Silverstone Raven RVX01: Review | Test |Specs | CPU | Hashrate| Pros & Cons

Silverstone Raven RVX01: Review | Test |Specs | CPU Performance | Hashrate| Pros & Cons | Set-up – Back at Silverstone today for the test of their latest case, I named the Raven RVX01! The Raven series cases all have an exterior and interior design that goes off the beaten track with a pronounced taste for cooling performance.

The RVX01 for its part belongs to a new version which wants to keep the spirit of the Ravens while having an aggressive call price. On the program we have a case compatible with ATX motherboards installed at 90 °, 3 fans which blow from the bottom to the top as well as an aggressive black and red design.

Specification: Hashrate

The Silverstone Raven RVX01 is offered at a recommended price of 85 € TTC for the classic version and 90 € TTC for the windowed version let’s see what the youngest has in the belly.

The Silverstone Raven RVX01 is therefore an ATX compatible case, but also and of course mini-ITX and micro-ATX made of steel and plastic, so far it is a classic. The dimensions are rather contained, with 48.5 cm high, 50 cm deep and 21.5 cm wide, nothing out of the ordinary here either. It is available in several models, a black and red (that of the test) as well as 3 windowed (red, blue and green). The weight of 5.7 kg is strangely light, there are not 36 solutions to achieve this, either the case is aluminum (which is not the case), or there is a lot of plastic, either the steel used is very thin (or both!), we will see what it is during the presentation of the beast.

Regarding component compatibility Silverstone gives its RVX01 to contain a graphics card with a length of 33 cm maximum for 12.7 cm (outside the plate that holds the disks) or 10.15 cm (below the plate ) in height, the cooler for its

part may peak at 16.2 cm for the non-windowed version and 15.9 cm for the windowed version.
Storage is quite limited here, it will only be possible to install “only” 4 peripherals in 3.5 ″ or 2.5 ″ format, which will however be largely sufficient in general for the vast majority of users. However, you will have to be careful because 2 take place in a dedicated cage but 2 will be installed on the plate overhanging the components, if a long graphics card is installed then it will be necessary to cross out 1 or 2 slots. On the other hand, we must forget the 5.25 ″ devices, no space available!
Case with installation of the motherboard at 90 ° requires ventilation to be done from the bottom of the case (upwards of course), Silverstone has installed 3 original 12 cm fans (Air Penetrator 1200 RPM), there are also 1 location at the back and 1 above, the whole in 12 cm. Suffice to say that ventilation should not be a problem for the RVX01.
Offered at a recommended price of € 85 / € 90 including tax, it is the cheapest of the Raven range, let’s take a closer look.

The box is rather sober, a beige cardboard printed in black. There is a drawing of the front of the beast as well as of course the model and a listing of the main strengths of the RVX01 (motherboard at 90 °, 3 fans of 12 cm included, positive pressure design etc.).

Inside the box we find the box packed in its plastic bag and sandwiched between 2 polystyrene molds, a great classic!

The bundle is rather succinct, there is the manual, the 2 hard disk carriages as well as of course the necessary screws. Silverstone isn’t going into the unnecessary here, but a few cable ties wouldn’t have been too much.

Here is the beast! As we can see the look is very clearly out of the ordinary! A very singular design which is typical of the products of the Raven line. Silverstone mixes here black as well as red (the top grille and the feet). The RVX01 is really very light when handling, as I said above there are not 36 solutions to achieve this result, there is a lot of plastic (the front, the top and the entire bottom part ) and the steel used is very thin (whether inside or on the walls).
Despite the use of these materials the RVX01 presents well, even if it is clear that we are not dealing with a high-end product.

The front panel is entirely made of plastic with a very sufficient thickness, there is the Raven logo as well as 2 LEDs, regulars of products in this series will clearly not be disoriented by the design.

Behind this facade there is a grid capable of accommodating an 8 to 12 cm fan, as well as the connection cables. You should know that given the orientation of the motherboard and the placement of the various components, this face gives directly to the expansion slots of the motherboard (the graphics card for example!). The grille is a bit restrictive for my taste, in addition to having the bar that accommodates the LEDs in front, the airflow will not be exceptional if a fan is installed there.

The top is rather colorful, the whole black part is made of plastic (the same as the front) and the red grid is made of metal. Aeration is a crucial point here because the air will escape through here, so you need as many holes as possible!

Once the plastic cover has been removed we come across what we usually find on the back of conventional boxes. The extension brackets are perforated but once removed it will not be possible to put them back in place (apart from one) and a ventilation grid for an 8 to 12 cm fan (restrictive like the one at the front) . Note that the steel used here is thin and twists easily.

The connection is placed on the top of the box, there are 2 USB 3.0 ports, the eternal 3.5mm jack ports as well as of course the power-on and rest buttons, classic once again.

Underneath there is a large dust filter hiding the 3 original 12 cm fans. The case rests on 4 large rubber pads to isolate the vibrations of the surface on which it is placed.

The fans present are 12 cm from the Air Penetrator series (most certainly AP122) running at a maximum speed of 1200 RPM, so they should logically be rather quiet.

