A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, simply remove the thumb screws holding each panel in place. Looking at the internal layout, things are actually quite simple at first sight, but the backside of the motherboard tray does hold some surprises. The first is the nearly 30 mm space you have to work with, which is plenty. Strategically placed openings in the tray and a lot of zip-tie hooks should make it easy to keep things clean and tidy.


You will also find four mounting trays for hard drives in the interior of the Azza Storm 6000. Two of them are meant for 2.5" drives, which is quite the common method to add additional storage capacity to enclosures. Then, there are two extra 3.5" variants on the backside of the motherboard tray which can certainly be considered rather uncommon.


You may take the two 2.5" trays and place them on the shroud if you want. There are openings here to allow for clean cable routing as well.


In the bottom of the front, you will find two plastic trays in an HDD cage, which brings the total number of possible drives to six within the Storm 6000—plenty for most scenarios. In the front are two more Hurricane fans, which has the enclosure ship with a whooping five fans of which four are RGB. This is quite nice for a case of this price point. In the very top are two more 5.25" drive bays, but only one of them is accessible from outside. This means that you could use the other to add even more internal storage to the case with a simple accessory.


In the rear, the PSU bay is partially covered with its side still clearly accessible. You should be able to install quite the large unit here as Azza lists a compatibility of up to 250 mm. Above that are the 8+2 expansion slots with covers that are held in place by screws, which makes them reusable for when you change your system configuration. The rear 120 mm fan in the very top is a run-of-the-mill unit with black blades and no LEDs. I understand the need for Azza to keep cost down, but like the fact that you still get a fan.


Looking at the ceiling, you can clearly see that the two fans would not interfere with the motherboard or any drives in front. Even with a thick radiator, you should be fine in this part of the Storm 6000.


Azza has embedded an RGB controller into the case, which is extendable due to numerous 4-pin plugs. As these are essentially industry standard, you should have no issues with finding affordable LED strips or fans to connect to these. All the other case cables for USB and power are of the default variety.