With the two side-face drive mounts you can easily add an additional pair of hard drives that will simply snap into place thanks to the pop-on rails that AeroCool provides with the case.  These rails once attached to the hard drives can simply be pushed and snapped into place on the drive cages. There is also enough run to allow you to configure your power connector direct up from the power supply supply.

Here you can get a much clearer view of the area where the rear fan/fans can be mounted, we opted for a single 120mm fan simply because we know the noise generated by it will be far less than a pair of 80mm fans run side by side.

As you can see AeroCool does not use the cheap knock-out slot covers, these are the real deal where you can remove them and replace them should the need arise.  I also like the fact that it uses real screws to hold them in place especially in light of the fact that we will be using a new HIS X1950XT double-wide video card.

One other nice feature the AeroCool Zero Degree has going for it is the 120mm fan mounted in front of vertical drive bay and they have also included a second mounting bracket so you have the option of mounting a second fan or mounting a radiator to it to us in a water cooling kit. 

With the side-panel removed you can get a good look at the inside of the Zero and for the first time you actually see just how many drives it is capable of holding.   With the power supply located at the bottom of the case we are left with a great of room at the top of the case.  You can also see that there are a pair of hard drive bay located on the top of the power supply cage, this is handy for mounting say a pair of SATA RAID drives.

To test the cooling capabilities of the AeroCool Zero Degree we loaded the enclosure up with our Core 2 Duo system and overclocked it 3.0 GHz and then we took temperature reading using Gigabyte's Easy Tune Software program.

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 ES
Motherboard:	GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6
Memory:	Mushkin PC2-6400
Hard Drive:	Western Digital 2500
Video Card:	HIS Tech X1950XT
DVD/RW:	NEC ND-3540A
Power Supply:	Seasonic S12-700 watt

Temperature reading after running SETA @ Home for two hours were a nice comfortable 39 degrees.

When it came time to write the Pros and Cons on this case the hardest part was finding any Cons to put in that particular column.  I listed two Cons as not being aluminum and no motherboard tray, neither one of these features actually bother me when it comes to how well I like a case.  When you consider that 99% of the people that build a computer will put the motherboard into the case once and leave it there it really makes no difference whether or not the tray is removable.  Now as for aluminum versus steel, that is just a personal preference I suppose and one I really never got that wrapped up in, but for those of you that need a Con on every review you now have a fair share.

AeroCool has a another winner with the Zero Degree!

After reviewing the Zero Degree I have to say that a retail price of $112.00 you can not go wrong with this case.  It is rock solid in every feature and has everything one needs to complete a high-end system and have it maintain a constant cool operating temperature thanks to the well thought out fan placement and the extra help of the 250mm side-mounted fan. 

It maybe winter now but it will be heating up soon enough, so grab a Zero Degree and get a jump on those case temperatures.

A special thanks to Alex for his help in setting up this review and to AeroCool USA for supplying this sample.

Page 1 - Introduction, Features, Specification Page 2 - Packaging and A Closer Look Page 3 - A Look at the Rear / A Look at the Inside Page 4 - Digging Deeper Inside