NZXT Phantom 630 Review
Exterior: The Drive Bays
Published: 4th February 2013 | Source: NZXT | Price: £155.99 |
Exterior: The Drive Bays
It's not very often we dedicate a whole section to the drive bays alone. However as you will see, with the numerous and flexible configuration options it was essential that we take the time to do this section justice. First up are the 5.25" bays, nothing that unusual here granted, but you do get tool free mechanisms, and none of that plastic clip nonsense, these boys are metal. Mounted on one side only, there's still the option to secure with screws if you wish.
It's when we come to look at the internal bays that things get a bit more interesting. On the face of it we have 8 bays, with each able to accept either a 3.52 or 2.5" drive. The bays are mounted vertically towards the front of the case with enough room between them and the front fan mount to mount a slim 120.2 radiator. at the top of the drive stack and facing inwards is a pivoting mount for a 120 or 140mm fan.
What isn't perhaps immediately obvious is that the bays are modular in nature. Split into a triple, a double and single bay blocks the bays can be configured to best suit your needs, or removed entirely if you feel necessary. Grooves in a plate that itself can be removed to allow 120.2 or 140.2 radiators to be placed in the base of the case provide a secure location for the bays, as to similar grooves on the underneath of the 5.25" bays and on each of the bay units.
Below we've shown various configurations that allow for the accommodation of longer GPUs in the primary and/or secondary slots, as well as configurations that allow easy tubing routing for a front mounted radiator.
However you decide to configure your bays you'll be using the ubiquitous NZXT mounts. Perhaps a little flexible to be called truly robust, they do however do the job well, just be sure to remove all drives if you transport the case as even with no drives installed they will shake lose in transit.
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Just cant find any in my country yet...
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Originally Posted by EPiiKK
This might be EXACTLY what i'm looking for my first wc build in the future.
Just cant find any in my country yet... |
Just wasn't available when I was buying, and the side panel put me off a bit.
NZXT really needs to get a replacement parts store up, so clean side panels, or windowed options can be bought - or at least replacements so if you mess it up, you aren't completely in the dark!
I was wondering about how the bottom was looking in terms of radiators, I didn't see any measurements in the review. I will probably keep the 3 hdd bay (I'm a bit of a digital pack rat) hooked in it's default position and get rid of all the rest of the bays and put the thickest 240mm rad in the bottom in push/pull that it will allow. It looks like a ton of space, so I'm guessing I could fit at least a 45mm rad in push/pull.
I'm going to probably end up getting this case, it has pretty much everything I need in terms of looks and watercooling potential. That side fan/mesh area on the side panel has a date with a jigsaw though, only thing I don't like about the case. Thanks again for the review, now I can now start ordering parts.
I'd take the switch over this just because I prefer the cleaner look to it.
Wish it had a full window instead of this window/mesh mix!
Seems to have great features for watercooling but i still too expensive for this size of a case.
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