SilverStone Prepping the TJ11 Flagship Full Tower Chassis

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/

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SilverStone has managed to come up with some pretty interesting computer cases lately, and they're quite set to launch another very interesting model in early 2011, namely the TJ11 full tower case, that delivers not only a very attractive design, but also some pretty cool features on the inside.

According to Chiphell, the SilverStone SST-TJ11B-W, as the case is officially called, represents the flagship model in the company's TEMJIN series, and features a very unusual internal design, which prompts the internal cards (especially the GPUs) to be mounted in a vertical position.

This choice of interior design, combined with an intake fan in the bottom side and an exhaust fan on the upper side, helps deliver a very good level of cooling efficiency for the system.

And since we've reached the topic of cooling, it's important to point out that the case from SilverStone comes equipped with dual 180mm, 700/1200rpm, 18/34dB fans on the sides, an 120mm, 1200rpm, 19dB fan in the lower side (for air intake) and an 120mm, 900rpm, 18dB exhaust fan on the top side.

The TJ11 sports an all-aluminum design and measures 224x657x642mm, which means that it should work quite OK with SSI-CEB, XL-ATX/ATX/MicroATX motherboards.

Moreover, the computer case offers 9 x 5-inch bays, 6 x 3.5-inch bays, 3 x 2.5-inch drive bays, 9 PCI expansion slots and supports cards with a length of up to 310mm, arranged in SLI / Crossfire configuration.

Other features worth mentioning include the dual ATX power supply, overhead, front dual-power switch, as well as 2 x external USB 3.0 ports and 2 x USB 2.0 ports.

The TJ11 is set to hit the shelves at some point in mid-January 2011, with pricing for the European market being set at the equivalent of roughly 3,500 Yuan (400 Euro), which is a pretty OK price point, given the features this thing has in store.

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Mostly obvious news... Except for a couple of things. Price (400 EUR, I thought it would be higher? Still rrreaalllly expensive, though), and 9 expansion slots - might be ideal for those looking forward to watercooling their XL-ATX 4-Way boards (Xpredator and HAF-X look cheap, Armorsuit isn't powder boated inside, and apart from that, options are limited...).

Really nice for water cooling lovers :D

looks like a potential monster case, but 400 EUR? You could build an entire computer with that

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Originally Posted by SubZero.it

Really nice for water cooling lovers :D

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With the exception of it being rather hideous. :p:

I highly doubt this case is going to receive the acceptance that the TJ07 did.

Why would they interrupt the bottom mesh like that? It'll just impede airflow....

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Originally Posted by adpr_02

Why would they interrupt the bottom mesh like that? It'll just impede airflow....

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For looks, I suppose... I can't say it looks so much better as is, though.

Something this big needs wheels.

Ugly. Who the heck needs 9 expansion slots? Seriously, instead of looking at what the community did with the TJ07 (eliminating ALL expansion slots, or most of them) they bring this one with even more. Jeeez. At least they could offer stealth-plates so that you get rid of that ugly front.

For me, I'm looking at FT03. Have you seen it? All I can say is Yum Yum :)
http://www.chiphell.com/portal.php?mod=view&aid=491

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Ugly. Who the heck needs 9 expansion slots? Seriously, instead of looking at what the community did with the TJ07 (eliminating ALL expansion slots, or most of them) they bring this one with even more. Jeeez. At least they could offer stealth-plates so that you get rid of that ugly front.

For me, I'm looking at FT03. Have you seen it? All I can say is Yum Yum :)
http://www.chiphell.com/portal.php?mod=view&aid=491

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Are you sure you're talking about expansion slots, and not drive bays? I welcome extra expansion slots, but that numbers of drive bays is clearly overkill...

all aluminum brings a much higher price for a weight loss thats not noticeable im sure.

It's always fun to read fan dB levels below background ambient noise for chassis fan, very believable.

Anyway, I guess this is an extra choice for 4-sli boards users.

Hmm looks like an evolution of the TJ07 rather then the TJ09/10.

Mybe my next case... :)

My TJ09 is a bit cramped right now with a dual and trippel radiator, but depends on how the internal parts look. The outside is ok, nothing like a sleek looking TJ09, but accaptable.

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Originally Posted by Manicdan

all aluminum brings a much higher price for a weight loss thats not noticeable im sure.

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Yeah I don't get the point. If you have enough hardware to cram it into a case that large, you aren't taking it anywhere, just make it out of steel.

