SilverStone Raven RV05 @ techPowerUp

The Silverstone Raven 5 is a case that you either love or hate.  At first I was rather upset that Silverstone would release a Raven case without an external 5.25" drive bay however, after doing the review the Raven 5 I realized that the intent of the case was more to push the boundaries than to rehash a traditional design.

The SilverStone RV05 is the latest Raven mid-tower chassis with a 90°-turned internal layout. Sporting the same elaborate looks as all other cases in the family, it aims to please the mainstream with its compact size and interesting price tag. Will the RV05 capture our heart or instill fear?

Raven 5 does go back to the traditional 90 degree motherboard orientation and is designed to be a premier aircooling case.  However, what makes the Raven 5 interesting isn't the position of the motherboard but rather the size of the case and what Silverstone did to get there.

On a side note: I feel that tower style cases still need external drive bays for optical drives, fan controllers, water reservoirs and even additional storage.  The numbers may claim that nobody uses optical drives anymore but in the casemodding world things are a little different.

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