SilverStone RV01 Raven Case Review

The door on the SilverStone Raven is all black and features a window for a wonderful view inside the chassis. The window may look small, but it is just right to show off your motherboard and video cards without showing a ton of wire clutter that you may not have cleaned up.

The door is made of steel with thick plastic molding around the outer edge to give that cool effect that the Raven seems to give. On the bottom of the door is a vent that runs all the way down and has a mesh screen on it to help keep dust out.

Moving toward the bottom of the SilverStone Raven we run into the PSU area. This is becoming a common place for Power Supplies so this is a part of the Raven setup that is not out of the ordinary. The PSU is recessed deep into this area and can be somewhat hard to plug in a power cable at times.

Under the PSU is a filter to keep nasty dust out of the PSU when it is pulling in cool air. This way it will be good clean cool air to keep the PSU happy.  

The front of the Raven is nice and sleek with a door that hides the 5.25" drive bay area. This door is unusual with how it opens. The door slides down and recesses itself into the front of the case. Once you want the door up just press on the top of the door again and it will slide up. The sliding up process is really neat to see, but makes a gear type sound that is not pleasant on the ears.

Looking at the SilverStone Raven with the door down we can see how it recesses into the front panel. With the door open it exposes the 5.25" bays, but also reveals that there is no external 3.5" drive bays. Looking inside the case there is no adapters for this either. Take note of this if you want to use your floppy or small internal card readers.

Here we also get to see the drive bay locking system. SilverStone had made the biggest button for a tool less 5.25" drive bay we have ever seen.  The size just makes it easier for us with massive paws.