1
00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:15,360
welcome to my long overdue unboxing of the phantom 410 crafted mid-tower

2
00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:18,320
chassis from nzxt this is basically like

3
00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:22,640
the phantom but more smaller um and we're gonna go ahead and open this bad

4
00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:28,720
boy up and take a take a look at it if you guys remember my original video you

5
00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,439
probably already know that i am a big

6
00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:37,360
fan of the nzxt phantom i think it's a fantastic case i think it is by far out

7
00:00:34,239 --> 00:00:39,200
of all of their cases so far with okay

8
00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:43,840
at the time of release i thought it was by far their best case although i would

9
00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,480
say that they shoot what is that one over there because i really like this

10
00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:51,920
one ah this is the tempest ah the tempest 410

11
00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:57,360
or four something the tempest for whatever it is is also a

12
00:00:54,559 --> 00:01:04,400
phenomenal case but because i've loved the phantom

13
00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:07,280
original so much i am very very excited

14
00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:11,600
to take a look at this slightly smaller more compact version of it so let's go

15
00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,360
ahead open this thing up it comes in a fairly

16
00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:20,479
thick oh that's actually right quite a thick foam although this is a hard foam

17
00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:25,040
i do prefer softer foams because they are more

18
00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:28,400
resilient to multiple impacts or more resilient to

19
00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:31,840
more resistant to multiple impacts more resilient against multiple impacts but

20
00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,159
not resilient too um

21
00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:43,200
and just a second someone's at the door sorry guys that was the crazy russian

22
00:01:41,119 --> 00:01:49,840
bringing back one of my crazy video cards that he borrowed so here we find a

23
00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:55,759
very very much well actually i'm very surprised at how much smaller this is

24
00:01:53,280 --> 00:02:01,759
than the original phantom this is definitely a mid-tower case whereas the

25
00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:06,000
phantom was more of a full power case and

26
00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:11,120
i have to say that without looking closer at it which i have not done yet i

27
00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:17,040
have to wonder if there's enough space in here for the kind of epically awesome

28
00:02:14,239 --> 00:02:19,920
gaming hardware that i would want to put inside a case that looks as slick as

29
00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,360
this one does so let's go ahead remove all these

30
00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:28,160
plastic bits and let's have a look at the outside first before we really get

31
00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:32,239
any further so the front looks pretty much uh very similar to the original

32
00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:37,840
phantom i'm gonna have to figure out how this

33
00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,840
opens because i'm not really sure

34
00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:43,200
you guys oh there we go yeah so it's a clicky device okay just press on there

35
00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,599
so we've got three five and a quarter inch base

36
00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:52,400
okay front ventilation looks really good we've got a 120 millimeter fan that not

37
00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:56,720
only has full access to this grille in front of it but also has unrestricted

38
00:02:54,959 --> 00:03:00,480
airflow from the bottom as well so you're not going to have to worry about

39
00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:04,400
whether that fan is going to be starved and there's also no grill directly in

40
00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:09,120
front of it so that is going to make it operate quieter as well as making it

41
00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:13,040
capable of pushing more airflow although it is restricted on the other side of it

42
00:03:10,879 --> 00:03:16,400
so once we open it up we'll see how much overall restriction there is also

43
00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:21,120
looking at the bottom you can see it's lifted quite a fair bit off of the table

44
00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,640
or whatever surface that it's sitting on this is an awesome design decision

45
00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:29,280
because it means that this fan hole right here as well as the fan for the

46
00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:34,000
power supply are not going to be starved for air because they'll have air coming

47
00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:37,920
in from both sides here in order to um to cool whatever components are on the

48
00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:41,760
other side so rubber feet here keep it from slipping around and let's go ahead

49
00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:46,159
and make our way up the top so here's our power led as well as our hard drive

50
00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:52,000
led power switch and reset switcher right here we've got our headphones and

51
00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:54,000
microphone jacks two usb 2 two usb 3 and

52
00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:57,680
then a built-in fan controller just like the original phantom one two three

53
00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:02,239
settings and on the top we find tons of

54
00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:07,280
ventilation space those look like 140 mil fans yep that's a 140 mil fan and

55
00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:13,519
another 140 millimeter fan slot although this p this case does not look to be

