Silverstone case (opinions)

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Right ive been looking at this case here the Silverstone Temjin TJ05 - Silver (5th one down here ), and thinking of getting a one, ive had a look at one in my local shop, and it seems ideal for me as its longer than the one i have now, so i should be able to get all my HD's, Floppy etc... plugged in fine with plenty of room to spare, as at the moment with the case ive got the drives are right up against my motherboard, and when plugging the cables in i had to squash them in as they are right up against my x1800, so its a bit fiddly, and i aint got my floppy connected as theres no way i can get the cable in what with the bays being so close to the board, so has anyone got one of these cases, and what do you think of them, any good, plenty of space etc... or general opinions ?

Thanks. :)
 
If you want space, the STACKER is the case for you. So much space!

But I would not go for that case honestly, A lian Li PC7 plus would give the same effect with £30 to spare!
 
GREAT cases are the silverstones, truely superb and basically ATC.

They usually are spot on, just there is one issue with every case they make, that is the price.

They are at every price point undercut by a case that has the same features and dimensions, but is cheaper.

But if you like Silverstone then bar a ATC case you cannot do better than them.

For the money the TJ05 is though, there is the Akasa Eclipse, plastic fronted maybe, but it ticks all of your boxes.

They TJ05 really is the Silverstone answer to the PC7+ as Noni has said, with the price premium. The TJ05 is a great case and you would not be dissapointed with it at all! Just there may be better value for money, even if the Akasa Eclipse is a aquired taste due to the plastic.
 
I have a TJ05 and I am disapointed in the quality of the case. No where near as good as a wavemaster which I also have. The build quality is not up to scratch. The paintjob on the black one chips really easy and the front panel rattles. From personal experience I would look elsewhere.
 
The TJ05 to me dosent seem a bad case, I didnt work on it so I dont know how the build quality is on the inside but compared to my old steel OCUK value one (the old style one with 6 external 5.25 bays) its fantastic, not that the OCUK one was bad but you could tell it was a "value" case if you know what I mean.

The TJ05 is a long case (decieving in pictures) it wont fit on my 500mm wide worksurface (wall to front) but its fine in a diagonal position and looks better also based on how mine is setup.
 
Peg said:
I have a TJ05 and I am disapointed in the quality of the case. No where near as good as a wavemaster which I also have. The build quality is not up to scratch. The paintjob on the black one chips really easy and the front panel rattles. From personal experience I would look elsewhere.
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The coolermaster Wavemaster is a old ATC design, like the 201's and 110's.

The only case you would like from a build quality point of view is the Lian Li V series cases, everything else is really inferior to the old ATC cases.

:) You have been cursed by the build quality gremlin, once you have the best, keep getting the best :D
 
Peg said:
I have a TJ05 and I am disapointed in the quality of the case. No where near as good as a wavemaster which I also have. The build quality is not up to scratch. The paintjob on the black one chips really easy and the front panel rattles. From personal experience I would look elsewhere.
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I can only agree with those comments.
 
yes but u will get scratchs and marks on it if u treat it badly which am not saying u do or have done, i have a tj05 and have had it since 2 weeks after its release and i have no scratchs on it what so ever and i agree that the front door does rattle but its fixed very simply by putting some small sticky pads on the points of the door which is what i did and i have no more rattle
 
steveo said:
yes but u will get scratchs and marks on it if u treat it badly which am not saying u do or have done, i have a tj05 and have had it since 2 weeks after its release and i have no scratchs on it what so ever and i agree that the front door does rattle but its fixed very simply by putting some small sticky pads on the points of the door which is what i did and i have no more rattle
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I dont get where ppl are coming from with this "rattling" thing? sure if you open the front panel and intentionally pull it in different directions it makes a noise but other than that its only the relese of the spring mechanism.

That is unless you like to carry it around and shake it and stuff, which I prefer not to do for the sake of the components inside.
 
On mine, the front vibrates and rattles when closed. I have to leave it a jar for peace.
I'm gonna be selling mine off soon as i get it replaced.
 
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Well i had a bit of play with one, and the door doe's seem a bit flimsy, when closed you can move it about with the slightest touch, so i can understand where ppl are coming from saying it rattles, and as i said it was fairly flimsy, so i can just imagine what with me having my case on the floor, if i forget and leave the door open, i could easily catch it with my leg or something and snap it off, so i think ill keep looking around.

Thanks everyone. :)
 
LoL, Like I said before y'all must take the case and shake it above your heads to get it to "rattle" how you could possibly make it rattle when its sitting on the desktop is beyond me.
 
Yewen said:
The coolermaster Wavemaster is a old ATC design, like the 201's and 110's.

The only case you would like from a build quality point of view is the Lian Li V series cases, everything else is really inferior to the old ATC cases.

:) You have been cursed by the build quality gremlin, once you have the best, keep getting the best :D
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Overclockers still have wavemasters for sale so I would get one of those instead of a TJ05
 
Hi,

I have a tj05 it's not bad at all, looks nice, paint can be scratched but is ok if you look after the case and don't intend to move it around often. Obviously at the price point there are many options, but I wouldn't say I regret buying one..........

Thanks
Raja
 
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