Page 3 - Physical Look - Inside
Consistent with its exterior, the interior of the SilverStone Raven RV05 is also well finished. Everything as painted black, so you will be left with no hint of any bare metal showing, and everything that is plastic blends in well. As you can see in our photo above, the layout is pretty snug. The layout is pretty standard -- sans the 5.25" drive bays, of course -- given the rotated motherboard tray. All the components are rotated ninety degrees, but otherwise, everything is still in the same place relative to each other. A separate drive rack can be found between the power supply bay and the floor, which can accommodate up to two 3.5" drives. According to SilverStone, the longest video card you can fit in the RV05 is 12.3". This should be more than sufficient for 99% of those out there. You can probably remove the AP181 fans at the bottom to squeeze in a little more clearance space, but I would recommend against doing so.
The SilverStone Raven RV05 is able to accommodate mATX, ATX, and SSI-CEB motherboards. The riser mounting holes are not labeled, but six risers are pre-installed for you out of the box. No rear 120mm fan is included. As shown in our photo above, we can spot a segmented off motherboard tray for easy aftermarket heatsink backplate installation without removing the motherboard itself from the chassis. The rather large opening is implemented to accommodate different motherboards, so you can be sure that, unless you own some really weird components, you should have absolutely no issues taking advantage of this feature.
Because the SilverStone Raven RV05 features a rotated motherboard tray, the "bottom" power supply bay is now at the back. In order to accommodate units with a fan underneath, which is an overwhelming majority of the power supplies nowadays, a dedicated intake mesh is present. The ventilation grille has an externally removable dust filter attached magnetically as mentioned on the previous page, so you will not need to worry about stuff clogging your fans down the road. Around the power supply bay are convenient openings for you to route cables behind the motherboard tray, which is awesome.
Seven ventilated expansion slot openings are built into the SilverStone Raven RV05. These are not designed for tool-free operation. Adding to that, the attachment screws are actually blocked by a removable mesh bracket on the outside. Therefore, in order to install expansion cards, you must first remove two addition screws attaching the removable mesh bracket to access this location. I found this quite a nuisance and an unnecessary inconvenience during my build process.
The SilverStone Raven RV05 has two AP181 180mm intake fans at the bottom. The inside is guarded, so you can be sure your cables will not be caught in the fan blades. The chassis platform is raised just under three centimeters off the ground to ensure enough air is made available to be drawn. Because the fans are so large, it actually occupies the entire floor of the RV05. Both stock fans feature a 3-pin header, but it is hooked up to the switch in front, so you can adjust the fan speed to low,medium, or high, as discussed on the previous page.
There is a 3.5" HDD rack adjacent to the power supply. It can accommodate up to two drives. If you have a really long power supply, you cannot use this rack, therefore products like SilverStone's own Strider Gold S ST85F-GS 850W will definitely come in handy. Personally, I do not use any 3.5" drives in my system, so I took it out completely to improve airflow, in which you will see in the subsequent page.
Here is a look at other side, where most people do not usually pay attention to. The slot loading optical drive bay can be seen here. In my opinion, the back of the motherboard tray is quite fundamental to good cabling. This is especially held true with the SilverStone Raven RV05, since the company actually expects you to run cables through this section. In my opinion, this is, once again, a section where SilverStone hit mostly the right notes. The gap between the side panel and motherboard tray is adequate enough to accommodate cables of different thicknesses. It would have been nice if it was a little wider, but it is wide enough to get by. The reason why it would have been nice if there is more room in this area is because the back is also designed to accommodate up to two SSDs. This means there are more cables to route into this section; not to mention it makes routing a little more complicated. The large motherboard tray is built in conjunction with a vast abundance of openings in all the right areas to ensure appearance is not compromised by accessibility. A large motherboard tray is desirable so cables running behind it will not show through on the other side. A good amount of openings placed in the right location is needed, so cables can actually reach this side in the first place. At the end of the day, I think SilverStone has done a good job with the Raven RV05's interior.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. Physical Look - Outside
3. Physical Look - Inside
4. Installation and Conclusion
