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The Silverstone case arrives in a very plain brown box which we would assume helps to keep production costs down even further as there is no full colour printing process required.
Inside the box the chassis is sandwiched between two pieces of heavy duty stryofoam and is wrapped in a protective film to help ensure no stratches occur during shipping. There are not many accessories supplied with the case, just a bag of screws, a PSU retention bracket and a product overview leaflet.
Our first impressions were how light the case felt when we lifted it out of the box. This is due in part to the thinness of the structure, which is obviously important to keep down costs. An upside of this is that the case will be very easy to carry to LAN parties.
The front and top has a plastic, mesh surrounding which helps to add a little accenting to the plain metal design – it is easy removed. It is relatively strong and we can't see any parts breaking off under normal use. The top has a removable fan cover that can support up to two 120mm fans (not supplied).
The top offers support for a microphone and headset as well as two USB ports.
The front has a grill at the bottom with a subtle Silverstone logo taking centerstage. Moving upwards we have support for two 3.5″ drive bays and four 5.25 ” drive bays.
The rear has a 120mm fan installed, the PSU is bottom mounted.
The image above shows the plastic surrounding which is mounted to the metal chassis underneath.
The case implements a simple detachment panel to get access to the internal mounting structure for video cards and other devices – only the top and bottom expansion slots are reusable. There is also support for water cooling tubes with punch out openings as can be seen in the image above. Sadly there are no grommets to protect the tubing, so filing burrs would be required to prevent possible punctures and leaks.
The bottom of the chassis has support for two more fans and is supplied with removable dust filters.
Ok.
I am not easy surprised, but all those features are pretty spectacular for the low cost. I think I paid more for a third party cooler for my GTX 285 last year. Very nice indeed.
Christ, thats a bargain and a half ain’t it ?
It seems weird seeing Silverstone releasing budget chassis like this though, they always seemed such a high end maker to me. The plastic bits dont impress me, but the cooler performance seems quite good. Perhaps they should release a £50 version with more fans.
I am afraid this isnt for me. its too cheap and it looks quite ugly. I appreciate the price tho, and like to see fan filters included. some more expensive cases dont offer those.
That is a marvellous review KG – I love adding diodes to parts of the chassis and adding fans etc and posting diagrams of the locations. Never seen that done before. kudos.
ingenious review for a brilliant product. I have just ordered one of these for my son’s new pc which I need to build soon.
I won some money on the lottery last week (no not the jackpot but enough to cover this). just ordered it. Shall post about it on the forums when i arrives. Just before the england match too, nice timing !
Loved the testing KitGuru, top marks !
Hey, nice idea on the diodes and showing diagrams of measuresments, dead spots etc. Like the product too.
amazes me how they still make money on this. its less than a night out on the piss.
I would spend more on a case than this, but what a great deal for people who don’t have money to spare.
THanks for the review just ordered one on Scan.
Shame they only include one fan which doesnt look too good. a few silverstone fans, and say £45 would have sweetened the deal more i think.
product looks ok, bit ugly in parts, but the internals are brilliant. stunning review Zardon, best ive seen for a chassis.
You keep knockin these out man, amazing work.
Chassis looks wicked, shall pass it around to my mates.
stunning price and stunning article. like the testing, really useful rather than some idiot reading out temps on everest for the northbridge like most reviews
Looks a bit nasty from the front, top is nice and the cooling seems good. Have they any versions of this with more fans as standard and maybe something more metal than plastic?
Love it, ordered two online for some other builds I have planned.
mmmmm , not entirely sold. and no im not saying its great value, however Antec make a few just slightly more expensive but which look nicer IMO. personal taste maybe.
Fan filters included for £40? cant really beat that. I have heard that fan btw in the Raven case, original not V2. its a good fan, worth a few quid.
fuck me, £40 for a case with dust filters, a fan, nice black internal design and good cooling? How times have changed.
Very good price, its hard to knock it, even though there are a few things i would like to fix.
well tested. very good price,but I dont think I could live looking at the cheap plastic. great for budget minded audience.
IT really does need at least one more fan. no intakes can work if the exhaust fans help to suck air in but its not ideal. that said, the price is as competitive as I have seen
Decided to pick one of these up for my mother to build her a new system on a tight budget. all she uses is word and email so will be more than enough.
Good reading and thorough testing, found that interesting, the discussion on air flow etc. looks alright, but it performs well, and beggars cant be choosers!
I meant to say earlier I want to see KitGuru review the Raven 03. I read Zardons review of the Raven 02 last year and bought it based on that review. Am I glad I did? you betcha! Hope you get one to review.
Yeah looking forward to seeing a review of the Raven 03 as well. Z is the man to review it to 🙂
This is a very good product for the asking price, dont often see all those little touches on a low end chassis.
Great testing ideas, took a lot of work. Thanks for the review
Ordered one for my girlfriend, looks brilliant !