[Case Gallery] Big Bertha

[Athlonite]

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Specs:
SilverStone RaVeN RV02B-W
Asus M3A32MVP-Deluxe
Athlon x2 7750BE @3000MHz
Tuniq Tower 120 with CM 90CFM 2k rpm Sickle blade fan blue LED
HIS ATI Radeon HD5770Fan 1GB 920/1250 and
Vantek BGA sinks on DDR5 RAM
2x WD2500AAKS (raid0)
3x Samsung HD502IJ (storage)

Mods:
Soon to have better lighting as it looks like the Bat cave in a power outage (bloody dark)

 

[ensabrenoir]

Hey I was gonna do that

Aint finish my first build yet, but already have parts for my second. Love the raven 2 cases!!!!!
Was even planning on the same cpu cooler only the extreme version. So anyway I'm gonna have to think further outside of the box to be original- if thats even possible. Cable management with this case set up is going to be interesting. Thanks for helping me see what could be. Good job. 5/10

 

[Athlonite]

cool thanks for the view and the vote ..

another hdd cage is on the way for the top 2 hdd's cable management should be better but i need some longer cables but I seem to be unable to find anything i like or that are long enough I'd like some new AC ryan cables (the blues ones) but finding them in 75cm lengths is proving tough... I've also just ordered some white LEDs to go in there I'll see how that looks i may just go with a couple of 30cm UV cathodes yet

 

[ensabrenoir]

Try frozencpu.com they have lots of extensions and sleeved cables

 

[Athlonite]

thanks for the heads up but i live in New Zealand

 

[Athlonite]

WTF is a SATA III cable from what I've read there should be NO difference between SATA 2 and SATA 3 except the speed other wise it wouldn't be backward compatible now would it

 

[Athlonite]

Please if your gonna vote atleast leave an msg don't just do drive by votes thanks

 

[sneekypeet]

Ones removed

I would vote, but I dont because I mod the section. I dont see this as deserving a 1.

 

[scaminatrix]

Nice work with the case.
I got myself a Raven 2 but needed to accommodate 6 HDD's. Got 3 Evercool Armour's (I just put 2 HDD's in each). HDD temps 31c - 36c. I recommend using these rather than the cage included, I hated having to take the mobo out just to swap a HDD.
Also I had to remove, dismantle and superglue the insides of the screwless mechanisms for the 5.25" drive bays.
Also, one of the side panel screw threads disappeared straight away - can't get a screw to secure the side panel on, it just keeps turning!
Have you experienced any problems with the case?

 

[Athlonite]

you mean other than a DOA HDD led ass about face power/reset switches and a lack of HDD bays then no not really ... I used the 3 hdd bay that was included and bought an lian li EX-33N 3 x 5.25 > 4x 3.5" with 120mm fan on the front, I found that by removing 3 or 4 of the drive bay place holders behind the front plastic face you can install and remove the HDD cage without having to remove the MOBO...

Temps are pretty good even with 3 HDD's in the SS cage the middle ones temp is sitting at only 25c the two outer ones are at 23c and the other 2 in raid0 are colder than my fingers

SilverStone HDD cage = 3x SamSung HD502IJ (500GB) 7200rpm 16MB cache storage

Lian Li EX-33N HDD Cage = 2x Western Digital WD2500AAJS (2x250GB) 7200rpm 8MB cache RAID0 boot

 

[scaminatrix]

Now you mention it, where the bloody hell's my HDD LED!?!
Thanks man, very useful info. Didn't figure about getting the cage out from the front! Looks like I'll be following a couple of your ideas...
Someone said to me "That's what you get when you buy the cheaper model and not the Fortress"
I said "I spent £110 on a case. I want something that's worth £110."
Amazing case, poor build quality in places. Bit of a p*sstake really.

 

[sneekypeet]

HDD LED is in the white plastic at the top.

IIRC there is a red LED between the two blue ones.

 

[Athlonite]

not in mine it's a nice blue one now

just to mention your HDD LED may not be dead just wired the wrong way round if it's not working just flip the front panel connector around on the mobo header pins if it still isn't working after that it's DOA and mine cost me $269 bucks it's a well designed case just built in a cheap(read CRAP) arse Chinese factory where QA doesn't exist

 

[mdsx1950]

7/10 Nice setup. Its a little bit untidy though.

 

[Fatal]

HDD LED is there the blue just drowns out the red is all have to look close. Have the same case thinking about water cooling my temps are not that great. Your case looks great Athlonite 6/10.

 

[Athlonite]

thanks Fatal I replaced mine with a nice super bright Blue LED

and thanks mdsx1950 I know it's a little untidy am leaving it that way untill i can find some longer UV Blue SATA cables with a 90 degree end as the ones I have are just a smidgen to short to allow for better management... Hopefully in the next month or so I can find some that
a: I like the look of and
b: I can buy them here ( New Zealand )

 

[scaminatrix]

Thanks from me too, Fatal. You really have to look hard for the light!
My overall temps have been better since putting the Evercools in the front drive bays, but my C4F NB temps are really winding me up.

 

[Fatal]

No problem at all guys I was upset too I didn't see the light. Since my case is on the left of me on the floor I was able to spot the red HHD light. It is a great case I do like mine a sleeving kit for the wires is a must. This is the kit I want to purchase http://www.murdermod.com/sleeving-kits.htm you can order on the UK site I believe they have some in stock.

I put my Corsair H50 on the bottom rear fan as an intake my temps were not up to par for me when set as an exhaust. I also have my PSU mounted so its pulling the case air out. Never thought to try and mount a fan up front will have to look into that.

 

[Athlonite]

yeah there's plenty of room once you remove the drive buy place holders I'll remove the front bezel and take a pic to show you shortly

 

[Fatal]

Cool thanks a lot I am just trying to get the best airflow I can get with this case. It kind of sucks how the front panels are I like the look and would hate to remove more panels. I may do a Stealth MOD for the DVD player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plLs0R4kezI

 

[Athlonite]

there it is it has around ~8>9mm of gap between the inside of the front Bezel and front of Fan so you don't need to remove the drive bay covers from the front bezel just the steel place holders where the drives fit into

 

[Athlonite]

hmm I just noticed that even the silverstone HDD cage wouldn't be at all hard to mod to enable an 120mm fan to be screwed to it's front either not that those HDD's are hot by any means low 20's is only just warm as they sit basically right on top of the 180mm bottom fan

 

[Athlonite]

I just bought 3 of these SilverStone FN181LED fans to replace the 3 bottom intake fans

Should look pretty awesome when they're in

 

[Fatal]

there it is it has around ~8>9mm of gap between the inside of the front Bezel and front of Fan so you don't need to remove the drive bay covers from the front bezel just the steel place holders where the drives fit into

http://l5zpqg.bay.livefilestore.com...BtYvDWnIwCJ_1AzZH3j/Lian LI EX-33N.jpg?psid=1

Did this lower your temps? My graphics card would block most of the air flow. Looking forward to see those new fans in it should look nice.

 

[Athlonite]

err I bought it mainly for the cage a fan on it was an extra I spose it is sorta blowin a bit of air in that direction but as there's an 2 port sata/esata card in the road its probably not getting to the video card but temps at idle are in the mid 30's and at full noise using F@H I get upto 66 °C (151 °F)
which i think is quite OK for the small HSF that's on it...

and yes I'm lookin forward to a much brighter view inside my case those fans should look quite nice as it's usually darker than the bat cave in a power cut I'll be sure an put up pics when they're in and goin