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almost a year ago we awarded the NZXT s340 our prestigious stuff that doesn't

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suck award for being a well-built case with a smaller footprint at a fairly

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reasonable price since then the s340 has been a hit with many system Builders and

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now NZXT is doubling down and releasing an allnew Razer Edition s340 for folks

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who want to pair it with their razor peripherals or who just really like the

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color green or who well yeah anyways we'll be taking a closer look at the

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s340 than we did the original time it was showcased quite a while ago and

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we'll see what new features Razer brings to the table is it good enough for your

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next case stay tuned to find out and hit the like button if you're interested in

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seeing us attempt a a hard drive platter

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swap without a clean room and on a drive that we haven't seen anyone do this

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to the Logitech g303 features a light

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weight design an advanced Optical sensor with Delta zero technology for precise

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tracking and RGB lighting to match your setup click the link in the video

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description to learn more so let's get right into it the packaging that NZXT

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use is the same kind of middleof the road styrofoam that they've been using

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for a while now and although we were lucky enough not to encounter any

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defects on the original s340 that we reviewed not this guy uh this time

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around we had The Misfortune of having a fan fall completely off of its frame

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resulting in in a broken Fin and some pretty serious initial disappointment

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I'm not sure if this was due to the packaging or if the fan was just effective but it might have been

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something NZXT should take a closer look at in the future as numerous people have

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complained about shipping damage on the original s340 which we mentioned in our

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previous video review which you can check out here fortunately we were able

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to throw on a replacement fan and just charge on forward with our review the

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case itself is nice and light for a mid Tower and while I don't see it as a land

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party case specifically as there's no handles it wouldn't be too hard to Lug

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around if need be you'll be able to find a matte black finish on the entire case

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in contrast to the original s340 which was mostly glossy which which finish is

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superior kind of depends on your personal preference though I do personally prefer matte finish above

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glossy finish every time if for nothing else than just its fingerprint

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resistance with that said let's have a closer look at the outside of this bad

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boy the front of the case is completely clean has a smooth smooth look with the

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exception of the light up green razor logo in the middle the left side panel

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features a large highly tinted window to show off your components the tinting is

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quite dark and might be too much for some people who really want to be able

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to see their rigs innards and detail but folks who want a more stealthy look

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might really go for it in any event adding some cheap LEDs on the inside is

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an option as well if you want to brighten stuff up the right side panel

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is bare and continues the case's stealthy matte look moving to the top

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you'll find a 120 mm fan included this

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particular one here is white as you can probably see but we had to replace the

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previously installed fan so it it won't be white if you buy yours uh the mount

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does support up to 140 mm fans if you want to swap the current one out and the

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included fans the two included fans in the case are rifle bearing base fans

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with three pin connectors you can plug them into whatever you want you also get a power button at the top which glows

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green when the computer is on as well as headphone and microphone jacks green

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hard drive activity light and two USB 3.0 ports in razor green instead of the

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traditional blue I especially liked how the power button gave a nice hard click

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when I pressed it so you know for sure that it's been activated do note that

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there is no reset button on this case however make it a little bit more

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difficult to cycle your system although not a ton of people use them anyways the

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back of the case features a button that allows you to easily turn the case

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lights on or off the rest of the back is pretty standard you you get that second

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120 mm fan and the regular complement of

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seven PCIe slots the thumb screws for the slots are covered on the outside of

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the chassis presumably to save space on the inside you do need to remove an

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extra panel that's held on with a thumb screw beside these slots to install the

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PCIe cards though this is an improvement over the original s340 which simply left

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that space open exposing the inside of your case the side panels are held on

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with captive thumb screws that include small little washers to keep them from

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scratching your case's finish which is actually pretty cool and there's also a

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thumb screw bracket for your power supply Mak it easy to install and remove

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said power supply from your case the bottom has some ground effect lighting

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again in that razor green which you're probably expecting which produces a

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pretty powerful visual effect in a room with maybe dim lighting and this makes

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the case look kind of like something out of Fast and the Furious but you might be

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going for that no judgment no judgment what's not as cool as this is the power

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supply dust filter however the original s340 came with a flimsy but still

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functional filter that didn't have a frame and was just kind of held in place

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with some small metal Clips forgivable since it was a budget-minded case the

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razor Edition comes with the same filter but once we removed it it was a little

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tricky to reinstall because you have to bend the thing into a couple of tiny

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holes or slots underneath where the underglow lights are even on a budget

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case something as simple as a dust filter should really be not that hard to

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work with you do however get the same nice rubber feet that you did on the

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original s340 that give your case a nice amount of clearance which is especially

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important if you'll be using it in a carpeted area so now let's explore the

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inside starting behind the front panel the front bezel is a little bit

