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Besides a layer of "premium" noise dampening foam, the enclosure has a magnetic fan cover on top of the 140mm fan which provides another element of silence, but can be removed if you need the extra cooling capacity. The case also ships with a fan controller that lets you set speeds at 40%, 70% and 100%. There's also talk of "wireless touch-powered" fan compartments.
Although the H2's product page lists the touch-powered fans as the top feature, the company doesn't elaborate on how they work. After skimming through the pictures, it looks like each fan is in a removable housing that provides a standard 3-pin power connector. That housing is mounted in dock of sorts on the chassis which provides power courtesy of the fan controller.
This introduces another point of failure, but assuming it works properly the design means you won't have to fish around in your chasses for fan wires -- a seemingly favorable tradeoff. Other key features include a hot swappable SATA HDD dock, tool-less drive bays, USB 3.0 connectivity, and support for up to 31cm GPUs by removing an HDD cage. The H2 is available now for $99.
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Trillionsin said:
I bought a NZXT fan controller for about $60, and it was crap. Looked cool, but really did not function the way you'd want it to.
However this case looks solid. Top USB, and even looks like they have a designated USB 3.0 port shown blue.
Option for water cooling and looks like decent cable management availability.
Fan filters...
...and a nifty SATA drive port on top. Hm... useful? You still have to shut the PC down before inserting... oh well... I might buy if they made a full size version... but I really want one of those Antec LanBoy Air ATX cases... but then again my case is just fine! lol
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Trillionsin said:trillionsin said:
I bought a NZXT fan controller for about $60, and it was crap. Looked cool, but really did not function the way you'd want it to.
However this case looks solid. Top USB, and even looks like they have a designated USB 3.0 port shown blue.
Option for water cooling and looks like decent cable management availability.
Fan filters...
...and a nifty SATA drive port on top. Hm... useful? You still have to shut the PC down before inserting... oh well... I might buy if they made a full size version... but I really want one of those Antec LanBoy Air ATX cases... but then again my case is just fine! lol
These were a few immediate thoughts... I missed some other nice features that I read after posting.
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I just picked up a Phantom and it's my 1st NZXT case/product. So far I'm impressed by the quality, features and style. This case looks really solid, but I'd also prefer a full tower version.
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Jesse said:
I can't find this case for sale anywhere, not even on NZXT's store on their website. The article says it is now available though... Where can I find it?
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