Interior Features
As we move onto the interior of the Switch 810, I was pleasantly surprised by how spacious and well organized this case is on the inside. There are 10 outlets for cable management that are lined with rubber grommets. The two removable hard drive cages are eye-catching and should be very functional at the same time. NZXT’s white and black color scheme runs throughout every part of this case, which is a huge plus for consumers who want all their components to match in performance as well as attractiveness.
The back panel’s PCI slots are covered with black mesh covers that are secured with black thumb screws. NZXT included two more 140mm fans on the back and top panels and all the fan cables are routed to the fan power hub attached to the back of the motherboard tray.
The Switch 810 supports all major motherboard types including extended ATX, ATX, micro ATX, and mini ITX. There’s also plenty of options for routing cables and ensuring airflow is not impeded during operation.
Three of the 5.25" optical bays have tool-less clips for securing optical devices. The clips are black, plastic, and should work well to secure multiple DVD and Blu-ray burners.
Another interested feature NZXT added to the Switch 810 is the adjustable fan brackets that are attached to each removable hard drive cage. They added one 140mm fan to the top hard drive cage that can be configured to work at a 40-degree angle to help cool the CPU and other hardware.
Here’s a quick shot of the quick-release brackets that users will use to install hard drives into each removable hard drive cage. The cage is not over-packed, which will help improve airflow in these areas.
Here’s a quick shot at the back of the hot-swappable SATA hard drive bay that can be accessed from the front panel of the Switch 810.
The back panel behind the motherboard tray shows that users will have no problem accessing hard drives and routing cables from the front of the Switch 810. I really appreciate the lower cable management outlets that will make routing power cables from the power supply quick and painless.
One of the final features of the interior of this case lies behind the motherboard in the form of a seven-port fan controller that is fed power by a Molex power connector. This small board is very functional, but I would have liked it to have a SATA power connector versus the legacy Molex version.
I hope they could make a
I hope they could make a version of this Switch 810 model to accommodate the upcoming and
very much awaited EVGA and ASUS dual lga2011 socket motherboard for PC enthusiast. Since it
can accommodate a 360mm radiator on its top with push/pull fan setup, by extending the
motherboard’s installation width area for an additional 6 inches would result huge
difference and would give PC enthusiast a lot of room for installing different kinds
very hi end components including those HTPX dual socket motherboards as mentioned.
– Bottom line, NZXT gave us another quality, hi end, full featured, cool looking and
affordable product the Switch 810. Needless to say, this is what Coolermaster should do
with their COSMOS II case as far as giving enthusiast a lot of head room and FREEDOM
to install any aftermarket components they like including those fan controller(s) and not
just stuck on some messy pre-installed fan controller that doesn’t help but intervenes with
your setup making it more harder to route and install wires and connectors needed by your
hi end components specially if you have lots of them.
This case may be overkill for
This case may be overkill for an air cooled rig but every website review out there loves it for water cooling. You can fit up to 7×120 worth of radiators inside the case without modifications.
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That wasn’t a review, it was
That wasn’t a review, it was a product preview.
Pretty nice, NZXT has come a
Pretty nice, NZXT has come a long way from the maker of those horrid, gaudy robot face cases a decade ago.