NZXT M59 Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

This case has four external 5.25” bays and seven internal 3.5” bays for hard disk drives. Even though we can see holes on the middle of the 5.25” bays for installing screwless retention mechanisms, this case doesn’t come with them. On the other hand, this case comes with several thumbscrews for fastening 5.25” devices, so you don’t need to use any tool to install them.

Figure 10: 5.25” bays.< /p>

As for the 3.5” bays, two of them are located between the 5.25” cage and the main hard disk drive cage and they don’t use any kind of screwless retention mechanism. The five 3.5” bays present on the main hard disk drive cage use a screwless mechanism based on rulers that need to be installed on the sides of each drive.

Figure 11:  3.5” bays.

Figure 12: Screwless mechanism.

M59 comes with an adapter for installing up to two 2.5” devices (most likely SSDs) on a 3.5” bay.

Figure 13: 2.5” to 3.5” adapter. It holds up to two 2.5” devices.

In Figure 14, you can see all accessories that come with this case.

Figure 14: Accessories.