Nexus Prominent 9 Case Review

Conclusions

Even though the Prominent 9 offers some nice options, it is too expensive and has too many features missing for a case in its price range.

Strong Points

• The 5.25” bay covers are meshed featuring air filters
• Silent fans
• Noise-absorbing foams on the side panels
• Supports one 2.5” device
• Supports eight (or nine, if the included adapter is used) hard drives
• Holes for routing cables behind the motherboard tray
• Cable organizers
• Tool-less mechanisms for installing expansion cards
• Anti-vibration mechanisms for the 3.5” hard drives

Weak Points

• Price
• No air filters on the meshes located at the bottom panel
• No cut-out for accessing the retention mechanism of the CPU cooler
• Comes with only two fans
• No vented slot covers
• No USB 3.0 ports
• Interior and rear panels aren’t painted
• Doesn’t come with the rear fan