NZXT Tempest EVO Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

The disk drive configuration from Tempest EVO is identical to the one from the original Tempest, except that all parts are now black.

On its default configuration, Tempest EVO has nine 5.25” bays with the three top bays coming with screwless mechanisms for holding 5.25” devices and the bottom six bays coming with two hard disk drive cages, each one supporting four hard disk drives each.

Figure 13: Disk drive bays.

Since the hard drive cages are removable, you can change the configuration, if you want to. For example, by removing one of the cages you gain three more 5.25” bays for a total of six, while still supporting four hard drives inside the remaining cage.

Figure 14: One of the hard drive cages.

Hard drives are installed using screwless mechanisms based on rulers.

Tempest EVO also comes with a 5.25”-to-3.5” adapter, allowing you to install a floppy disk drive, memory card reader or even one more hard drive (the holes match, we tried).

Figure 15: 5.25”-to-3.5” adapter.