NZXT H700i

I love this case. I have not even yet assembled the PC, but I know it will be easy and will prove to be attractive and very functional. It is made almost entirely of steel and glass, so I know it will last. It is designed to be based primarily on SSD's, but you can use HDD's as well. One thing that is a little inconvenient for me is that it does not include or even make space for a CD/DVD drive, and it is necessary to use an external drive instead, but I will be able to get used to that. The one point I want to make is one that I had originally presented a question about, and I came to find something like twenty other people had the same problem of being unable to find the accessory box and owner's manual. I put the question up, and NSXT was very responsive in asking me to go to a support site, for which the URL offered was unfortunately faulty. I ultimately came to find out on a YouTube review of the case that the problem was a simple one, and I suspect the others who had trouble had the exact same problem I did. This case has means to open the back panel opposite the glass face that make it remarkably easy but not at all obvious to people like me who are used to having to remove thumb screws to free up the panel. In this case, there is a push button on the rear panel, above where the connections panel goes, that when pushed almost allows that back panel to fall out of place--in fact, you should open it carefully, with a hand on the panel. It just didn't look like a push button to me, and I didn't know I should be looking for a push button, so I wasted too much time looking and failing to find means to get into the space behind the mother board. It was so bad, I almost had myself convinced they had set this case up so you couldn't get there (it is that sturdily assembled). Once you open that up using the push button, you will find the accessory box, with the manual inside it, in a 3.5" HDD enclosure in the lower chamber. I could not see it from the front, so thought I had not gotten it, but I suspect people will reliably find it there, if they know how to get there. Ironically, I basically initially needed the manual to find the push button, so I could find the manual. Again, I was fortunate to sort it out on YouTube, and I'd probably have done as well to check the online manual on NZXT's site. I have recommended to NZXT that they consider including a brief explanation of the push button within the main chamber of the case, which is opened in a more obvious, more usual manner, by removing screws, to simply avoid having customers end up believing they didn't receive items they did and to lessen the inherent stress associated with that. The biggest issue, though, is that once you know how to open it, it is the easiest case to open and close that I have ever seen. I suspect the case will be very quiet. It is attractive. It is sturdy without being extraordinarily heavy. It is set up to allow running cables very neatly, and I suspect, although I have always been one to shoot for order in the case, that this will become the neatest PC I have ever built.

First things first, I LOVE this case. It looks stunning, the build quality is excellent, features are plentiful, and it was extremely easy to build in. NZXT really has a good product here. That being said, it is a bit pricey for what you get, likely due to the so-called "Smart Device" and "machine learning" features that NZXT crammed in there. Overall, I'm extremely happy with the case and only have a few very minor gripes. PROS: -Great design! The case is beautiful. -Excellent build quality. Nothing broken or scratched out of the box. Everything feels really sturdy. -Hands down the best cable management I've ever seen. Plentiful and well-placed cable channels with plenty of velcro straps and cable tie tie-down points. -Plenty of room for cables behind the motherboard. I had no issues getting the back panel on after routing all my cables. -4 included case fans! The fans perform well and I currently have no plans of swapping them out with something else. -Very easy to build in. All of the panels are easily removed and reinstalled. A removable top radiator bracket is much appreciated. -Top fans/radiator are vented out the side instead of directly up. This is a pro for me because I have a cat that likes warm things and if this was vented directly up, the cat would definitely want to spend a lot of time sitting on top of the case, choking off the airflow and getting cat hair/dust/dirt inside of the case. -Great airflow! Even with front and top airflow being somewhat choked off by being forced to breath through the grid, airflow seems plentiful and I've had no issues getting nice overclocks with good temperatures and minimal noise on my CPU and GPU. -Intake dust filters -Relatively quiet for not being a silence optimized case. -Mounting points for up to 5 SSD's. 2 on the PSU shroud, 1 on the front of the shroud, and 2 behind the motherboard. -Movable 3.5" HDD cages to make more room for cable management or provide more clearance for front-mounted radiators. CONS: -The famous NZXT white bar makes cable routing the 24 pin ATX motherboard connector a bit difficult. I wish the jog at the top started a bit lower. Not a huge issue though. -Pre-installed LED strip only had 3 working LEDs. I didn't RMA it because I wasn't going to use it anyways, but it is worth noting. The second RBG strip seemed to work fine when I tested it just for the heck of it, but I'm not using that one in my final build either. -Expensive. WORTH NOTING: -Only 2 3.5" HDD mounts. Not an issue for me since my primary drive is an SSD and I only have 1 HDD as my data drive. Worth noting though. -No 5.25" in bay, if that matters to you. Not a con for me, because I personally prefer the room for additional intake fans. -CAM software that integrates with the Smart Hub is a little bit buggy, but no major problems. This really is more a critique of CAM than the case itself though. BUILD SPECS: Case: NZXT H700i Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z370-A CPU: Intel i5 8600k (overclocked to 5 GHz) CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 (top mounted in this case) GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 2400 Power Supply: EVGA Supernova G3 750 W Fully-Modular SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3TB MORE ON THE SMART DEVICE: For those who don't know, their Smart Device is kind of a hybrid between a GRID+ (fan hub) and HUE+ (RGB hub) with built in machine learning (NZXT's words, not mine). The intent with this is that using NZXT's CAM software, you can optimize your system cooling and noise. The way it's supposed to work is that you connect all of your fans to the Smart Device and using CAM, put your system under various tests and calibrations and using "machine learning" it will determine the optimal balance of airflow and noise. I can't really comment on this feature because I'm not using it, rather opting to create my own fan curves and optimize noise/cooling/airflow manually. At this price point, I imagine that most buyers will be enthusiasts and experienced PC builders, and in my experience, these kinds of people tend to do things manually anyways. I will say that I am using the Smart Device as just a centralized fan hub and using the CAM software as my fan controller. In that regard, it works well. I'm not using the Smart Device for any RGB, as I prefer a more muted RGB aesthetic and I'm not using any RGB strips (even the included ones). However, I'm using the RBG controls in CAM for the RBG lighting/effects on my Kraken X62 and it works well for this also.

This is a great product, with a fantastic cable management. There is only 1 problem I had when I unpacked it: The instructions were inside the case and there was no indication as how to open up the case to retrieve the instruction. There is a very small button that open up the back, but it's very stylish and it's not clear when you don't know it. Also the instruction manual is clear about the button, but you need to open the back to retrieve them....

Compré este case para armar una segunda computadora, desde hace tiempo buscaba adquirir este modelo pero en México era muy difícil de conseguir hace unos años. Lo recomiendo para las personas que arman sus propias estaciones de trabajo, y quieren evitar que su computadora termine pareciendo un juguete de niños con luces y cables colgando que gritan por todos lados "soy gamer". El diseño y los materiales son buenos, el interior viene con muchos espacios para organizar cables, incluye dos tiras leds que, a diferencia de otros gabinetes, le dan buen aspecto al interior del gabinete,.Si no te gustan las luces simplemente no se las pones.

Easy access , looks great. Quality cabinet :D

Lo que me parece es que quizás falta un poco de desarrollo para el software de cam y el machine learning y tal vez podrían pensar en hacerlo compatible con push-pull en la parte superior ya q con el kraken X62 no cabe. En todo lo demás es un gabinete increible así como el manejo de cables y casi todo es modular

Really sturdy cabinet and good looking. Only problem with my setup is that, I use HDD because of which i dont enough space for wires. Overall its really good. If you have m.2 then just remove hard drive slots.