Silverstone Raven RV04 Case Review

In outward appearance you’ll see that the RV04 is not very big when compared to some of the popular gaming cases on the market today.  Overall depth is less than 20 inches including the door that extends 2.5 inches beyond the front face of the chassis. 

To invert the motherboard you must also flip access into the case.  Normally the side window would be on the left side of the case but, for cables to still exit out the back you need to flip and reverse the motherboard.  In looking at the back of the case you can see that when flipping the motherboard the designers also placed the PSU at the top of the chassis in, what we would call, the traditional location.

The front case door is a decorative piece that is formed in a single molding process.  While plastic doors have traditionally been a point of contention with computer users we can honestly say that the door is quite strong and is engineered such that it will flex under pressure but is very difficult to break. 

As the photo shows the entire front panel opens to one side exposing the intake fans, external drive bays and case controls.  The power and reset buttons are accessible when the door is closed using buttons embedded into the plastic.

The trend for the past several years was to pack as many drive bays into a case as possible.  Silverstone has taken a more realistic approach and scaled back the external 5.25” drive bays to two and increased 3.5” and 2.5” drive options to eleven.  You will find the majority of the internal drive bays in a removable cage with two swappable drive cages at the bottom.