Silverstone Showcase

[TiTON]

Hey Folks,

I have seen alot of TJ series.. wanted to show my SG01. This is my HTPC / Mild Gaming PC

This is my Louis V inspired case mod:
Silverstone SG01
AMD X2 5000
Biostar TF-7050
Silverstone Nitrogon NT06-Lite (No FAN)
Silverstone Element 500 Short Cable Edition
OCZ 2GB PC2-8500 NVIDIA SLI Edition
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB







Ton

[runk]

Omfg!!!

[TiTON]

Omfg!!!

Haha.. you are Italian.. so I guess you might have seen that pattern a bit in Italy :P

Ton

[Origin_Unknown]

SuAsDu oh dear [personal view]

[runk]

Haha.. you are Italian.. so I guess you might have seen that pattern a bit in Italy :P

Ton

No, i know Luis Vuitton, but I've not never seen a case like this! It's amazing!

[TiTON]

SuAsDu oh dear [personal view]

Not a problem. Some like Coke.. some like Pepsi [your preference]

No, i know Luis Vuitton, but I've not never seen a case like this! It's amazing!

Thanks man

Ton

[t1no]

I love my lv wallet.

[ka lok]

Ive updated my baby

[Buckeye]

Is it possible to fit a Phase Cooler like a Vaporchill on the bottom and Water Cool GPU's/MB with the Rad in the bottom chamber like those show ?

Anyone with Pic's of a setup like that ?

[mildseven7]

LV

[disruptfam]

Is it possible to fit a Phase Cooler like a Vaporchill on the bottom and Water Cool GPU's/MB with the Rad in the bottom chamber like those show ?

Anyone with Pic's of a setup like that ?

lian li v2000 can can fit a vaporchill in the bottom section

[Buckeye]

Yes I have seen those and they look nice

But a TJ07 with a VaporChill just looks toooo sweet !

The only problem is it would require a rework of my desk layout and I want to Watercool the GPU's and MB. But a WaterKeg might be the answer to that if the insides were flipped so the Keg window was on the same side as the window of the case with the Keg sitting on top.

I can just see it now... New Home Owners Insurance requirement in California would require all owners of a TJ07/Vaprchill/WaterKeg all stacked on top of each other would need to be strapped to the wall so it does not fall over in case of a earth quake !

Nightly news: Computer Geek was frozen last night when a 7.0 earth quake hit California. His computer fell on top of him and his so called WaterKeg thing spilled fluid all over him and was frozen after his Vaporchill evap head had broken loose and came in contact with the man. However a XtremeSystems forum poster rushed to the scene and simply upped the vcore on his CPU and OC'd the Proc to 5.5 Ghz. This generated enough heat to thaw the man out and achieve a new OC record, screens will be posted at 11:00.

But a Tagan A+ Black Pearl would fit that bill just fine. Gah ! that’s a sweet case also

[Mike44]

My TJ07

WOW, OMG OMG!!! Nice rig you got there!! I'm interested in doing a water cooled system but want to spiff up the case a bit with a coat of paint. Can I ask what procedure you used on your PC and what kind of paint it was?

Oh, and post more pics please please!!!!!

Thanks,

Mike

[mk_ln]

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I can just see it now... New Home Owners Insurance requirement in California would require all owners of a TJ07/Vaprchill/WaterKeg all stacked on top of each other would need to be strapped to the wall so it does not fall over in case of a earth quake !

Nightly news: Computer Geek was frozen last night when a 7.0 earth quake hit California. His computer fell on top of him and his so called WaterKeg thing spilled fluid all over him and was frozen after his Vaporchill evap head had broken loose and came in contact with the man. However a XtremeSystems forum poster rushed to the scene and simply upped the vcore on his CPU and OC'd the Proc to 5.5 Ghz. This generated enough heat to thaw the man out and achieve a new OC record, screens will be posted at 11:00.

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lol, nice.

[64dragon]

WOW, OMG OMG!!! Nice rig you got there!! I'm interested in doing a water cooled system but want to spiff up the case a bit with a coat of paint. Can I ask what procedure you used on your PC and what kind of paint it was?

Oh, and post more pics please please!!!!!

