NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis Review

NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis Review
Author: Greg Baden
Pages:
  1. Introduction
  2. External Overview
  3. Internal Overview
  4. Installation
  5. Conclusion

I’m sure we’ve all seen cases with black exteriors, but have you seen cases with a completely black interior and a black tinted window? The NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis gives you all of this and more! It includes four fans, two of which can be controlled by the built-in fan controller, 11 drive bays and some handy features everyone would enjoy. Read on further to see what else this case has to offer.

Features
• Immense Performance: 4 of 5 fans included ( Front 120mm fan, Top 140mm fan, Side 120MM LED fan, rear 120mm exhaust included ), fans rated at 43CFM, 23dB(A)
• Fan control: Determine noise and airflow based on your needs, dual intakes and dual exhausts are controlled independently
• Black on Black: Smoked clear window and a black interior gives the best combination of black on black.
• Meshed front panel allows for more airflow
• NZXT Solid State bracket allows for two SSD drives to be installed
• Wire Routing: Motherboard punched holes allows for quick CPU bracket removable and optimal wire routing.
• Turned HDD also helps with providing a cleaner look.
• Pre-drilled water cooling holes on the back plate
• High end graphics card support, extra space is especially designed to fit longer 10.5″ cards
• Side mounted USB, Audio, and E-SATA ports
• Mounting holes for dual radiator at the top
• Removable filter at the bottom PSU
• Rubber Grommet for wire routing gives a even sleeker look to the system

Specifications
MODEL: Lexa S SERIES
CASE TYPE: MID TOWER Black interior chassis
FRONT PANEL MATERIAL: Steel
DIMENSIONS (W x H x D): 196 X 480 X 528 mm
COOLING SYSTEM:
- FRONT, 1 x 120mm , 23db/42CFM (included)
- SIDE, 1 x 120mm LED fan@1200RPM, 23db/42CFM (included)
- TOP, 2 x 140/120mm ( 1 140mm included)
- REAR, 1 x 120mm, 23db/42CFM (included)
DRIVE BAYS: 11 DRIVE BAYS
- 4 EXTERNAL 5.25″ DRIVE BAYS
- 7 INTERNAL 3.5″ DRIVE BAYS
MATERIAL(S): Steel Construction
EXPANSION SLOTS: 7
POWER SUPPLY: 500 WATT PS2 ATX 12V 2.0 ( OPTIONAL )
WEIGHT: 7 KGS (W/O Power)
MOTHERBOARD SUPPORT: MOTHERBOARDS: ATX, MICRO-ATX, BABY AT

Packaging
The Lexa S comes packaged in a unique box. The front of the box shows the Lexa S appearing to be made in a futuristic assembly line. The back of the box goes into the features of the case along with some interior pictures.


NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis

The case is protected by two hard pieces of foam along with a bag to protect it from scratching and dust. The window on the side panel and the front bezel are also covered by plastic to protect it from scratching or getting fingerprints.


NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis


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  • Not a fan of this type of case.
  • lewislau
    they should have put at least one slot where the dvd drive can come out without having to open the door.
  • lewislau
    I love all the cooling they have provided, many fans. I dislike the door because you have to open it every time you want to insert a cd/dvd. Gets really annoying
  • black gloss is nice on any case until you take off the protective shipping plastic. unless you have a special cloth meant for cleaning gloss plastic like that it will scratch immediately. i do like the fact that the interior is painted, you don't see that on a lot of cases. this is the form factor i like to stay with. not to big that it's clunky, and not too small that it gets confused for a portable HDD. overall it has a sharp look to it, but most NZXT case's do.
  • lewislau
    yea, definately hard to take care of these types of cases. It gets scratched easily like you said, but once it does, it'll start to look uglier and uglier. Plus it's a fingerprint magnet for sure, O.o
  • It only gets scratched if you scratch it. If you aren't carefully with your case, its your own damn fault for being clumsy. Thats how I see it.
  • lewislau
    It's actually quite easy to scratch these cases, using a cloth, be it microfiber or not, to remove fingerprints tends to scratch it up quite a bit.
  • You aren't supposed to use alot of force which is where you problem prolly lies.
  • lewislau
    i use a feather touch, it still does. I think the small fibers scratch it more.
  • Not really diggin' the front panel.
  • dlb
    Yeah, I'm not really liking the front panel/door. I access my DVD drives fairly often and having a door to deal with would be a PITA. And leaving it open all the time is just asking for it to get broken. Other than that, nice case! :D

    [dlb]
  • Dobs
    Is it USB 2.0 or 3.0?
    New case must have USB 3.0 front/top Input otherwise waste of time.
  • lewislau
    it's usb 2.0. Most cases / computers don't have usb 3.0 at the moment. I also actually can't think of any usb 3.0 devices out right now either, soon =).
  • Cases currently don't have USB 3.0 connectors because USB 3.0 motherboard compatibility is scarce.
  • lewislau
    mobos are being release now with usb 3.0
  • lewislau
    As we see more USB 3.0 products being released, mobos and cases will start to have them. This winter some usb 3.0 thumb drives are being released.
  • Quite true but it'll a while before it becomes mainstream.
  • lewislau
    Agreed, but hope it does pick up soon, could always use that extra speed, to save me time.
  • We'll probably never see USB 3.0 devices reach the USB 3.0 spec's theoretical speeds.
  • lewislau
    We still haven't reached the usb 2.0 theoretical speeds.
  • That's why it theoretical ;)
  • lewislau
    Well, to be fair, none of my USB 2.0 drives ever reached their claimed speeds either, but any boost is always good.
  • My fastest USB drive maxes out at around 30MB/s
  • lewislau
    Which is only half of the theoretical 480Mb/s or 60MB/s
  • plex
    optical drives are dying as a storage medium. flash/ssd is whats up. get with the program. use microfiber cloth for a scratch free front panel and a small plier to fasten the standoffs.
  • The PC and console gaming market would beg to differ.
  • plex
    optical disks are practical for distributing the data not storing it. cheap yes, reliable no.
  • lewislau
    Yea, flash / ssd is def more reliable, don't have to worry about it getting scratched and not being able to read it.
  • The same can be said about platter HDDs.
  • lewislau
    but that's from the internals wearing it out, a dvd can be scratched much more easily, since the surface is exposed
  • How are they not reliable?
  • lewislau
    they can get scratched?
  • lewislau
    For me, i notice microfiber cloths tend to scratch up my plastic / screens more.
  • Cotton towels work fine for me.
  • lewislau
    gotta try that one.
  • plex
    you need to really be careful with the way you handle and store optical media and still inevitably get bad batches of discs and having discs go bad prematurely. DVD-RAM has been the most reliable for me as far as optical media goes but too expensive for what you get so i just gave up on these discs. i would rather take my chance with another dying storage medium , the hard drive. less effort to maintain and i make clones of the drives just in case one goes bad.how many discs do you need to buy to equal a 1 terabyte drive? in the end its a hassle to switch out discs all the time, compared to having the data on the drive ready to go.
  • lewislau
    true, also finding a place to store / organize all your dvds is quite difficult too,
  • bob
    i was just wondering if this case can fit an hd 5870
  • Yes it can
  • bob
    relay because it said to support 10.5" not 11" cards. i wanted this case because of its fan price and style but if i cant use a 5870 then i have to find another case as good as this one except the fact is that there are no other cases that are this good for the same price
  • I could check with NZXT, but im sure it does...maybe they have that listed because the case came out before the 5870....check this link: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=... they say it can fit in a NZXT gamma, which basically has the same internal design is the LEXA S, hope that helps
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