Dicehunter
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Hells yeah ^_^
I know both types of music take a lot of effort to make but that type of music to me has always felt really cheap and nasty and I've always associated it with chavs and scallys.
NZXT H440 Case Review
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Hells yeah ^_^
I know both types of music take a lot of effort to make but that type of music to me has always felt really cheap and nasty and I've always associated it with chavs and scallys.
Conchubair
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Soo, looks like im swimming against the tide in here.. I hate this case..
Though I do have to say much kudos to Rob T and the boys for ditching the optical bays.. <3
Innivation is something we should all want in this industry.
Here goes:
1. I hate the asthetics of the case although thats clearly personal opinion, but it looks too bland in my book.
2. The shape of the window. It just looks wonky and misshapen
3. The psu cover looks odd, with the nzxt logo clashing with the otherwise lack of "bling" on the case
4. The SSD rack. After taking a leaf from corsair s book and done something origional with the ssd mounts, just happens that if youve only got one that you want to display, it looks shit..
5. I know my build aint got a CL, but when it does, ill be showing it off! Why the f would I
want to hide my rad? they look cool! (Maybe thats why ive got a 750d for when I get a CL)
6. Window and sound foam. Personal opinion, but why both? Make up your mind.. One or the other
Disagree strongly with the "white gold award" would be low silver from me, but then again im not TTL am I? Im just Conch..
Sorry for the poor spellings but my galaxy mini sucks to type on.
Hope ive provoked some discussion, fell free to blast me,but please explain why..
Though I do have to say much kudos to Rob T and the boys for ditching the optical bays.. <3
Innivation is something we should all want in this industry.
Here goes:
1. I hate the asthetics of the case although thats clearly personal opinion, but it looks too bland in my book.
2. The shape of the window. It just looks wonky and misshapen
3. The psu cover looks odd, with the nzxt logo clashing with the otherwise lack of "bling" on the case
4. The SSD rack. After taking a leaf from corsair s book and done something origional with the ssd mounts, just happens that if youve only got one that you want to display, it looks shit..
5. I know my build aint got a CL, but when it does, ill be showing it off! Why the f would I
want to hide my rad? they look cool! (Maybe thats why ive got a 750d for when I get a CL)
6. Window and sound foam. Personal opinion, but why both? Make up your mind.. One or the other
Disagree strongly with the "white gold award" would be low silver from me, but then again im not TTL am I? Im just Conch..
Sorry for the poor spellings but my galaxy mini sucks to type on.
Hope ive provoked some discussion, fell free to blast me,but please explain why..
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SieB
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:lol:
Each to their own I suppose, but I think this case and especially for £95 is awesome.
Lystfiskern
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What the fxxx happened to sound dampening material on the right side panel? Looks like ultratight space for cable managment really messed that up. (6:37 - 6:50 in the video review)
Im a really dissapointed you didnt come forward with this in the review Tom. Makes it more suspicious trying to hide it.
Love the PSU-cover, but not fond of the lit logo.
Always loved the leds over the motherboard I/O plate and the PCI brackets.
HDD coverplate allowing for tons of drives and still probably providing decent airflow to your other components. On the other hand that same plate completely covers your push/pull monsta rad...wich you probably would like to show off?
Meeeh.. guess Ill never find the perfect case.
Im a really dissapointed you didnt come forward with this in the review Tom. Makes it more suspicious trying to hide it.
Love the PSU-cover, but not fond of the lit logo.
Always loved the leds over the motherboard I/O plate and the PCI brackets.
HDD coverplate allowing for tons of drives and still probably providing decent airflow to your other components. On the other hand that same plate completely covers your push/pull monsta rad...wich you probably would like to show off?
Meeeh.. guess Ill never find the perfect case.
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Boonstick
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I do love a few things that they've done with this case but I have to say that I agree with you on a few points.
The window with foam seems really dumb. The design, although I like the minimal design, would worry me in regards to airflow being restricted to a small gap in the side/top and I 100% agree in the minimal look/unnecessary "bling logo" on the PSU cover.
Also, my own little niggle being a massive fan of the Corsair 540, TTL said that he didn't give the Corsair 540 the "TTL white gold award" because of the floor mounted HDD bays being ugly if you didn't install a drive in them, which he is totally right in saying (I'm also not saying that it should have been give than award either) but also said that this case has the same problem but was ok if you installed 2 SSD's.
Anyway, great review and what looks like a great case...
Oh man this thing looks awesome but I wish there was a version of this that has invrted colours! i.e Mostly black with a bit of white (with the PSU cover staying black with the white LED otherwise it would look dumb)... would be so amazing!
Also you didn't show the bottom. Does it have holes to allow the PSU mounted the way you hate it? and is it dust filtered?
Also you didn't show the bottom. Does it have holes to allow the PSU mounted the way you hate it? and is it dust filtered?
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Lystfiskern
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https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-134-NX&groupid=2362&catid=35
Spotted on OCUK for £94.99! Looks like TTL was right. Wasn't expecting it this early though!
Now... to pre-order or not to pre-order.. that is the question.....
Is it worth paying an extra £40 for since I doubt I will get a good price for my R4 since my luck is horse turd.
Spotted on OCUK for £94.99! Looks like TTL was right. Wasn't expecting it this early though!
Now... to pre-order or not to pre-order.. that is the question.....
Is it worth paying an extra £40 for since I doubt I will get a good price for my R4 since my luck is horse turd.
