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Silverstone Raven 3... - A Competitor to the 922?

Post Date: 2011-04-02
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    Posted: 02 Apr 2011 at 6:29pm
Hey, if anyone's been tracking Silverstone's Raven 3, it's looking to have some mondo cooling potential, IMO it's possibly going to rival the HAF 922...
 
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So...as per all Raven series cases by Silverstone, it has two 180mm fans channeling air upwards, using their channeling Air Penetrator series this time. In addition to that, they've got a total of four 120mm fan mounts with dust filters in the front (Silverstone has also essentially confirmed that it is possible to remove the HDD brackets and mount two 240 radiators in that zone). At the back of the case, another 120mm fan mount is present. And, of course, 120mm exhaust fan up top. (In case you didn't see it, there's the potential for a 8 fan all-internal LC setup right there... Whoa. There's enough vents on the top as well that makes me feel confident that the positive pressure caused by such a setup won't pressure up the case too much too.)

The right side panel houses all the hard drives behind the motherboard tray, also cooled passively or actively by another 120mm fan mounting hole.

PSU is located in the last place you'd think of it, underneath the front drive bays, conserving the depth of the case.

Anyone with me on this thing's cooling potential?


Edited by ablahblah - 02 Apr 2011 at 10:15pm
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cool case but id still rather go for the proper ft02
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We received a sample unit yesterday. It's not bad.
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You did? By any chance, could you look into the possibility of mounting dual rads up in the front fan mounts of the case? A guy at the Guru3D forums posed the possibility of the PSU getting in the way because of the outer rim present on radiators,but it might or might not actually fit since Silverstone confirmed that dual rads can't be hardpointed onto both fan mounts (as in, it hangs off one and isn't aligned with the other).


Edited by ablahblah - 03 Apr 2011 at 3:43pm
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Lol you love the raven cases so much ablahblah

Your addicted
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Posts: 2312 		  Quote ablahblah Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 11:03pm
Well yaa, I'll admit a sucker for black and blue style stuff lol. So hard for me to find, it's usually black/red or black/orange
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Posts: 1514 		  Quote maxyme Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 11:22pm
Nzxt phantom black. That's my case and its so sexy lol

Black and blue combo.
Also goes well with my nzxt avatar mouse. I like nzxt as you may have noticed.
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*matte black, forgot to say xD

how's that build of yours going along anyways?


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I love shiny black it matches my monitor
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The dual rad does not appear to fit normally, but, we can mod the chassis to make it work.

By the way, it isn't a black with a white trim, the trim is gold.
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Heh, we know, darn champagne trims. I still like it anyways though Hahaha

how exactly does the rad not fit? you are attempting to mount it inside the fan bracket area...right?
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