Friday, October 24th 2008
Silverstone Raven RV01 PC Chassis Final Design Spotted
First introduced back in June during Computex Taipei, Silverstone Raven RV01 delivers a new approach to the way computer hardware is supposed to fit inside a case. Silverstone has basically reinvented the case as we know it - inside the Raven RV01 the motherboard is angled 90 degrees pointing upwards instead of out the back. This means that the whole I/O side of your PC will go on the top of the case, as well as all the heat generated by the video cards will leave from the top of the case, not the back. VR-Zone has scored several photos of the final design of the case, to give you an idea. The unique design of Raven RV01 has already been patented by Silverstone, and cases that look the same as the one pictured are supposed to become available sometime around Christmas. The price of the case is set at MSRP of US$199. Unfortunately, there are no technical specs yet.
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VR-Zone
15 Comments on Silverstone Raven RV01 PC Chassis Final Design Spotted
And is it just me, or does it look excessively big?
PSU pushing hot air there, case fan and possibly GPU, will be one hot case top and tunnel. Good thing is that think probably doesn't need any intake fans.
edit: those with heavy GPUs/GPU coolers might like this, no more bending the GPU as most force is on the back..er..top of the case.
Or it is the design which is patented? :confused:
And who wants all the cables shooting out of the top of their case? I see the cover slides back over them all, once installed, but if you need one of them dongle adapters for dvi to dsub or whatever... you're screwed.....
There's a good reason cases are made the way they are... it's called evolution, only the best designs survive.... I don't see this one making it....
No, sir, I don't like it.
Most expensive case I've bought so far was my Mystique. Rolled in around 80$, and that's the most I'd wanna pay.
And there is definitely waaay too much extra space on the bottom unless you play to go liquid.
I do like the orientation of the HDD's though.
nice case, but could use some modding, and knowing silverstone, there should be a cheaper non-windowed version