In front of the top exhaust fans w find the control panel.  From left to right:  Two USB 2.0 ports front Audio I/O ports, an E-SATA port and the power and reset buttons.  It is nice to see NZXT bringing the E-SATA port to the front of the case.  The space in front of the ports has become my default shelf for both my iPod and my 3.5 inch external drive enclosures.

   With the door off, the inside of the Tempest is setup to mount the motherboard at the top and place the drives across the front above that power supply mounting.  The long wires from the top panel should support most motherboards and allow the wire runs to be concealed.

   Looking at the back reveals the 120 mm rear exhaust fan placed right against the top to minimize heat pockets.  You can also see the bottom support bracket for larger power supplies.  I mounted an Ultra X3 800 watt with nothing touching this bracket but its nice to know that its there if you need it.

   The top is dominated by the two fans as expected, but if you look closer you can see the top surface is pre-drilled to support a radiator up to 120mm dual (240mm) sizes.  This is a nice touch allowing you to  mount some of the industry leading reservoirs and use the existing  two 140mm fans to cool them without having to mangle your new case.  With six big fans, you could consider the water-cooling options overkill.

   The front of the case reveals the  internal bay structure.  The two internal drive bay assemblies are removable and can support up to 10 total drives mounted vertically behind the two 120 mm front intake fans.  this makes for a nice wind tunnel effect over your hot drives.  You might also notice the extra spacing around the drive bays and behind the motherboard tray to help hide those pesky wire runs from your big window.

   The front panel opens to provide easy access to all of the drive bays.  Each of the front 120mm fans is covered by a removable dist cover and lit by four blue LEDs.  The top 3.5 inch bay adapter is easily removed for those who need the extra space.

   The front intake fans must be removed to get to the removable internal drive bays.  Each fan is held in place by four screws in the corners and four screws to the chassis.

   With the fan out of the way you can get a better look at the drive bay chassis.  Each drive is held in place by a set of rails that are stored in the same place when not in use.  During installation I did find that making sure the hard drives click into lace is essential as the drives will look installed when they can still slide out of the bracket.  Two screws are used to reinforce the bay when the installation is complete making the install not quire tool-less.