HardwareThe NZXT Khaos Case

We just reviewed the CyberPower Gamer Xtreme XI system with a 4.0GHz QX9770 and SLI GTX 280s that comes in an NZXT Khaos case. We thought it would be good to provide a separate look at the case since it has some cool features and looks quite nice. The Khaos case has been available for several weeks now. It is a full-tower offering a lot of space, with five...

We just reviewed the CyberPower Gamer Xtreme XI system with a 4.0GHz QX9770 and SLI GTX 280s that comes in an NZXT Khaos case. We thought it would be good to provide a separate look at the case since it has some cool features and looks quite nice. The Khaos case has been available for several weeks now. It is a full-tower offering a lot of space, with five 5.25" drive bays and eight 3.5" drive bays for hard drives. The front has two large 120mm fans preinstalled. In the top-back are two additional 120mm fans that will provide additional airflow to the CPU area, one venting upwards and the other blowing out the back. Gallery: NZXT Khaos - Exterior Two of the 5.25" drive bays have faceplates that cover your installed optical drives. Looking at the rear, we see two small openings where the tubes of an external water-cooling device can enter/exit. At the bottom are two mounting areas for power supplies. As we noted in the CyberPower review, users can install two power supplies. NZXT also delivers a Y-cable so user can run both power supplies off of one wall socket. There are two wheels at the front of the chassis while the back has two rubber stoppers that keep the case in place. To move the case you lift up the handle at the back and wheel it around. (Mind your fingers, though.) Internals Gallery: NZXT Khaos - Interior The inside looks like a standard ATX full-tower, but there are a few extras. The motherboard fits in the upper-left section and the power supplies... [ Read more on www.anandtech.com ]

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