OK guys, review is up. Phewwwwwww it's been a really long day. I was so tempted to go to sleep and finish up the review 2moro.
Buuuuuuuuuut I promised to try n finish this by 2nite so here it is.

Great stuff mate.

Good to know that the top cover doesn't have the troublesome twisty locks anymore. I've never bothered to lock mine anyway.
And removing the intake fan grating is pure genius.

Regarding the 8 expansion slots though, surely the first one will be used for a soundcard, then you wouldn't be able to fit 4 dual slot cards anymore would you?

Will you be testing the cooling performance with multi gpu setup? I would like to know if it's any good.
But from the pictures I can tell it's waay better than the RV01. With my second card installed on the far left slot in the RV01, there's barely a half a centimeter of space between the card and the casing's rear wall, which is downright ridiculous. And the fact that the intake fan can't blow air into this tight gap doesn't help either.

And is it true that the PSU will be held up by a strip of velcro? Doesn't sound like a very good idea to me.

Well anyhow, thanks for the review. Keep it coming.

This post has been edited by igor87: Jul 26 2009, 05:37 AM

Ya, I never lock my top cover on the RV01 too. About the 4x dual slot cards, that's what the fellas did at Computex. They put in 4x GTX295! Soundcard will b using USB I guess. Yes I will be using SLI in my RV02.

The PSU is screwed solidly to the top panel. The velcro is tied to an additional bracket and then to the PSU for additional security.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 26 2009, 05:41 AM

Excellent. Keep us posted

Wokehhhhhhh, it's time for me to go pass out now. Been going at it all day n night. Next time I answer any queries regarding the RV02 will probably be late afternoon when I wake up.

i wonder whats the total airflow direction of Raven02
tot they gona do tool less management for the 8slot

Nice one!!!thanks uncle ianho

is this a mid tower or full tower type?

from side view its look like server case(loooooooooong)

This thing doesn't looks like it could support e-ATX graphic card which is ridicoulously long.

This casing airflow will be much better if compare with the rv01, will you do the review for the FT02 Uncle Ianho?

All airflow is upwards. Tool less for the PCIE slots? Nowadays high end cards so big n heavy u dare to use tool less slots or not? Even if it's tool less, I will remove it n use good ol screws for solid mounting. I dont want rm7000 worth of gfx cards falling out in my case.





It supports gfx cards up to 10.5in.





Review of FT02? I dunno........ now oso dying from stress oredi so much to do in so little time.

Halo uncle...gud morning
wow~ nice 2 see tis new born baby from u
it's an awesome casing wif 8 slots PCIE
ohya, would u show up at Silverstone booth during pc fair tis time?

Uncle Ianho's RV02 look really long and the cables will be easily managed @_@" kekeke, thxs for the quick review, fast fast masuk those hardware keke... tempted @_@


This post has been edited by rsangel: Jul 27 2009, 09:25 AM

hope u can compare the hardware temps between RV01 & RV02

thanks uncle!

wow 3x180mm fan ...this casing freaking huge man ...

wah i like the interior but the exterior at the front a little bit ugly lah xD looking foward to see this at pc fair =D mind putting rv01 side by side the rv02? =D then show us

This post has been edited by LilRazor: Jul 28 2009, 03:15 PM

waaaa, nice nice review bro,

anyone know how much will cost in malaysia??

Kumpul duit dulu. haha

RV02 fan grills.






Here's some additional information I just received from Silverstone HQ. I mentioned in the review that I would most likely remove the fan grills on the 3x 180mm fans for better air flow. However, Silverstone has since informed me that there is a reason they put the honeycomb grills there. It's there to straighten the airflow of the fan for better cooling performance. The honeycomb matrix guides the air into a straight beam of air without causing noise or turbulence.

There is a company called Nexus selling these honeycomb fan grills and it has a very good explanation on why the honeycomb grill makes the fan perform better. It has plenty of pictures with smoke testing to show the airflow pattern with and without the grill. It's pretty interesting stuff. Head on over to the Nexus site at- http://www.nexustek.nl/NXS-nexus-beamair-airguider.htm

I guess I'll be trying out the RV02 with the grills in place then. Hehe. I will also try it without the grills just to see if the Silverstone version of the grills really do improve the cooling of the case in actual daily usage.

uncle, how abt cm690's top panel honey comb?
got performance as this silverstone's honey comb??