Today we inaugurate a series of articles about the famous SilverStone brand, starting with an analysis of its proprietary cooling solutions. Furthermore, we will present a series of cabinets each having different features, hence oriented to different user groups; we’ll also present during the analysis several interesting products, always of the same brand.
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TJ09S-W Silver. “Air Duct” and details
With the Temjin TJ09, Silverstone made his own first cabinet design with the dissipation of graphics cards as one of its priorities. To achieve this, Silverstone engineers created a new ventilation system with a dedicated air channel called ''Air-Duct”, located in the lower part, which allow the intake of cool air from both side walls, thanks to an internal 120mm fan. Both the CPU and Hard Disk Drives are cooled by a dedicated 120mm fan to maximize the airflow and to reduce the noise (for the hard disks the fan it’s optional). Designed with lines belonging to the past, the TJ09's advanced structure is second only to the TJ07 “Unibody” design. Of course, it’s not possible to call it a Mid-Tower, in fact it is much larger than the common standard but these are good news for those who intend to create a powerful and balanced system. In short, we are in front of a product which is looking very classic, but it does not fail to impress for many of its features. SilverStone has accustomed us to pull the rabbit out of the hat, and today we'll show you some of its features, but we also want to remind you that this cabinet will be reviewed soon, in a standalone and more detailed article.
- There’s the implementation of a proprietary cooling system for video cards. This is a dedicated ventilation duct that will allow the entrance of fresh air in front of the VGA’s PCB. This system will decrease both the temperature and the noise of graphics cards. Such a system has never been implemented and SilverStone in this field had always been at the frontline.
- All aluminum construction and a state-of-the-art manufacture, high overall stiffness and low weight. Maximum compatibility with standard ATX design, E-ATX, SSI, Micro-ATX. Advanced Layout, rivets reduced to a minimum, and advanced management of internal compartments
- Design with minimum size of fans of 120mm for high performance and low noise (we would like to point out that has become a Silverstone production standard, and very often 180mm models are installed).
- Semi Tool-less Layout, for an easier assembly (though we want to point out that SilverStone could adopt better solutions, because a large amount of screws are still needed)
- Styles and finishes that meet very high SilverStone standards
- Very advanced ventilation and internal dissipation, in addition you can install a fan to cool the hard drives and two 120mm fans in the upper compartment, possibly in input, thus creating the phenomenon of positive pressure.
- Extreme possibilities: it’s designed for liquid systems and it has holes dedicated for tubes in the back. At the base we can find a removable dust filter and a good management of dust in the power sector (though unfortunately we must unmount the power supply to clean it).
- The connection panel can be hidden in the roof and although it is not updated to the new USB3.0 standard, it is very solid and well-conceived.
- A good Hard disk management and accessible and functional anchoring system of 5.25'' units, unfortunately not tool-free but with anti-vibration strips that cover the entire contact surface of the hard disks. We suggest to screw them, even if is not necessary. The anchoring system of the expansion slots still uses dedicated screws (It’s the same on the latest SilverStone models, and we hope it willbe replaced soon with a tool-less design, which should also allow a side installation of an SSD)
Direct link for the official support and Q&A:
- http://www.silverstonetek.com/downloads/tj09manual.jpg
- http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=94&area=en
We report some other SilverStone direct links, relative to some accessory kits, perfectly compatible with this model:
- http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=94&area=en
- http://www.silverstonetek.com/downloads/pindefine.jpg
- http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=94&area=en
As announced, we will publish a further more detailed article about the TJ-09 very soon. Please stay tuned because we will review the windowed Silver Version.
