LENGTH OF TIME: 1-2 HOURS
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: EASY
1 ALWAYS TEAR US APART
IGNORING THE ADVICE from the famous INXS track, Never Tear Us Apart, we’ve done the opposite and dismantled this case to get to its core chassis. You’ll have to take most of your system’s panels apart when building at some point, so why not take them off right from the start? This helps you get into all the tight spaces of the build when crafting together your masterpiece.
Luckily on NZXT cases, only a few thumb screws will hold you back from stripping the case to bits. One thumb screw holds the glass front panel and the rear panel is secured by two. It’s also a good way to plan your cable management early on. Although not entirely necessary, we added another NZXT case fan that we found in our storage cupboard into the front of this case too. This is easily secured using four case screws.
2 THE COUNTERWEIGHT
, we keep the PSU installation until the end but there’s no reason why we can’t put it in first here. Especially as it’s non-modular, we can hide the cables underneath until we attach them to the motherboard. To make some room, we removed the HDD cage in the bottom of
