With two 120mm fans, heaps of space for storage, and a tempered glass side panel, the Bitfenix Nova is shooting above its weight class. It's true that this case does have a lot to offer for its s
With two 120mm fans, heaps of space for storage, and a tempered glass side panel, the Bitfenix Nova is shooting above its weight class. It’s true that this case does have a lot to offer for its size, and even manages to squeeze in support for disc drive for the dozen or so people still rocking one of those in 2022.
Our budget case group test
Kolink Inspire K8 (opens in new tab) – Interesting but underwhelming
Aerocool Hive (opens in new tab) – Keep it cool
Aerocool Zauron (opens in new tab) – The budget case champ
Kolink Inspire K11 (opens in new tab) – Look, a proper fan
Bitfenix Nova (opens in new tab) – Storage galore and nothing more
Kolink Nimbus (opens in new tab) – Styling on a budget
Aerocool Tomahawk (opens in new tab) – Good but not good enough
For its large storage capacity, the Bitfenix Nova offers a slightly less than optimal layout. A top-to-bottom storage cage takes up most of the front of the case, leaving a lot less room than some for your graphics card and no space for a liquid cooler or more than two fans. With a couple of drives installed the airflow can be restricted, too.
That said, with only an NVMe SSD installed for testing, the CPU and GPU do run at okay temperatures. That lack of space up front is not a major issue in my testing, anyways.
It does rattle something fierce, though. The HDD trays are the main offender, as they wobble so much within the bays that they can quite easily fall out entirely.
