A Detailed Look – At the Inside

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We took off the left panel and flipped it around to so you the two 120mm fans mounted on the bottom of the panel. NZXT also reserved a spot to add a 200 or 230mm fan for extra cooling for dual and triple graphics card configurations.

 

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The inside of the case is very spacious and can hold motherboards up to the E-ATX form factor. The two hard drive bays hold up to seven 3.5″ devices and the top optical bay can manage up to five 5.25″ devices. Both of these bays feature tool-less designs, which means you can install DVD burners and hard drives without any screws.

 

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Here’s a close-up shot of the tool-less clips NZXT developed for the optical bays on the Phantom. They retract back to unlock the drive and seem to be very sturdy. I like how they made the overall case design too.

 

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NZXT also included for large rubber-molded holes for routing data and power cables around the back of the case. These come in very hadny when you have multiple hard drives, optical devices, and graphics cards. 

 

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The back and top panel comes with one 120mm fan and one 200mm fan standard. The PCI slots are secured using thumb screws instead of a tool-less design like clips. Our readers will also notice the four strategically-placed water relay holes to route external water cooling units into the case to cool the CPU and graphics cards.

 

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The motherboard tray is not removable, but it does support every modern form factor like micro ATX, ATX, and E-ATX to name a few. There’s also adequate room at the bottom of the case for larger power supplies that will be necessary to run six-core processors and dual and triple SLI/CrossfireX graphics configurations.

 

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NZXT left room for one more 200mm fan at the top of the case for users who want that wind tunnel effect flowing through their case. While I like the addition of these fans, I’m more inclined to see mounting holes for dual and triple radiators for custom water cooling systems instead. People who purchase full tower cases are usually the ones who splurge on their hardware and like to use the best cooling solutions possible, which is typically water cooling versus air cooling.

 

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Each hard drive bay includes a plastic cage that has quick-release clips to easily install 3.5″ devices. There are seven of them included with the Phantom, so RAID users can rejoice about the expandability features available with this case.

 

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Here’s a quick shot of the entire front portion of the interior of the Phantom. We have already covered these case features, but I wanted you to see the overall spacing and real estate available with the Phantom.

 

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The bottom of the case includes eight long rubber feet and several vents that will help bring cool air into the case and help cool the power supply as well.

 

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Here’s a close-up shot of one of the eight rubber feet that NZXT added to the Phantom. I haven’t seen case feet designed like this before so it will be interesting to see how sturdy it is during testing.

 

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