Tech Review - NZXT Lexa and Apollo ATX Cases

Tech Review - NZXT Lexa and Apollo ATX Cases Hello again, I’m Rodney Reynolds and welcome to another video review. Today, I’m looking at the NZXT Lexa and Apollo ATX Cases. The Lexa, a mid-tower ATX case is mostly aluminum except for a few plastic parts and it is currently only available in this black silver color. At the top of the case is one 80 millimeter fan. At the top is an LED which shows the CPU hard drive and system temperatures. The internal probes for each of these are inside of the case. At the front is a door and on this door is where the power LED and hard drive activity LED are located. This door opens to reveal four 5.25-inch external drive bays and two 3.5-inch external drive bays and here’s where the reset button is located. Also note that these doors held into place with magnetic force. On the right side is one FireWire port, a microphone and a headphone jack and two USB ports. The left side panel has a large window and one 120 millimeter blue LED fan. It also comes with a latch and it can be locked. At the back of the case is a plastic piece which can be removed in order to open the left or right side panels. At the top is where a standard ATX power supply will get installed. They include and IO shield plate and a 120 millimeter blue LED fan. Further down are they seven expansion slots. There are no thumbscrews rather four Phillips screws that hold the plastic piece and the side panels into place. This case fits a baby 80 Micro-ATX and Standard ATX motherboard. There’s a fair amount of room to work on the inside, but the motherboard tray is not removable. I mentioned the earlier that there four external five and a quarter inch drive base and two external three and a half inch drive base. Well, there are an additional five 3 ½ inch internal drive base. Also note that there’s a 120 millimeter fan at the front of the case with a dust filter. This case has a tool less design for installing drives in the drive base and cards in the expansion slots. This case comes with a strong carry harness which has an adjustable shoulder stripe handle and pouch to carry peripherals, cables etcetera. At the bottom there are four rubber feet which have great anti-vibrations properties and it won’t scratch the surface. Also at the bottom is a port with a filter. Now, have and listen to the stock cooling with a left side panel off, and now with the side panel on. Let’s have a look at the Apollo mid-tower ATX case. This case is mostly steel except for a few plastic parts and it’s currently in four colors. At the front is a door which is held in a place by magnetic force and opens to reveal five 5 ¼ inch drive base and one external three and a half inch drive bay also in here is the reset button. On the door itself is the power LED further down is the power button and the hard drive activity LED and also at the very bottom on either side of the case are LEDs. On the right side is one FireWire port, a microphone and a headphone jack and two USB ports. On the left side panel is one large window and one 120 millimeter fan. At the back of the case is where a Standard ATX power supply will get installed. They include a IO shield plate and a 120-millimeter fan. Further down are the seven expansion slots and there are two thumb screws on the left side panel. This case fits a baby 80 Micro-ATX and Standard ATX motherboard. There’s a fair amount of room to work on the inside, but the motherboard tray is not removable. I mentioned earlier that there five external five and a quarter inch drive base and one external three and a half inch drive bay. Well, there are an additional four internal 3.5-inch drive bays. This case has a tool less design for installing drives in the drive base and cards in the expansion slots. At the front bottom is a place to put a recommended but optional 120 millimeter fan to intake cool air inside the case. At the bottom are four plastic feet. Finally, have and listen to the stock cooling. Both of these cases look really nice. Alexa’s all aluminum very light has all the fans and the features. The Apollo is steel pretty heavy and only has two fans and really no passive air flow. I would have like to see them include another 120 millimeter fan at the front bottom of the case, but overall, the Alexa is kick ass and the Apollo is great. Again, my name is Rodney Reynolds. This has been another video review. Be sure to check back very soon. I will have a brand new one for you then. Also pop into my website at www.3dGameMan.com and while you’re there, you can go to the forums and register, and remember registration is completely free. Also keep in mind you can find out a lot more on this product in the forums, and as a final note, if you love watching my video reviews please remember to help support 3dGameMan.com. If you wish to support please visit Support3GM.com. Until the next time, take care.