For the rest, note that the box is made of 0.6 mm thick SPCC steel, and has a tempered glass side that allows you to see all the equipment inside. It has a removable dust filter from the outside for the lower area, in the power supply, and another magnetic filter in the upper part.
Unboxing and external analysis
As usual with this manufacturer, the outer packaging is made of hard cardboard and with an image of the box in black on one of its sides, leaving a sketch of the disassembled box and its technical specifications for one of the sides on the opposite side. .
Inside, the box is protected by expanded polystyrene moldings and a plastic bag to protect its integrity. Here you can see the Azir out of its packaging in a three-quarter view.
The front of the box is fully meshed and has a 3D mesh that gives it a different touch aesthetically speaking. The brand logo adorns the upper.
As we mentioned earlier, one side of the case is made of slightly tinted tempered glass, which will allow you to see inside the case without opening it. The other side is metal painted black without anything remarkable.
At the back we find the hole for the power supply at the bottom, and above we find seven perforated PCI expansion slots and two more to be able to place the GPU vertically. Above is the grille behind which hides the rear 120mm fan and the hole for the motherboard I/O shield.
On the roof of the box we have the magnetic dust filter just above the grille where we can install up to two 120/140mm fans or radiators up to 280mm in length. Here too we have the power and reset button and the connection ports, which only include a single USB 3.0.
Finally, on the floor of the box we find the grid with the filter for the power supply and the anchors for the rack for hard drives, which we will have to unscrew from the outside if we want to remove it. The box has four large feet with rubber inserts.
Seen the exterior of this Nfortec Azir, we will open it to see what it hides inside.
Internal analysis
We remove the two side panels and access the interior of the case, which is quite spacious and in which the large number of holes for the passage of cables stand out, as well as the large space to manipulate the CPU socket from the rear without having to disassemble the motherboard.
The lower area is separated from the upper area, and here we have a “window” that will allow us to see the power supply, while the other side is adorned with the brand logo. There are several holes, including one for PCIe graphics cables, and there’s room on the right side to install large radiators in the front.
The upper area is quite wide and, despite the fact that the motherboard will be fixed to the “floor”, in the upper area there is an additional space that will allow us to comfortably install radiators without them touching the motherboard.
On the back, seen from the outside, we have the 120mm fan pre-installed, just above the perforated expansion slots. Unfortunately, in this box these bezels are not reusable and you will have to break them to install a graphics card.
Up front, we have nothing but space to fit up to three 120mm fans behind the grille. There is no dust filter here.
Let’s take a look at the rear, where we have about 23mm of cable routing space, which isn’t much but more than enough to route thicker cables like 24-pin ATX since food.
Finally, the faceplate can be easily removed with a simple dry pull, and since it has no wiring, it gives us all the comfort in the world to be able to access and install fans or a radiator in the front.
After seeing the inside and outside of the box, we’re going to mount our test rig inside to see how it works.
Mount high-end hardware on the Nfortec Azir
Since this box only has one fan installed at the factory, Nfortec has also sent us additional fans so that we can show you the possibilities this box offers. To start, we received a pair of Nebulus ARGB 120mm ceiling fans.
These fans have 11 blades inclined enough to generate good static pressure, and their blades are translucent to promote lighting. They have a standard 4-pin PWM connector and the conventional ARGB connector.
Also, we have also enviado tre fans Nfortec Vega RGB de 120 mm para el front de la caja, unos ventiladores que tienen una gran innovation y es que cuentan con un nuevo conector de 6 pins que unifica la alimentación, le control PWM y enlightenment.
Here you can see the connector. This has an obvious advantage, which is that the number of cables and connections is greatly reduced, but it also has the disadvantage that they are not directly compatible with motherboards and require the installation of a controller.
Of course, they also sent us the controller, which supports up to 8 fans simultaneously. The controller needs SATA power and we will need to connect it to an ARGB header on the motherboard, yes. Nfortec told us that will send this controller for free to those who buy the Azir.
With that in mind, we start by installing the two Nebulus units on the roof of the box.
And we also installed the three Vega units in the front.
Personally, we like to start PC assembly with the power supply because it’s one of the bulkiest and heaviest parts. In this case we used a CORSAIR RM1000i source, whose dimensions forced us to remove the rack for hard drives that the case had in the lower area because otherwise we could not connect the wiring.
After that, we install the motherboard: you can see that we have enough space left at the top and on the right.
Since the only storage device is an M.2 SSD that goes directly to the board, the next step is to connect all the cabling except for the graphics power supply, as we’re leaving that for last.
Now yes, once everything is connected we mount the graphics card and we would have it ready.
This is what the Nfortec Aegir looks like already connected, with its Nebulus and Vega fans installed in the corresponding places. The image shows how the kit looks in near extreme ambient lighting conditions, with two large white bulbs pointing directly at the case, and the lighting still looks decent.
In this view, again with these lighting conditions, we can see much better what the mounting and lighting of the fans looks like.
The 3D grille on the front also allows the lighting of the fans to be seen.
And now take a look at what the lighting looks like under normal room conditions and not with two spotlights pointed at the box.
Already in twilight conditions, of course, it looks much more.
Having seen what the assembly of the box looks like and its lighting, we will draw the relevant conclusions.
Conclusion and judgment
The Nfortec Azir turned out to be a fairly good quality case, solid and robust, and above all with enough space that not only serves to mount high-performance equipment, but also is comfortable to use for assembly, with many space to route the cables and leave a clean support.
The box only includes one fan from the factory, but it has room to add five more or liquid cooling radiators, so as we mentioned at the start this opens up a pretty wide range of possibilities for users to choose and design the airflow and the fans we want to install. For some this may be a disadvantage, but for many others it will be an advantage, especially for the greediest.
Aesthetically speaking, the box is quite nice, with an elegant design but with this 3D design on the grille which gives it a touch of personality. In addition, the tempered glass side allows you to see all the internal hardware we have installed, which is very appreciated in these times.
The Nfortec Azir has an RRP of $69.95, perhaps not too tight given that it only includes a fan, but its good build quality makes up for it.
For all these reasons, we think this Nfortec Azir is worthy of our silver medal, as well as our recommendation for its quality/price ratio.
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