1 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:18,920 the h440 from NZXT comes packed pretty unexceptionally yours will of course 2 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:24,039 have a picture on the side of the box but other than that you got some styrofoam unexceptional styrofoam would 3 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,599 have liked to see better styrofoam but this is the usual rig moral let's move 4 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:33,200 on to the case itself the h440 is a quiet optimized case they're going for a 5 00:00:30,759 --> 00:00:38,160 clean classy overall aesthetic and actually considering the price very very 6 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,640 solid build quality so we'll start at the front of the case where you've got 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:45,120 well okay you've got a clean aesthetic so you've got kind of a little pattern 8 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,480 here that we've seen on H series cases before and other than that you've got a 9 00:00:46,879 --> 00:00:52,359 completely blank front with a tiny little NZXT logo down at the very very 10 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:57,840 bottom when you move over to the right hand side panel you find ah yes more 11 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:01,760 blank more empty just one little black accent line you've also got access to 12 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,920 some of the vents for the front now this case is not as airf flow optimized as I 13 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:11,000 would like even for a silent case all you've got on the front are these vents 14 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:15,960 right here some access from the bottom to fresh air and then all you've got on 15 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,799 the top are a couple of vents I think it 16 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:21,240 was at the back yeah there's a there's some ventilation at the back and then 17 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:25,360 there's some ventilation on the left hand side and that is pretty much it 18 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:30,720 when you consider that there's up to two 140 mm or three 120 MIM fans in each of 19 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,520 these locations it really doesn't feel like enough to me but that's not to say 20 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:37,360 that your system is going to overheat it's just that those fans will be a 21 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,240 little bit on the starved side so let's move around to the left hand side where you can see the ventilation I was 22 00:01:39,799 --> 00:01:46,079 talking about before an extremely nice looking side panel window I mean look at 23 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:50,040 that you can't see the power supply this is something we've been seeing as an 24 00:01:47,719 --> 00:01:53,200 aftermarket mod for quite some time encasing the power supply and something 25 00:01:51,759 --> 00:01:57,439 really clean and Sleek looking you've also got an illuminated ncxt logo that 26 00:01:55,799 --> 00:02:00,840 you actually don't have to leave lit up if you don't want to there is a switch 27 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:06,399 on the back that allows you to turn that on and off this also has the added sort 28 00:02:04,119 --> 00:02:10,759 of value ad here of there you go Illuminating the rear eyeo almost the 29 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:14,239 entire back of the case can be lit up so you can see what you're doing in the 30 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:18,760 dark and uh you can also have sort of like a neat rear glow sort of effect of 31 00:02:16,959 --> 00:02:23,480 your system if you want okay also on the back we've got a 120 mm or 140 mm fan 32 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,720 Mount and this is something NZXT has been doing for a while with their 33 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,599 slidable fan Mount so you can have the fan up a little bit higher a little bit 34 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:33,599 lower this will help you not interfere with other components such as tall vrm 35 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:37,440 heat sinks on a motherboard you can also see that it's seven PCI slots you've got 36 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:41,519 those stupid grommets that I have no idea why anyone keeps including and then 37 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:44,200 finally your power supply at the bottom you've also got those vents that I was 38 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:52,319 talking about in the back and that pretty much wraps things up for the outside except for the top IO so it has 39 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:57,200 two USB 2.0 ports two USB 3.0 ports headphone and a microphone jacks as well 40 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:02,840 as a power switch and a reset switch now let's open her up and find out where the 41 00:03:00,519 --> 00:03:08,920 magic truly is well one thing that's magical is the fact that in almost as 42 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:11,560 many places as they could NZXT has gone 43 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:15,239 and included these little retainers for their thumb screws so that when you take 44 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:19,159 the screw out of the side panel or when you unscrew it it doesn't fall out and 45 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:23,280 you don't lose it the next thing that's magical is this is feels like actual 46 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:27,840 neoprene on the inside so they seem to be using a very very dense foam for the 47 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:32,040 sound dampening material on the inside of the case it is a little bit bulkier 48 00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:36,400 than the bitman for example that fractal design uses but it has a very nice 49 00:03:34,519 --> 00:03:40,319 quality feel to it it's a little bit spongy um and I obviously I'd need an 50 00:03:38,799 --> 00:03:45,120 anaco chamber or something if I was going to test the actual efficacy of it 51 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:49,000 but um it at least looks and feels good Cable Management looks exceptional right 52 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,239 so you've got this bottom compartment where it's hiding the power supply and 53 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:56,680 all the power supply cables even though it's a modular power supply there are quite a few cables plugged in as you 54 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:00,040 guys would be able