SilverStone Raven's unique case design highlights cooling, not to mention "ugly"
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted January 28th 2009 3:03PM
posted January 28th 2009 3:03PM
Those crazy kids over at bit-tech got their hands on SilverStone's new Raven RV01 PC case and have been kind enough to give us their impressions. The big news here is that the motherboard's been rotated 90 degrees clockwise, so that your expansion cards are slotted in vertically (they face up, not out the back). This is intended to facilitate cooling -- cool air is taken in at the bottom and exhausted through the top of the machine -- but as the reviewer points out, although this "seems the most logical orientation for a high-end PC," the actual case design is poor enough to rate as fairly frustrating. "For every welcome piece of design," he writes, "there's another to annoy." Cable management is described as nigh on impossible, especially with drive trays and mobo in such close proximity that there isn't any wiggle room. Judging by all this -- and by an appearance that betrays not one wit of "innovation" -- you might want to hold off on this bad boy. Someone is sure to take another stab soon, hopefully with a package that is nowhere near as goofy looking. Available now in the UK for £171.35 MSRP and Stateside for $249.99.
boy would i love one of these...... NOT
Ugly stupid thing...
http://www.atomicsub.net/
Been waiting for this for a while. Now that it's about to come out, it's going to be a huge decision between the TJ-07 and this.
I just got a Coolermaster mystique, just disconnected all the lights, I can't sleep with all those crazy light cases come with these days...
seems like having the power supply at the top would make more sense for this design right? why let all that hot air travel the entire distance of the case, rather than simply blowing out the top?
First, I don't understand why everyone cares what the case of their computer looks like. Do you really care? Would you spend more money on it if it was a different color or had spangles or something?
Second, does this mean that it is pulling cold air in from the bottom? Is that something you want? Pull air off the floor? I would prefer to pull it from the side.
Steal gaming machine is stealthy.
*stealth
A bunch of followers...Ever since VoodooPC turned its mobo 90degrees all the chassis manufacturers started to follow it for no good reason.
I first thought someone had dropped the thing from a decent height to test its design...
MEGATRON!
Not Ugly!
It looks like it has some real potential with a few bad design flaws. Maybe the Raven II will be a real winner.
im a designer.. and i like it!.. so.. either i have incredibley bad taste or the reviewer does.
anyway, i think in terms of design it hits its own niche. Its pretty much the opposite of anythin Mac (which is probably why endgagdet wouldnt like it).. its bulky with harsh corners and a very industrial look.
But what ever, i think old school stealth fighters and apaches are fucking cool and this is their love child.
nowhere near as ugly as that Lian Li Al Arabtower...
never more...
Am i the only one who thinks that it looks like
the Leopard snowboard ?