SilverStone RV01 Raven Case Review

Packaging and Accessories

We have to wonder if there is an unwritten rule which states the shipping container a box comes in has to be as impressive as the case that resides in it. This would go a long way to explaining some of the paltry shipping containers we have seen over the years. The box that the Raven resides in ranks among the largest we have seen...ever. Let me tell you, seeing the delivery guy lug this thing up the front steps was something to behold.


This box is definitely what you would expect from Silverstone. It is literally crammed with large detailed pictures of the Raven and information galore. All in all the art work is first rate, if a bit on the more pedestrian side and its doubtful anyone but a classically trained engineer will call this box a work of art.

However, we wish SilverStone had not sullied the case with over-hyped slogans with words like “Extreme” peppered in more heavily than hot sauce at a chilly heads convention. On the plus side, at least they didn’t go all hyper-marketing and use “Xtreme” or such nonsense and actually used the Queen’s English.


Once we got over chuckling about the Extreme Enthusiast Chassis pretentiousness we opened this sucker up and peaked inside. As expected SilverStone took the tired and true approach and turned it on its ear. Instead of two long pieces of Styrofoam packing on the front and back, the Raven scheme has them on the top and bottom. While impressive, we have seen better and the major down side to this scheme is the fact that it makes the shipping box frickin’ huge. We almost laughed when we opened it up and peaked inside as the cavernous interior of this box actually makes the large Raven look tiny.


Moving on to the accessories we were a little disappointed in what was included. Please don’t get us wrong, the list is passable and all the accessories were of exceptional quality; all of which we were expecting from a first class company like Silverstone. Maybe it was the self labelled moniker “Extreme Enthusiast Chassis” that got our hopes up, maybe it was just the enthusiast part; in either case we were expecting veritable cornucopia of goodies to accompany this case. At the very least we expected a boat load of cable ties and other cable management accessories.

In total you get your typical bag of screws, a very decent manual, four small metal brackets (for mounting a dual 120 bay, or bigger, WC rad of the back of the case), and count them, TWO cable ties….and that is it. Not exactly what we call an enthusiast level accessory list, let alone Extreme Enthusiast.