NZXT Technologies Computer Case, Matte Black CA-H630F-M1

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Product Feature

• Clean. Modern. Silent.
• 100 percent Steel Constructed Panels on both the interior and exterior
• First chassis in history to support two 200 mm fans in both the front and top positions
• Motherboard Support: ATX, Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX, XL-ATX, EATX (347mm x 272mm)
• External Connections: 1 x Audio/Mic; 2 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0; SD Card Reader With SDXC Support; I/O Panel LED On/Off
• Bay & Expansion: 2 x External5.25"; 8 x Internal 3.5"/2.5" (2 x 2.5" behind MB) 2 x 3HDD cage, 1 x 2HDD cage (Fully Modular)
• Cooling: CPU Cooler 190mm; VGA Card 354mm; Cable Management 27mm
• Fan Capability: Front 2 x 200 or 2 x 140 or 3 x 120mm (1 x 200mm included); Top 2 x 200 or 2 x 140 or 3 x 120mm; Rear 1 x 140/120mm (1 x 140mm included); Bottom 2 x 140/120mm HDD 2 x 140/120mm

Product Description

Beautifully architected, the new H630 is designed for two primary purposes: provide enthusiasts the ability to build the highest performing systems while remaining audibly invisible. With its incredible ability to subdue component noise, games, videos, and music take center stage of the system's experience.

NZXT Technologies Computer Case, Matte Black CA-H630F-M1 Review

** UPDATED 9-24-2013 **

Rating with stock fans - 3 stars
Rating with aftermarket fans - 5 stars

NZXT describes this case with three words "Clean. Modern. Silent." One of those, "Silent," is particularly key to the review - if you use the case with its stock fans, you will be disappointed, but if you swap out NZXT's fans, this case is virtually perfect.

Let's hit up each of those three categories in this review:

**Clean**

Definitely. This case has a very minimal design and I love it. There are two 5-1/4" bays in the front with a backport light, two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, a microphone jack, and a memory card reader very elegantly placed down the side. What's the "backport light?" Well, NZXT has kindly installed a small LED light over the exterior of your expansion cards for easy plugging in. Unfortunately, the light only turns on when the computer's on, so it's not super useful (I like to plug in my monitors with my system off). At the top of the case, there's your power and reset buttons. That's it. An incredibly elegant design, really.

**Modern**

I choose to look at the inside of the case when I think modern. This case is HUGE (both physically and in terms of interior space). Do you remember the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey with the giant black monolith? Yes, this case is THAT big. It's got nine 3.5" drive bays as well as two 2.5" SSD bays on the backside of the motherboard. Speaking of motherboard, you can fit pretty much any motherboard you'd like in here (I went with the ASUS Z87 Deluxe for my Haswell build).

Cable routing is outstanding as you can guide all of the cables behind the motherboard and completely out of space. There's room for TEN (10) fans in here as well as a variety of radiators for almost any liquid-cooled application you can imagine. As a special trick, NZXT created a single header with ten 3-pin fan plugs on it so you only need one power source for all ten of your fans. Very, very nice. In addition, the system takes two 200mm fans on the front and a 140mm fan on the back, but has holes drilled for a nearly limitless variety of fan sizes to fulfill your heart's every whim and desire.

I absolutely loved building my system into this case with all of the space and features NZXT thoughtfully added to make the build easier. I loved it, that is, until I turned it on...

"Silent" - Stock versus Modified **UPDATED 9-24-2013**

**STOCK**

Sadly, this is where the case in its stock form falls short. I bought this case exclusively for the fact that it was advertised as silent in magazines such as Maximum PC where it received outstanding ratings.

The stock 200mm and 140mm fans aren't just NOT silent - they're LOUD. The 7mm of sound deadening material on each side of the case does deaden my incredibly noisy data drive (a Seagate Barracuda 3.0TB), however, the fans, oh, sweet jebus, the fans! The computer sounds like my Honeywell Air Cleaner with the constant wooshing of air being pushed around the room.

"But, Eric, you're being too picky," I hear you say as you read this review. Not so. This Haswell build replaces a Dell XPS 8300 Sandy Bridge I7 system. In the Dell, I replaced the video card, power supply, and case fan (installed a Nexus) and made the XPS system virtually silent. I mean, WHISPER SILENT and that was a Dell budget build with their own proprietary CPU cooler on the thing. And lest you think I'm overpowering the Haswell build by comparison, I brought over the same RAM, SSD, HDD, video card, and PSU. Plus, I added a super-quiet liquid-cooling CPU cooler.

All of the noise in this new system comes from the fans that NZXT shipped it with. In my opinion, it's so noisy that it's nearly inexcusable. If you're going to call your case "silent" then it better be, and you better ship some super-quiet fans with the stupid thing otherwise it'll be disappointing out of the box (like the H630 is).

**MODIFIED**

I ditched both the NZXT 200mm and 140mm fans to try and make the computer silent. First, I swapped in a Cooler Master 200mm to the front of the case. It's not the fault of the CM fan, these 200mm fans are just so big that they'll make noise when they move air around. In fact, I determined for a silent build you really won't want to put a fan of any kind in the front of the case as I tried both 140mm and 120mm Nexus fans in the front to no avail.

What did make the system virtually silent was using three Nexus 140mm fans and a new Corsair RM-series power supply. Thanks to NZXT's design of the case, I placed two Nexus 140mm fans dead-center in the case, blowing air from the front through to the Nexus 140mm exhaust fan at the back. That, in combination with a quiet CPU cooler (I used both a Zalman and a Cooler Master 212), the case was almost silent at idle and low loads.

One of the best decisions I made was to experiment with Corsair's new RM series power supplies. These PSUs are outstanding - at 0-40% load, the cooling fan does NOT turn. I can't describe had awesome this feature is - it made the case almost perfectly silent.

*Overall*

Overall, this is a spectacular case for any builder looking for a huge case with tons of options and a very clean, very well-designed look. If you're looking for a "silent" case out of the box (pardon the pun), you'll want to plan new fans into your budget. NZXT's fans simply aren't going to impress you for silence.

*My Build*

CPU: Intel 4770K Haswell 3.5GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212
Mobo: ASUS Z87 Deluxe
SSD: Samsung Pro 128GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3.0TB
Optical: Lite-On BluRay Reader/DVD Writer Combo Drive
Memory: 32GB Crucial Ballistix
Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 660Ti
PSU: Corsair RM 750W (silent PSU)
Fans: 3 x Nexus 140mm (two midships and one as the exhaust fan)

*Stay Tuned*

I'm going to try and add a Video Review, so wait and see. :) Also, if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.

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