[Case Gallery] Silverstone TJ05 Mod

[Metromaster]

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Specs:
-Intel Core2 duo e8500 3.16ghz @ 3.66ghz (Stock Vcore),
-2gb (2x1gb) Corsair DDR2 DHX 800mhz @ 920mhz,
-Asus Striker 2 Formula 780i,
-XFX 8800gt @ 710mhz core clock, 2ghz mem clock.
-21" Dell Trinitron flat CRT (running at 1800x1440)
-2x 250gb maxtor Sata2
-DVD/RW Dual layer
-650w PSU

Mods:
Inside paintjob, Side Panel mod, + added fan bays + hdd bay.

This took me a little while, admitadly, the wiring could be better. Also. pics are crappy, mobile phone pic quality = rubbish.

 

[NeoCrisis]

with those 2 fans on the side like that up against your side panel you should cut some holes onto the window so those fans would have some cooler air to circulate.

Edit: nvm upon close inspection it looks like there are holes with wire grills screwed onto it

 

[tzitzibp]

apart from wiring, looks good! 7/10

btw what are the temperatures on this motherboard like?

 

[Metromaster]

well, to be honest with you, they arent to great, the n/b chip gets to about 85c under load, but theres been loads of posts on forums sugesting to reaply the thermal grease (sticks around 70c when reaplied apparently) on the n/b and s/b chips as the factory stuff they use is badly applied, so thats my next little job to do, but appart from that, the overall mobo temp stay around 28/30c idle and 40c under load.

 

[MKmods]

Nice job. Silverstone is a quality product

 

[KBD]

Wow, how cool, i love the side panel mod. Makes me wanna do the same to my
TJ-09. what did you use to cut out the holes for the fans? they came oyt so neat. 10/10

 

[Metromaster]

Wow, how cool, i love the side panel mod. Makes me wanna do the same to my
TJ-09. what did you use to cut out the holes for the fans? they came oyt so neat. 10/10

I just used a 78mm hole saw drill bit. Its quite tricky, i had to get some thicker perspex because the old stuff cracked under drilling. Just make sure you arent too heavy, i also found it easyer to drill half way on oneside, flip it over and then drill the rest of the way through on the other side.

 

[KBD]

Yea, i eventually figured out that it had to be a hole saw, but i was thinking that the plexiglass would crack, but you are saying that you used thicker perspex, i would assume it's only a bit thicker than the case plexi and that you were drilling very slowly, right? Also, why perspex, using thicker plexi won't cut it?

 

[Metromaster]

Yea, i eventually figured out that it had to be a hole saw, but i was thinking that the plexiglass would crack, but you are saying that you used thicker perspex, i would assume it's only a bit thicker than the case plexi and that you were drilling very slowly, right? Also, why perspex, using thicker plexi won't cut it?

I just got my hands on perspex alot easyer as i was in the shop at the time when i thought of it. I used a 5mm perspex house window sized panel and cut it down to size then attached it to the case, it was quite expensive (£21 or so), but i can do a few case mods for the size of it.

I had the drill at full power and just didnt put much pressure on it, then when i got about 2.5mm in, i flipped the panel and drilled from the other side. When i did i test run, i found that if i went all the way through from one side, the exit of the hole wasnt very tidey and had a few chips in it.

 

[KBD]

I see, i'm glad you cleared this up for me I can get plexi a a lot easier so i'll probably use that instead. 2 80mm fans will make my system look and run cooler. Thnx again!