NZXT H7 - CM-H71BW-01 - ATX Mid Tower PC Gaming Case - Front I/O USB Type-C Port - Quick-Release Tempered Glass Side Panel - White

This case is the best Ive ever built a PC in. Ive 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 isnt 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 itll be quite good. Maybe not the best possible airflow, but certainly good enough for most typical thermal loads. It wasnt 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 wasnt ideal for the GPU and motherboard, but it should be fine in daily use and gaming. For overclocking as a daily-driver, Id say that this case would not be suitable, but if youre a serious overclocker, youre 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 wasnt 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 Ive ever seen. For starters, the Power On/Off, Reset Switch, etc., were thoughtfully bundled together into a single plug, so that, for once, there wasnt a need to carefully seat a tiny Power On cable onto motherboard pins. Of all of the things that havent 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 its 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. Its not quite full-tower, but its 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. Its 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. Im sure that others will not like the aesthetics of this case- its basically just a box. But to me, and most other people, the box wont be seen or really noticed once its built, so I dont 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 youve spent on your rig. Personally, I prefer that my machines run silent and dark and dont look worth stealing, lol. In conclusion: if youre trying to figure out a case to buy, this is far and away the best Ive 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. Its totally worth the asking price.

Love this case, plenty of room for multiple radiators and the fans in the front look sick.