Silverstone cooling

[crsgardner]

I've been looking at the (fairly well-reviewed) "Gloria" TJ04: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj04.htm.<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj04.htm.<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj04.htm">http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj04.htm</a>">http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj04.htm</a> One concern I have is cooling. The tower as it comes only supports 2 fans, and only comes with a front one. Will this be adequate with a fairly hot (Athlon 64 3200+, Radeon Pro 9800) system?

 

[akseli]

Well 2 120mm fans SHOULD provide adequate cooling, but just to play it safe I would personally go with a more reputable company,

Lian-Li have a very similar case and they have an awesome reputation of building some of the most high-quality cases on the planet (aluminium)
PC-61

PC-65B

Also, CoolerMasters:

Praetorian

Hope these help

 

[jose]

I have the Silverstone TJ03 case. It's very nice , but I have to leave the front door open because the vents on the side of the door restrict air too much.
I run 2 - 15k &amp; 2 10k scsi drives w/ a tape, dvd, &amp; dvd burner, and a p4-3.3ghz w/ 1 gig of ram.

As far Silverstone being a reputable company, I can say from personal experiance that their the BEST.. When I purchased my $250+ case from newegg one of
the pins that held the front lower door was broken. Rather than rma the case back to newegg, I emailed silverstone in twain and the next day I was contacted
by the US rep to give my mailing info to receive metal replacement pins.

I also have a Lian-Li case, they are also well made. The reason I went w/ the TJ03 is because it was deeper than most case's that I could find to house all my
components. Compu-Case makes a nice case for $45 w/out a ps that can accomodate 2 - 120mm fans.

Personally I prefer the 120mm fans because they move more air w/ less noise.

If you get the tj04 , you may want to drill some holes in the front benzel to let the case breathe more.

Regards,
Jose

 

[mra]

Internally, this is the same case that I own and it's not too bad. Make sure you use 92mm fans and it doesn't get much warmer than my other cases with more fans.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-190-009&amp;depa=0