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4.5
Amazing slim case to build in, and it seems to have the best temperature characteristics of any other mini-ITX case. Just for the love of god, do not use an ATX power supply especially one with non-modular fat cables or building anything high-end will become an exercise in frustration. It fits an ATX PSU, but you'll have barely enough space to tuck cables away.Do yourself a favor and use an SFX PSU. This is less of a problem with smaller components that take up valuable space, because everything will be fighting for it. Everything will depend on what size the PSU and graphics card are. I recommend sticking with APU's or small to medium graphics cards.There aren't that many ways to configure this but there is a possibility of mounting an AIO up to 240mm (if the GPU isn't used) and as low as 120mm with tiny GPUs.I really liked that this case includes decent 2x120mm slim fans, I don't like the fact that they aren't PWM, so you can only control them with a separate box or your motherboard has to support manual DC voltage control for the fans.And speaking of cooling, the CPU is going to have the worst time, I got up to 50c idle on a Ryzen 2600, but during load it can be anywhere from 60-70, and I'm not even talking about the RAM, VRM and everything else in between that will be absorbing all of that heat, I recommend getting another 120mm slim fan to fill out the last mounting spot, as this case will be starving for airflow.Minor nitpick but, I wish the front had addressable (Digital) RGB light as opposed to just Analog with a single color for the whole strip to sync with. At least an option would have been nice to be able to replace the strip yourself, but I don't think the parts covered by plastic are accessible and I am afraid to break them when trying to pry them away.Anyway, enough rambling.It's the best Raven iteration by Silverstone so far, there's still room for improvement in the CPU side of cooling efficiently. It's easy to build in if you have a good grasp of cable management, practice patience and the order of installing everything. The end result is almost art.Oh and PS: Once you re-build everything and readjust a few times or just add that extra fan, placing everything back becomes really easy.
