Nexus Prominent R Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

The Nexus Prominent R has four external 5.25” bays, one external 3.5”/2.5” docking bay, and six internal 3.5”/2.5” bays, and you can convert one of the external 5.25” bays into an external 3.5” bay. They all have tool-less installation mechanisms.

Figure 17: Disk drive bays

The six internal 3.5”/2.5” bays are available inside two hard drive cages. You can remove the top cage in case you need to install longer video cards or in the event that you want to increase air flow inside the case. The bottom hard drive cage can be removed if you want to install a second fan on the bottom panel and increase the air flow inside the PC.

Figure 18: Top hard drive cage removed

Figure 19: Hard drive cage

Each 3.5”/2.5” bay is actually a small drawer, each one featuring rubber rings to absorb vibrations from 3.5” devices.

Figure 20: One of the 3.5”/2.5” bays