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SilverStone's gaming cases are fiendishly complex

A look SilverStone's range of gaming cases, straight from Computex 2010!

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SilverStone's booth at Computex was quite modest this year, simply showing off their new and existing products underneath a simple banner. By: Justin Robinson, Atomicmcp.com.au

Here's the front fascia of the Raven RV03, with the top three 5.25" plates removed to show the 120mm Air Penetrator fan within. It's very angular, and looks quite interesting.

The power and reset buttons sit on the front of the chassis, and might be bumped if the case sits underneath a desk.

The top of the RV03 contains the usual two USB 2.0 and headphone/mic jacks, as well as a removable plastic series of arches that hide the rear I/O panel of the motherboard.

The power and HDD LEDs sit at the front in these triangles, and the blue highlight strips to either side of the case are just coloured - they don't light up.

Opening up the RV03 shows a vast internal space that has enough room for both ATX and Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboards, as well as very long graphics cards.

There are two tooless 5.25" bays, though more rails may come in the retail box. The 120mm fan blows air across the motherboard, and the top 120mm fan exhausts heat efficiently.

This vertical design means that heat rises directly upwards - managing to cool even ATI's notoriously hot HD2900XT graphics cards in CrossFire.

The PSU sits at the bottom of the case internally at the very front of the chassis, with a power cable threaded to the rear of the case.

The raised floor of the RV03 contains two of SilverStone's AP181 Air Penetrator fans, sucking cool air in and blasting it upwards to exhaust at the top of the case.

We took off the plastic cover to reveal the large amount of venting here - giving a very unrestricted path for heat to escape.

Visible to the left of the pic are two little switches that control fan speed, handy for when noise is an issue.

Behind the motherboard tray is where the storage drives are located, giving enough space for four 3.5" drives.

They're vibration dampened as well, but can have a 2.5" drive installed if that takes your fancy.

The right-hand sidepanel is bare save for a thick vent that allows some airflow in to cool these storage drives.

While the left-hand sidepanel has the same vent for the PSU's exhaust and a large window.

Most of the PSU's heat should escape here, rather than contributing to system temperatures.

The specification card, showing the dimensions of the case and basic specifications. 235x510x578 @ WxHxD

The SilverStone Temjin TJ11's fascia is formed from a single raised panel of aluminium, boasting a small power button at the base - for if the case is on a desk - and a total of nine 5.25" bays.

Two USB ports and mic/audio are located to the side of the TJ11, as well as another power button at the top of the case - for if the case is on the ground.

Like the Raven and Fortress cases, SilverStone have remodelled the Temjin to follow a similar ethos.

Removing this shows plenty of ventilation, with a 120mm exhaust fan and room for expansion slots.

There's a fan control switch at the rear of the chassis, and it's got a cutout to allow cables to pass. Only high enough for a single DVI, VGA or HDMI cable - as many have complained, there is no room for an adapter. Keep that in mind.

The left-hand side panel boasts two large cutouts for fresh air as well as a large amount of ventilation at the bottom. This is behind the motherboard tray.

This side boasts the window and similar cutouts for ventilation, as well as removable filters that can be cleaned without removing the panel.

Taking the panel off shows the cavernous space inside, with plenty of room for three GTX285's.

The inside of the case, showing exhaust fan.

Cabling looks easy in this case, and most cables run behind the mobo tray.

The two large Air Penetrators blow in buttloads of cool air directly from the outside world, a feature borrowed from the earlier TJ09 and TJ10 cases.

Six 3.5" bays sit in the bottom of the case, but can be moved to the 5.25" bays if extra room is needed.

With one of the longest power supplies on the market taking up one small section of this space, why would more room be wanted?

For a 480mm radiator. Up to eight fans of fuck-off-awesome cooling, all contained in the bottom of the case.

In addition to the power supply at the bottom and the HDD cages, there are two 120mm intake fans for cooling. OMG.

Like the RV03 the TJ11 places some of its storage behind the mobo tray, though in this case it is just three 2.5" mounts for SSDs. Or laptop HDDs.

The mounts are removable if you so choose. The TJ11 looks fantastic but will come at a price - we heard it'd be pegged at roughly US$600. Ouch...

The SilverStone Fortress FT03 case, otherwise known as the Bar Fridge.

The top of the Frid- er, the FT03, contains two USB 2.0 ports and mic/audio jacks as wel as power and reset buttons. It's heavily vented.

The reason for this is the vertical shift similar to the RV03 and TJ11, boasting a 120mm exhaust and plenty of expansion slots for a standard mATX motherboard.

There are even two hotswappable hard drive caddies. Neat.

Once the top is pulled off the FT03 can be pried open, taking off one of its sides to show the guts within.

There's space for one internal 3.5" HDD and a single 2.5" HDD/SDD, as well as a standard ATX PSU.

Though it's tricky to see here, power is cabled underneath the Fridge and routed internally to the PSU.

The opposite side of the FT03 has a large filtered vent; where most of the tech sits.

Opening it up shows where the power cable was routed to, and proves there's enough length for a 5970.

The cooling mentality seems to mostly intake at the bottom and blow upwards, with four fans working to get heat out as fast as possible.

Interestingly there's even room in here for a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme with two 120mm fans!

Here's the spec card for the FT03 - one to watch, even if it's not quite your aesthetic tastes.

Moving to the rest of SilverStone's booth shows us a modded Fortress FT01 case.

It's fantastically glossy, with BIOHAZARD printed on it.

The SilverStone logo also gets a nice coat of paint.

The Nightjar, what appears to be a fanless 500W PSU rated for 80+ Bronze.

Due to popular demand SilverStone has brought back the Milo, updating to the ML03.

Internally there's enough room for an ATX PSU, full-size 5.25" disc drive, a mATX motherboard and a bunch of hard drives.

There's also space for four 80mm fans if exhaust is needed, though the height is a restriction.

Four half-height expansion slots.

SilverStone also showed off their Air Penetrator fans compared to a normal fan: with a balloon.

Clearly the AP181 is better at ballooning than a normal fan! Check out last year's SilverStone booth!

SilverStone's booth at Computex was quite modest this year, simply showing off their new and existing products underneath a simple banner. By: Justin Robinson, Atomicmcp.com.au

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SilverStone's gaming cases are fiendishly complex

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