay covers came and put two in place, the third needs cutting to get it in place though so something to work on. I haven't decided what colour to paint the back of the hdd cage the front needs to go black so it isn't visible.
I also cut off the braid and started again to male sure heat shrink is as good as can be. Slight colour change too to get some black braid into the mix. The missing wires will be blue but waiting on a delivery of some braid for me to do the blue ones.