Very nice case, I love this one :)

i actually prefer the tj 07 to this, i think. it's got a cleaner look.

looks pretty ugly in my opinion... such a shame it is the same 90 degree mobo flip garbage that silvestone has got into all of their recent cases. ya it's cool but it screws the design options for the rest of the case, mostly in the fact of cooling. single 120MM exhaust is trash.... i like how they kinda kept the TJ07 look but i think they ruined the best parts of it. It would be nice to see something allot more like the traditional TJ07 with say dual 120mm's in the back, triple 120/140's at the top with space for rads, pretty much untouched bottom section and a non removable mobo tray with nice cable management like Corsair Cases have and like an all black interior. now that would be sweet....

need to see pics of the inside!

From a cooling standpoint (and simple physics), the 90 degree turn makes perfect sense... Hot air travels upwards. The only problem is the limited air intake from the bottom of the case...
I still love my Raven RV02 to death, it's by far the best case I've had (even better than the TJ10 I reviewed once), maybe apart from the HDD installation (would've prefered the RV01 version there)..
I'm looking forward to this case, apart from the fact they've seriously reduced fan-numbers both top and bottom.... But I really like the look of the thing (yes I know, I love the Raven series as well, stop hitting me)..

Best Regards :toast:

To be fair, Raven 2 may be the best air cooling case, but for water cooling, unfortunately, it sucks big time.

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Originally Posted by DTU_XaVier

From a cooling standpoint (and simple physics), the 90 degree turn makes perfect sense... Hot air travels upwards. The only problem is the limited air intake from the bottom of the case...
I still love my Raven RV02 to death, it's by far the best case I've had (even better than the TJ10 I reviewed once), maybe apart from the HDD installation (would've prefered the RV01 version there)..
I'm looking forward to this case, apart from the fact they've seriously reduced fan-numbers both top and bottom.... But I really like the look of the thing (yes I know, I love the Raven series as well, stop hitting me)..

Best Regards :toast:

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oh your totally right and the whole 90 degree flip is a great idea, im just not convinced by silverstone's implementation of it yet now if they could put another three 180MM fans on the top of the case combined with the fully vented mobo tray that would be plain awesome. but it also makes water cooling a PITA compared to something like a 800D or HAF-X

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Originally Posted by [XC] hipno650

oh your totally right and the whole 90 degree flip is a great idea, im just not convinced by silverstone's implementation of it yet now if they could put another three 180MM fans on the top of the case combined with the fully vented mobo tray that would be plain awesome. but it also makes water cooling a PITA compared to something like a 800D or HAF-X

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That would make for one gigantic case though... A 5870 can hardly fit inside the RV02 as it is, but I would love to see a case with 3x180mm fans at the top as well!

I think TJ11 is already gigantic. :p:

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Originally Posted by DTU_XaVier

That would make for one gigantic case though... A 5870 can hardly fit inside the RV02 as it is, but I would love to see a case with 3x180mm fans at the top as well!

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Didn't VoodooPC do that right before HP bought them out?

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Originally Posted by Manicdan

all aluminum brings a much higher price for a weight loss thats not noticeable im sure.

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for a full tower, the weight difference is huge

i made the mistake of getting the steel version of the Xaser III super tower, the only good thing about that case was the muscle mass i gained while lugging it to quakecon.....

but even if it's aluminum, it needs wheels

I think I would have preferred that they just do some updates to the tj07 like bigger fans. Although I will wait to see some builds in it before I make a final judgement

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Awsome work from silverstone and this seems to be the true sucessor
for the old TJ07

This case will be way over priced............... 64,000 yen ( that's over $700 ):down:
http://www.gdm.or.jp/pressrelease/201012/24_06.html

As for the FT03, it is selling for only 18,000 yen :up:
http://www.gdm.or.jp/review/case/sil.../index_01.html

more pictures of the TJ11 here.... selling from Jan 12th 2011
http://www.mustardseed.co.jp/product...t-tj11b-w.html

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they two quite different chassis?
The FT03 seems more like a HTPC chassis

i think this will be my next case, i'm loving the flipped mobo and it doesn't look like wc will be a challenge, simply awesome.

Yeah, looks good. Looks can be deceiving. Blah anything is better than the half baked Corsair 700D though. Silverstone at least seems to understand airflow.

Looks like a 480 can fit in the bottom lets hope another 480 or 360 could fit.. Cant wait till the release date to see what mods can be done! Looking for a new case for my new build next year, really dont want a TJ07 or a 800D XD

Looks very good but way too expensive.

WC Lover !!!

For that price, I'd rather support an XS member and buy one of LittleDevil's cases, and I'd still save some money!

