NZXT Phantom 820 Review

[tinytomlogan]

So Im sure everyone has seen that the Phantom was evolving, now the time has come to let you all see what it has become.


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[PEXON]

Superb review as always Tom. I completely agree with the price, its LianLi, Silverstone TJ\FT money and for the connoisseur, IMO they are much better suited.

 

[SPS]

Great review as always.

It's just a bit bland; design is pretty average and doesn't really improve on the Switch's feature set. IMO this should be less than or equal to the price of the Switch.

 

[Innocent159]

NZXT is just on word: BEAUTIFUL

 

[Saltire35]

FUGLY!! and 200 quid! no thanks...

 

[PEXON]

NZXT is just on word: BEAUTIFUL

LOL... are you serious? There are FAR better looking cases out there.

 

[JMMP]

Too expensive!!! And i´am also referring to the switch 810! Imho i think they are justifying the price by having a very good water cooling configuration but that it´s not a valid price defense. For the rest of the options ( quality, cable management etc,etc...) for me it´s almost the same case like an Aerocool Xpredator that is also almost half the price.

 

[SnW]

Not to bad of a looking case,
not that different from the one before........

 

[Jeremy1998]

FUGLY!! and 200 quid! no thanks...

LOL... are you serious? There are FAR better looking cases out there.

I am with you guys 100% on that... I hope they don't discontinue the original Phantom. That foot thing on the bottom... I know that its for air flow to the optional rad on the bottom... But its so weird looking. And the window and vents on the side panel are too oddly shaped...

 

[nex-s]

All that price over the switch for what really? The rgb lights?

 

[wotevajjjj]

i kinda like the foot thing, but the case is just soo unphantomish, i bought mine because it's long and low, this new one it just too high and short.. Think I'm going to get a raven or something now...

 

[jimbo32]

FUGLY!! and 200 quid! no thanks...

My thoughts exactly. For $250, there are a lot of other cases that I'd look at first. No offense Tom, but I think you dropped the ball with the Gold Award. Considering the price, I think even Silver would be a reach.

 

[wotevajjjj]

My thoughts exactly. For $250, there are a lot of other cases that I'd look at first. No offense Tom, but I think you dropped the ball with the Gold Award. Considering the price, I think even Silver would be a reach.

It should definately get gold, I think this case is no longer in the sector where you look at what it costs but more at what you want. Same with the cosmos,the tj's and lian-li's entire high end range I think

 

[Vicey]

I'd say this case is worth about £130 I would not pay £200 for that thing.

 

[jimbo32]

It should definately get gold, I think this case is no longer in the sector where you look at what it costs but more at what you want. Same with the cosmos,the tj's and lian-li's entire high end range I think

That argument might be valid if it wasn't nearly identical feature-wise to the Switch which is much cheaper.

Even then, trying to argue that price shouldn't be a factor when grading higher end cases is highly debatable.

 

[Earthmonger]

The side panel isn't a consideration for me, since I'd mod it anyway. Maybe there'll be a solid side panel option down the road. What I can't justify is 200 quid for a case that involves so much bloody plastic. For that kind of money it has to be all steel, steel with aluminum, or all aluminum. Plastic is nothing but grotesque fat that needs to be trimmed away and binned.

I would also have to mod away the hideous front foot.

Tom, room on the floor for a 200mm rad?

 

[Jeremy1998]

The side panel isn't a consideration for me, since I'd mod it anyway. Maybe there'll be a solid side panel option down the road.

I owuld also be very happy to see a solid side panel option. I would buy one for my Switch 810, which is the same side panel. That way us modders would have a blank slate to do whatever we want to.

Tom, room on the floor for a 200mm rad?

There would have to be. If you can fit a 200mm fan in the front, you can fit a 200mm fan on the bottom.

 

[Earthmonger]

Without cutting into the motherboard tray?

Actually I think I answered myself there. Given the case has a width of 235mm.

Doesn't matter though. I just watched the Trooper/Stryker review again. I can't think of any reason to buy the 820 for 200 quid, when I can get a better case for just 140.

 

[Vicey]

I have to agree with the plastic comment above. For this price I'd want a case that was all metal. Indeed my own cases right now are all aluminum and one of those costed almost the same as this case.

I have to think, if you're spending £200 on a case you're gonna want to handle the fans and lighting yourself right? Seems like a waste of our time to make such a pricey case with those features built in when their removal would lower the case cost and better serve the sorts of people who would buy it in the first place.

 

[nex-s]

Without cutting into the motherboard tray?

Actually I think I answered myself there. Given the case has a width of 235mm.

Doesn't matter though. I just watched the Trooper/Stryker review again. I can't think of any reason to buy the 820 for 200 quid, when I can get a better case for just 140.

The Trooper costs only 125 and occasionaly pops up at lower prices. Also seems a much better quality cause the new Phantom just looks so fiddly and plastic. TBH I wouldn't even choose this over the Trooper/Stryker or the Switch if it was 120£.