Not much at the back, there is a ventilation above which will serve mainly to evacuate the hot air coming from the power supply and a grid which will allow the latter to take in the outside air, a negative point. being the absence of a dust filter.

The top panel can be removed here, the 2 thumb screws on the left and right of the ventilation allow it to be released.

The dust filter can be removed here, so you’ll need plenty of room at the back to clean it all out or pull the case out if it’s against the wall.

The 2 sides are identical, the panels are inserted between the carcass and the plastic parts of the outside, this has the merit of being unusual! The panels themselves are rather thin, no anti-vibration material here.

Here is the interior of the beast! As we can see the layout is clearly atypical, the motherboard is oriented upwards (as well as the expansion cards). There is a cage for the hard drives at the bottom right but also a plate for the latter, a plate which surmounts part of the motherboard and expansion cards.

L’alimentation se loge dans la partie en haut à droite, son ventilateur quant à lui devra être collé à la parois et ainsi prendra l’air frais à l’extérieur du boitier. Encore une fois l’absence de filtre anti-poussière n’aidera pas au nettoyage du tout.

La cage des disques durs ne peut en accueillir que 2, chaque charriot fournis peut accueillir un périphérique 3.5″ ou 2.5″. A noter qu’il n’y a absolument aucun système anti-vibration en place, à par les rails qui sont en plastique et devront donc être un peu meilleurs que de l’acier, mais on part mal pour l’amortissement des vibrations du petit Wester Digital Raptor de la configuration de test.

The brackets are all openwork, but once removed they cannot be put back in place. In addition, everything is fine here so special attention must be paid when removing these brackets under penalty of twisting the frame.

The fans are located at the bottom behind the plate reserved for storage devices, they blow towards the top of the case and unlike the other slots for fans of the case are not blocked by a restrictive grille, which is a good point! No braided cable or color for these however.

The internal connectors are the most classic, the different buttons and LEDs, a USB 3.0 as well as the audio on the front.

A l’arrière de la carte mère on trouve 2 ouvertures, la première étant réservée pour l’arrière du processeur (afin de faciliter l’installation d’un ventirad) et la deuxième permet de faire passer les câbles. Par contre il n’y a quasiment aucun espace entre cette plaque et le panneau du boitier, donc à moins d’avoir des câbles d’alimentation plats (et encore) vous pouvez oublier tout câble management.

La configuration utilisée lors des tests est la suivante :

The basic configuration (namely the NH-D15 and the Arctic Cooling S1 on the graphics card) is bulky, the Silverstone RVX01 due to its limitations could not be tested with the second fan of the Noctua NH-D15 as it was touching the wall and the Artic Cooling S1 on the graphics card was touching the hard drive plate. The Silverstone Raven RVX01 will be tested once with minimum fans and once maximum with only the SSD plugged in. Another test will take place at least with the Raptor hard drive connected, it being literally hell in terms of its vibrations that will allow to see the effectiveness of the box.

Do not go haywire, mounting the test configuration in the RVX01 turned out to be hell, indeed rare are the boxes that gave me as much trouble and frustration as the latter. The plate that accommodates the hard drives is really the most problematic thing during assembly.

First of all the spacers are not placed, so you have to put them yourself, this is not problematic in itself but on the other hand 3 of them are located under the plate of the discs. As a result, it is only possible to screw them with a very small screwdriver that goes underneath or with a screwdriver equipped with a large shank. This also works once the motherboard is installed and when it is necessary to screw it, a small screwdriver is compulsory or otherwise we do with the means at hand, askew!
Une fois ce petit inconvénient passé il faut mettre en place la carte mère, vu qu’il faut la glisser de travers pour la faire rentrer l’installation d’un ventirad post-montage est de manière générale à proscrire, sinon il viendra butter contre notre ami la plaque (oui toujours la même). Voyez plutôt la place disponible entre le Noctua NH-D15 (alors qu’il manque un ventilateur) et la fameuse plaque une fois la carte mère installée:

Une fois cet autre désagrément passé le branchement des différents câbles venant de l’alimentation ainsi que toutes les autres connectiques n’est pas non plus de tout repos, étant donné qu’il faut passer sa main sous la plaque des disques et d’y aller quasiment sans visibilité.
Maintenant que la carte mère est en place et branchée on s’attaque à la carte graphique, et bien encore une fois cette magnifique plaque est sur la route. En effet, si la carte graphique est assez longue pour passer en dessous de la plaque il faudra brancher les connecteurs d’alimentation avant de mettre en place le tout. Pourquoi? Parce que sinon il ne sera tout simplement pas possible (ou très difficile) d’enfoncer les câbles, comme on peut le voir ci-dessous:

Another thing to take into account, if the graphics card is higher than the expansion port (like many high-end graphics cards on the market), such as MSI GTX 970 Gaming, or the Asus GTX 970 Strix then it will be necessary pray that the latter goes under the plate. It should also be said that to install a multi GPU in this case you will have to get up early if the graphics cards are long, since they have to be tucked in at an angle.

Somehow, the assembly is finished, we must also forget the management cable since all the surplus is necessarily under the plate of the discs in front of the air flow of the fans.