I don't like it. There's elements that are good, but they have made a really ugly case IMO, and I'd take my TJ07 any day over this. The open air intake cut outs on the sides are awful and look like someone just cut into it with a dremel, plus if you water cool, the fans the vents feed will have to go (at least one will) making redundant the vent(s). The interruption of the lower mesh decreases radiator air flow, and 9 drive bays on an ugly front fascia just ruin it for me. Maybe good for aircooled systems, but for water I'd give this the big thumbs down.

A TJ07 with some nice tweaks (look at what the community did with them) would have been nice for guys who watercool (and lets face it, they spend a lot more on a system than guys that just aircool) - if guys wont buy this for watercooling they may have lost a decent chunk of the market.

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Yeah, looks good. Looks can be deceiving. Blah anything is better than the half baked Corsair 700D though. Silverstone at least seems to understand airflow.

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uh wut? you ever use a 800D or 700D? I have used many a case silverstone's, lain li's, antecs, coolermasters you name it. Nothing comes close to my 700D in fit and finish and quality... not to mention build ease... cases are personal preference thats for sure but IMO the 800D/700D have earned there reputation... I only have two grips with the case the first being everyone has an 800D (but not everyone has a 700D with a window;)) and the second being the AIR GPU cooling is not the greatest, but soon all my water cooling stuff will get here and that will be a non issue.

I would love to see the inside of this case but the more pics i see of the out side the uglier it gets... it would look pretty decent if they kept it nice and clean. for example keep the venting along the bottom solid mesh like a TJ07 and ditch the holes in the side panel near the mobo tray and clean up the top, they it might not be half bad...

Also 800D is really heavy. Installing the second rad can be a pain. And for it's size not supporting XL-ATX (not talking about HPTX) is quite a drawback, if you ask me.
Other than the things we both mentioned, it's a really nice case.

I think the main thing that bothers me is that the vents at the bottom aren't square. why? to squander air flow when used with a rad and fans?

The price is set: 559,90 EUR
Expected to arrive on 26.01

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The price is set: 559,90 EUR
Expected to arrive on 26.01

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Only mad Silverstone fans will buy this. Epic fail.

is that like 650$ in the US?

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is that like 650$ in the US?

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723. Totally retarded.

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723. Totally retarded.

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for that price i would build someone my briefcase in sig

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uh wut? you ever use a 800D or 700D? I have used many a case silverstone's, lain li's, antecs, coolermasters you name it. Nothing comes close to my 700D in fit and finish and quality... not to mention build ease... cases are personal preference thats for sure but IMO the 800D/700D have earned there reputation... I only have two grips with the case the first being everyone has an 800D (but not everyone has a 700D with a window;)) and the second being the AIR GPU cooling is not the greatest, but soon all my water cooling stuff will get here and that will be a non issue.

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I agree 100%. Hands down the best case i've owned, and I've had a few.

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723. Totally retarded.

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Nope its 579$, 559€ includes 19% vat.

The TJ07 also was ~310€ when it was released first.

And just look at the measurements...

The TJ07 is 220x560x565 the TJ11 is 224x642x657.... holy crap that case is big. :shocked:

Anyway but i agree 560€ is a bit to much, if it drops under 500€ it might be a option. :)

VAT or not, I still have to pay that.
Can get just as big full aluminium Lian Li PC-P80 for €300, cheaper on other sites. HAF-X would be €150, Xpredator would be €120. All of them support XL-ATX. Paying over €399 seems like a huge waste to me.

Also, (559,90 / (100 + 19)) * 100 = 470,50 EUR, which is 608,22 USD (excluding VAT).

what point is there for full atx in aluminum? whats it weight 10lbs less?

meh

Another honking tall, over priced ATX tower. zzzzzzzz

I wish manufacturers would concentrate more on cube shaped, full ATX cases.

For that price I could get the LD case and have a better case.

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Originally Posted by zalbard

VAT or not, I still have to pay that.
Can get just as big full aluminium Lian Li PC-P80 for €300, cheaper on other sites. HAF-X would be €150, Xpredator would be €120. All of them support XL-ATX. Paying over €399 seems like a huge waste to me.

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Well maybe to you, others might see the price not so step, considering the 6 hot swapable drive cages, fully anodized (not just the outside) case , extra ssd cage, slide able mother board tray.

Alone the 2mm aluminium body dwarfs the TJ09 and even the TJ07..

Love it

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Something this big needs wheels.

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now my Cosmos S needs wheels.... maybe a trolley, or a really built person

Fully aluminium and 17.4KG weight.

This case is really "the case" for anyone who uses a extreme Watercooling system.