Thanks,

Mike

heres a link to his build log
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=150312

[Mike44]

heres a link to his build log
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=150312

Oh sweet, thanks so much man! Yeah I guess I suppose I should have gone looking for something like that, but being a newbie on here and all..... Anyways, yeah, thanks!

Mike

[ka lok]

still tinkering and cleaning up!
Just figured out that you can use the original tj07 hdd cage in the 5.25" bay without any mods or drilling at all! Excellent!

[Darkatom]

[64dragon]

i finally get to join the silverstone crowd

[Fitseries3]

can anyone tell me how to flip the motherboard tray in my tj07 ala btx style? i know it's gotta be pretty easy. im getting my case tomorrow and i want to be ready.

[clokker]

It is pretty easy although more involved than you might think just looking at it.

Since everything unscrews in the TJ (with one exception), the job requires very little permanent modification.

You'll have to remove and modify (or just replace ) the fan mount/grill in the caseroof as it will foul the motherboard after it's flipped.

The backplane panel is symetrical top/bottom and requires no modification but the channels that the tray panel slides in are different and do need changing.

The channel on the roof unscrews while the one on the subfloor is riveted and needs to be drilled to remove. * This riveted channel could be left in place- it's not needed for the swap. I removed mine because I had no intention of going back to stock...
These channels are not identical so you'll need to swap them- I found that the upper channel wasn't needed for stability, so I left it off.

The (formerly) top channel needs to go on the subfloor and will require spacing up to actually meet the motherboard tray (IIRC, about 3/16").

When you get the case, just remove the roof fan grill and flip the motherboard tray/backplane and you'll see what needs to be done.

Here's a small worklog from when I did this a year and a half ago.

Edit: A few tips about handling this case...

One sweet feature of the TJ is the fact that it's screwed together and that's going to make modifying it much simpler.
BUT...be very careful when undoing the rear struts that tie the open end of the main u-piece together.
That main section will want to spring open as soon as you loosen the strut screws, it's under a bit of tension as assembled.

Also, the sidepanel fit can be extremely finicky- I could barely slide mine off as it came out of the box.
Tweaking the screws on the rear struts can help alleviate this although I still consider it to be the biggest weakness of the case design.
Mine is a very early example and SS may have fixed this since, I don't know.

Also, be gentle with the screws that thread into the main chassis.
These are all blind threaded holes and the aluminum is fairly soft...you bugger them up and you're dead (or at least facing a PITA repair).

[Fitseries3]

^ thanks clokker!

[64dragon]

i've not tried it yet but you shouldn't have to switch the bottom rail to the top and top to the bottom. if you leave the top one on top and bottom on the bottom there wouldnt be a change in spacing.

[clokker]

i've not tried it yet but you shouldn't have to switch the bottom rail to the top and top to the bottom. if you leave the top one on top and bottom on the bottom there wouldnt be a change in spacing.

You obviously haven't tried it.
The motherboard tray is not centered on the backplane panel, so when you flip it, it doesn't sit at the same height from the subfloor.
If you look, you can see that the two runners are not the same size...one is considerably taller than the other.

This why the top fan mount grill will foul the motherboard tray when you flip...the tray sits higher after the swap.

Edit (again):
My TJ has been sitting unused for nearly a year but I've been meaning to get back to it and this gave me the nudge, so...

Here are two shots of the subfloor with the tray runner installed...




In the second shot you can see the two spacers (they are white nylon purchased from Ace Hardware) needed to properly set the runner's height. I used the pre-existing holes in the runner and drilled/tapped the subfloor (it's thick enough to tap, really) to match.
You'll have to trim the end of the runner nearest the back of the floor to clear the capture nut on the floor's flange...you'll see what I mean if you do this...

Also note that I completely opened up the holes in the subfloor into one big one instead of the two that Silverstone used.
This makes running wiring and tubing (if you watercool) a lot easier and since the floor is out anyway, now would be the time to do it.

[ladderman]

First time I’ve been in the case section so I thought I’d add mine to the mix.

I’ve just stripped the whole thing down to clean the blocks and change the tubing to uv blue so I’ll post the new look when it’s done.

Full build log:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=146870