SilverStone Technology Temjin 6: Another BTX Style in an ATX Form
by Purav Sanghani on September 25, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Final Thought
The sample that we saw at Computex this past year only increased our interest in SilverStone Technology further from what it had been. With all of the hype of BTX floating around, we almost lost track of the ATX form factor, which is still the standard and will be for some time.The Temjin 6 performed the best on our list, producing the lowest thermal results of any of the cases at an ambient temperature between 21.3-23.1 degrees Celsius. This was greatly due to SilverStone's patented wind tunnel, which separated the CPU and memory from the rest of the components. The plastic casing kept heat from those components in that area while the dual fans helped push the heat out the back of the case before it could get to other areas of the Temjin 6.
As far as sound levels were concerned, the results were acceptable, since a tradeoff had to be made between that and thermal conditions. Many will agree that although sound is a major factor in deciding which case is a top performer, thermal performance has a much greater impact on the overall performance of a complete system.
The only other case to which the Temjin 6 can be compared in the market right now is Lian Li's PC-V1000, which we mentioned numerous times in this review. One of the best features that the PC-V1000 had was its all-aluminum construction, but shortcomings such as lack of space for over-sized power supplies and any component in general, took away from the overall quality of the design. The Temjin 6, though constructed of mostly steel, has much more room due to its internal design and, overall, performs much better. Not to mention the price of the Temjin 6, at $136, it is a much better deal than Lian Li's $200 PC-V1000. We recommend the Temjin 6 to anyone who wants an affordable BTX style case with a simple, yet elegant, look packed with features that make sense.
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Bonedoc1983 - Saturday, November 13, 2004 - link
Opps, regarding my LAST post.. the motherboard WAS a NEO2 Plat (MSI K8N - CPU placement is bad for this case) - sorry for the mistake.Bonedoc1983 - Saturday, November 13, 2004 - link
Just build one of these.Of note:
Noise, stock AMD FX-53 Heatsink/FAN (no o/c) was okay. PC sits on floor, barely audible.
HOWEVER the stock CPU/Heatsink (as described) does NOT clear the TUNNEL.. it tweaks it and puts a lot of pressure onto the CPU/heatsink combination. Not good. I had to remove the tunnel. Did not want it rubbing so hard onto the fan body.
Still get decent temps, but a bummer.
Otherwise, quiet, strong case (heavy) and overall great install, large inside and easy to work.
HDs in vertical vs Horizontal do not seem a p
threedd97 - Wednesday, October 6, 2004 - link
I own this case. I won it for free from SystemCooling.com. It's extremely nice. The only problems I experienced were my Cool Drive 4 would not mount at all with the brackets or screws. The way they instruct you to feed PSU cables to the motherboard and other devices is extremely hard to pull off and make it work without a ton of cluster between the motherboard tray and the left panel. Also, the 120mm fans are rated at 2200RPM, but my CD4 displays them running at 1080RPM.Neco - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
To #18 about trying the this case with the MSI Neo2 Platinum...you are right. The CPU placement is too high and the wind tunnel won't let you place a heatsink/fan on the processor.TimTheEnchanter25 - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
I didn't see anything wrong with the review. I've been trying to decide between the 5 and the 6 series and the temp results convinced me to go with this one.With all 3 fans running at only 21db, I can't see how anyone can be concerned with the sound.
I plan on adding another 120mm intake fan over the video card and possibly another 120mm exhust fan at the top between the psu and the top 5 1/4 drive.
Also, I can't find any info on the distance from the cpu to the plastic tunnel. I want to know if a "tower" cooler will fit. I'm thinking about going with the AeroCool HT-101, I think it is 76mm high. I plan on throwing 2 80 mm fans on that to boost the wind tunnel even more.
muddocktor - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
I thought the review was well done myself, except it would have been nice to see video card temps. However, I don't guess you checked that in the other cases tested so that's OK. One thing that kind of bothered me in the review though was Purav Sanghani's assertations that "everyone is looking forward to BTX". I for one, don't see why the motherboard form factor needs to be changed and this case proves my point; you can get the same cooling effect of BTX without changing mobo form factors and making everyone start over from scratch when they upgrade to a new motherboard. Other than that, good review, Purav.MEDISIN - Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - link
Obviously comparing past benchmarks which included the PC-V1000 with a different test bed is pointless. I was asking why you didn't install the CPU/GPU/RAM/PSU you used in the Temjin 6 into a PC-V1000 and benchmark it like the rest of the cases you included.So what your saying is you didn't have a PC-V1000 available when you wrote this article. That's too bad - seeing as how it is the only other case (besides the PC-V1100) that I know of with the same upside-down orientation. It would have been nice to see if Silver Stone could outperform the best of Lian Li. Believe me, they couldn't, but it would have been nice to see anyway.
PuravSanghani - Monday, September 27, 2004 - link
MEDISIN:"Mentioned - yes, but why was it not included in the thermal benchmarks?! Being the only other case available with the upside-down orientation, wouldn't it make sense to compare it to the Temjin 6 in both thermal and noise?"
What i meant to say was that the V1000 was the only other case we looked at with this new BTX style. We did not include the V1000 in the charts because of the fact that we have changed our test bed since the PC-V1000 and it would be like comparing apples to oranges.
Same goes for that last statement, the difference in test beds kept us from comparing both cases' benchmarks, we were only comparing those cases with basically the same CPU/GPU/RAM/PSU combination.
Hope that helps!
Purav
MEDISIN - Monday, September 27, 2004 - link
In the conclusion Purav writes:"The only other case to which the Temjin 6 can be compared in the market right now is Lian Li's PC-V1000, which we mentioned numerous times in this review."
Mentioned - yes, but why was it not included in the thermal benchmarks?! Being the only other case available with the upside-down orientation, wouldn't it make sense to compare it to the Temjin 6 in both thermal and noise?
Or what about the statement: "Temjin 6...overall, performs much better." when its performance was never compared to the PC-V1000???
karrock - Monday, September 27, 2004 - link
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