BitFenix Nova Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅28-10-15
Exterior


Casting an eye over the front of Nova we have a solid plastic fascia which hosts a BitFenix metallic badge in the lower region. At the top, BitFenix has integrated just a single 5.25” drive bay cover for installing an optical drive. Along the edges of this entire fascia there are strips of perforated mesh to allow cool air into the chassis since the front can accommodate 2x 120mm cooling fans underneath this plastic cover.

Around the back, there is an opening at the bottom for mounting the PSU and above this there are a series of seven PCI expansion slot covers – one of these is reusable while the rest are disposable. Further up there is a 120mm rear exhaust cooling fan and to the left the opening for the rear IO ports of the motherboard.


At the very top of the top panel there are some ports and buttons for connectivity. These options include:

• Twin activity LEDs
• 1x USB 2.0 port
• 1x USB 3.0 port
• Power button
• Headphone and microphone jacks
• Reset button



Further back from these ports the top panel can be seen. This top panel lacks perforated mesh and is a solid steel panel – no cooling fans can be installed at the top of Nova. For a case of this calibre we expect cutbacks of this type and although there are no top mounted fans or the allocation to install them, we’re pleased to report a push/pull configuration can still be utilised inside between the front and back of the chassis.


Placing Nova on its side we can view the underside of the chassis which includes four rubber feet to prevent the case from slipping on smooth surfaces. BitFenix has also included a detachable dust filter to use in coordination with the PSU.

On the next page we’ll move inside the case for a look at the internal layout and features.

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