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difficult to remove cuz there's pegs and they're stiff and I don't like pegs but

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whatever once you give it a good tug you'll get the thing off uh under there

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you'll find a much nicer magnetic dust filter which is easy to remove reinstall

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clean all that good stuff and space for two 120 mm fans or 2 140 mm fans or a

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240 mm radiator or 280 mm radiator if

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you prefer your water cooling side of things however because of the mounting

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location of the PCB for your top iio you have to install the fans between the

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radiator and the front of the case or you won't have enough room at the top

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once we figured this out though installing a full size 2 1880 mm closed

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loop water cooler was actually pretty easy there's also a very nice amount of

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clearance between the bezel and the front of the chassis itself so your fans

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should get some good air flow from the top and bottom of the case make sure

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though to be careful when removing this front bezel as the wires for the light

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up razor logo connect to a plug that's cable managed through it and a hole in

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the frame and stuff and it's very easy to snag the plug on the hole and because

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the wires are so thin you can snap them right apart which is what happened to us

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during the review process fortunately we able to solder the thing back together

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and get the light working again but it is something you should definitely be wary of behind the fan radiator mounts

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there's a cable management bar which kind of separates itself a little bit

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and well allows you to manage cables behind it instead of the typical series

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of holes that we'd see on other cases with possibly some gromets in it it

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features a razor logo though it's a little hard to see with everything being

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closed behind the window tinting because it is not actually illuminated the bar

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itself however is actually pretty useful I like that it comes into the middle of

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the case a little bit cuz you have more space there and something like a 24 pin

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cable which can have a bunch of extra bulk you don't have to try to cram and

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hide behind the motherboard tray on these style of cases you might not have

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a ton of space behind that motherboard tray so that 24 pin is taking up a lot

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of valuable real estate so if you kind of shove it up there a little bit kind

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of get out of the way speaking of the motherboard tray you'll find pre-installed standoffs in the proper

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places for an ATX board with a peg in

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the center to help you avoid frustration during a which is great I love those

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things there's also a couple of cable management holes up to the top on either

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side for things like your eight pin EPS connector and system fan headers there

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aren't rubber grommets but the holes do a pretty good enough job regardless

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directly below the motherboard tray we have an h440 esque basement area there

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are two thumb screw mounts for your ssds on top of the basement which lets you

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show them off which is great as well as Cable Management holes behind them for

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both your SATA cables and anything you need to plug into the bottom of your

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motherboard the inside of the basement contains both your power supply and non-

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removable hard drive CAG that you can hold two mechanical hard drives in or

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ssds do note though that the case doesn't come with any ssds adapters so

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you'll have to use some third party solution or just leave it there to be

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completely honest doesn't really matter you'll also need screws for the hard

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drive mounts as they aren't toolless and as with the original s340 you'll either

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need to remove the power supply or use a short screwdriver to get to the kind of

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second screw further inside the basement you can mount one more drive on the

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floor of the case which you'll need to screw in through the bottom and if

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you're concerned about Drive airf flow the vents near the top of the basement

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above the cage so you're kind of hard drive heat can go into the main part of

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your case and be blown away from there for those of you that don't want this

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and would rather block it off there isn't a stock solution but I'm sure you

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can figure something out the drive cage is also where you'll find the

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accessories kit you get screws zip ties a handy socket for moving and installing

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standoffs and a couple of razor stickers that you can stick on things like a case

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moving behind the right side panel we see that NZXT has included some cable

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management options I counted four Cable Management loops on the bar three near

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the front and another 11 on the motherboard tray which is freaking

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awesome actually especially as I've seen far fewer options on larger more

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expensive cases pre-installed cables are nearly pre-managed with Bakery style

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twist ties including the fans which come connected to a Molex powered fanhub that

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also provides power to the case lights there are a couple of caveats though if

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you use the front cable Loops it may be a bit harder to close the side panel as

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it can get caught on whatever cables are there also while the cable management

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bar is a good idea overall it can make connecting cables to Sid mounted SATA

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ports a challenge as you have to kind of thread them through a narrow Gap and

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then plug them in without a lot of clearance for your fingers there's some ways to do it but it's not as easy so

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can we say that the NZXT s340 razor

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Edition doesn't suck just like its predecessor the answer is a definitive

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yes the one drawback is that you're going to have to pay an extra maybe 30

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bucks to get the razor branding and case lighting which may move it out of the

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budget realm for some buyers at $100 but the build quality is very good

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throughout with the only plastic being on the front bezel and the case was also

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pretty quiet even though it doesn't have any actual noise dampening features

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specifically anywhere so if you want a stealthy black and green build and don't

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mind plunking down a few extra dollars the NZXT s340 raiser Edition definitely

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