NZXT H7 Flow (2024)

[Darksaber]

The all new version of the NZXT H7 Flow may be the the most creative case in their entire line-up. It manages to differentiate itself far more from the monotony of the market with a beautiful interior flow and very good functionality that oozes class both inside and out.

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[Caring1]

I've got one and love it, IMO it's far superior to many other cases.

 

[Steve-007UK]

I just upgraded my nephews PC and built it up into the H7 Flow.
Was nice to work with and is a great case, My nephew loves it

 

[phints]

Really nice case but WAY too big for my taste. They should bring back the H210i size, just make it 2-slots taller for more GPU room, keep all other dimensions the same. Make up a litlte room by shrinking the power supply area to only support SFF. Call it H2 Flow for their new naming scheme of course. That would be perfection.

 

[Chrispy_]

Another good case but obscenely large and wasteful of space for your typical ATX build with a single GPU. I'll be waiting for the smaller variants. Even the 2024 H5 Flow (Compact) is big enough for an obese custom 4090 that's oversized in all three dimensions whilst still allowing a 360 radiator in the front. Why are cases getting so big? The number of people buying high-end, extra large GPUs is going down, year-on-year because of the price increase of high-end GPUs relative to everything else in the industry and relative to inflation.

I guess it's no worse an offender than these wide-body fishtank cases with side-mounted radiators and the PSU entirely behind the motherboard tray, but I don't have to like it.

 

[HBSound]

I've got one and love it, IMO it's far superior to many other cases.

Is it true, you can not get a 360 fan/rad combination across the bottom of this case?

 

[Chrispy_]

Is it true, you can not get a 360 fan/rad combination across the bottom of this case?

Do you not believe your own eyes?

That's specifically designed and intended for 3x120 intake fans to fit flush, for aesthetics reasons. Where are hoses coming out of the end tanks supposed to go? You could McGuyver some slots in the steel with a dremel to shoehorn it in, but that's not a location for the radiator by design, and you shouldn't ever run a radiator there unless something else in the same loop is higher than the pump, otherwise you could get an air-lock in your pump and kill it.

I guess if you really wanted to do the bad thing anyway and put a radiator right at the lowest point of your whole loop, you could put the fans there as intended and then using longer screws and washers/spacers raise the radiator up until it clears the 360x120 cutout in the floor of the main compartment, but why would you do that when the front intake is specifically designed and spaced for a radiator? Doing it that way would mean you wouldn't see the fans, which probably matters if your goal is ARGBLED.

 

[HBSound]

Do you not believe your own eyes?

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That's specifically designed and intended for 3x120 intake fans to fit flush, for aesthetics reasons. Where are hoses coming out of the end tanks supposed to go? You could McGuyver some slots in the steel with a dremel to shoehorn it in, but that's not a location for the radiator by design, and you shouldn't ever run a radiator there unless something else in the same loop is higher than the pump, otherwise you could get an air-lock in your pump and kill it.

I guess if you really wanted to do the bad thing anyway and put a radiator right at the lowest point of your whole loop, you could put the fans there as intended and then using longer screws and washers/spacers raise the radiator up until it clears the 360x120 cutout in the floor of the main compartment, but why would you do that when the front intake is specifically designed and spaced for a radiator? Doing it that way would mean you wouldn't see the fans, which probably matters if your goal is ARGBLED.

I technically like RADs where I can get them. However, in many of these new-age cases, you can not insert a deep RAD/FAN combo at the top.

 

[csendesmark]

Why all these high end cases giving not giving you great silent solutions for high performance HDDs?

 

[msoltyspl]

Did you really test it without putting any extra fans in the bottom ? That's like the main selling point of this case ...

 

[Chrispy_]

Why all these high end cases giving not giving you great silent solutions for high performance HDDs?

"High performance HDD" is an oxymoron. Such a thing hasn't existed for close to two decades now.

 

[notanin]

I'm a big fan of the H510's design and have built two computers in it. Not a big fan of this one, so I'm a bit worried about what to use next. The lack of BTF support is also unfortunate.

 

[RUSerious]

Do you not believe your own eyes?

View attachment 365022

That's specifically designed and intended for 3x120 intake fans to fit flush, for aesthetics reasons. Where are hoses coming out of the end tanks supposed to go? You could McGuyver some slots in the steel with a dremel to shoehorn it in, but that's not a location for the radiator by design, and you shouldn't ever run a radiator there unless something else in the same loop is higher than the pump, otherwise you could get an air-lock in your pump and kill it.

I guess if you really wanted to do the bad thing anyway and put a radiator right at the lowest point of your whole loop, you could put the fans there as intended and then using longer screws and washers/spacers raise the radiator up until it clears the 360x120 cutout in the floor of the main compartment, but why would you do that when the front intake is specifically designed and spaced for a radiator? Doing it that way would mean you wouldn't see the fans, which probably matters if your goal is ARGBLED.