56
00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:17,680
capable of hold oh no it is okay well we'll get to that after that we have a

57
00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:21,440
side window which right now has plastic on the other side of it so it's not as

58
00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:27,120
transparent as it will be as well as side ventilation so you can put either a

59
00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:29,199
120 or a 140 millimeter fan right here i

60
00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,400
want to take a moment for you guys to have a look at how closely they've

61
00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:35,680
managed to match the color actually up here is probably a better example how

62
00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:39,680
closely they've matched the color and finish between the painted surfaces and

63
00:04:37,919 --> 00:04:44,240
the plastic surfaces this is very difficult to do during the manufacturing

64
00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:48,000
process and they've done a fantastic job with this one as well as with the

65
00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:51,759
original phantom on the back we've got a 120 mil cooling fan water cooling

66
00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:56,400
grommets although most people won't use those a little bit more ventilation a

67
00:04:53,759 --> 00:05:00,320
bottom mounted power supply seven slots and that pretty much does it so let's

68
00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:04,960
use the thumb screws here to open this guy up

69
00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:06,639
and i'm gonna need my screwdriver

70
00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,880
all right so let's get these side panels off

71
00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:14,720
overall construction feels pretty good that's encouraging

72
00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:19,120
i mean you can usually tell a little something about the middle of the case

73
00:05:16,479 --> 00:05:19,120
get it metal

74
00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,840
by taking a close look at the side panels

75
00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:30,000
oh man i'm funny okay uh let's so

76
00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:34,720
there's been a few screws rolling around inside this case while we've been doing

77
00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:36,160
this uh unboxing so i'm gonna try and

78
00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:40,000
figure out where these came from although oh i think i know where they're

79
00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:43,600
from wow i think they managed to come out of here

80
00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:47,919
fascinating so those are your five and a quarter inch drive mounting screws yeah

81
00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:52,000
you can tell because they use uh they use the smaller threading so you use the

82
00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:57,120
toolless mechanism and then if you're actually planning to ship the system

83
00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,120
anywhere so here's your tool list

84
00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:02,479
however it works hold on i think it comes up like yeah okay oh

85
00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:07,360
yeah yeah you just lift it up and then you slide the drive in and then it pops into place and then you press on here ah

86
00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:11,520
there we go press on there to lift up the clips on this side so you just put

87
00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:15,520
your additional screw in here in order to secure the drive in the event that

88
00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:20,479
it's gonna you know be banged around during shipping or whatever else

89
00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,680
okay now the next thing i want to do is see if i can figure out how to remove

90
00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:28,800
the top okay you know what we'll do that later we've also got some included accessories we've got an included zip

91
00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:33,440
tie here we have six three and a half inch bay devices

92
00:06:31,919 --> 00:06:39,280
and they're loaded from the back fascinating although this top piece can come out

93
00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:41,840
entirely if you take out these screws um

94
00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:45,520
wow there's actually a lot of features here so we're gonna have to just take it

95
00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:49,360
slow go one by one i'm gonna try not to get distracted here guys

96
00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:53,120
and let's get the last of those screws out there we go

97
00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:56,720
so three and a half inch bays there we go you can see they are completely

98
00:06:55,039 --> 00:07:01,440
tool-less you just flex them open like that put the drive in and slide the

99
00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:05,280
whole cage back into the case they're also compatible with two and a half inch

100
00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:09,440
drives using these mounting holes here i definitely prefer this system to other

101
00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:13,280
ones that just use two pieces on either side and don't have compatibility for

102
00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:16,000
two and a half inch devices on this side you can see the other screw holes for

103
00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,759
the five and a quarter inch base as well as these pressure mounts which uh add

104
00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,599
some resistance when you're inserting the drive so that you can easily use the

105
00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:27,440
tool-less mounting option here we have our bottom three and a quarter three and

106
00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:31,120
a half inch drive cages and i'm going to flip it back around

107
00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:35,199
to show you guys why those are important because this top piece comes out

108
00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:40,080
entirely in order to accommodate graphics cards that are the almost the

109
00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:44,560
entire length of this chassis so that is a very very cool feature you can also

110
00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:48,479
remember i talked about how restrictive the airflow was at the front of the case

111
00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:52,319
for that front fan so we're going to go ahead and remove the front bezel just so

