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Very easy to work in good features, fans work well and its quiet. Strongly reccomend to anyone. No complaints.Drives easy to install. plenty of srews and standoffs supplied.
The NZXT Tempest takes everything that is great about the Antec 900 and improves upon it by adding 8 vertical hard drive bays. Pros:Power supply placement at the bottom of the case so fans on top can vent hot air upwards, fan intakes to cool all 8 hard drive bays, and a very solid overall build quality make this one of the best mid-tower cases available.Cons:Packaging is skimpy on protection, be sure to check for damage and the case is slightly larger than most mid-tower cases, but forgivable because of the amount of hard drive bays
My only wish is that it was a couple inches deeper, to accommodate a long video card AND the internal fan that can be attached to the mount holes on the drive cage. For the money, this case is hard to beat. Excellent airflow, easy drive installation. GPU and CPU temps dropped 5-10 deg. C with this case.
So when you look at cable lengths factor not just the distance from PSU to ATX or CPU plugins, also add a few inches to get around your VGA card. Depending on your cable length you might not be able to plug in the CPU, or ATX cables.
Because of this I picked up the TEMPEST, even with temps in my apartment in the high 80's low 90's my rig runs stable, its often much cooler in the case that outside even playing Crysis on High. I live in Hawaii and my apartment has neither AC nor a way to get the trade winds to flow through.
Only thing that could be an issue for some people is the placement of the PSU. The install was one of the best I have had.
I could of liked a removable mobo tray, but their was lots of room to work. Mine only just made it around my HD4870 and too the mobo.
This is not to say it's the cases fault, one just has to plan a little more with this style of case.
Overall if you want a case that will cool any build you can come up with and offers what seems like endless expandability including water cooling then this is the tower for you. The whole tower was well thought out as drives of any kind are easily removed or replaced and the tower can hold a total of eight HDD and three disc drives so there's plenty of room.
I upgraded my personal machine for the third time and in the Ultra tower it was getting too hot so I did some research and found the Tempest from NZXT and have been using it for over a month now and it's been on almost the entire time without fail. I have been using Ultra towers for just about every build and even though they're a little cheaper this tower is incredible in every way.
The noise level is minimal due to the quiet fans they used and the Blue LED's are amazing and for those that don't want a brightly lit tower this is not for you as it is like a little Blue beacon in the dark. I have put my fans(swapped exhaust 120mm, PCI exhaust fan, PCI twin cooler fans) in the tower to help with air flow, but I'm not sure I needed them due to all the cooling provided by the included six fans.
The cooling is incredible on this tower and even though it is a large tower it's built very well so I can use it over and over again without worrying about it breaking or falling apart. The only issue I had was the clear window fan didn't work right out of the box so I emailed customer support and included my electronic receipt to speed things along and in 4 days I had a brand new fan without question so props to the customer service as well.
A+ across the board.
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