For an AIO - yeah, bad. I didn't check the specs, but fans down, rad up with with tubes/connectors up would probably work fine. Some ppl like custom LC loops with a top and bottom rad. Then the reservoir takes care of avoiding a dry pump if bled properly. I think you know this, but I thought it should be made clear.

 

[Chrispy_]

I technically like RADs where I can get them. However, in many of these new-age cases, you can not insert a deep RAD/FAN combo at the top.

No, but I think you're missing the wood for the trees.

The fans at the bottom have been recessed (blue) and the PSU shroud has been pushed back specifically so you can get a a deep RAD/FAN in the front (red) without interference from the PSU shroud or bottom fans. It looks like you should be able to fit a 45mm radiator with a 30mm push/pull fans on both sides of the radiator for an absolutely gargantuan 105mm thick stack of cooling. Compared to your typical 50mm AIO, that's basically overkill.

So yeah, you can't fit your deep rad/fan combo in the bottom because they compromised the worst place to put a radiator to give extra clearance to the best place to mount a radiator had the exact mounting you are wanting.

If you want multiple 360 deep rad/fan combos in your case, you're going to need a much bigger case than this or any of its equivalents. Even the grand-daddy that started it all (011D XL) is going to struggle with multiple deep fan/rad combos.

For an AIO - yeah, bad. I didn't check the specs, but fans down, rad up with with tubes/connectors up would probably work fine. Some ppl like custom LC loops with a top and bottom rad. Then the reservoir takes care of avoiding a dry pump if bled properly. I think you know this, but I thought it should be made clear.

Yeah, in a custom loop where the highest point isn't the pump. I thought that was clear but it doesn't hurt to avoid any doubt.

 

[HBSound]

No, but I think you're missing the wood for the trees.

The fans at the bottom have been recessed (blue) and the PSU shroud has been pushed back specifically so you can get a a deep RAD/FAN in the front (red) without interference from the PSU shroud or bottom fans. It looks like you should be able to fit a 45mm radiator with a 30mm push/pull fans on both sides of the radiator for an absolutely gargantuan 105mm thick stack of cooling. Compared to your typical 50mm AIO, that's basically overkill.

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So yeah, you can't fit your deep rad/fan combo in the bottom because they compromised the worst place to put a radiator to give extra clearance to the best place to mount a radiator had the exact mounting you are wanting.

If you want multiple 360 deep rad/fan combos in your case, you're going to need a much bigger case than this or any of its equivalents. Even the grand-daddy that started it all (011D XL) is going to struggle with multiple deep fan/rad combos.


Yeah, in a custom loop where the highest point isn't the pump. I thought that was clear but it doesn't hurt to avoid any doubt.

You are good, and thank you for the explanation. Using a case like this, a 30FAM/60RAD/30FAN would go to the front of this case. I like the cleanliness of the case, so the question I would wrestle with is inserting a deep fan rad combo and not making the front look big and bulky.

 

[csendesmark]

"High performance HDD" is an oxymoron. Such a thing hasn't existed for close to two decades now.

I mean the HGST Ultrastar series, those are chunky and noisy

 

[mechtech]

"High performance HDD" is an oxymoron. Such a thing hasn't existed for close to two decades now.

Hey, a few 15k rpm hdd in raid 0 might be sorta semi high performance

 

[RUSerious]

Hey, a few 15k rpm hdd in raid 0 might be sorta semi high performance

High capacity 7200 RPM HDDs are faster. Older 15k drives have less than 1TB of storage and 10K drives are like 2-3TB, IIRC. Latency may be a bit worse, not sure.

 

[Caring1]

Is it true, you can not get a 360 fan/rad combination across the bottom of this case?

No, the 3 fans sit in the recess at the base, and the radiator above it. But why would you want heat to enter the case from there?
There's ample room for a front or top mount 360 radiator.

 

[Chrispy_]

Hey, a few 15k rpm hdd in raid 0 might be sorta semi high performance

I mean, I have an old NEXSAN array somewhere in storage that has 48x 15K Seagate Cheetahs in it.

Theoretically a RAID0 of that is the most unreliable, kick-ass mechanical array I can think of. That's on paper though. In reality, the controllers aren't optimised for a single, career-endingly stupid RAID0 array and performance scaling used to fall off pretty rapidly after 5 disks per array :\

 

[mechtech]

I mean, I have an old NEXSAN array somewhere in storage that has 48x 15K Seagate Cheetahs in it.

Theoretically a RAID0 of that is the most unreliable, kick-ass mechanical array I can think of. That's on paper though. In reality, the controllers aren't optimised for a single, career-endingly stupid RAID0 array and performance scaling used to fall off pretty rapidly after 5 disks per array :\

Time to make a 5" 15000 rpm patter

But ya no chance beating solid state.

 

[logic76]

I've has this case for a couple of years now. It's called the Phanteks Enthoo pro II lol