Silverstone's New $500+ Behemoth Case
Silverstone's new hernia-inducing number will be available by the fourth quarter of this year, a company rep said.
One of the selling points of the new Silverstone TJ11 full-ATX case, on display at Computex 2010, is that access panels would be supported by a solid, one-piece aluminum frame.
But the frame of the demo TJ11 was clearly made out of several pieces. The Silverstone rep quickly pointed however that the unit was simply a mockup, designed to show off component layout and fan placement. He assured us that the final production case would be as advertised, when it hits the market by the fourth quarter of 2010.
In any case, the TJ11 will feature the same unconventional motherboard placement as Silverstone's current flagship Raven. Motherboards mounted on this case will expose their back-plates to the top, instead of the usual rear.
Directly below the motherboard mount will be two of Silverstone's AP181 fans, advertised as a new case cooling solution that concentrates airflow better than your usual case fan. The two AP181s will suck air in from the side, then blast it upwards towards the motherboard's components. A cover-plate goes on top to keep things neat. Silverstone believes this setup encourage the hot air to evaporate up out of the case.
Also apparent from the TJ11 mockup was the high number of drive mounts. Aside from the nine 5.25" slots gracing the front, and three 2.5" slots hidden somewhere inside, there are six 3.5" mounts on the bottom of the case. The latter are oriented towards the side, on slide-out rails to facilitate drive installation. Directly behind these slide-mounts (on the opposite side in other words) are two smaller 120mm fans for cooling. Last but not least, there's space for the PSU below the AP181 duo.
We're not sure how well Silverstone's compartmentalized cooling setup will work, especially considering that the AP181s have to suck in air through a relatively small side opening. For sure it will take a little money to find out. The TJ11's projected price will be in the $500 to $600 range. A figure totally justified according to the sales rep, to reflect Silverstone's provision of "its most advanced case construction and technology yet".
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For $500, they could have at least made it look decent...
They totally need to make this case more expensive. Here is how: Add those Dyson bladeless fans to replace all the conventional ones in the case. At 200-300 bux a pop, this could quickly and efficiently increase the cost of this case, while minimally but still detectably improving its performance, slightly, at the same time...
Cool, but $500? Really!? I could build a decent machine for $500.
Maybe if it was in the $120-$180 range, but $500.... no.
No case is worth that price if it cannot accommodate a quad radiator.
Pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes...
Cool, but $500? Really!? I could build a decent machine for $500.Maybe if it was in the $120-$180 range, but $500.... no.
Nah, brah! You are missing the point. This is about being the best around. Nothings ever gonna keep it down. The best, around. Nothings ever gonna keep it down!
They probably had to pay licensing fees to apple for the aluminum unibody design... Hence the $500 price tag...
Because clearly this technology never invented by the auto industry to make aluminum engines for the Ford Taurus back in the 1980's... :rolleyes
I wonder how loud it is...
Too costly and not better than the FT02.
As a case, the FT02 is absolutely perfect. (I own one btw)
A fourth quarter release date and 500$ price tag for something which more or less resembles a contemporary desktop full tower.! Why not integrate the case with one of the strider line PSU's.. That'll definitely crank up the hype and then even a 600$ price tag will sound worthy..
... the concept is really good... i would say - excellent...
for that price a mountain mods case all the way
The Raven series failed to deliver the anticipated cooling advantage of having the graphics cards blowing their hot air up.
Hopefully this new case will succeed where Raven failed, however with a 500$ price tag, most people won't buy it.
I guarantee you my CM Storm Sniper has better airflow and more room inside to work with, at half the price!
I guarantee you my CM Storm Sniper has better airflow and more room inside to work with, at half the price!
less than half price
No case is worth that price if it cannot accommodate a quad radiator.
It looks exactly like the TJ07, just with slightly different fan lay out. The TJ07 can accommodate a quad radiator so this should too, but it also costs $150 less...
Interesting board positioning, I wonder how the top exhaust for video cards helps temps. I think I still prefer desktop style cases where the board is horizontally mounted. Having recently switched back (mountain mods extended ascension with horizon mount) I am finding it really nice to work on after many many years in tower style cases.
I like it.
I think the price sounds about right though, considering what it's made out of. If it's all milled out of aluminum, that's very expensive. All of the component mounts are probably of high quality. The fans are probably premium fans. The tolerances of all the parts are probably very tight.
I know Cooler Master has some $600 cases that are very nice, as does Lian Li. If you have no intentions of ever spending that much on a case then so be it. You're probably the wiser bunch.
Only thing is though, Toms says that this is a "hernia inducing" design, but I was hoping/assuming that maybe it would be lighter than it looks.
$85 for the case. $415 to paint the motherboard tray black.
I thought computers are suppose to be getting smaller.
i'd rather have a HAF 922 for $90 probably performs better too.
I could build a value mid tower computer for that much money... rediculous price.
what they needed to do was to take fortress 2 and improve all the mistakes: make top cover and front panel cover less flimsy looking, put more space between 5.25'' inch bay and the motherboard. make hard drive bays look like something lian-li/corsair 600t uses(not with some cheap plastic parts). if some of the complaints were fixed, i'd be willing to spend $300($50 more than current) for FT2. that case looks like something made from cheap company like inwin.
Did they hand out LCD to people before letting them read this article?? The case looks pretty sweet. I don't like the multiple drive bays on the front, they look wiggly. But, other wise.. a nice, solid case is hard to come by. I won't be buying this!
"Silverstone believes this setup encourage the hot air to evaporate up out of the case."
Science lesson of the day, convection is your friend.
Could they make this thing as big as a couch?
It's so ugly. I couldn't imagine spending $500 on a case, I just don't see the point. You can buy a NICE case, and get a full liquid cooling system that will outperform this case for less money. *Shrugs*
I'm assuming this would be used to allow PC enthusiasts to bash Apple further (Mac Pro vs PC with this and components within that price range). (I can already see fanboys bashing fanboys using videos on youtube)
I don't know why Silverstone sticks with their 90 degree mobo orientation design. I just built a rig for someone using a Silverstone Raven case, and it proved to me that this setup suck the big one for air cooling.
Having the GPU standing on end pretty much means that it is wallowing in it's own warmth.
O.K. Fine, some people are in the market for it but DAMN ! 500$ ???
As many said, I can build a decent machine that runs Crysis for this price.
All I have to say is for 500$ I expect a high end 850W PSU Minimum included in the deal... or else it's just throwing money away.