NZXT Phantom & Hale90 650W

Darksaber · Oct 7, 2010

The NZXT Phantom is the first truly brand-new case from the company in a very long time. It looks great, comes in multiple colors and packs a long list of useful and well balanced features. We take a look at the white version along with the white Hale90, the first 80Plus Gold certified PSU from NZXT and end up quite impressed by both products.

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Parad0x · Oct 26, 2010

Great job on the review but... "The Lian Li PC-Q11B costs 139.90 € in the Caseking shop"

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Oct 26, 2010

Looks more spacey than in the commercial pics.. and definitely your cleanest build yet

haha

Darksaber · Oct 26, 2010

Parad0x said:
Great job on the review but... "The Lian Li PC-Q11B costs 139.90 € in the Caseking shop"

fixed

LAN_deRf_HA · Oct 26, 2010

Every think about testing thermal performance? I mention for this because there's quite a large contrast between this thing stock and loaded with $40 worth of fans. In stock loadout it's fairly awful for gpu temps.

TotalChaos · Oct 26, 2010

Looks great in White

Hayder_Master · Oct 26, 2010

it's haf-x with modding, same as coolermaster features but with nice look

Darksaber · Oct 26, 2010

LAN_deRf_HA said:
Every think about testing thermal performance? I mention for this because there's quite a large contrast between this thing stock and loaded with $40 worth of fans. In stock loadout it's fairly awful for gpu temps.

We do not test thermal performance because we do not have one central spot where we review all our products. No traditional office to speak of, thus we cannot make sure that the testing environment remains the same. Thus suddenly one case reviewed by someone in the US may give different results than reviewing the same case in Europe.

If we ever have offices or manage to get all the cases to the exact same location, we may even test thermals

CharlO · Oct 26, 2010

Does it come in red or should I get my dremmel ready?

TotalChaos · Oct 26, 2010

Red, White and Black

Darksaber · Oct 26, 2010

CharlO said:
Does it come in red or should I get my dremmel ready?

NZXT is getting ready for the red version. I have seen a few revisions, but the problem is that there is a slight color difference of the red of the plastic parts and that of the metal coating. They are still working on that, so that the case looks as good as possible.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Oct 26, 2010

TotalChaos said:
Red, White and Black

Reminds me of a flag motif

TheLaughingMan · Oct 26, 2010

Wow, I have been talking about this case and PSU in the TPU TS and I didn't not expect this review. I am glad to see it lives up to my expectations from Darksaber's perspective.

I guess this combination will be my next case/PSU and number 2 on my upgrade list.

Thanks

WarEagleAU · Oct 27, 2010

I really like this. As bad as I want a Corsair 800D, this may be my next case. Soon Ill retire my HAF (#@

inferKNOX · Feb 9, 2011

Ha ha ha, I can't believe this!
This is my EXACT ideal setup! (well excluding the mobo, cpu, gpu, ram & hdd, but those are ever changing)
I'm planning to get the Phantom, hale90-650 & I even have that CPU cooler (Prolimatech Mega Shadow) and GPU (looks like that's a 5850 to me, although I'm buying the 6950 on Monday)!!
I'm really eager to get this case & PSU. Great review Darksaber. ;-)

That's what my setup will look like soon:

pantherx12 · Feb 9, 2011

Built in one of these for a client the other day.

Was a pleasure to work with it, cable managment is easy. ( plenty of space to reverse mount drives)
Air flow is decent, lots of places for fan mounts etc. Tooless deisgn works but I wouldn't trust it for transport.

It's decently quiet as well, impressively so actually.

System Name	Corsair 2000D Silent Gaming Rig
Processor	Intel Core i5-14600K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-i Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i Black
Memory	Corsair 64 GB 6000 MHz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phoenix GS
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" M32U
Case	Corsair 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair 850 W SFX
Mouse	Logitech MX
Keyboard	Sharkoon PureWriter TKL

System Name	Thakk
Processor	9800X3D
Motherboard	MSI B650M Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Id Cooling A410 + 2400 RPM push pull
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 C30
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX3080 Trinity
Storage	Crucial NVME 512 / Intel 250GB SSD / Samsung Pro 512 SSD / SanDIsk 1TB SSD / WD Black 6TB
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 100hz IPS Gsync
Case	Generic mATX
Audio Device(s)	Hyper X 7.1 USB Soundcard
Power Supply	Corsair CV750 Bronze
Mouse	Logitech G200
Keyboard	TKL Hot swappable + Akko Pink
VR HMD	HTC Vive
Software	Windows
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/123890762?

System Name	Corsair 2000D Silent Gaming Rig
Processor	Intel Core i5-14600K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-i Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i Black
Memory	Corsair 64 GB 6000 MHz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phoenix GS
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" M32U
Case	Corsair 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair 850 W SFX
Mouse	Logitech MX
Keyboard	Sharkoon PureWriter TKL

System Name	Obelisc
Processor	i7 3770k @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling	H110
Memory	16GB(4x4) @ 2400 MHz 9-11-11-31
Video Card(s)	GTX 780 Ti
Storage	850 EVO 1TB, 2x 5TB Toshiba
Case	T81
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	EVGA 850 T2 80+ TITANIUM
Software	Win10 64bit

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-6100
Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX
Cooling	Fans:1x120mm, 2x140mm
Memory	16GB Hyper-X DDR III 1866 9-11-9-27-1T
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6950 2GB x 2
Storage	Kingston V200+ 128GB SSD + OCZ Petrol 64GB SSD + WDB 500GB + WDB 640GB + WDB 750GB
Display(s)	Asus PA238QR IPS @ 1920x1080
Case	Lancool
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Software	Windows 8 Pro X64

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System Name	MASTER
Processor	Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
Storage	2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s)	Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case	CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s)	Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply	Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software	Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	3d mark 2011: testing

System Name	ODIN
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Cooling	Dark Rock 4
Memory	G Skill RipjawsV F4 3600 Mhz C16
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC LHR
Storage	Crucial 2 TB M.2 SSD :: WD Blue M.2 1TB SSD :: 1 TB WD Black VelociRaptor
Display(s)	Dell S2716DG 27" 144 Hz G-SYNC
Case	Fractal Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio
Power Supply	Antec HCP 850 80+ Gold
Mouse	Corsair M65
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Lux
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	I don't benchmark.

System Name	Pandemic 2020
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 "Gen 2" 2600X
Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 DUAL-RX580-O8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video C
Storage	WD 250 M.2, Corsair P500 M.2, OCZ Trion 500, WD Black 1TB, Assorted others.
Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	inferKNIGHT
Processor	Intel Core i5-4590
Motherboard	MSI Z97i Gaming AC
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	2 x 4GB DDR3-1866 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer (R/G)
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 STRIX 3.5GB (+0.5GB? o.O)
Storage	1 x 256GB Cricial M550, 1 x 2TB Samsung 7200.12
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster T260
Case	Corsair Obsidian 250D
Power Supply	Corsair RM750
Software	Windows 8.1.1 pro x64

System Name	My pc
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Rog b450-f
Cooling	Cooler master 120mm aio
Memory	16gb ddr4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3x 3070
Storage	2tb intel nvme and 2tb generic ssd
Display(s)	Generic dell 1080p overclocked to 75hz
Case	Phanteks enthoo
Power Supply	650w of borderline fire hazard
Mouse	Some wierd Chinese vertical mouse
Keyboard	Generic mechanical keyboard
Software	Windows ten