Why oh why did they do this???

[Edward78]

The RVZ03 looks great, but I think it is starnge when a PSU is in the front... It should be in the back corner by the MB, the cables might be easier to mange & placed laying on its side the psu would suck the heat off the CPU... Oh & switch the PSU to sfx...

[Guest]

They probably did it that way cause it works, for space reasons and whatnot.

[Edward78]

1 minute ago, lewdicrous said:

They probably did it that way cause it works, for space reasons and whatnot.

 

Flx ATX psus look good as far as size, what wattage do they max at???

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

 

Flx ATX psus look good as far as size, what wattage do they max at???

Does it support flex ATX or PS2 ATX? Their site says PS2 ATX, but I don't know about the dimensional support for other forms.

flex ATX can get up to 500W, as far as I know. PS2 ATX can go even higher.

[Edward78]

2 minutes ago, lewdicrous said:

Does it support flex ATX or PS2 ATX? Their site says PS2 ATX, but I don't know about the dimensional support for other forms.

flex ATX can get up to 500W, as far as I know. PS2 ATX can go even higher.

The case is only Ps2 atx... Flex ATXs are stable right? Seems SFF cases would use them more...

[Guest]

Just now, Edward78 said:

The case is only Ps2 atx

From what their site says, yes it is.

1 minute ago, Edward78 said:

Flex ATXs are stable right?

Not sure about their stability

2 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

Seems SFF cases would use them more.

It all depends on the dimensions, if the case can support that form factor.

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 hour ago, Edward78 said:

The RVZ03 looks great, but I think it is starnge when a PSU is in the front... It should be in the back corner by the MB, the cables might be easier to mange & placed laying on its side the psu would suck the heat off the CPU... Oh & switch the PSU to sfx...

It's to economize on space. The only thing you need to access on the back of a PSU is the socket, which they solved by routing an extension cable, or the hard switch, which I don't know the last time I ever needed to actually toggle. You still need to access the motherboard's and video card's rear I/O. So putting the PSU to the back of the system would either make the case wider or taller.

 

There's no benefit to putting the PSU in the back over in the front. And with a little bit of work, you can cable manage the system (this is my setup with an FTZ-01, which has the same internal layout as the RVZ-03):

 

1 hour ago, Edward78 said:

Flx ATX psus look good as far as size, what wattage do they max at???

The PSU formfactor the RVZ-03 supports is SFX and SFX-L. Silverstone has SFX power supplies available up to 800W.

[Edward78]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

It's to economize on space. The only thing you need to access on the back of a PSU is the socket, which they solved by routing an extension cable, or the hard switch, which I don't know the last time I ever needed to actually toggle. You still need to access the motherboard's and video card's rear I/O. So putting the PSU to the back of the system would either make the case wider or taller.

 

There's no benefit to putting the PSU in the back over in the front. And with a little bit of work, you can cable manage the system (this is my setup with an FTZ-01, which has the same internal layout as the RVZ-03):

 

The PSU formfactor the RVZ-03 supports is SFX and SFX-L. Silverstone has SFX power supplies available up to 800W.

 

Page says PS2(ATX), the heat exhausts through the back on PSUs (all I think) so the back corner would be better for that reason alone, plus a SFX-L would add little size to the case...

[Mira Yurizaki]

9 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

Page says PS2(ATX), the heat exhausts through the back on PSUs )all I think) so the back corner would be better for that reason alone, plus a SFX-L would add little size to the case...

It was chosen that way because when the original ATX specification was made, a lot of cases back in the day were designed without a dedicated rear exhaust fan like in this photo:

 

So the power supply was mounted where it is to provide a rear exhaust fan. Plus components back in the day weren't as power hungry and they didn't need as much airflow as they do today. Remember, the ATX specification is over 20 years old. And also, the only thing you really need to adhere to on the ATX specification is mount sizing. You can literally do anything you want as long as an ATX motherboard can mount in your case and an ATX power supply can mount on the case.

 

Before you get your panties in a bunch though about how Silverstone's SFF cases allow the PSU to exhaust air, the inside of the case is littered with holes

 

Note the holes at the top of the image, those extend all the way out to the PSU area on the top right. The top part of the case has cutouts for venting air.

[Stefan Payne]

9 hours ago, Edward78 said:

The RVZ03 looks great, but I think it is starnge when a PSU is in the front... It should be in the back corner by the MB, the cables might be easier to mange & placed laying on its side the psu would suck the heat off the CPU... Oh & switch the PSU to sfx...

Just take a look at the inside pictures.

Where else could you place the PSU?!
 

In the Back there is the Motherboard.

On the other Side there is the graphics card (supports full lenth one).

 

SO where else could you place the PSU?!

 

PS: I have an RVZ-01...