Inside Raven 4 there are just two pre-installed cooling fans positioned in key airflow positions. Raven 4 uses positive airflow and has two large 180mm front intake fans which are responsible for driving airflow across the system. SilverStone are confident that the cooling design which has been implemented will be effective.
To discover the thermal performance of the Raven 4 we will record idle temperatures after 20 minutes from a cold boot. We will then stress the system and temperatures will again be monitored after 30 minutes have elapsed.
For the purpose of accurate analysis the idle and load temperatures for CPU and GPU will be recorded and the range between idle and load will be calculated to determine how efficient cooling is. Fan controller will be set to “high”.
NOTE: Ambient temperature is 20C
System Components
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz
Motherboard ASUS M4A89TD PRO
Graphics NVIDIA GTX 480 (Different from card pictured)
Memory 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU FSP AURUM GOLD 650M
Motherboard ASUS M4A89TD PRO
Graphics NVIDIA GTX 480 (Different from card pictured)
Memory 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU FSP AURUM GOLD 650M
Noise
Thanks to the fan controller Raven 4’s noise levels can be tweaked to certain degree. On low settings the fans aren’t really noticeable but with both 180s running on high we do start to notice the fan noise but it isn’t by any means disruptive compared to other cases and fans we have tested prior to this review.
