Hardware SilverStone Raven RV02 Review

+1 Yes, I can't see it myself.

 

D'oh, I missed that .

I simply assumed it would have the Air Penetrators as standard.

 

So... what happened with the RV02-E???
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2010/05/04/first-look-silverstone-raven-rv02-e/1

 

I have this case with a 4x120mm radiator in it cooling a gtx 480 and i5 750, it works rather well. The trick is to replace the 180mm fans and filter system entirely with the radiator and have it blowing out the bottom of the case. this only works if the main components are watercooled though, otherwise the intake temp rises.

 

right I considered that but had a nice test bench sent from Italy to use so I was like ehh and my friends bday was coming up and he talked about how he liked that case so I let him have it. Good to know what I thought would have worked, thanks for the confirmation.

 

Now £140 at Scan, quite a price increase?

 

No idea where the £100 UK price tag comes from. Everywhere I check has this at £143 and listed as the Raven RV02 E, no vanilla RV02 seems available. Given the compromises £143 seems very poor value for this, esp compared to the Fractal R3, and even that is not brilliant.

I'm looking for a good, quiet, cool and easy case to build into at around the £100 and it's hard going. But at £143 for this I'd rather stump up the cash and go for the FT02RW!!