THE PROMINENT 5 INTERIOR

I was quite surprised to see that the left side panel comes ready with the thickest noise-absorption material I’ve seen so far.

On the other hand however the right side panel comes with a much thinner one since NEXUS had to leave some space for cables.

The interior of the Prominent 5 is just as spacious as the one of the R version and is also black (the orange/black color combo looks nice).

All of the available 5 ODB's feature locking mechanisms. Also remember that we skipped the contents picture? Well that was because all of the screws are mounted vertically at the rear of the 5.25” drive bays as you can see above (which is kinda nice since you won’t be misplacing them).

There are also five 3.5" drive trays in the Prominent 5.

The quality of the trays is not the best I’ve ever seen but it's very good and they also have mounting holes for 2.5" drives.

The mainboard tray has a single large opening and 5 plastic holders for cable management purposes. Also notice the lack of an opening beneath the CPU area which is replaced with what seems to be another fan spot (although you can't install a fan there).

All 7 PCI expansion slots feature tool-less locks which may not be as sturdy as regular screws (you can also use regular screws if you choose not to use the locks) but they work well.

The extra base fan spot comes ready with an air-filter which unfortunately sits beneath the fan so to clean it you need to remove the fan first (if of course you choose to place one).

There's not much space behind the mainboard tray (even less once you install the right side panel) but it's enough to route a few cables.

At the rear top NEXUS has pre-installed a single 140mm exhaust fan and has also placed room for a second one right next to that.