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Lystfiskern
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Also, my own little niggle being a massive fan of the Corsair 540, TTL said that he didn't give the Corsair 540 the "TTL white gold award" because of the floor mounted HDD bays being ugly if you didn't install a drive in them, which he is totally right in saying (I'm also not saying that it should have been give than award either) but also said that this case has the same problem but was ok if you installed 2 SSD's.
Agreed - and you have the additional hole for passing through cables as well. What if you dont wanna use that....?
Contendo
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Not sure if I'm the right person to comment on this since I'm still using 7+ years old TT case but I have to agree with Conchubair on this.
I know Tom likes silent, elegant, white(I know it has nothing to do with the award) cases but this is at best a gold award case.
Yes is looks good in white/black great in black/red and price is ok for a mid tower but with all the features going for it it has some issues, for me at least, which just can't justify the best of the best award.
Forcing you to use 2 SSDs in front just so it doesn't look ugly and empty.
No optical bays. Removable bays with front cover being a door now that would be awesome.
Side window badly proportioned but I guess it has to be to cover that butt ugly panel where you attach hdd cages.
Some cable holes don't have rubber grommets.
Not enough room in the top. If only they made top cover just a bit taller so you could put fans on the outside.
It's a good case, maybe even great when you consider the price but white gold award worthy, not in my opinion at least.
I know Tom likes silent, elegant, white(I know it has nothing to do with the award) cases but this is at best a gold award case.
Yes is looks good in white/black great in black/red and price is ok for a mid tower but with all the features going for it it has some issues, for me at least, which just can't justify the best of the best award.
Forcing you to use 2 SSDs in front just so it doesn't look ugly and empty.
No optical bays. Removable bays with front cover being a door now that would be awesome.
Side window badly proportioned but I guess it has to be to cover that butt ugly panel where you attach hdd cages.
Some cable holes don't have rubber grommets.
Not enough room in the top. If only they made top cover just a bit taller so you could put fans on the outside.
It's a good case, maybe even great when you consider the price but white gold award worthy, not in my opinion at least.
He said later in the video that sound dampening was on the panel he just forgot to show it.
And complaining about the white gold award, he did say that was his own personal thing based on his personal likes about the case. I personally loved everything I saw about this case and would agree with TTL. Of course as with any case it's all personal preference.
Edge
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I fail to see how it would look ugly and empty with two small SSDs missing. The rollers aren't that obnoxious.
No enthusiast PC builder uses optical bays. They look nasty. Clean, flush faceplate is far superior, as most of OC3D will agree. As you said, it's also silent, which is a big deal for a lot of us. Getting good aesthetics in a silent case is a rare thing.
Side window that only shows the parts of your PC that you WANT to show off? Badly proportioned? How foolish. If anything it's a drastic improvement over seeing half a case that you don't want to see. The only problem is if you wanted to show off your watercooling reservoir, you'd most likely need to mod it. And that's a very specific instance.
The idea is that it's big enough to allow fans on the inside, which look better, every single time. Fans on the outside should only be done as a necessity, because it simply doesn't look as good.
Well deserving of the White Gold award, and by far one of the best cases reviewed so far.
external drive?
One word: WOOOOOOW
Now NZXT, make a fulltower version of this, (140mm higher, 30-40mm deeper to allow for a 360x60mm rad in the top, and a 480x60mm in the front, both with push/pull and the endtanks the "right" way arround), and maby a smoked window in the black version. Then it's pretty close to a dream case :wiggle:
Now NZXT, make a fulltower version of this, (140mm higher, 30-40mm deeper to allow for a 360x60mm rad in the top, and a 480x60mm in the front, both with push/pull and the endtanks the "right" way arround), and maby a smoked window in the black version. Then it's pretty close to a dream case :wiggle:
Contendo
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2 SSDs on that cover take a fair amount of space and their absence would be quite noticeable. Like in 540 Air it looks great with them but empty without. Doesn't give you much choice if you want your rig to look nice and tidy.
None use them? No one uses bay reservoirs, fan control hubs, blue-ray drives? Don't get me wrong I also like the clean look of the front panel but like I said, removable bays with front cover being a door would be much better. More options is always better.
A large part of Tom's review is based on how this case is a great for water cooling and from what I have seen a lot of them, if not all of them like to show off their work.
Well my idea with the fans outside would mean you could use something else then a 30mm rad. Also fans on the outside don't look better or worse, they are outside under the cover so you don't see them at all.
I totally understand why Tom loves this case, it's like NZXT designed it just for him. It's H630's little brother with some small improvements and I really like it, black and red one would look super sweet on my desk but white gold award screams perfect to me and in the case of this case it is not deserved.
murphy7801
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Sexy sexy case
As he said in the video. The white gold award is for cases that IN HIS OPINION are damn near perfect. He awarded it both gold and white gold. If you disagree with his opinion it is a gold case, if you do its white gold.
there is just a hole in the ground without the HDDs with the air 540, same situation.
exactly, nobody uses bay reservoirs, fan control hubs or blu-ray drives because bay reservoirs and fan control hubs look like crap and blu ray drives are pointless.
the window shows the good parts and hides the mess, what's the problem with that.
because a push pull monsta 360mm + 30mm pull 360mm isn't enough for an ATX build, right.
that case does everything i want an ATX case to do perfectly, far better than any competition, it's pretty much flawless to most enthusiasts.
