Nexus Prominent 9 Case Review

Inside the Nexus Prominent 9

Both panels of the Prominent 9 are fastened to the case using silver thumbscrews. Both side panels come with a sheet of foam installed on them, to absorb noise and make the computer quieter. This feature is also available on the Prominent 5.

Figure 10: Padded panels

The motherboard tray has a mesh for cooling the bottom part of the CPU, but there is no hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case. The motherboard compartment comes with three plastic cable holders for you to organize cables inside the case.

The motherboard tray has one hole for you to route cables behind it and some metallic clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties. T
he motherboard tray doesn’t touch the disk drive bays, making it easy to route and hide the hard drive cables.

Figure 11: Overall look

Figure 12: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 13, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened to the case using individual plastic tool-less mechanisms. The Prominent 9 supports video cards up to 11.8” (300 mm) long.

Figure 13: Overall look

Note that the power supply 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. The case comes with rubber foam that goes between the power supply and the rear panel, helping to absorb vibrations and, thus, noise.

Figure 14: Power supply compartment