NZXT Zero Ultimate Cooling Chassis

Interior

First off, you can see the standard case interior.  It looks to me like plenty of maneuvering here and there shouldn't be any difficulty installing despite the lack of a removable mainboard tray.  The interior isn't so full of screw holes that it looks like a slice of Swiss cheese, but there are the standard mounting holes for ATX, Micro ATX and Mini ATX motherboards.  They're all clearly labeled as well to make installation a breeze.

Taking a look near the rear of the NZXT Zero, we get a look at where the PSU is installed.  We are also afforded a better view of the two 120mm fans.  The next cool feature of this case is this tool-less expansion slot clamp.  I've never seen one like this before, but it looks very solid.  I hope it will fit over my two-slot video card.  There's a plastic clamp at the top of a single, solid aluminum clamp.  This clamps down over all of the PCI slots to hold the cards down.  This feels very sturdy as well.

As our travels take us up toward the front of the case, we're greeted with more sights.  First off, there are expansion bays for five 5.25" devices.  Directly below that, you can fit two external 3.5" drives.  And further down, there is room for six internal 3.5" drives.  Notably, directly to the front of the HDD cage is the 120mm intake fan.  This should help keep the drives cool.  You may also notice the filtered area directly behind the HDD cage.  This is the size of another 80mm fan, so if you were interested, you should be able to install one here as well.

Also included with the case are the tool-less drive bay rails, plenty of screws, a couple of cord ties, and some tape.  One of the things that I love about this case is these board plugs.  They're already grouped to fit most standard motherboards, and labeled clearly so that the front ports should be easy to plug in.  In the off chance that you don't have the standard motherboard plugs, there are also the individual wires trailing off of these (only about 3" long) so you could use those as well.  This is an awesome feature -- I cannot count the number of times I have just not bothered plugging up my front ports because I didn't want to have to deal with these individual wires.

Now, let's move on into the installation and see what the NZXT Zero really has to offer.

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Pg 1 - Introduction
Pg 2 - Exterior
Pg 3 - Interior
Pg 4 - Installation
Pg 5 - Conclusion