Specification and test methodology
SilverStone Raven RV03 specification |
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| Model number | SST-RV03B (black, champagne trimming) | |
| SST-RV03B-W (black, champagne trimming + window) | ||
| SST-RV03B-WA (black, grey trimming + window) | ||
| Material | Reinforced plastic outer shell, 0.8mm Steel body | |
| Colour | Matte black | |
| Motherboard Support | SSI EEB, SSI CEB, Extended ATX, ATX, Micro ATX | |
| Drive Bay | External | 5.25" x 7 |
| Internal | 3.5" x 10 (6 from 5.25” adapters), 2.5” x 2 for SSD | |
| Cooling System | Front | 4 x 120mm fan slot* |
| Rear | 1 x 120mm fan slot** | |
| Side | 1 x 120mm fan slot | |
| Top | 1 x 120mm exhaust fan, 900rpm, 18dBA | |
| Bottom | 2 x 180mm AP181 fan 700/1200rpm, 18/34dBA (compatible with 3 x 120mm fan) | |
| Expansion Slot | 8 | |
| Front I/O Port | USB 3.0 x 2 (backwards compatible with USB 2.0) Audio x 1 Mic x 1 |
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| Power Supply | 1 x optional standard PS2 (ATX), depth limit 180mm | |
| Expansion Card | Compatible with expansion cards up to 13.58 inches | |
| Limitation of CPU cooler | 163mm | |
| Limitation of PSU | 180mm | |
| Net Weight | 11.4kg | |
| Dimension | 235mm (W) x 522mm (H) x 570mm (D) | |
| * If front panel is filled to capacity with six hard drives, then only two 120mm fan slots is usable. ** Installing 120mm fan into rear fan slot will take away space from the eighth expansion slot. |
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Test System Configuration |
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| Motherboard | ASUS P6X58D | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition (with reference DBX-B cooler) | |
| Memory | 6GB (3 x 2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3 | |
| Graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6970 | |
| Power supply | SilverStone Strider Gold 1000W | |
| Storage | Intel SSD | |
To find out how well the SilverStone Raven RV03 can cool, we've loaded it up with an X58 test platform and run a series of CPU and GPU benchmarks for comparison against a variety of mid- and full-tower alternatives.
Firstly, CPU cooling performance is measured by setting fan speed to low and recording CPU temperature when the system is idle. We then apply a 15-minute load of the Prime95 stress test and record CPU temperature again. To demonstrate the chassis' optimum cooling capability, we also set all fans - including the CPU cooler - to high speed mode and re-run the Prime95 torture test for a further 15 minutes.
Secondly, GPU temperature is also recorded in three states; idle, load with fans at standard speed and load with fans at high speed. In this test, GPU load is defined as a 15-minute stint of Furmark.
All chassis are tested only with the standard manufacturer-supplied fans, and to take into account the fluctuating ambient temperature, our graphs depict the delta temperature - that's actual CPU/GPU temperature minus the ambient. Just so we're clear, room temperature at the start of testing was recorded for each chassis as follows:
Antec LanBoy Air - 18.1ºC
Cooler Master Silencio 550 - 23.9ºC
Corsair Carbide Series 400R - 24.6ºC
Corsair Graphite Series 600T - 19.8ºC
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D - 21.4ºC
Corsair Obsidian Series 800D - 18.3ºC
Corsair White Graphite Series 600T - 20.2ºC
Fractal Design Core 3000 - 20.9ºC
NZXT Tempest 410 Elite - 22.7ºC
SilverStone Raven RV03 - 21.9 ºC
Thermaltake Level 10 GT - 18.9ºC