NZXT is relatively new to the case market and first made a name for themselves with their Guardian series of cases. The Guardian was good for the gaming crowd, but not something that you would see used in an office. In more recent years they started to make cases that were pleasing to the eye, and yet highly functional as well. Today I was given the chance to review their new Zero Crafted Series case.

This new series of cases is making NZXT stand out from the crowd. The black, silver and blue makes for a nice contrast, and the front design is very elegant. Plus, this case is very functional with great air flow and a good amount of space for all of your devices.

Specs

Here are the specs for the Zero case as taken from the NZXT website:

- Full tower light weight aluminum chassis
- Quad 12cm fans optimized for sli and crossfire configurations
- Fully equipped cooling system with seven 12cm fans and 1 8cm fan
- Aluminum plated front panel
- See-through smoked acrylic
- Screwless installation for 5.25", 3.5" and pci devices
- Quad 12cm side fan setup
- Large capacity for hard drives and drive bay devices
- Ext. ports: 2 x USB 2.0, MIC, ieee 1394/firewire,
- Intel hd audio ready headphone jack

Package

The case came in a full color cardboard box. It's always such a shame to throw away such nice packaging! Tearing into the box, the case is in a large plastic bag held in place by Styrofoam. Once you get past all this, the case has a clear plastic sticker over the case bezel to prevent scratches. Don’t worry; the sticker comes off easily.