Raven RV05 Brings Back 90-Degree Offset Mobo
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N.Broekhuijsen
June 23, 2014 10:11:40 AM
Silverstone's new Raven RV05 can't fly, but it sure will cool your components.
Raven RV05 Brings Back 90-Degree Offset Mobo : Read more
Raven RV05 Brings Back 90-Degree Offset Mobo : Read more
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RedJaron
June 23, 2014 10:52:01 AM
vmem
June 23, 2014 10:57:47 AM
PennyLife
June 23, 2014 11:07:27 AM
They seem to keep making these cheaper and cheaper in build quality, aside from the excellent FT02 and FT03. I have an RV02, and on appearance alone I would not get this one.
@RedJaron - The power supply gets mounted at the top-back of the case, mounted vertically. It pulls in air from the back (where you see the mesh in the back of the case), and exhausts it from the top.
@RedJaron - The power supply gets mounted at the top-back of the case, mounted vertically. It pulls in air from the back (where you see the mesh in the back of the case), and exhausts it from the top.
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RedJaron
June 23, 2014 12:52:12 PM
PennyLife said:
@RedJaron - The power supply gets mounted at the top-back of the case, mounted vertically. It pulls in air from the back (where you see the mesh in the back of the case), and exhausts it from the top.Hmmm, at first I wasn't so sure. On older Ravens, that's just been a normal 120mm fan slot. But after browsing the extra pictures on Silverstone's site, that vent is labeled an independent PSU intake, so there you have it. So out of curiosity I took a picture from SS' site and my RV03 and worked a little mockup.

After scaling the mboard and PSU appropriately ( using the AP-181 in each case as reference, ) and lining the mboard up with the standoff holes in the RV05, you'd get something like this ( I know the PSU would be rotated with the exhaust up, but it's the same thickness in the picture. )

It's tight spacing between the mboard and PSU, but it works ( I think the PSU might even fit further back, making a more comfortable gap. )
So basically, they took a RV03, dropped it from eight slots to seven, and chopped off the 5.25" stack on the right. The slim ODD slot is effectively behind the mboard tray, in the same spot I've got my extra PSU cables coiled ( can't see that in my shot. The result drops the case from 12.5 kg to 7.6 kg, or nearly in half. Not bad.
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ChromeTusk
June 23, 2014 8:40:56 PM
PennyLife
June 23, 2014 9:01:34 PM
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Hmmm, at first I wasn't so sure. On older Ravens, that's just been a normal 120mm fan slot. But after browsing the extra pictures on Silverstone's site, that vent is labeled an independent PSU intake, so there you have it. So out of curiosity I took a picture from SS' site and my RV03 and worked a little mockup.

After scaling the mboard and PSU appropriately ( using the AP-181 in each case as reference, ) and lining the mboard up with the standoff holes in the RV05, you'd get something like this ( I know the PSU would be rotated with the exhaust up, but it's the same thickness in the picture. )

It's tight spacing between the mboard and PSU, but it works ( I think the PSU might even fit further back, making a more comfortable gap. )
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I have the RV02, and it the PSU is mounted in the back the exact same way. There is actually quite a bit of space for cable management with this design because while the PSU is hanging from the top of the case, there is all the room directly below the PSU to store extra cable. A regular ATX motherboard starts about 1/2 to 3/4" from the PSU, so not a big gap but enough to work with.
That's all info from my RV02, so I don't know how different it will be for the RV05.
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PennyLife
June 23, 2014 9:03:12 PM
squirrelboy
June 24, 2014 9:07:30 AM
laststop311
June 25, 2014 1:03:23 AM
RedJaron
June 25, 2014 9:19:59 AM
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