Tuesday, February 8th 2022
NZXT Announces the New H1 (2022) Small Form Factor Case
NZXT, a leader in PC gaming hardware and services, today announces the new H1 - loaded with features to house your choice of components in an easy-to-build system that simplifies installation. With added space for even more powerful parts, larger intake holes for improved cooling, and built-in components - the latest H1 builds on the original design in big ways while keeping the footprint small.
The new H1 is an all-in-one SFX (small form factor case) that comes with an AIO cooler, power supply, and a riser cable—all pre-installed to make building easier than ever. The included components alongside enhanced features, like improvements to cooling, an added USB A port, and an updated PCIe Gen 4 Riser Card, give the H1 added value outside of being a form-factor case.
Larger holes in the perforated panels allow increased airflow, and the greater size (increased from 13 L to 15.6 L) accommodates some of the latest GPUs on the market from NVIDIA and AMD, so you can have a small build with powerful potential. The rear exhaust fan keeps your graphics card cool during the most intense loads, and the increased built-in power supply is upgraded from a 650 W to a 750 W, giving the H1 some extra performance headroom. An additional fan controller via NZXT CAM allows you to customize your fan curves, monitor your temps, system, and more to create unique profiles suited to any user's needs.
We have reworked the original riser design from the H1 and learned a great deal from the original case and listened to community feedback. The H1 features a custom-designed PCB and we worked closely with a new vendor, using a more rigorous QA process to make sure each H1 upholds high quality and safety standards.
Features Found in the new NZXT H1
The new H1 is an all-in-one SFX (small form factor case) that comes with an AIO cooler, power supply, and a riser cable—all pre-installed to make building easier than ever. The included components alongside enhanced features, like improvements to cooling, an added USB A port, and an updated PCIe Gen 4 Riser Card, give the H1 added value outside of being a form-factor case.
We have reworked the original riser design from the H1 and learned a great deal from the original case and listened to community feedback. The H1 features a custom-designed PCB and we worked closely with a new vendor, using a more rigorous QA process to make sure each H1 upholds high quality and safety standards.
Features Found in the new NZXT H1
- Increased Size from 13L to 15.6L to make adequate room for the latest AMD and NVIDIA video -cards, as well as increased cooling.
- An extra USB A Port to the front I/O.
- Fan controller via NZXT CAM for ease of controlling RGB and fan curves
- Rear exhaust fan in the GPU compartment.
- Improved PCIe Riser that supports Gen 4 PCIe GPUs.
- Built-in 750 W Gold Power Supply.
- Built-in AIO Cooler.
- Pre-routed cables for easy cable management.
- Matte White
- Matte Black
- MSRP: $399.99
- Availability: USA: 2/21/22
12 Comments on NZXT Announces the New H1 (2022) Small Form Factor Case
It's an interesting idea to include so many components in one package, however I don't think anyone should buy until it confirmed doesn't self-immolate
I'm sure NZXT actually fixed it; they got hammered a fair bit for it after all, but it's the quality of the riser and case as a whole I'd like to see cross-tested by GN. An early test by Tom's doesn't exactly give me comfort either; their first review sample had an unstable PSU, and it took a second review sample to properly finish their testing.
No issues at all, one running Intel and one running AMD (both latest gen CPU's) and cooling and PSU have never been an issue.
Now I don't run any aggressive GPU or anything on them so maybe that's the reason I'm enjoying them both soo much. But for aesthetics and space I think these are great!
Any upgrade to the original sounds like a good thing IMO.
PCI gen4 riser $60-70.
Bundled with AIO, another $60-70.
Which amounts to at least $260 in retail, depending on the quality of the components used.
However, when it came to Evga cards bricking and catching fire, all swept under the carpet. mentioning it, but not dwelling on the subject....
That is when I lost interest in GN.
The problem was not the problem (bad riser, oh well shit happens), the reaction to the problem was the problem (refusing to fix it, sending a bad fix, deceiving people by sending reviewers one fix and customers the other, refuse to do a proper recall, etc.)
I also did the rear Noctua Chromax black 92mm fan mod, outlined in this link:
sffpc/comments/hz9vme
Bought an ASUS 3070ti TUF and only used it in this build so far. I also swapped the stock 140mm fan with the Noctua Chromax variant. My GPU never exceeds 68 degrees in a half hour of Heaven benchmark or night of playing God of War (and the fans are surprisingly quiet while keeping it cool). I'm still getting acclimated to the rather drastic change to Rocket Late (11700K) but with Intel's power limits in place the CPU cores never exceed high 70s in AIDA64 tests. In the AIDA64 tests, the cores do spike in the low 90s with Intel limits off though, so I'm still tweaking the right balance. I think my chip is crappy for overclocking.
Regardless, I really like the H1. It's very compact and a nice looking case.
If this new PCIE gen 4 riser cable swaps easily with the previous gen 3 rise cable, it would be nice.