A Closer Look - Inside

Made out of a good amount of steel, both side panels are quite heavy. Nanoxia lined these with a thin layer of sound-dampening material. The 120/140 mm opening comes equipped with a dust filter, which is a very nice touch.


To access to the interior, simply remove the thumbscrews holding each panel in place. The interior has a traditional layout, but Nanoxia went all out and included an additional hard-drive cage within the Deep Silence 1 Rev. B. The motherboard tray comes with plenty of openings for cable-routing purposes, but only a few hooks to pin any cables to with zip ties, although with 20 mm of room, which should be enough to squeeze everything in behind the tray.


Why Nanoxia included six extra hard-drive trays becomes apparent after having taken a look at the drive cages in front. Out of the box, one of the lower cages is filled with a 2.5" drive cage, while the second, smaller variant is empty. Both of these can hold a total of six traditional drives instead. Interestingly, Nanoxia simply chose not to fill the second cage with trays right off the bat by including the remaining three as extras instead.

You may remove the top cage, but may also take the remaining two out if you feel like it. This will create room for a thick front-mounted 240 mm radiator, with the ability to utilize the hard-drive cage in the middle. Last but not least, the top of the front is filled with four 5.25" drive bays. Each of these is equipped with a screw-less locking mechanism. Look closely and you can see a plastic 5.25'' to 3.5" tray in the bottom-most drive bay you may install a smaller, externally accessible device to.


The aforementioned PSU bay in the back comes with four little rubber bumps to kill any vibrations. Above the bay are the motherboard-expansion slots, each with its cover held in place by a black thumbscrew for easy, tool-less access. In the very top is the third fan. 120 mm large, it pushes air out through the back of the chassis.


You may install a 180 mm or two 120/140 mm fans into the ceiling. Naturally, a radiator of up to 280 mm in size will fit as well, but such a radiator may get in the way of the top-most drive-bay cover.


All cables within the Deep Silence 1 Rev. B are sleeved black to match the interior. Aside from the now-standard plugs for both case connectivity and I/O, you will find a single Molex plug for the two fan controllers capable of powering up to six 3-pin fans. You can control a set of up to three of these fans with one of sliders at the front of Nanoxia's Deep Silence 1 Rev. B.