Structure:

From these angles, you can see the quality of the Temjin TJ03’s front doors. The front bezel and doors are solid aluminum. They have a very heavy-duty feel to them. Embedded in the upper-door are magnets, which allow the door to stay closed. The lower-door utilizes plastic clips for this.

At the above right, you will see the ventilation holes for the 120mm Everflow front intake fan on the TJ03. You will note that they are on either side of the lower-door, as opposed to being directly on the front. This is nice since many other chassis use front intake holes, resulting in a bit of an eyesore.

Here is one of the six 5.25’’ bezels of the TJ03; it is also completely aluminum with a brushed finish like the rest of the exterior.

Below-left is an inside view of the TJ03’s 5.25’’ drive bays. Their bezels are secured to the chassis with a screw on either side.

Above right is the 120mm intake fan of the chassis, which is located directly in front of the six internal 3.5’’ drive bays to provide cooling to hard drives and/or to PCI slots.

The Temjin TJ03 comes equipped with a filter for the front 120mm intake fan. There are no filters on any of the three 80mm exhaust fans however; this is something I would have liked to see because even though these fans are blowing out of the case, dust still has a tendency to be sucked-inward.

All four of the TJ03’s fans are very quiet and are perfect for effective low-noise cooling. As shown on the above right, SilverStone makes the two-rear exhaust fans, Everflow makes the top exhaust and front intake fans.

At the below left is the rear of the TJ03. You can see that both of the side panels, including the removable motherboard tray are secured to the chassis with thumbscrews, allowing for easy removal. The PSU bracket, however, does not use thumbscrews. This is something I would have definitely liked to have seen.

As shown on the above right that the removable motherboard tray has, a handle built into it.

Even with its side panels removed the TJ03 is solid as a rock, it does not bend or flex when clockwise or counterclockwise is applied to it. Lower-end cases tend to flex and feel flimsy when you apply such pressure to them.

As you can see, the TJ03 does not utilize any tool-less or screw-less technologies. For me this is not a problem, in fact I prefer it. Many chassis manufacturers use such technologies, but they do not always do it right, which can become a pain in the long run if it is not.

Below you will note the PSU housing, its encompassing design provides superior support for the ever-heavier PSUs, especially fan-less power supplies, which rely on heavy heat sinks for cooling.

 

 

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