Interior

It’s the Infiniti ZOR’s modular drive bay system that’s most impressive to us though, with a well realised design that’s extremely flexible. Popping off the fascia panel reveals twin hard drive mount cages with space for three 3.5” hard disk drives each, mounted on plastic rails which slide into and secure against the case’s drive frame. The hard disk cages slide out the front of the case, which means hard drive maintenance won’t require you to gut your whole system, and while a little stiff to use, are perfectly functional.

Mounting hard drives into the cages is as simple as fitting mounting rails to each individual hard drive and sliding it into place (again a little stiff, but not frustratingly so), although the lack of any vibration deadening rubber mountings is a little disappointing, especially as hard drive noise is perhaps the Akasa Omega’s most notable shortcoming.

Each cage is then fitted with a 120mm fan mount, filled by an Akasa blue-LED lit 120mm fan, along with removable dust filter. While removing filters to clean still means you having to pop off the front fascia, their inclusion alone is a major bonus, especially as so many high end cases omit them.


The drive cages, while by default installed as they are in our photos, can be removed entirely if not required or moved to occupy any position in the Infiniti ZOR’s eleven 5.25” drive bays, as can in fact any 5.25” drive or the provided 5.25” to 3.5” drive bay adapter. We’re really not used to this sort of easy flexibility in layout and it’s pretty refreshing to be able to put your drives exactly where you want them.

However, the internal feel of the ZOR really isn’t up to much and the roughly treated steel is generally unpleasant to work with, not to mention incredibly dull looking. There are also more than a few sharp edges inside as well, especially on the underside of the E-ATX motherboard tray which is strewn with sharp steel barbs from where the motherboard mounting screw holes have been drilled. While we appreciate that the Infiniti ZOR isn’t billed as a premium case, these sort of sacrifices in build quality are disappointing.

The motherboard tray itself is an example of a missed opportunity. Its construction seems to indicate that it’s removable, with two guide rails at the top and two removable screws holding the tray in place, but it’s actually not and is locked into place inside the chassis by the close proximity of the drive mounting system.


While the insides of the ZOR are still plenty roomy for fitting even the meatiest of systems or graphics cards, with decent clearance on all sides of the motherboard and above the CPU allowing for the problem free fitting of even the fattest of CPU coolers, a removable motherboard tray would have been a great inclusion in this price range, especially as it’s right there, waiting to be taken advantage of!

There's also very little in the way of cable routing options here either. With the drive cage system occupying the full width of the case, there's no way to stash unwanted cables behind your drives, and there's no chance to tuck them behind the motherboard tray either, with the cross beams that reinforce the tray flush with the side panel when fitted. With no-where else to hide your un-needed power cables, they'll dangle messily inside the case unless you get really serious with the cable ties, hardly an attractive option considering the Infiniti ZOR's prominent side panel window.


As well as the dual 120mm blue LED lit intake fans fitted to the front of the drive cages, the ZOR also includes a single 120mm blue LED lit fan on exhaust duties, fitted to the rear of the case. All three fans spin at a very ear friendly 1,200RPM, although there’s no way to switch off the LEDs separately, as there is with the Cooler Master Sniper, or alter their speed, like on the Antec 900.

The 3-pin cables from the twin intake fans might also cause you some problems – the cables just weren’t long enough for both to be connected to our test system’s 3-pin headers, and in the end we had to use a Molex to 3-pin adapter to have all three fans spinning simultaneously. The inclusion of a relatively inexpensive 3-pin extender or even just making the cables longer in the first place could easily have resolved the problem.