Testseek.com have collected 61 expert reviews of the SilverStone Raven RV02 and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for SilverStone Raven RV02.
October 2009
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The editors liked
Solid build
Excellent cable management
Unique design
Exceptional airflow
Clever new design
Quiet fans
Dust filters
Easy installation
Excellent cooling
Stacked effect cooling design
Badass black inside and out
Available with and without windows
Solid construction
Dual speed fans and control switches
Built in watercooling option
90degree motherboard orientation
(3) 180mm 1000rpm 100CFM fans
(3) Removable 180mm dust filters
Excellent wire management
Heatsink backplate cut out on motherboard tray
Tool less 5.25 bays
Lightweight steel design chassis
(8) pci slots with vented pci slot covers
Antivibration rubber case feet
Antivibration mounts for up to 3 HDDs
Vertically mounted hard drives for better cooling with t
Great airflow
Filtered fans
Innovative motherboard placement
Somewhat compact.
Unique Design
Great Thermal Properties
Quiet Operation
Open Design Great for Working In
Great Price
The editors didn't like
Top 5.25” drive bay could be very difficult to use with SATA optical drives due to restricted space caused by the I/O bays.
Price
Weight
Depth
Hard drive cage
Hard drive cage held in place with 8 screws
No hotswap drive option
Might have liked aluminum accent parts
Two additional USB connections at the front top of the case would have been nice to see since have to remove the cover each time you want to plug in another removable device would become tedious and well annoying
Would have been nice if they kept the case height the same as the Raven RV01 which would allow for easier installation of the triple radiator as it would add more clearance for those v
Over the years I have tested and reviewed dozens of Mini-ITX cases, and many of them came up short in one way or another.Without question some of the best designs have come from Silverstone, such as last year's RVZ01 which at the time we heralded it as th...
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Published: 2013-05-21, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
assembly was fairly standard. It was kind of funny to find myself constantly disoriented: I'm so used to the standard mounting orientation that I almost got "lost" during cabling, which really just goes to show how habitual we are as builders. This isn't...
Unique Design, Great Thermal Properties, Quiet Operation, Open Design Great for Working In, Great Price,
Less Plastic Could Be Used, Drive Cages Could Be Reoriented, Should have 8th Expansion Slot, Could use extra room behind 5.25" bays
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
Despite our initial reservations, we're glad that SilverStone stuck to its guns and continued to develop its line of rotated-motherboard cases. They might not be ideal for water cooling, but then, few cases available at the moment are. At just over £10...
Here is the final product, fully built and ready to go!Performance:Overall I am impressed with the RV02. Building a system in it was simple, basic cable managment was easy. However; the cooling performance is not as good as I was hoping. Coming from a...
Overall quality of this case is excellent. There are a few drawbacks like the hard drive cage and some minor cable routing issues, but they were not enough to really detract from this fine piece of hardware. The fit and finish alone rank this high on m...
Who would've thought that something as simple as rotating a motherboard 90 degrees could have such an impact on the efficiency of a system? Silverstone. And the Raven 2 is an excellent example of the results, with a revolutionary cooling system and sl...
PCWizKid was impressed with the Raven RV02 overall aesthetics, functionality and airflow performance. The ability to put in multiple large video cards other enthusiast hardware components for the overall value is terrific. The custom cooling demonstr...
Clever new design, Quiet fans, Dust filters, Easy installation
Hard drive cage
So then, after all the testing what's the verdict? Starting from the overall design, I really like it. Hidden under a desk, it very reasonably sized, in fact sitting there next to the Fortress it's just about the same height. While, without compar...
