Zalman Z9 Neo White review

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But let's talk storage in the form of HDDs and SSDs. The Z9 Neo storage capacity for hard drives are very decent for a mid-tower. The chassis can carry four internal 3.5" and even six SSD 2.5" devices. 
  

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Two 3.5" devices can be installed easily, you simply use a tray and rubber grips for the HDDs. Once seated, you simply slide it and lock it down. Obviously you'll need to route cabling like SATA and power connectors to and through the backside. The SSD mounts are all over ther front and backside of the chassis. 
 

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At the bottom side we see the PSU mount, you simply slide it in there, let me show you the next photo though:
 

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Secure it with screws and it is locked and loaded to to go. A very nice way to hide the PSU, bringing more aesthetics to the overall looks and design. However as you can see in total you'll have 24 cm of clearance until you hit the HDD bay. We recommend an ATX power supply with a maximum length of 18 cm (like used here) that way the connectors have enough clearance, cabling wise there is just enough space for routing at the backside.
 

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When we look at the top inner side of the chassis then, first off, everything is nicely daark inside with white accents. This makes the chassis a great looking build.The Z9 Neo White  has wide support liquid cooling radiators up-to 240 mm at the top. All included fans and mounts are 120 mm.

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At the rear another 120 mm fan, all fairly silent I must say, here you can also see the seven expansion slots. Basically you could go with two graphics cards at best. There's plenty space for even the longest graphics cards available. A little less is the CPU cooler spacing, roughly 160 mm. We recommend a LCS unit with the 120 mm radiator mounted here in the back.
 

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Have a peek at the CPU back plate cutout. The space in-between the motherboard tray and backside panel is roughly 2 cm deep, so you have enough space to work with for your cabling behind the motherboard tray. The CPU back plate cutout is there obviously for CPU coolers, if you need to swap one this helps you from having to take the motherboard out of the chassis. At the front-side another two low RPM 120 mm fans. Nice to see all grommet holes to have rubber inserts.

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