Azza Storm 6000 Review 5

Azza Storm 6000 Review

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Test System

System Parts for Case Reviews
Processor:Intel Core i7-8600K
Motherboards:ATX: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
MATX: Z370M GAMING PRO CARBON
Mini-ITX: MSI Z370i GAMING PRO CARBON
Provided by: MSI
Graphics Card:Long: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 OEM
Short: HIS Radeon 5350 HD
Memory:16 GB XPG Dazzle DDR4 2800 MHz CL17-17-17 1.25 V
32 GB GB XPG SPECTRIX D40 3000 MHz. CL16-18-18 1.35 V
16 GB XPG GAMMIX D10 DDR4 2400 MHz CL16-16-16 1.20 V
Provided by: ADATA
HDD:Western Digital 320 GB 7200 RPM
SSD:ADATA XPG SX950 256 GB
ADATA Ultimate SU800 3D 256 GB
ADATA Ultimate SU700 240 GB
Provided by: ADATA
Power Supply:Fractal Design Integra 650 W
Provided by: Fractal Design
Cooling:be quiet! Pure Rock
be quiet! Pure Slim
be quiet! Shadow Rock 2
be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Provided by: be quiet!

Assembly


Installing a motherboard is done with spacers and screws. As the Azza Storm 6000 is rather large, you have plenty of room to connect all the leads and install parts. You may add GPUs of up to 420 mm in length and CPU coolers that are up to 175 mm tall, which translates into a lot of different options for your build.


Using the plastic trays, you won't need any tools when adding 3.5" drives to these. Once filled, simply slide the whole tray back into the bay until it snaps down.


Things are a bit different with the metal trays. You will need to use screws to secure the drive to these, and an additional screw is required to pin the whole contraption into place on the backside of the motherboard tray.


The same holds true for 2.5" drive trays as these are essentially miniature versions of the larger variants. Once filled, simply pick one of the spots to screw it down to—it could either be hidden away behind the motherboard or in plain sight in the interior.


The Azza Storm 6000 is one of few cases that still offers a 5.25" drive bay for an optical drive, for example. To install one, you first have to pop the plastic cover out of the front. Then, slide the drive in and use some of the supplied screws to secure it in place. There is loads of space, which means you won't have to worry about it colliding with your motherboard, for example.


Last but not least, the PSU also requires you to use screws and a screwdriver. It fits nicely underneath the shroud and will be clearly visible on the windowed side of the Storm 6000.


Once everything is installed, the interior of the case is still extremely clean as all the leads quickly disappear into the well-placed holes around the motherboard. You should spend some extra time on ensuring that all the PSU cables are hidden away nicely too, especially if your power supply is not fully modular.

Finished Looks


With the system is turned on, you will clearly see the glow of the fans through the honeycomb structure in the front. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it to be as the internal layout is of the standard variety.


Thanks to the large window, you can clearly see all the hardware inside the Azza Storm 600. The pre-installed Hurricane fans emit a constant and quite visible glow, which has them light up the internals nicely as well.

Thanks to the RGB controller and appropriate fans, you can switch between different lighting modes and colors. Below are all the basic hues you can access out of the box with the built-in button in the front of the chassis.

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