112
00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:58,039
that you guys can have a closer look at what i was talking about there here we

113
00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,039
go come on

114
00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:04,240
there we go two and three

115
00:08:02,319 --> 00:08:07,840
front bezel comes off so you guys can see what i'm talking about here because

116
00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:12,319
these cages are a little on the restrictive side however

117
00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:15,520
you can install an additional 120 millimeter fan which is going to give

118
00:08:13,599 --> 00:08:18,800
you some more airflow there you are going to be able to push some air

119
00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:24,319
through them and then in order to get more static pressure going on you can

120
00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:26,400
also install an additional fan whether

121
00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:31,360
you want it to be a 120 millimeter or 140 millimeter on this side to give you

122
00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:37,039
some additional flow towards your graphics card or cards assuming that you

123
00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:40,719
have the space so most graphics cards i mean look this is a performance card

124
00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:45,839
this is a 6970 or 6950 rather

125
00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:49,839
most graphics cards once i install that is going to have just enough room for

126
00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:53,440
that fan to go on the inside and be installed however if you're putting

127
00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,240
something crazy like a 6990 in there then you're gonna run into trouble

128
00:08:54,959 --> 00:08:59,920
potentially okay so this is just the piece that

129
00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,560
allows us to pull that out here we have our CPU cutout

130
00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:10,560
here we have our top mounted 140 mil fan this can be replaced with either dual

131
00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:12,800
140 mils or dual 120 mils and if you

132
00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:16,560
wanted to mount a radiator i wonder if you could get away with it

133
00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,519
it looks like you could so check this out so if we remove

134
00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:23,839
so because i don't have a dual 120mm rad

135
00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:28,000
handy i'm going to use a quad in order to provide a simulation of how this will

136
00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:31,200
work so you can see all these different mounting holes they have here that's so

137
00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:36,240
that you can accommodate either the dual 140s which are these outside ones or

138
00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:39,680
dual 120s with a radiator so you see this cutout right here

139
00:09:37,839 --> 00:09:44,080
that is so that the radiator sits with the barb side down right here

140
00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:48,160
lines up perfectly i can tell from here that it's just fine and then all you do

141
00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:52,959
is you put your case top back on and the radiator sits down

142
00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:56,240
there the fans continue to go where they already did

143
00:09:54,160 --> 00:10:00,000
so that's on the inside of the case and now you are cooling your radiator you

144
00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:06,000
have a liquid cooled computer and they haven't wasted any space in this case

145
00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:08,959
overall because like i said due to the small size of it i wasn't sure how much

146
00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,720
hardware we were going to be able to put in here but it looks like the answer is

147
00:10:10,959 --> 00:10:16,880
a whole lot because you can see they've made it just a little bit bulkier in the

148
00:10:14,399 --> 00:10:23,040
back so you have that space that ghetto booty so to speak bulkier in

149
00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:24,240
the back for the dual 120 millimeter uh

150
00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:30,560
radiator and if you have a 240 millimeter radiator i definitely envy you so uh

151
00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:35,519
let's go ahead and take a look at the motherboard tray we've got our cable

152
00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:40,320
management grommets right here here and here we've also got a cutout right here

153
00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:43,760
for the eight pin connector i wouldn't mind seeing that widened a little bit

154
00:10:42,079 --> 00:10:46,560
although hey there's one here as well okay there you go so you'll be able to

155
00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:51,760
reach whether the eight pin connectors more in the middle of the board or more at the edge good thinking nzxt

156
00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:57,120
uh standard atx seven expansion slots

157
00:10:55,519 --> 00:11:04,560
i think we're getting pretty darn close to the end of this although it's got a lot of different features hey guys

158
00:11:00,959 --> 00:11:07,040
all right uh what do we got here

159
00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:10,800
okay we got power for the built-in fan speed controller we've got

160
00:11:08,959 --> 00:11:14,959
four leads for the built-in fan speed controller very nice we've got our front

161
00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:20,079
panel connectors our front usb connector our front usb 2 and finally our front hd

162
00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:24,079
audio i think that covers it this is an awesome little chassis i'm going to give

163
00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:27,839
it my gold star of approval and thank you for checking out my unboxing of the

164
00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:30,640
nzxt phantom 410 don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips for more

165
00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,600
unboxings reviews and other computer videos