Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Case Review
Inside the Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Case
Contents
Both side panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews, and both have a piece of dampening cloth glued to them, in order to reduce the noise produced by the computer.
Figure 11: Left-side panel
The motherboard tray has a huge hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case, several holes protected with rubber covers for you to rout
e cables behind it, and several metallic clips for you to fasten cables behind the motherboard tray using cable ties.
Figure 12: Overall look
Figure 13: A view behind the motherboard tray
Figure 14 gives you another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using black thumbscrews. On its default configuration, the Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 case supports video cards up to 12.4” (315 mm) long. By removing the top hard drive cages, you can fit video cards up to 17.5” (445 mm) long. The Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 supports CPU coolers up to 7.3” (185 mm) tall.
Figure 14: Overall look
As already explained, the power supply is installed at the bottom of the case. Note that it can be installed with either its bottom fan facing up or facing down, so you can decide if you want the fan of your power supply pulling air from inside the case or from outside of it. As already shown, there is an air filter for the power supply fan. The case comes with a foam frame to reduce the noise produced by the power supply.
Figure 15: Power supply compartment
The plastic piece you see at the bottom panel is for holding one of the hard drive bays (more information about that on the next page). If this piece is removed, you can install a 120 mm or 140 mm fan on the bottom panel. See Figure 16.
Figure 16: Where to install a bottom fan
The case supports the installation of power supplies up to 7.9” (200 mm) deep on its default configuration. If a 140 mm fan is installed on the bottom panel, you can install power supplies up to 7.1” (180 mm) deep. And if you install a 120 mm fan on the bottom panel, you can fit power supplies up to 7.5” (190 mm) deep.