As mentioned previously, to remove the side panels and get inside RV03 the top fascia must be removed to get access to the thumbscrews. So with the side panels removed we can finally take a look inside and see how SilverStone have furnished RV03.

As would be expected, the inside has been fully coated in black and the build quality is extremely good. Due to the fact SilverStone have gone with their unique layout in RV03 some features are in different locations such as the PSU which sits at the front of the case and as we have already said – PCI expansion slot covers with exhaust fan are at the top. RV03 has support for form factors up to E-ATX.

Around the back of the case, behind the motherboard tray there are a variety of areas for mounting storage devices and an interesting assortment of cavities for tucking away cables. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to getting the test system into here!





Moving in for a closer look at the various aspects of RV03 we come to the PSU placement. SilverStone have provided a spot at the front of the case and have given an extension cable so that the PSU does not sit outside of the case at all. This extension cable slots into the PSU and runs to a slot at the bottom of the case – so to give the PSU power the power cable will need to plug into a slot on the underside of RV03. It’s good to see that there is plenty of ventilation for the PSU and that dust filters have been supplied too.



At the bottom of RV03 there are two cooling fans. This is where the real calibre of airflow is derived. Though these fans may appear to be different sizes, they aren’t. Both are 180mm Air Penetrators, one just sits further into the motherboard tray than the other. These cooling fans take air across the system and out, up through the top of the chassis – driving airflow in a vertical manner. Both fans are able to run at either 700RPM or 1200RPM via the fan controller.

A 240mm water-cooling radiator can be fitted at the bottom but it must be the thinner type that does not exceed 3-4cm in width.



At the opposite end – the top of RV03 are the PCI expansion slot covers and exhaust fan. There are 8x PCI expansion slot covers, each of these come with ventilation holes for better airflow inside RV03 (air will rise and dissipate out of these slots) but oddly there are no thumbscrews, just standard screws which will require a screwdriver. The cooling fan next to these slots is a 120mm exhaust.



Aside from the mounting positions behind the motherboard tray there are also a variety of slots for mounting HDD or optical drives at the front of RV03. Each cage incidentally has a fan bracket so that a cooling fan can be attached. Cooling fans can actually be attached to either side – thankfully the optical drive bay covers have dust filters too, in order to aid this. Each slot within the cages has a tool-less design mechanism allowing the device of choice to be fixed in place with a simple latch system.