The interior of the case is not overly spacious,
but it is ergonomic. Apart from the standard
power button, reset button, power on LED and
hard disk drive activity LED lights which are
somewhat standard, there is a stand-alone Molex
connector which is used to power the lights at
the front of the case. As well as these, there
are the cables which make the front ports of
the case usable. NZXT placed considerable attention
on these cables since they provide both a solid
connector for easy installation and also separated
wires in case your motherboard does not follow
the standard design. The headphones/microphone
cable is even more practical, since it offers
two solid connectors (one for Intel HD motherboards
and another for AC97 motherboard) and separate
wires as well.
All of the drives and PCI cards can be installed
inside the case without the use of any specialist
tools. The only tool you will need is a standard
Philips screwdriver in order to install the motherboard.
You can install any 5.25” drive and the
visible 3.5” drives inside the case and
simply lock them by pushing the locks forward
and securing them. The hard disk drives bay is
placed sideward, with the rear of the disk drives
facing the window panel of the case. You can
install the hard disk drives with the help of
the included drive rails. The drive bay is removable,
but not as easily as you would like to think.
You will have to remove the two screws beside
the drive bay and another two screws which secure
the drive bay from beneath the case before pulling
it outside.
At the rear of the case, nothing of real interest
exists except for the 120mm exhaust fan. NZXT
went with a simple, solid black 120mm fan this
time. A clear blue LED fan would be nice here
as well, but it would probably make the interior
of the Apollo too bright. Motherboard standoffs
are not installed when you receive the case.