NZXT Lexa Tower Case Review

Cases & PSU/Cases by jmke @ 2005-11-13

NZXT known for their more extravagant case designs like the Guardian and Nemesis, has decided to introduce a more common-look case. The Lexa is a sight to behold, lightweight with a lot of space, comes with 4 rather silent case fans. How does it perform? Read on to find out

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Inside the Lexa

A look inside

Before you can of the side panel you need to remove 2 screws and pull on the handle; with the handle lock alone you can keep the side panel in place well enough, so the screws are not really needed anymore. For security reasons you can also lock the side panel by key.

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The Lexa was delivered without Power Supply and it’s the first thing you need to install as it’ll be a very tight fit with a motherboard already in place. The plastic decoration at the back needs to go before you can screw in the PSU; this plastic deco also hinders the easy closure of the side panel, it would have been better to have chosen a design which did not take priority over function.

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Plug and play installation of hard drives and CD/DVD devices is provided through the use of drive rails which simply click in place at both sides of the device. The hard drives easily slides into the bay, as does a CD/DVD device; for the installation of a floppy/multimedia card reader/etc… you’ll need to remove the front cover completely.

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Expansion cards also get a screw-less treatment, a simple twist and turn of the rail which covers the PCI slots will secure the devices locked within. We had no problems installation a Chaintech FX5900XT and 3com network cards; however some users reported that the system is not 100% compatible with their expansion cards. In such event you can still use the good old screws to secure the cards in place.

When you’ve got your system wrapped up and installed you can take it to LAN parties easily by using the included carrying strap which has a few pockets to put your keyboard and mouse in there.

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