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The unique design of the Raven 3 means that the power supply is slid in from the right side of the case and then locked in place from the left. This is a traditional locking mechanism featuring four screws. A short cable is then hooked into the power supply and this runs down the front of the chassis, to the outside for connection to an external cable.
On the right side of the Raven 3 there are various bays which can accommodate 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch drives. The centrally positioned bay is used for 2.5 inch drives and above we fitted an Intel 40GB SSD.
The bay then screws back into the main chassis as shown above. The same procedure works for larger 3.5 inch drives.
The two hard drive cages can be removed from the case to install more drives if needed, although you have to remove the the front panel to get at it.
Fitting the motherboard is a straightforward process and there is plenty of room to work inside, helping the build process.
We found the system installation to be really straightforward and it took us only half an hour to install the full system from scratch.
Cable routing is great, with the power supply leads feeding in from the right side of the case, behind the motherboard plate. Even if you are generally messy with cables, the Raven 3 will make it easy to create a clean looking system build.
Well im glad they changed the spiky monster design from last year into this. I think its rather fetching.
The fans are nice, the overall design isn’t ugly but I am not sure im sold on some of the internal designs. the PSU at the front from the side? its rather hard to get used to that.
I like it, good airflow, like v2
The gold stripe is a bit different, wasnt it blue originally
I likethe routing arou d the back of the case but i dont like the looks at all.
To me this seems like a bit of a mish mash of a case – nobody likes the racing stripes down the front and whilst it may look nicer in the flesh, very few people will get the chance to view it in person before purchasing.
I think if they had simply updated the superb Raven Evolution then they would have been on to a dead cert – I can see where they are coming from though because adding a 3 to the party probably attracts a lot more attention and therefor more sales.
If they do ever bring the Evo up to date with front intenal usb3.0 headers then I will be on it like a flash.