But still, i get my "Mega Box" and I'm happy ...

The link to my case: Scratch Build: Mega Box = Corsair Obsidian 800D + Silverstone Raven 02

The TJ11 is 10 cm taller than mine, but mine has more than 5 cm long and more 3 cm wide.

Are "almost brothers"... :rofl:

And in my final exit for about R$ 500,00 (in brazilian money, around U$ 200 or €$ 150), and TJ11 for a kidney... :ROTF: but still worth it for those who "can spend " $$$... :shocked:

Both the TJ07 and 800D here in Brazil are priced from R$ 1.500,00 to 2.000,00, the equivalent of U$ 850,00 to 1.100,00 or €$ 550,00 to 700,00 more or less.

The TJ11 should arrive here in Brazil the price from R$ 2.500,00 to 3.000,00, equivalent to U$ 1.400,00 to 1.650,00 or €$ 850,00 to 1.000,00 more or less. :cussing:

These prices of both the 800D as the other "tops cases" were the reason I make the "Mega Box"... :up:

huh no way it's that expensive in brazil

Every time I see this case I puke a little in my mouth. It is easily the ugliest case Silverstone has ever made.

I'm not a fan of the design but I am excited to see what the murderbox guys can do with it.

Does not look like it will perform well. Even if it did, the asking price is too tooo high. Not sure if want.

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I'm not a fan of the design but I am excited to see what the murderbox guys can do with it.

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I can't see them using it. MurderMod's are all about clean aesthetics. This has absolutely nothing of that. No amount of modding is going to fix that.

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Every time I see this case I puke a little in my mouth. It is easily the ugliest case Silverstone has ever made.

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Second that. It's just hedious.

This thing is flippin nasty...

Looks really plasticy and the bottom grilles are simply overdone...:shakes:

Silverstone's basically just doing what Antec did: taking a very solid line of cases in the hundred series and trying to add features that make them look disgusting in the Dark fleet series

looks hideous

i'm really disappointed with lianli and silverstone; their prices are skyrocketing yet their new cases offer nothing over their predecssors

i want a nice case where i can drop 8 HDDs in a decoupled Cage together with 1 big rad and 1 ODD drive

i guess that i have to wait for the fractal design arc which has great looks and is able to house a triple rad; 8 drives; ODD drive; long VGAs in a midi tower form factor

coolermaster and fractal make the best cases right now :yepp:

The price of aluminium is going up very fast; the current trade price is around USD6.00 per KG. So manufacturers need to either increase the price of their cases or they use thinner panels.

The TJ11 is surely expensive but bear in mind that there is about USD100 worth or aluminium in that case. And that's just material cost! If you have a little experience of manufacturing, you can see that some of their design choices are making this case very expensive to make.

But it is still expensive and frankly not very good looking. But it is difficult to follow up on the TJ-07, it is and will remain a classic.

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The price of aluminium is going up very fast; the current trade price is around USD6.00 per KG. So manufacturers need to either increase the price of their cases or they use thinner panels.

The TJ11 is surely expensive but bear in mind that there is about USD100 worth or aluminium in that case. And that's just material cost! If you have a little experience of manufacturing, you can see that some of their design choices are making this case very expensive to make.

But it is still expensive and frankly not very good looking. But it is difficult to follow up on the TJ-07, it is and will remain a classic.

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I want a titanium case!!

Not too bad... could be better. I myself are fan of the TJ07 thought. It's a hard for Silverstone to beat or replace as a flagship model.

... I like steel cases <.< ... There seems to be a lot of hate for steel cases out there.. Let's face it, if you build a computer in a tower-case, weight is not your number one concern, and a nice made, properly built steel case can last forever... And I actually like the TJ11 as well, as far as looks go... I dunno if I think it's worth 400€, but I like the design.... On the other hand, I have a Raven RV02, so my opinion might be null and void... :p:

Best Regards :toast:

Why not just update the TJ07 a little? Add more space on the bottom and a few more expansion slots for xl-atx. Add some usb 3.0 jacks in front. Done.

I think it looks awesome!
Crazy price though :(

Specialtech here in the UK has it onsale for £459.99 WTF.

Thinking I will probably buy the TJ11 next pay. Trying to wait until Ivy Bridge before getting my watercooling components though so won't be doing anything with it really :(

Should probably just buy another 580 instead but the case looks better.

Got it; looks great up close and personal, best case I've ever setup for watercooling and it fits my 980X and dual 6990's with 1 x 420 and 1 x 320mm rads + pump + 3xSSD's + dvdrom + 1TB HDD + fan controler blah blah with easy.