SilverStone Raven RV03 Case Review

Inside the SilverStone Raven RV03

Both panels of the Raven RV03 are fastened to the case using black thumbscrews, and since the motherboard is rotated 90°, these screws are located on the top panel, and not on the rear panel.

The motherboard tray has a hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case and, as already shown, a place for installing a 120 mm fan on the right-side panel to cool down the area behind the CPU. There are four holes for you to route cables behind the motherboard tray, and the motherboard tray has several metallic clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties. Due to the unique position of the power supply, about which we will talk more later, all cables from the power supply are located behind the motherboard tray, helping a great deal to hide and organize them.

Figure 16: Overall look

This case comes with several drive bays attached to its motherboard tray. We will talk about them later.

Figure 17: A view behind the motherboard tray

Expansion cards are fastened to the case using regular screws, but at least they are black.

The Raven RV03 supports video cards up to 13.6” (345 mm) long, CPU coolers up to 6.4” (163 mm) tall, and EEB motherboards (12 x 13 inches, 305 x 330 mm), while the RV02 supports motherboards up to CEB (12 x 10.5 inches, 305 x 267 mm). Of course, the RV03 also supports E-ATX and standard ATX motherboards.

Figure 18: Overall look