to see if I could show you that so it's nice to have that 55 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,480 hidden away there's two 2 and a half in SSD mounts down here that are handled by 56 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,519 a single thumb screw then you actually screw the drive onto the sled slide it 57 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,920 back and they've got cable management holes specifically for those and for any 58 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:16,120 bottom cables that you want to Route such as the uh front IO or your USB 2 or 59 00:04:14,519 --> 00:04:19,440 your front panel audio all that kind of good stuff on this side we've got 60 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:23,800 another thing that we've seen as an aftermarket mod quite a few times in the 61 00:04:21,799 --> 00:04:28,600 last couple of years and this is a a stealth cover for all the where normally 62 00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:32,080 you'd have 5 and a/4 in Bays I wish that they had made this a little bit 63 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,120 stealthier uh they could have done it fairly easily by just putting another 64 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:38,600 panel here but that would have added additional cost so it's the kind of 65 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:42,360 thing that you could easily put on as an aftermarket option but there you have it 66 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:46,479 at any rate that's there so instead of having any 5 and a/ qu inch Bay this 67 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:50,039 case is all 3 and 1 half inch Bays here in the front which I'll show you from 68 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:53,880 the back in a moment or radiator mounting options and then you've got 69 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:57,759 your two SSD cages right here so let's contrast what the front looks like you 70 00:04:55,759 --> 00:05:02,800 got your cable management grommets right here and you know all your drives hidden 71 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:06,759 away behind a stealth cover and ah yes the back of the case so the thing about 72 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:11,000 that thick foam you can see that there's a lot of indentations here in it from 73 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:16,080 when I slid it onto the case the thing about that thick foam is that it takes 74 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:21,120 up a lot of space behind the motherboard tray that you would normally be able to 75 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,759 use for cable management so even though 76 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:26,560 I like I thought that I had a ton of space back here because it looks like 77 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:31,319 well over a centimeter of space at every stage and then it actually widens back 78 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:34,720 here where the 24 pin needs to come down I really didn't have that much space and 79 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:38,600 you're going to need to make use of all the Ting bajillion little Cable 80 00:05:36,759 --> 00:05:44,400 Management hooks that exist on the back of the motherboard trade the good news is that you have them so I was able to 81 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:48,199 tidy things up enough fairly easily just with a couple of uh twist ties that I 82 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:53,880 was able to close the thing up without any difficulty also here on the back of 83 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:56,600 the case we have an 11 Port fan power 84 00:05:53,880 --> 00:06:01,280 splitter this is awesome love to see that I wish that it was also fan control 85 00:05:59,919 --> 00:06:06,880 even if it was just something like a switch that I had to reach into the inside to do I mean I guess what you 86 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:10,880 could do is you could probably mod it and it's just a simple Molex power input 87 00:06:09,039 --> 00:06:15,199 so you could mod it and change the power in to 7vt or something like that but 88 00:06:13,479 --> 00:06:20,479 either way this thing is absolutely awesome so it's got one one intake or 89 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:25,800 one input on fan one I believe it is and then you can have 10 fans come off of it 90 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:27,120 so so sorry 10 10 fan power splitter um 91 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:31,160 the only thing I don't like about it is that if you add any other fans so the 31 92 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:37,199 20 mm fans that are included in the front are reasonably quiet the 1 140 mm 93 00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:38,880 fan in the back is reasonably quiet but 94 00:06:37,199 --> 00:06:42,160 any fans that you add will be running at full speed if you run them off this so 95 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:46,759 it would have been nice to see them able to be controlled now something I didn't do when I was actually building the 96 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:50,720 system and I just realize now is take off the front panel the panel both the 97 00:06:49,039 --> 00:06:55,080 front and the top are quite a bit heavier than they actually appear due to 98 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:59,199 the metal construction and as well as the neoprene foam so that gives you 99 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:03,280 access to the magnetic fan filter as well as the 3 120 mm fans in the front 100 00:07:01,479 --> 00:07:07,599 so you can do up to two triple radiators in this thing natively without any 101 00:07:05,479 --> 00:07:14,240 difficulty or you can opt instead for dual 140 mm or 280 mm radiators up here 102 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:18,520 we've got the little control the little power module for the built-in logo 103 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:22,160 illumination as well as the IED and all that good stuff and then other than that 104 00:07:20,479 --> 00:07:26,520 it's pretty bog standard back here except well for these hard drive cages 105 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:30,879 so ncxt has gotten away from the whole plastic hard drive tray thing 106 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:35,080 unfortunately theyve only included five of them so natively the case only 107 00:07:32,639 --> 00:07:39,400 accepts seven or eight 2 and 1/2 in drives cuz there's one more Mount hiding 108 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:44,080 down here in the bottom or three 2 and 1/2 in drives and five 3 and 1/2 in 109 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:48,000 drives