alienware
Banned
Urgh. I'm not 100% sure this was the right thing to do, but I do know I've always loved Silverstone's cases. Oddly this case screamed something out to me that I couldn't ignore. It was a bit irresponsible but the case is just amazing.
So yeah. Today I realised I had to order a SATA PCI card. I had a look inside the PC and realised I only had 4 sata banks. Which is lame because I currently have -
1 Sony BDR
1 Corsair 32x SSD
1 500gb drive split up
1 WD Raptor (74gb SATA 150).
Now I have a new one coming tomorrow (Patriot 64gb SSD) and am out of slots. So obviously the first thing to go would be the Raptor. Thing is, the Raptor has XP on and I need it. So I ordered a SATA PCI bootable card for £9 del (SATA 150 but that's fine as the drive is 150).
Then I started poking around the net and found something that literally had me shaking. I tried SO HARD to resist but this seriously was an incredible bargain. I found a Silverstone Temjin TJ06 for £64. Even delivered it's £72 all in overnighted. The TJ06 is quite an old case (came out in 05) but it's simply HUGE. Full tower (and I do mean full) and in the most gorgeous brushed alu. I could only get it in silver, but that's OK cos silver doesn't show the dirt. It also comes with a window and the motherboard mounts upside down. I thought this was odd at first, and then I realised why.
Here is the front view. Isn't it just absolutely wa*kworthy?
The side of the face has a keylock and you cannot get it off without a key.
Note how the case is back to front, because the other side has the window.
Here's the back. And gives an idea of the scale of this thing. It's an absolute beast.
But, just check this out. Some of you will remember I was talking about making some ducted cooling a few weeks ago? No need.
The TJ06 has a transparent duct that slots right over your cooler and has a 120mm fan at each end. Isolating the CPU and blasting the tits off it.
BTW it *is* ATX, you mount it all upside down. This makes it easier for me because with CFX in my PC it's bloody hard getting to the bottom slots without removing the GPUs.
One last awesome thing is just the sheer scale of the bastard. It's not measured in cubic inches but acres. I've never had a full on proper tower since 1999. The worst part? Well, cable management looks virtually non existant, but I'm good with cable ties and I have a couple of clip kits here.
I may do a build log but let's face it, it's not going to be rocket science is it? I will be taking these out of the other Alienware and putting the BDR in there as that is my media machine.
So it'll all match. Hilarity of course is i can sell the black chassis for more than I paid for the Temjin.
Thoughts? like? not like? God that ducting thing is just SICK.
So yeah. Today I realised I had to order a SATA PCI card. I had a look inside the PC and realised I only had 4 sata banks. Which is lame because I currently have -
1 Sony BDR
1 Corsair 32x SSD
1 500gb drive split up
1 WD Raptor (74gb SATA 150).
Now I have a new one coming tomorrow (Patriot 64gb SSD) and am out of slots. So obviously the first thing to go would be the Raptor. Thing is, the Raptor has XP on and I need it. So I ordered a SATA PCI bootable card for £9 del (SATA 150 but that's fine as the drive is 150).
Then I started poking around the net and found something that literally had me shaking. I tried SO HARD to resist but this seriously was an incredible bargain. I found a Silverstone Temjin TJ06 for £64. Even delivered it's £72 all in overnighted. The TJ06 is quite an old case (came out in 05) but it's simply HUGE. Full tower (and I do mean full) and in the most gorgeous brushed alu. I could only get it in silver, but that's OK cos silver doesn't show the dirt. It also comes with a window and the motherboard mounts upside down. I thought this was odd at first, and then I realised why.
Here is the front view. Isn't it just absolutely wa*kworthy?

The side of the face has a keylock and you cannot get it off without a key.

Note how the case is back to front, because the other side has the window.
Here's the back. And gives an idea of the scale of this thing. It's an absolute beast.

But, just check this out. Some of you will remember I was talking about making some ducted cooling a few weeks ago? No need.

The TJ06 has a transparent duct that slots right over your cooler and has a 120mm fan at each end. Isolating the CPU and blasting the tits off it.
BTW it *is* ATX, you mount it all upside down. This makes it easier for me because with CFX in my PC it's bloody hard getting to the bottom slots without removing the GPUs.
One last awesome thing is just the sheer scale of the bastard. It's not measured in cubic inches but acres. I've never had a full on proper tower since 1999. The worst part? Well, cable management looks virtually non existant, but I'm good with cable ties and I have a couple of clip kits here.
I may do a build log but let's face it, it's not going to be rocket science is it? I will be taking these out of the other Alienware and putting the BDR in there as that is my media machine.

So it'll all match. Hilarity of course is i can sell the black chassis for more than I paid for the Temjin.
Thoughts? like? not like? God that ducting thing is just SICK.