Win a Silverstone Raven RV02 and 600W PSU!

skylineaddict

Everyone is wrong. The air doesn't flow at all. The design of the Raven RV02 means that it flows through the air. I'm pretty sure that's what Silverstone was going for when they designed the case.

To make this easier to understand, I will explain a little. For many decades, people thought that faster-than-light travel is impossible, but it was recently proven otherwise. By stretching and contracting the space-time continuum around the ship, it is possible to travel at speeds far beyond the speed of light without moving an inch. What this RV02 does is exactly that. It stretches and shrinks the space-time continuum making it flow through the air, and not the other way around.

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Seanmyr

The air flows from bottom to top.

procupine14

The air flows directly upward from the bottom three large fans to the top. Playing on the principle that the hot air rises thus allowing the rotation of the components 90 degrees counter-clockwise (as compared to a standard position of the motherboard and PSU) to channel the cold bottom air up through all of the hardware and dispense heat out of the top of the case.

but i also like skylineaddict's idea

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stereokwb

You can use the upwards air flow to spin some small and really cool wind turbines placed on the top, that will produce enough echo electricity to power up some leds and tune this chassis to the max. Blue leds if possible.

mac_angel

The air flows from bottom to top rotating the motherboard, power supply unit and hard drive

Crayolawizard

The air within the Silverstone Raven flows from bottom to top; the movement of air and styling of chassis is an industry first.

pandamasta

Long story short, skylineaddict is saying you can remove all those fans from the case as they are useless anyways.

And also, the air flows from the bottom to the top in the Silverstone Raven RV02.

PR-0927

Because of the rotated motherboard design, the air is forced from the bottom of the case to the exhaust panels at the top of the case - this employs the "heat rises" concept to dissipate heat effectively.

- PR-0927

Takaharu

Airflow is directed from the fans located at the bottom of the case to ensure an upwards airflow, even you have a PSU with only a fan at the back, in which case the air inside the PSU is directed out through the rear exhaust of the PSU (which is also pointing upwards). Additionally, any components (for example, a dual-slot graphics card) with an exhaust will also expel their airflow to the rear of the card, which is pointing to the top of the case.
The only time that you would not have the airflow being directed upwards is if you were being a plonker and - for some reason - you decided to lay the case on its side.

slugbug

Air flows in from the bottom and out through the top. Unless Chuck Norris happens to walk into the room

Xeese

Air flow from bottom to top.

Now to get that air flow from bottom to top next to my desk instead of someone else's.

Rebeldawg

The air flows from the bottom of the case to the top.

Earthmonger

It's a trick question, but I'll humor you: The three large 180mm FN-181 Silverstone (available retail mid-Sept) fans in the floor of the case draw in cool air from below, and force it upward, through the nicely designed exhaust system at the top.

And the other side of the coin: Which way does the air flow?-- It doesn't. If I end up with the Raven 2 I'll water cool it. CPU, Board, GPUs, Ram. I'll end up using 4 FN-181s on a Mo-Ra Pro, externally. Maybe even a water cooled PSU? Ergo, air never hits the inside of the case. Bless SSDs.

madman71

The air flows from the intake at the bottom to the exhaust at the top.

Rraven

Air flow is from bottom of the case to the top.

vannguyen0

air flows vertically, from bottom to top!

gor1l1a

Up.

Arundor

Vertical airflow from bottom to top.

AuraofVengeance

Air flows from the bottom of the case to the top. Rawr, it Rises up wards mateeee!

cgtsilver

Air flow for this piece of art is upward. Cold air from the bottem then positivly pushed threw the top

hab1892

Air flows from bottom to top. Was going to buy one of these for my new rig!

tolcheen

The air flows in from the bottom of the case and out the top.

Now give me that case

spectr3

air flows upwards, from the bottom to the top and the raven does this silently. so silently that i prefer it over antec's awesome P183. it's the perfect case for me and for my new core i5 build. plus, just had my bday (09.09.09) and this would make my perfect present

good luck everyone!

outlore

What way does the air flow in the Raven RV02 chassis?

there is a direct upward airflow from bottom to top - also called the stack effect by silverstone

jd0205

Air flows from the bottom of the chassis to the top where the exhaust pannel is (really cool!)

Optix

Bottom to top, baby.

I really could use that PSU because the mess from my non-modular OCZ is pretty bad.

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Vman_105

the air flows up due to 90 degree rotation of motherboard

YnHDaRkMaN

i could say it flows upwards and gets out through the giant exhaust that it has on top, but...
this beauty breathes from the bottom and exhales from the top, there's airflow everywhere inside the freaking chassis!

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isaak

the 'stack-effect' - due to the hot air climbing upwards through the tower, pressure is reduced in the lower part of the machine, encouraging cool air to flow in through the vents mounted at the bottom of the chassis.

x.clay

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