Gadgetory

hey guys this is Dimitri with her rock knocks and welcome back to another of you the Raymond line from silverstone carries something very special with me as this was the very first case i've reviewed for her onyx some two years ago of course since i have learned to make sure my white balance is alright but i am happy to see a new addition to the raven series with this our vo4 released at $160 design-wise this feels like a raven with the rotated mawa tray of course a window to showcase the internals and a similar angular characteristics on the exterior plastics one of the unusual traits of the RV f4 is the front door and right away I could see this being a deciding factor to look elsewhere now for one it just feels flimsy it doesn't have any rigidity and experiences a lot of flex and the most annoying part is it doesn't fully close it's not magnetic but instead held in by clips that with a whiff of hair would just fly open the somewhat large gap between the door and the top frame does disturb the uniform look also the internal frame itself is quite compact and the added length of the front element makes the RV unnecessary long behind the front panel is a room of fine dust filter with dual 180 Miller intake fans that can actually cool the RV or for very well with just those two fans plus you can regulate the speed of each fan with low to high settings and there are two optical slots above USB 3 in the audio ports are located on the side it's the same side as the window so it really shouldn't be a problem for placement now the whole idea of this plastic front element is to provide the aesthetic Raymond look without compromising on front airflow the large gap allows those air penetrators to intake air without resistance but close to two inches of clearance I like the concept but very disappointed at the flimsy and poor construction of the front panel the power and reset buttons are located at the top both can be accessed with the panel closed and open the top panel design is mixed in with that of a wing I actually do like it and the limited ventilation is there for your power supply this is supposed to be installed with a fan facing up and good news we have a removable dust filter and take a look at the back as I mentioned the power supply is installed at the top followed by eight PCI slots and exhaust fan at the bottom with fan not included and also this type of layout will prevent any unwanted water coolers with a 240 million radiators so the RV of four is pretty much airflow exclusive taking off both panels the first thing you notice is the rotated motherboard tray with your CPU cooler at the bottom and you'll see the extra features so there still includes to call and this layout now storage wise everything is right there in the main compartment with 3.5 inch drive gauge on the left that has a bit of padding on the inside to prevent audible vibrations also this isn't exactly to us as the cage is mounted with screws and so are the drives inside the drive cage this isn't really hassle but we've gotten accustomed to drive brackets and tools assembly the two platforms at the bottom can also house additional mechanical drives these are two lists and once inserted there is a very clever strap that allows you to remove the drives without any hassle just pull on the strap and the drives will pop out there's also a little hook where you can put the straps once the drives are in place so very innovative from Silverstone I have to give them that all the SATA connections are properly accounted for at the rear with enough spacing for your cables you can still install the drives facing the front panel but you are limited to 90 degrees SATA cables because of that clearance now the platform underneath the CPU cooler has an implemented support structure with this adjustable raising mechanism that can be lowered or raised depending on the width of your Tower plus it's on a rail system that can be adjusted for the length of your heatsink or you can completely remove it if you don't need it but I would say this would certainly be useful during transport or just provide additional support for massive CPU coolers like the Noctua NHD 14 now both the platform's can be removed from the bottom for installation of solid-state drives now I'm glad we have at least SSD support but this is going against user friendly assembly as stupid 5 inch drives are secured in from the bottom which is alright but once you place packed platforms wiring becomes a bit of a challenge but in case you need to replace any of this as these you have to go through the entire process again and for 2013 chassis this just isn't right I do however love the fact that our via 4 is cooled by just 2 fans so the chassis is for cooling potential is utilized straight out of the box the shroud for the top fan is a bit restrictive and so much plastic isn't really needed luckily it is removable and I recommend in doing so flipping the case around we find a lot of cat outs unfortunately not grommeted again something for a chassis of this caliber in this price I find this a bit confusing there isn't much room to work with but enough or solid cable management and to simplify your assembly process here comes off the motherboard tray it's actually very useful and not easier to install big CPU heat sinks off the case and here I begin with the assembly mounting on the motherboard and power supply at the top making sure the fan is facing up of course otherwise simply mangling in with your hard graphics card the large cutout at the top also helps to guide all the cables where they need to go and check this out the build looks very clean despite those drives sticking out but this orientation is necessary for proper airflow delivery from those front intake fans also notice how far the three-and-a-half inch drives are sticking out and this will mean you will have to deal with those SATA cables or use some type of low profile cables as otherwise they may interfere with your fans on your heatsink now many of you will be happy to hear no more saggy graphics card with this GPU support bracket you attach it with a thumb screw in the top and it covers all eight PCI slots which is awesome to see you then attach this additional piece with another thumb screw and your graphics card is Sag free this is an awesome feature especially for multi-gpu setups I only wish this wasn't as bland of a piece of plastic but instead incorporated some type of raven design GPUs up to 13 inches are supported this is with the fan shroud in place and after everything's connected the rear looks alright and it sure can handle a lot more and with the panel closed the RV or four doesn't exactly scream elegant internals the window could be atop smaller to hide the bottom platforms and those drives that are sticking out now I do appreciate the compact nature of the internals and utilization of the space with support for six mechanical and four solid-state drives remove the motherboard tray to help with assembly and its own power supply chamber to help with clean cable management the two support brackets for CPU and GPU are handy and designed for excellent airflow out-of-the-box is something the Raven series is really known for however I wasn't expecting that many drawbacks on the chassis that I was so looking forward to from two years ago starting with the front panel that is flimsy and honestly surprised to see something like this from Silverstone it just makes the chassis bigger than it has to be next are the incredibly inconvenient SSD mounts and they're sticking out 3.5 inch drives that are the opposite of user-friendly the chassis also doesn't take it to account all in one water cooling systems with that to 14-under radiators that are becoming so extremely popular and I feel like having a power supply chamber moved to the bottom instead with conventional motherboard orientation with a lot more flexibility with cooling now the or via for unfortunately comes with too many limitations for the price so if in two years we are to see in our view five I just won't keep my expectations that's high so thanks guys for watching don't forget to subscribe and we'll see you in the next one