I've been using this case for about a month and I'm a huge fan. I'd never heard of NZXT before but the reviews for this case caught my eye and I figured it was worth a shot. It definitely was. Coming from an hp media center case was like night and day, literally. This case is black and the hp case is white... The night is a bit bigger but not by much, and the phantom has better aesthetics, airflow, and cable management.
Pros: a: The case is very spacious. It's tall and long so you don't have to worry about fitting your graphics card. My Radeon HD6950 has about 3 or 4 inches of room between the rear of the card and the drive bays. b: Lots of fan ports: 2 192mm fans on top pump out hot air, a side port allows you to blow on your graphics card and motherboard, and front/side fans blow on your hard drives. All this makes for a cool system. c: Integrated fan controller. Very nice for regulating your fans manually; you no longer have to worry about PWM and whatnot...Read more
Pros:Looks great, i like the design, elegant but not too flashy.Lots of room for cable management.Onboard fan controller.Cons:DO buy the NZXT 200mm fan is you wish to install the two addition 200mm fans. Other brands(such as CM) will NOT fit in.Not enough room for the side 200mm fan if a large cpu heatsink is installed (see my pics which i used a Scythe Mugen 2).You have to keep the intake fans running faster than the exhaust ones to overpressure your case to prevent dust.calculation here (assuming all 7 fans are installed):NZXT 120mm fan: 47CFMNZXT 140mm fan: 62.5CFMNZXT 200mm fan: 166CFMintake=47 47 62.5 166=322.5exhaust=47 166 166=379you will get a -56.5CFM if all fans are at stock speed.So save your money and forget about the additional top 200mm exhaust fan. if (typeof amznJQ != "undefined") { amznJQ.onReady('jQuery', function() { amznJQ.available('popover', function() { var widgetDom = jQuery("#R2CDAR76RB6D9P_imageSection_1CC9098A-447D-11E6-87F1-7A922E4DDAAE"); var images = widgetDom.find(".review-image-thumbnail"); for (var c=0;c
I've been using this case for about a month and I'm a huge fan. I'd never heard of NZXT before but the reviews for this case caught my eye and I figured it was worth a shot. It definitely was. Coming from an hp media center case was like night and day, literally. This case is black and the hp case is white... The night is a bit bigger but not by much, and the phantom has better aesthetics, airflow, and cable management.Pros:a: The case is very spacious. It's tall and long so you don't have to worry about fitting your graphics card. My Radeon HD6950 has about 3 or 4 inches of room between the rear of the card and the drive bays.b: Lots of fan ports: 2 192mm fans on top pump out hot air, a side port allows you to blow on your graphics card and motherboard, and front/side fans blow on your hard drives. All this makes for a cool system.c: Integrated fan controller. Very nice for regulating your fans manually; you no longer have to worry about PWM and whatnot...Read more