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Silverstone this week launched the Raven RV02, a "smaller, lighter, and higher performing" chassis than the original Raven RV01, the company claims.
Like the original, the updated design also boasts a 90-degree motherboard mounting layout, however the new version no longer supports Extended-ATX motherboards and "server-level storage capacity." Silverstone says that by sacrificing these features, it was able to make the RV02 more compact and consumer-friendly.
Other features include three 180mm fans, support for liquid cooling radiator mounting, motherboard backplate opening behind CPU socket area for easier installation of third-party heastinks, eight expansion slots, and an updated hard drive suspension system to help reduce drive noise.
The Raven RV02 will come configurable with our without a window, though no word yet on price or availability.
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Kevin1
July 28, 2009 at 5:21am
Dude............ where have u been? The RV01 has always supported water cooling. They included the brackets for the rear mount radiator in the box.
Anyway, there's n actual review of the RV02 at last. All this while we've been fed with pictures from Computex only. See the actual review at-
http://ianho.blogspot.com/2009/07/silverstone-rv02-review.html
mesiah
July 28, 2009 at 9:50pm
The last I heard water cooling involved doing some cutting on the back of the case or trying to run them out the top. On most cases making my own water inlet/outlet isn't a problem, but I really wouldn't want to mess up the nice back on the RV01. I'll have to see if I can find any more info on the radiator mount, but the only water cooling designs I have seen have been internal which I am not a fan of.
edit* I did alot of searching after reading your comment and found a very in depth review for the RV01 showing the rear radiator mount. You have to remove the back of the case to mount it and its unlcear if you have to leave the back off or mod it. If anyone has pictures of one of these cases with water cooling installed I would love to see it. Its comming down to the wire on buying a case and if water cooling can work without ruining the aesthetics of this case I would pull the trigger on it right now.
anyone insterested in the review can find it here:
http://www.themodbrothers.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=307
mesiah
July 27, 2009 at 11:42pm
While I loved the looks of the RV01 case, I really wished it was alluminum and had support for water cooling. The new case seems to support water cooling, but it's still steel and now the front panel looks a little fugly to me. Include these fixes in the RV01 and I am sold, until then I'm still leaning towards cooler master for my next build.
