Seeing as how this NZXT Tempest hints at massive air flow let’s start with the fans. Know how I said that there was a secret behind the drive bay cover on the front, well behind them are two Blue LED 80mm fans that blow between the HDDs. I already mentioned it but there is a large Blue LED 120mm fan mounted on the inside of the window that blows cold air directly onto you video card. On the rear of that case is a single plain old 120mm fan, don’t worry that’s not the only exhaust fans. Where this case really moves air from is a dual 120mm fan radiator mounted on the top sucking hot air straight up from the CPU.

 

On the rear of the case there are pre-cut holes for those that like to use water cooling systems on the PCs. This case supports plenty of room for expansion slots on the rear.

When it comes to the front external ports they really think of the end user. When shipped all the cables came bundled together and wrapped up in order to protect them. This case has, in my opinion, one of the best placements of the front USB, e-SATA, HD audio, and mic. Unlike some cases they aren’t mounted on the side somewhere or low on the front behind some stupid cover, these ones are mounted right up on top with a slight angle next to a small shelf which I found perfect to place my external 2.5” HDD. Also with the power and reset switches are placed on top where they are a lot less likely to get bumped. While we are on the topic of the top mounted ports I thought I would cover something I found interesting. While I am not sure if these where placed here on purpose but I found these two cut slots on the inside of the rear panel were a great place to hide the cables behind, and in turn cleaning up the clutter that all gaming PCs encounter.

 

 

 

Something that I was a little skeptical about from the front of the box was when it said it had server like HDD space, and it didn’t fail me. Once inside you soon find the tool less brackets for all of the 8 HDDs that can be installed, and including the 5.25” to 3.5” bracket that makes up to 9 HDDs securely mounted inside. Something that I found interesting about the HDD slots is that they make the HDDs stand vertical when installed. Asfar as this case goes with tool less i have to say i was a little disapointed,dont get me wrong, it's a good tool less case but there have been cases that where tool less that I found much easyier to work with. With these tool less clips all you do is slid your drive bay through the front and thenplace and lock the little clips into the side. Is nice to see that these clips also have the ability to add a screw if your not 100% confident in its abilityto secure you drive.

Hidden behind the front bezel, like I mentioned, are the two 80mm fans that blow through the HDD bays. Unfortunately behind the bezel there isn’t a lot of room for case mods. There aren’t a lot of drive bays available but I don’t know many people who use more than 3 anyways. Behind the bezel panels are small filters to reduce dust that gets sucked into the case.  

 

Now let’s take a look at the specs and features: