Silverstone Raven RVZ01 Review

Introduction

If you’re an OC3D frequent flyer you’ll have noticed we’ve been reviewing an increasing number of Small form factor (SFF) cases of late.  The particularly attentive amongst you will also have noticed we’re featuring ever more capable and feature rich M-ITX motherboards.  Now factor in the impending approach of the Steam OS and the projection that a proportion of PC based gaming will move from the bedroom to the living room and thus necessitate the building or purchase of ready made Steam-Boxes and you’ll start to see how all this hangs together.  Deciding which technology is in the driving seat here is a bit of a chicken and egg situation and is largely irrelevant, either way we the consumers are benefitting from this little (ahem) arms race.

Of course SFF cases are nothing new to the chaps at Silverstone, they’ve been making some very stylish and very high quality SFF cases for years and so are somewhat Past Masters.  Not being a company to rest on its laurels though they’ve set about bringing the Raven styling to an SFF box which at only 105mm high will nestle nicely beneath a TV.  Oh, and did we mention that despite its diminutive stature the RVZ01 is still able to take 13″ long GPUs?  As you might imagine, to accomplish this Silverstone have had to be pretty clever with the internals

 

Technical specification 

 

Features

– Supports graphics cards up to 33cm
– Mini-ITX motherboard, power supply SFX-enabled
– Maximum performance in slim form factor with support for liquid cooling
– Pressure design for excellent cooling, low noise and preventing dust formation
– Fits in nearly any environment with horizontal or vertical orientation