in these trays they have permanently attached the little rubber 110 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:52,120 grommets to them for noise and vibration isolation and there's actually one other 111 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:56,120 thing I didn't really like about them and that's the fact that when you slide 112 00:07:53,960 --> 00:08:00,879 them in there's no real rails for them to sit on the entire time like they're 113 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:04,599 just free until you slide them all the way in and then they hook onto the other 114 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:07,879 side so there's two thumb screws at the back of each one you loosen that and 115 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:12,280 then once you pull it out these are great again these thumb screws don't come out on their own so they'll they'll 116 00:08:10,919 --> 00:08:17,000 actually stay in there so once you pull it out it just swings freely until you 117 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:21,199 pop it into the little spot on the other side of that uh that stealth cover over 118 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:25,039 there so I love to see a return to Quality with metal Drive cages instead 119 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,960 of plastic ones but I wouldn't have minded seeing a little bit more of a of 120 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:34,000 of a solid support for it now I understand why they did these two things 121 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:36,719 so less support as well as fewer Drive 122 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:40,360 cages does give you more ventilation so that front those front fans at least if 123 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:44,720 they're going to be choked by the front panel they might as well not be choked 124 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:48,560 by the uh the hard drive cages behind them so I can see their point in doing 125 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:53,959 this it's just not necessarily something that I 100% agree with inside this 126 00:08:51,279 --> 00:08:58,320 little NZXT box of accessories we find all of the screws that we will need as 127 00:08:55,680 --> 00:09:02,600 well as a little NZXT sticker nothing truly exceptional in there oh yeah nice 128 00:09:00,279 --> 00:09:06,200 big CPU uh cutout so you're going to be able to access your CPU socket pretty 129 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:09,000 much no matter what and then I did have one other complaint about the case 130 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:13,200 although this is a fairly minor thing so I've got an ax1200i in here and the 131 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:18,920 modular interface is pretty hard to get at because you can't actually it seems 132 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:22,760 remove oh no wait uh no yeah it's riveted in so you can't actually remove 133 00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:25,839 that stealth cover on the front of the case it's a little bit hard to get at 134 00:09:24,399 --> 00:09:30,279 your modular interface in here especially once you have a bunch of cables plugged in but this is a minor 135 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:34,760 complaint because it's the kind of thing that you really won't have to deal with 136 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:39,240 all that often so all the io and all the cables are attached to the top of the 137 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:44,079 case here there you go very very simple very very clean so the way that you um 138 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,720 that you sort of get at the top is to just pop this off and then there's no 139 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:50,880 wires attached to it or anything like that it's extremely Hefty extremely 140 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:55,240 solid feeling and then the only ventilation is uh here along this side 141 00:09:53,760 --> 00:10:00,519 and here along the back and it's got more of that neoprene feeling foam on it 142 00:09:57,959 --> 00:10:05,800 you can also see now the h100i that I have installed there you go so we've got 143 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:08,839 two 120 mm fans and you can actually slide them around depending on exactly 144 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:15,240 where you want to position them and then you can put a third one here although it should be noted that if you do install a 145 00:10:12,839 --> 00:10:19,200 third fan and radiator here you won't be able to mount the radiator uh this way 146 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,240 around so you can see I have the tubing coming down on this side because that'll 147 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:26,279 interfere with the top hard drive cage so that'll limit you instead to four 148 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:30,720 hard drives Four 3 and 1/2 in drives instead of uh 5 3 and 1/2 in drives 149 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:35,120 although if I was using this case I'd probably be going for like an ultimate 150 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:39,760 liquid cooling quiet machine or something like that so I'd get some nice 151 00:10:36,639 --> 00:10:41,760 high static pressure fans like n2s I'd 152 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:46,000 get two triple radiators I'd run them at extremely low RPM and then I'd be able 153 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:49,560 to basically overclock the snot out of the system inside in spite of the fact 154 00:10:47,639 --> 00:10:52,600 that it's extremely silent you would be limiting your expansion options in terms 155 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:56,320 of storage though because you'd pretty much be stuck with these two SSD mounts 156 00:10:54,440 --> 00:11:00,160 and then the SSD mount in the bottom the good news about that though is that 157 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:04,880 there's nothing um limiting the height of these drives and Western Digital has 158 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:09,360 I believe a 2 tbte 2 and 1/2 inch drive that's a non-standard thickness it's 15 159 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:14,560 mm or 17 mm thick so that gives you some great options in terms of both SSD and 160 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:18,160 um mechanical Drive expansion even if you're stuck with a 2 and 1 12 in form 161 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:22,200 factor I think that pretty much wraps it up guys thank you for checking out my 162 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:26,360 unboxing and I guess 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