Zalman MS1000-HS2 product gallery (3)
Okay, so we moved the chassis into our photo-studio for a little more intricate photography showing you all the ins and outs of the chassis. One thing should be said, it's definitely a nice looking one. The innards, for a mid-tower sized chassis, you'll notice that there's a lot of working space and sure, a lot of steel to look at.
The chassis has four external 5.25 bays, which use a completely tool-less design, just slide them in and secure them by pressing a clip. The bottom two bays come with two adaptors. One of them allows you to install 3.5 devices and the other one allows you to install both 3.5 and 2.5 devices -- quite handy with the ongoing trend in SSD storage.
Getting more and more popular, a gap in the motherboard tray. Lot's of coolers need some sort of backplate installed. The gap allows for easy access to the motherboard without having the need to remove it. At the rear of the motherboard tray and you'll also notice that there is some space in-between the tray side-panel. This allows for orderly and straightforward cable routing; don't expect luxurious space like say the HAF 922 offers though.
All the way at the bottom we installed two 'feet' manually by sliding them in. The idea here is that the chassis is raised a little on rubber mounted feet. This by itself will prevent vibration and helps keeping noise levels down to the minimum.
Located at the bottom, you can also see an air intake that again comes with a washable and easily removable dust filter. Very nice to see. You remove one screw and then will be able to access the dust filter.
If you take a peek at the PCI Card holder location, you'll notice that you secure your cards with good old-fashioned thumbnails. But did you spot it already ? Yep -- the cards are screwed secure from outside the case, instead of being screwed from inside, I find that really convenient. How many times did you lose a screw inside you PC trying to install new graphics card ? One extra detail, the PCI Card holder is nickel-plated to keep it corrosion-free and extremely sturdy.
