Nexus Prominent 9 Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

The Nexus Prominent 9 comes with nine external 5.25” bays and two hard drive cages that have four 3.5” bays each. Therefore, in its default configuration the Prominent 9 has three 5.25” external bays and eight internal 3.5” bays available. You can move the hard drive cages, so you can place the hard disk drives at the top of the case, if you want. You can also remove one or both hard drive cages to increase the number of 5.25” bays available, while reducing the number of internal 3.5” bays. The hard drive cages are fastened to the case using two silver thumbscrews each.

Figure 15: Disk drive bays

While five of the nine external 5.25” bays come with tool-less installation mechanisms, you need to use regular screws to attach hard drives. The internal 3.5” bays have rubber rings to absorb vibrations and, thus, noise.

Figure 16: One of the hard drive cages

The Prominent 9 comes with a multi-purpose adapter installed in its top-most 5.25” bay. This adapter allows you to convert any 5.25” bay into a 3.5” bay (compatible with both internal and external devices) or to add a 2.5” device.

Figure 17: Adapter