High end Japanese case manufacturer?

Sumanji · 18 Jan 2025 at 20:50

Not sure if these guys still exist but...

I'm thinking of a high-end Japanese case brand that used to exist about 20 years ago (competed with the gorgeous all-aluminum Coolermaster cases of that time), but were kinda hard to get. They had some sweet designs that were colored/anodized in some pretty slick colors for the time.

Does anyone recall the name? And do they still exist?!

[UPDATE]

Ok got it after searching some (very) old posts on here...

Soldam WiNDy

What a name... looks like they've been defunct for years though

Earth[Tera].bin · 18 Jan 2025 at 22:14

Sumanji said:
Not sure if these guys still exist but...

I'm thinking of a high-end Japanese case brand that used to exist about 20 years ago (competed with the gorgeous all-aluminum Coolermaster cases of that time), but were kinda hard to get. They had some sweet designs that were colored/anodized in some pretty slick colors for the time.

Does anyone recall the name? And do they still exist?!

Abee?

Pete Tong · 18 Jan 2025 at 22:51

Temjin or something like that?

Sumanji · 18 Jan 2025 at 22:52

Hmm, not Abee but the name might have been similar? Some of their cases are kewl though.

Temjin was just a model name of Silverstone cases iirc?

Pete Tong · 18 Jan 2025 at 22:59

Sumanji said:
Hmm, not Abee but the name might have been similar? Some of their cases are kewl though.

Temjin was just a model name of Silverstone cases iirc?

Not sure I seem to remember A TJ07 model being popular

lsg1r · 19 Jan 2025 at 00:37

Temjin and TJ07 are silverstone cases...

I think I can remember what the OP is on about, if they're the ones I'm thinking of they didn't have 'kite marks' or something so couldn't be easily bought in the uk....

edit: are you sure it wasn't early jonsbo cases?

Sumanji · 19 Jan 2025 at 01:11

Ok got it after searching some (very) old posts on here...

Soldam WiNDy

What a name... looks like they've been defunct for years though

cliffy · 31 Jan 2025 at 21:18

Pete Tong said:
Not sure I seem to remember A TJ07 model being popular

TJ-07 was the fo to case for modders and water coolers back in the day (maybe 20year) never had one but it was awesome

rare · 31 Jan 2025 at 22:15

I had a TJ07 fantastic iconic case. Not exactly small though!

sx_turbo · 31 Jan 2025 at 22:34

sx_turbo · 31 Jan 2025 at 23:15

There's a couple on yahoo Japan auctions, not the XR mind.

Looking at them they seem to be ahead of their time.

I love how the motherboard tray slides out to make it easy to build. Though cable management could be quite the issue, but it's in a closed case so suppose people wont see the inside.

check bost

Sumanji · 31 Jan 2025 at 23:31

sx_turbo said:
Looking at them they seem to be ahead of their time.

In some aspects for sure, but in other aspects they're pretty dated - front of case with all the internal & external drive bays just screams "early 2000s".

Don't think I could bring myself to build in one these days...!

sx_turbo · 1 Feb 2025 at 19:27

Sumanji said:
In some aspects for sure, but in other aspects they're pretty dated - front of case with all the internal & external drive bays just screams "early 2000s".

Don't think I could bring myself to build in one these days...!

Yeah dated now, but at the time they were ahead.