NZXTH7 Flow 2024 - Mid-Tower ATX Airflow Case - Includes Pre-Installed 3 x 120mm Fans - Supports Bottom Fans for Dedicated GPU Cooling - Cable Management - Black

First of all the construction quality of this case is second to none. I've had some high end expensive cases in the past and this one exceeds them all. It's the first case I've bought in a while so maybe construction quality has advanced across the board, but Lian-Li had a reputation as one of the best case manufacturers awhile ago and this puts it to shame in terms of fit and finish and also, importantly, intelligent design.I've had the case for about six months, built a whole new machine into it, and have gone into it several times for changes so I'm pretty confident I have reasonable experience with it to write a review.On the design front, as far as the internals, cable routing, airflow, access and other "engineering" aspects go, it's also stellar. Someone or some team put a lot of thought into this and I'd really need to stretch to come up with a complaint so I'm not going to bother.Regarding aesthetics, it's a big black box and I like it that way. No fins or cheesy plastic fairings or anything of that sort.Now, for a few things I wish were different but I would not call them issues or flaws, just design choices that were made that I don't agree with. First, the front switch, USB ports, and microphone jack are on the top of the case. With the case sitting on my desk near my monitor I can't even see them. I guess they did not want to mar the design cleanliness of front panel but I think most would agree that's a better place for those items as you can see and access them no matter how high or low the case is wherever you put it.Second, the entire bottom of the case is perforated mesh and you can install a large triple fan there. I have a pretty tricked out machine and I can't imagine needing yet more fans down there but hey, options are good. However, it means that if you have negative pressure inside your case you're always sucking air through there which I think we all agree is the most likely entry point for dust into the computer. It would have been nice if they had included a blocking panel to seal it. Third...hmmm...there is no third lol. I expect this case to last a long long time, until somehow computers change enough that I need to abandon it...like when we all get quantum rigs.

I prefer a case with front fans because it hits all the components better. Also the top/front IO ports, power button, and cables still work. Also I needed a case that was dual chambered since I have the LIan Li Edge power supply. Highly recommend getting this on sale.

SO MUCH ROOM & Very Sturdy, Just upgraded my case from the BeQuiet! Pure base 500 Black window. What a difference, started having heat issues after upgrading CPU and GPU, because the BeQuiet has a closed front panel (Ambient Temp 20°c/71°f). Both CPU and GPU On average running 55°c to 60°c just watching a video. Now it barely gets above 51°c, Idle sits near 38°c . Read the instructions there are special fan screws there with wider heads and longer ones for the bottom fans. Great cable management. It was a bit dark at the front of the case, so I put a Diffused RGB strip next to the front fans. Make sure you set your fan curves to minimize fan noise. I think there are 2 things this case needs.1. An RGB strip where I put mine2.The bottom fans should be tilted towards the back wall a bit to get it directly at the GPUNZXT, I am needing a great set of speakers, currently using an old TCL sound bar that takes up a ton of space, Do you sell monitors as well? ;)I hope this helps Future Owners

This case is the best I've ever built a PC in. I've built something like 25 from-components PCs over the years for myself, friends and family, in various cases and combinations of hardware. This case felt amazingly easy to work in and around.For example, the power supply bay isn't cramped; you can expect to set up your cables on a modular supply and put the supply in with ease. No cramped, hand-banging experience getting inside the case to unplug a power cable.Mounting a 360mm AIO and the motherboard was a breeze. All panels, front, top and both sides, come off with simple snaps, rather than screws or complicated mechanical fasteners. This means that access to the case interior was simple and everything was easily reachable.Airflow looks like it'll be quite good. Maybe not the "best possible" airflow, but certainly good enough for most typical thermal loads. It wasn't possible, because of the use case, to mount the AIO in a puller configuration to move warm air out of the top of the case; it had to be mounted in the front, pushing cooler air through the radiator and through the 120mm rear opening. That wasn't ideal for the GPU and motherboard, but it should be fine in daily use and gaming. For overclocking as a daily-driver, I'd say that this case would not be suitable, but if you're a serious overclocker, you're probably doing it with a test-bench rig and custom water cooling anyhow.Cable management, which to be fair was minimal (motherboard held the boot / storage drives on M.2 slots, so other than the GPU, there wasn't much to plug in) was easy and intuitive. The channels for cables and their velcro straps were well-designed and everything was kept in place without undue cable strain.Mounting the front-panel connections was about as easy as I've ever seen. For starters, the Power On/Off, Reset Switch, etc., were thoughtfully bundled together into a single plug, so that, for once, there wasn't a need to carefully seat a tiny Power On cable onto motherboard pins. Of all of the things that haven't changed about the ATX standard over the last 20 years, the fact that this is still how things work is sad, but this case gave users a best-in-class solution.For newbies, the mounting of the motherboard is often the scariest part. NZXT made this almost idiot-proof, by putting a fixed pin into the ATX layout that will make it obvious where the motherboard should be, and when it's located correctly. I think that this could be improved, by making the pin out of a softer material, so that newbies cannot damage the back of the motherboards while figuring things out, but it was well-designed.Were there any bad points to this case? Its sheer size, perhaps, is a non-starter for a number of folks. It's not quite full-tower, but it's quite large by modern standards. That said, none of that space is wasted; this was a case obviously designed by a good team of engineers. It's perhaps not the quietest case ever designed, either; while the sockets for the panel mounts are very intuitive and appeared to be reasonably sturdy, there will almost certainly be a little extra vibration over time, but that could be addressed with some simple fixes, such as a little pad in a trouble spot. Upon initial assembly, however, the noise levels were totally fine. I'm sure that others will not like the aesthetics of this case- it's basically just a box. But to me, and most other people, the box won't be seen or really noticed once it's built, so I don't care, and the glass side panel is sufficient for showing off a custom water loop or RGB stuff, etc., if you really want people to know how much money and time you've spent on your rig. Personally, I prefer that my machines run silent and dark and don't look worth stealing, lol.In conclusion: if you're trying to figure out a case to buy, this is far and away the best I've ever seen, especially for newbies trying to assemble their first PC from scratch. The people who designed it clearly understand how PCs are built and thought about most of the major problems really carefully. This is pretty rare, in an industry where most cases are built to be either cheap or aesthetically pleasing, or both, at the expense of function. It's totally worth the asking price.