It looks bad... I would not like that under my TV, to be honest. If it were a clean aluminium front with that RGB strip in the middle or under, I'd give it a pass.
Milo(and SFF in general) is a bit too constrained for my tastes. Yes, there is an LP 1050 variant by MSI now, but Grandia is not much bigger with a lot more options in terms of upgrading.
Agreed. This may look good in your living room if you were 13 years old. Also, this is not exactly SFF... You could realistically fit a mATX board in there. 14L? There are several ITX sff cases half that volume.
i really wish they make a SFF chassis compatible with mATX someday. but I will probably go with mini-itx by the time I upgrade.
also, I prefer having the PSU at the BOTTOM of the chassis, instead of the top as this one. this is just too thin to have so much weigth on the top of the unit.
As an owner of an RVZ01 this looks interesting. Will need to see the manual to understand how you fit in 4x2.5 drives, that is an evolution over the RVZ01.
I was looking on silverstones website at their more detailed pictures and the bays right beside the 2x 2.5 inch drive bays there is 2.5 inch drive bays. Just take a quick look their pictures give a better explanation. http://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index...
So as it turns out the manual gives a warning twice that a 2.5" drive mounted in the one position won't be possible with certain PSUs. I'm glad they gave a warning but it's not really a dedicated slot. So the configuration has evolved, as its dropped the support for 3.5" above the PSU which was handy (I don't use it).
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YukaKun - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
It looks bad... I would not like that under my TV, to be honest. If it were a clean aluminium front with that RGB strip in the middle or under, I'd give it a pass.Cheers!
jordanclock - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
It's not marketed as a HTPC box, though. It's marketed as a SFF gaming box, as stated in the second sentence.PixyMisa - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
Where "gaming" translates as "ugly and stupid".Hurr Durr - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
Silverstone`s Grandia series is still pretty much the best HTPC case if you go by the looks.Biernot - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
Or Milo series, if you want SFF.Hurr Durr - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
Milo(and SFF in general) is a bit too constrained for my tastes. Yes, there is an LP 1050 variant by MSI now, but Grandia is not much bigger with a lot more options in terms of upgrading.meacupla - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
You would be better served by a ML08 then. It's the same as RVZ02, but with a more HTPC oriented face plate.DanNeely - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
The ML08 is 18mm thinner than the RVZ03; that's probably going to have a significant impact on what your CPU cooling options are if nothing else.marc1000 - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
that 18mm are the reason I would stick with ML08. however the standard PSU compatibility of this RVZ03 is a good point.that all could be moot, as ML08 is currently not listed on their site anymore.
dopp - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
I think the front of this case certainly is a bit aggressive or showy, but I don't think it's out of line compared to an Xbox One or PS4.Ej24 - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
Agreed. This may look good in your living room if you were 13 years old. Also, this is not exactly SFF... You could realistically fit a mATX board in there. 14L? There are several ITX sff cases half that volume.meacupla - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
You *could* fit an mATX in 14L, but you wouldn't have enough room for full height graphics cards, a standard sized PSU or a decent CPU cooler.Just look at where the MB standoffs end and the PSU bracket starts. There is clearly not enough room for mATX to fit in there.
meacupla - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
by "standard PSU", I mean standard SFX PSU, not an ATX PSU.marc1000 - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
i really wish they make a SFF chassis compatible with mATX someday. but I will probably go with mini-itx by the time I upgrade.also, I prefer having the PSU at the BOTTOM of the chassis, instead of the top as this one. this is just too thin to have so much weigth on the top of the unit.
creed3020 - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
3.5 + 3.5 = 7mm audio jacks? Nice typo :)As an owner of an RVZ01 this looks interesting. Will need to see the manual to understand how you fit in 4x2.5 drives, that is an evolution over the RVZ01.
rvoth1 - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
I was looking on silverstones website at their more detailed pictures and the bays right beside the 2x 2.5 inch drive bays there is 2.5 inch drive bays. Just take a quick look their pictures give a better explanation.http://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index...
rvoth1 - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
But it is a nice looking ITX Case other then those details.creed3020 - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
So as it turns out the manual gives a warning twice that a 2.5" drive mounted in the one position won't be possible with certain PSUs. I'm glad they gave a warning but it's not really a dedicated slot. So the configuration has evolved, as its dropped the support for 3.5" above the PSU which was handy (I don't use it).ridic987 - Sunday, July 30, 2017 - link
When i think Silverstone this is not what i would have pictured at all. What happened to understated elegance?