NZXT H400i - MicroATX PC Gaming Case - CAM-Powered Smart Device - Tempered Glass Panel - Water-Cooling Ready - Black - 2018 Version

The fairly high price of this case is reflected in both the building experience, and the product quality. The case is very strong and the tempered glass side panel is very clear, leading people to believe it was open! The included Addresable RGB LED strip is a very nice touch, and when configured with the CAM software, can take your build from great to Perfection in moments. The PSU cover is great for cable management and hiding ugly drives. I would recommend however, you go with an SFX or SFX-L PSU If possible, as this will allow more room for drive mounting, water cooling options and more room for the cables, although saying that, I have a full size PSU installed and it does fit. This is good if you are transferring components from another bike, rather than buying everything new. The coloured strip down the middle is great for hiding cables to/from the motherboard, and better yet it’s removable if you are the modding type. I would first check your motherboard to see which holes your cables should be run through as they can be restricted when the board is in place. You may also want to plug in some of the cables before the board is put in to give you more room for the smaller, more fiddly cables, especially as the top and rear pre installed fans can restrict access further to these ports. This cover also allows cables to be run to the side SSD/2.5” drive bay. Personally I like the look of my SSD in this locations, however if you don’t, you can remove the tray and still have space at the rear or the motherboard tray for a 2.5” drobe. The front ventilation is decent, however the closed front panel can restrict airflow. This is a sacrifice I am willing to make as it really keeps the front looking really clean and neat. The coloured accents on the vents are a great tough and overall nice if you have a theme in your build. The two pre installed NZXT fans are pretty decent, however I would have like to have seen a 3rd included at this price range. The combined fan/LED controller comes with an additional splitter to allow 5 fans to be connected, which is slightly strange as there are only 4 fan mounts in the case, and 6 fans would be needed in a water cooling push/pull config. This case is fairly easy to build in (compared to other m-ITX cases) and overall it looks amazing. I would definitely recommend you keep to a colour theme when buiding in this to keep the components and case matching. I would definitely recommend this case, however for less experienced builders the slightly bigger H400i might be better as that offers more room to install everything, and is in general a bit easier to build in. However, for those experienced builders out there, this case offers great options for challenges, like trying to squeeze a custom water cooled loop inside, which is definitely something I will look to do in the future.

*This comes with an SFX bracket pre-mounted but the SFX cables on my Corsair psu where no where near long enough to reach the motherboard so I had to get and extension kit. Like not at all close, just over half the way there that's it. So be warned. But do seriously think about getting an SFX psu, see below. *So I researched a lot before settling on this case. I was building a htpc/do "anything" PC which is sitting in the lounge of my (extremely) small flat. I was looking for the right balance of style, hardware options and size.It's a beautiful looking case. Easy to work in and with plenty of space to kit out a very decent rig. (Asrock Fata1ty b450 board, Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb Corsair 3000mhz ram, Samsung 500gb 860 evo, and for reasons unknown a Zotac 1650 graphics card). The cable management was easy enough. I'm a put the cover on and pretend it's not there guy normally, but the channels actually made it so you default manage a great number of your cables and they give you a good number of cables ties in the box as well. And the front white bar thing is brilliant - best thing to do is take it out, route your cables to the front, pull the slack back through and re-attach the bar).The included fans are adequate enough and not that loud. I punched mine up to their max speed and they're not that audible from across the room or that bad really when you're next to the machine.One actual tip - I watched a lot of reviews of this case. The consensus being it's a case study in negative pressure. The two included fans suck out enough air that airflow into the case is really good so a decent air cooler will work really well (and this can take pretty big air-coolers - up to the Dark Rock Pro) . However this has caveats;1) You can mount an AIO on the front - I have a 240mm AIO with the fans in a pull configuration. It works well enough but the front inlet is tiny, the case it seems does best with nothing mounted on the front. I am going to have to upgrade to at least two high static pressure fans to pull enough air in to it - probably four in push/pull. However at load the cpu stays around 50-55 degrees ( I had run it for about an hour on a stress test with an overclock of 4.1ghz and when my room is cool, which it hasn't been, it hit 70-75 degrees).2) Per review advice I went with an SFX modular power supply for three reasons. One it frees up more space in the bottom of the case to pull air in which is especially important if you're putting a gpu in. Two the 3.5 inch drive mounts in the same space as the psu and if you have an ATX psu in here with an AIO I seriously doubt you'd have the space for a drive. Three - well I mean I needed the space for the cables especially with the extensions on. It's a big ITX case but still a small case, if you follow.Any way, I really recommend this case. It's brilliant - NZXT seriously did a brilliant job.That's it. I honestly have no real negatives. You get a lot of screws, the instructions are great the case is brilliant - money really well spent.