Afin de tester le boitier, je vais procéder a un test OCCT Power Supply pendant 30mins et ensuite relever les températures des principaux composants comme le processeur (moyenne des 4 cores), la carte mère, la carte graphique ainsi que le disque dur.
En ce qui concerne les nuisances sonores, je vais procéder comme dans le dossier sur les pc silencieux à savoir 1 relevé devant, à droite, à gauche, à l’arrière et au dessus.

Le Silverstone RVX01 sera face au boitier utilisé pour le dossier des pc silencieux, le Corsair Carbide 300R modifié pour les besoins du même dossier ainsi que les be quiet! Silent base 800, Cooler Master Silencio 652S, le Fractal Design Define R5, le Aerocool DS200, le NZXT H440 ainsi que le Nanoxia Deep Silence 3.

Repos

The temperatures of the components in the Silverstone RVX01 are very good, whether with 5V or 12V fans, in 5V the processor stabilizes at 31 °, the graphics card at 30 ° and the motherboard at 34 °, it is at the level of all other boxes, even better than a large part!
Once set to 12V the fans lower the temperatures by 2 small degrees, it’s not much but it’s always taken, nothing that can not be really meaningful when we talk about temperatures at rest. said.

Ambient sound level: 31dB

Regarding the sound level the Silverstone RVX01 is capable of the best, as well as the worst! Indeed when the fans are set to 5V and without the raptor hard drive to install the box turns out to be very discreet, 33 dB on all readings except above, which is quite normal because the air comes out through there and that it is openwork at this level. Once the raptor hard drive is plugged in, on the other hand, my doubts as to the ability of the box to absorb vibrations turn out to be founded, the whole metal frame of the box vibrates and this does not hurt the general noise level, although it does not hurt. rises that by only a few dB on the readings people who do not like the noise of vibrations will be disillusioned.
With the fans supplied with 12V there we can say that the RVX01 goes from very discreet to noisy, with readings between 43 dB and 46 dB the box will be heard is a certainty, fortunately the noise of the fans is not polluted by parasitic noises (engine for example).

Charge

In load, the very good performance observed at rest is verified, with 69 ° for the processor and 72 ° for the graphics card in 5V against respectively 61 ° and 69 ° in 12V it is clear that the RVX01 is there to cool your configuration! Also note that the cooler here has only one fan against 2 for the other boxes in the comparison (need space as I said during assembly).
The internet design of the RVX01 is proven here, the motherboard placed at 90 ° does wonders with an ascending airflow.

Regarding noise pollution, it must be taken into account that the graphics card uses the original cooling system in the RVX01, unlike other boxes which have the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1. The original cooling system being much noisier, the results shown below should be taken with a grain of salt.

Ambient sound level: 31dB

As we can see the graphics card here weighs heavily the results, its fans running much faster than the Noctua installed on the latter in other boxes. It just goes to show that the choice of components has a far greater impact on the sound results than the choice of the box itself. We can however note that as at rest the most noise is heard above.

Here we are at the end of this test, what about the Silverstone Raven RVX01?
Silverstone offers here a new model of the Raven series, designed to keep in mind what makes a Raven a Raven while keeping a contained price. The exterior manufacturing quality is rather good, despite the massive use of plastic (the cover on top, the front and the feet), on the other hand with regard to the steel one is in front of something thin, that this either at the side panels than the interior or even worse the place where the extension brackets are installed and which can bend if you put (a little) too much force.

Silverstone wanted here to make a compact box but capable of accommodating a muscular configuration, the result is rather mixed, especially during the assembly which turns out to be quite simply an ordeal, on the one hand the RVX01 accepts a 33 cm graphics card. length but is subjected to a maximum height which can quickly be problematic, just like the CPU cooler. Everything must be assembled in a precise order under penalty of being quite simply obliged to disassemble other components to finish the assembly, if for example you assemble a long graphics card without connecting it to the power supply before it will have to be dismantled, if you install the cooler and the graphics card before the power supply, it will also be necessary to dismantle elements etc.

In addition to that the thin walls, the ubiquitous plastic in addition to the absence of anti-vibration materials make the RVX01 advocate for vibrations of all kinds, if a hard drive that vibrates a lot is installed (like the Wester Digital Raptor of the configuration test) then the whole box will vibrate.
All is not however black on the RVX01, indeed the look for those which like this type of case is very good, the mixture of red and black is very successful and the performances are excellent with the internal design at 90 °, one thing is for sure the components will be very well cooled in the Silverstone RVX01.

Offered at a recommended price of 85 € TTC for the non-windowed version, it is currently not possible to find it for less than 99 € in France, if the look is a point that should not be neglected for you then it can be interesting, but it will be necessary to do with the negative points of the beast, for the others then other boxes are much more interesting, the RVX01 is particularly suited to a high performance gamer configuration without worrying about the rest.

Advantages

• Performance
• 90 ° design
• Look
• Minimum silent fans

Disadvantages

• Editing is hell
• Hard drive vibration
• Noisy to the max

A big thank you to Bruno from Silverstone who allowed me to do this test.

Where to find Silverstone Raven RVX01?

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