“The RV02 is a huge improvement from the bulkier RV01, and even throws in a few additional features as well as drops the price a bit form the original Raven case. The rotated motherboard is an excellent addition that added quite a bit of real estate for installing parts, but it also added room for more hardware like graphics cards and TV tuners. The hard drive cage’s suspension system also worked as advertised, but it would have been nice to make it removable through the inside of the case instead of out through the front optical bays.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Xigmatek’s first ever case – The Midgard @ Metku
- NOX IT’X Fantastic Mini-ITX case @ Testseek
- ABS Tigas Super Full Tower Chassis Review @ Legit Reviews
- NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller Review @ ThinkComputers
- Evercool Cruise Missile Thermal Compound @ Overclockers Online
- Sharkoon Magnetic Anti-Vibe Fan Gasket @ OCModShop
- Gelid GC Extreme Thermal Paste Review @ Driverheaven
- Titan Skalli Review @ OCC
- Scythe Mugen-2 CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Evercool Buffalo HPFI-10025 CPU Cooler Review @ Verdis Reviews
- Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Pro @ Rbmods
- 4×8 vs. 4×6: Titan Fenrir and Kingwin XT-1264 Coolers @ X-bit Labs
- Thermaltake Contac 29 Cooler @ Hardware Bistro
- ThermoLab BADA @ Legion Hardware
- ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 PWM CPU Cooler @ Tweaktown
This Raven is like a writing desk
The subject of Steve’s latest review, the Silverstone Raven RV02 ATX enclosure, is rather large at 8.3″ by 19.8″ by 25.3″ and it weighs in over 30lbs. That size allows the usage of three 180mm fans as well as a 120mm fan that looks small by comparison. Find how it looks and how well it performs and what has changed since the first revision of the Raven in his full review at the top of the page.