NZXT Whisper PC Case
The NZXT Whisper computer case is a full tower silent case that works well with a large computer system and has lots of easy install features.
Ease of Use, Performance: 24/25
Look & Feel: 23/25
Features 23/25
How much I enjoy 23/25
Total: 93/100
The Whisper from NZXT is a full tower computer case that incorporates full side panel insulation to dampen noise from the inside of the case. The Whisper measures 20.5 inches tall, 8 inches wide and 21.5 inches front to back and weighs about 27 pounds without a system.
The Whisper is a two section case with a top section that holds your motherboard and 5.25 inch drives while the lower section has a large space for your power supply and smaller 3.5 inch drives. The two sections are separated by a sheet metal barrier that allows for better airflow for each section and has plenty of holes for cabling.
The front door opens and is uniquely designed with a large blue led strip across the front and closes securely with a magnetic catch. The front panel does not pop open easily when you eject a drive from your desktop so you have to open the door before ejecting any discs or opening the drive to place a disc.
I found it just as easy to remove the front door and use the case without it so you don’t have to concern yourself with opening the door every time. This was quite easy to do as the front LED only has one cable that connects using a power adapter inside the case so it is a matter of disconnecting the cable and removing four screws to remove the door.
The Whisper comes with several tool less features for installing drives but you still have screws holding in the PCI cards on the motherboard. The tool less design works well and is small twist to lock plastic and metal studded plates that go on the side of the drive bay and hold in the 5.25 inch drives. The lower drive bay for hard drives has two locking tabs that lock the drive tray into the bay but you still need to screw the drive to the tray.
The holes in the plate separating both sections are nicely rounded edges so there are no sharp spots to cut cables and allow you several places to pass the cabling and wires from one section to the other. Routing wires and power supply cables was easy and with the variety of holes you have a nice neat cabling setup inside the computer.
Installing the motherboard was simple with plenty of room inside the case and you can install a CPU heat sink fan assembly inside the case on a motherboard with ease. There is enough space inside the top section for the motherboard and plenty of length from the back to the drive cage for larger video cards so your cards do not come too close the sides of the drive cage.
I really like the sheet metal partition so when using screws and small parts inside the top if you drop them you do not have to worry about them falling into the power supply that is below this section. There are no holes lined up with the top of the power supply so it would be very difficult to have screws or other parts fall into the fan area of the PSU.