Sort by:
Title (
)
Date (
)
Rating (
)
Popularity (
)
Sites currently sorted by: Title (A to Z)
)
Date (
)
Rating (
)
Popularity (
) Sites currently sorted by: Title (A to Z)
The SilverStone Raven RV04 Case is a full tower case that has a very unique design with distinctive styling and tons of features. There are plenty of drive bays, lots of room to work on the inside, cable management holes, support for large coolers and video cards, water cooling ready, removable motherboard tray and much more. There are many full tower cases on the market, but this one stands out.
Here's the latest in SilverStone's Raven series. Do we have yet another winner with a unique design in our hands?
Silverstone has been involved in the Mini-ITX gaming market for a long time now. Not only have they had a wide variety of case options, but they have also provided short cabled power supplies and more recently they have been the only manufacture with a good SFX power supply for small form factor gaming. On top of all of this, they have been known to really change things up with unique case designs. Their most recent Raven design would have to be considered unique as well. With a look that reminds me of modern day consoles, I suspect that the Raven RVZ01 could be the perfect case for a Steambox build. Let’s see if that is the case.
This may be difficult for a high-end hardware enthusiast to admit but Mini-ITX motherboards serve a purpose in the enthusiast world and their potential has been largely unrealized due to lack luster case designs.
Early in my career with TweakTown, I was asked to review a chassis for SilverStone, and with it being only my fourth go at reviewing cases, I remember feeling like I wasn't covering all that the case had to offer. The case I'm reminiscing about was the original Raven chassis design, the RV01. While it had the outer dimensions of a typical tower chassis when comparing to other chassis' being released at that time, the similarities ended there. It was the first in using a motherboard orientation that took advantage of convection and was aligned so that the rear I/O faced up in the chassis. It had a cool drop down cover for the drive bays, and from what I remember, as it spent some time in my personal use, it was a great case overall.
The Redline RL04 is a mid-tower case from SilverStone targeted to users on a budget, costing only USD 53. Let’s see if this product deserves our recommendation.
The Silverstone Redline RL04 is one chassis choice on the market and has a mid-tower form factor. The Silverstone RL04 features a plastic and mesh front panel with SECC steel used from the main body of the case. They have priced this to be budget friendly but have some of the aggressive styling that is expected from a higher priced case. The front panel supports four 5.25” drive bays and has two USB 3.0 ports, a microphone jack, and headphone jack. Cooling is designed to use positive pressure with a single 120mm fan as intake in the front of the case. Removable dust filters are provided for both the bottom PSU vent and the top vents.
Today I have the Silverstone RL04 chassis in the office today, as budget friendly solution from Silverstone that is part of their new Redline Series of chassis designs. Priced at around £42 shipped from most of the major online retailers, I won't be expecting it to set the world on fire in terms of features, performance or build quality, but it's not exactly the kind of money you want to just throw away on an important component either and Silverstone do have a very strong reputation to uphold, so hopefully I can find a nice middle ground between the budget friendly price tag and overall quality.
While this price range might not sound terribly exciting it is one of the most important sectors of the chassis market, it's where the majority of system builders spend their money and there is a common misconception that everyone out there has high-end gaming PC's, when that really isn't the case at all. There is a lot of competition within the budget end of the market, and 99% of chassis manufacturers have plenty of products to cater to this price range, so much so that many manufacturers have more budget chassis designs than they do mid or premium options.
When I'm looking for a sub £50 chassis, I have three major things that I look for other than price, such as, are all the major features there that my build requires, does it look good, is it well made. It's as simple as that, fundamentally all most consumers are bothered about is "will it work and will it keep working over time", anything else is a bonus. So lets move on and see just what the RL04 has to offer.
It's time to see the Redline series, and see what a budget friendly chassis looks like from Silverstone with the SST-RL04B.
execution time : 0.129 sec