NZXT H440 Case Review

I can totally see why it is very much a 'TTL' case to be honest. It has been made for Tom. I'd go into why personally I don't like it as much but seeing as how -ahem- passionate people are about the case I won't bother. Its cool to see a non inverted atx case that has got rid of the 5.25 bays (silverstone's raven line got rid of them since the RV04), I actually have a use for them (fan controllers are useful for me) personally but not many do these days :P. Hardly a brave move, but a good one :). Also, that power supply cover, hnnng.

-edit- Also while NZXT's design has improved I really hope their build quality has. Also, Tom is right about Coolermaster for Liquid cooling. Coolermaster need to try harder, as I've been saying about their stuff recently.
I should probably add I'm helping a mate on his first build and this will be the case for him I suspect. Happy days ahead :).
 
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My thoughts about the top of the psu cover would be to put a res on top maybe 1 of the primochill's new one's or the xspc photon, I'm sure with a little bit of thought you could even put a bay res in there
 
If NZXT ever make a full tower version with support for 60mm thick rads I'll buy it.

So a switch 810? lol

If they did make a full tower version i wonder if a 480 rad could be put in the front then as well? Would be a ton of rad space.. 480+360 both 60mm thick could cool a cpu and 2 gpus very easily all on 5v.
 
So a switch 810? lol

If they did make a full tower version i wonder if a 480 rad could be put in the front then as well? Would be a ton of rad space.. 480+360 both 60mm thick could cool a cpu and 2 gpus very easily all on 5v.

Well a Switch 810 doesn't look exactly like this now does it ^_^
 
I'm pretty sure a 80mm and a 30mm thick 360 rad is enough to do a CPU and 2x GPU.

A 60mm 360 is enough for a CPU and GPU on its own. Tom did a build in a Haf X build called Shadow H20 with an overclocked 990x @ 4.4ghz and and overclocked 6990 (both of which run much hotter than what is around today) on a single Phobya 360x60mm rad and the temps were nice and low.

Change that 1 60mm rad for a 80mm and a 30mm and it's more than enough.

8:30 for temps

 
He said later in the video that sound dampening was on the panel he just forgot to show it.

Yes it could very well be a coinsidence that Tom forgot to fully show a badly damaged panel (dampening material - panel itself seemed fine) but did you see what it looked like?
It was really messed up and had what seemed to be several tears and rips and permanent indentations to it. As said I suspect it was mangeled due to very little space back there for cable-managment so that perhaps some cable-connectors, ziptie-nubs and the likes would press really hard against the dampening material when the panel was put on and even possibly ripping the dampening material when taking the panel on/off. But again...until Tom explains what really happened to it these are merely my speculations.
 
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I'll chime in with the 5.25 bay guys here. :) Anyone who says no enthusiast uses these things doesn't know enthusiasts. That's bollocks. I still want a bloody fan controller! I don't care if it's mounted on the INSIDE of the case, but I still want manual control over my fans. Some of us aren't willing to use reducers to "fix" our fan speed. I want to crank mine up when I'm in the mood to add inches to my e-pecker and grin over how awesome my cooling system is. :D

That being said, this case looks awesome, and AMAZING in bang-for-the-buck terms. Just wish they had some 5.25 bay support, even if it was internal. I don't need to SEE my fan controller knobs or NZXT HUE controls, but I still want em! That aside, job well done NZXT! Now start making some fan controllers that DON'T suck, a la the Sentry line (ewwww). ;)
 
I think the best solution to the ODD bay issue would be to simply have individually removable bays. I still cling on to my fan controller, because I think it looks really nice, and I like manually controlling my fans. From the inside of my case you can't see any of the bay devices or cables anyway because I've made a cover for the entire area.
 
I think the best solution to the ODD bay issue would be to simply have individually removable bays. I still cling on to my fan controller, because I think it looks really nice, and I like manually controlling my fans. From the inside of my case you can't see any of the bay devices or cables anyway because I've made a cover for the entire area.
I agree. Just wish they could find a way to incorporate those internally, alongside the HDD bays.
 
I agree. Just wish they could find a way to incorporate those internally, alongside the HDD bays.

Yeah I know right, but they'd have to make sure it still looked nice behind where the bays would be with them all removed. No ugly brackets or anything. Although it would be fairly easy to mod it so that it looked nice, with a custom panel or something.
 
Arh!!! Damn it NZXT, why why why why!?! I had myself all set on getting the Fractal R2 Midi and then this comes along...
 
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