NZXT H510 Flow

Darksaber · Sep 22, 2021

The NZXT H510 Flow is based on the original H510, but offers a re-engineered front panel to solve the issue of airflow and thermal performance that was the Achilles heel of the original variant. Besides that, the case stays true to the same design and tooling, giving us a little blast from the past with hopes of remaining relevant today—two years later.

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Chaitanya · Sep 22, 2021

Finally. Hopefully 700 series also gets same treatment and unlike 500 there were no aftermarket front panels available for 700 series.

KarymidoN · Sep 22, 2021

great review... This case looks amazing.

Turmania · Sep 22, 2021

finally! I actually prefer dark tinted window, don't know why you would think a step on wrong direction. Meshify c dark tinted is better seller to clear windowed one as well.

Chrispy_ · Sep 22, 2021

This isn't going to replace my ancient NZXT H440.

Sadly NZXT make some of the best looking cases but seem to be allergic to providing decent front/top panel IO and the lack of a top-mount 280mm radiator support is kind of disappointing.

I do not agree with front-mounted radiators. It means that all the other components in the case that aren't watercooled (so motherboard, various VRMs, drives, RAM, blah blah blah) get hot exhaust air from your radiators.

In my current H440 the three intakes provide COOL air to the system and the two radiators are at the back and top.

I know the H440 has its problems which is why I'm half-heartedly keeping an eye out for a replacement, but I want front IO and exhaust-position radiators. I don't think that's too much to ask for, is it?

Anymal · Sep 22, 2021

ATX box as every other case.

bonehead123 · Sep 22, 2021

Y/a/W/n....nuthin new nor exciting here kiddies, back to nappy time now

Tardian · Sep 22, 2021

The point of a mid-tower is to have the case on your desk. This case is too noisy for that application. Look elsewhere.

RyzenMaster.sys · Sep 22, 2021

Its overpriced. Far overpriced.

Why did drilling some holes in the front suddenly make it cost 50 bucks extra

Chrispy_ · Sep 23, 2021

RyzenMaster.sys said:
Its overpriced. Far overpriced.

Why did drilling some holes in the front suddenly make it cost 50 bucks extra

COVID-19.

No, wait....
MINERS.

Hang on, that's not right either....
US-China trade sanctions and tariffs.

Shit, I dunno. Pick one!
(actual answer; profiteering by NZXT)

RyzenMaster.sys · Sep 23, 2021

Considering the normal h510 is selling at $75, cost clearly haven't gone up that much.

$75+drilled holes=110 apparently.

I foresee it being doa because of the price.

watzupken · Sep 23, 2021

It took NZXT a very long time to figure that their existing nice looking full front glass panel casing is not cutting it from a cooling perspective. Now that they have rectified this problem, they went ahead to charge a significant premium for it. With so many good casing around, I fail to see that this product will sell well. I will happily pick up a Lian Li case for this sort of pricing.

Turmania · Sep 23, 2021

I initially thought the price was the same after all it is only a facelift, with drilled holes. but original is 75 this 110 ? NZXT needs to wake up to reality.

Chrispy_ · Sep 23, 2021

watzupken said:
It took NZXT a very long time to figure that their existing nice looking full front glass panel casing is not cutting it from a cooling perspective. Now that they have rectified this problem, they went ahead to charge a significant premium for it. With so many good casing around, I fail to see that this product will sell well. I will happily pick up a Lian Li case for this sort of pricing.

Exactly.

Paying $35 extra to fix NZXT's original airflow mistakes isn't going to fly when competing cases without airflow problems already exist at the H510's original $75 price point.

Praedyth · Sep 23, 2021

tell me why the cable management job is the best i've ever seen

Operandi · Sep 23, 2021

I would be interested in this if there was a version that had solid side panel. Carry some of perforation from the front over to side panel, it would look more cohesive, cool better, and be cheaper.

RyzenMaster.sys · Sep 23, 2021

Praedyth said:
tell me why the cable management job is the best i've ever seen

I previously had a vanilla h510 and it is an excellent case for cable management.

I quite like this case, as I liked the normal h510 quite a lot, and this fixes the one real problem I had with it.

But at that price, I can't see find a good reason to buy it over the competition.

Liquid Cool · Sep 24, 2021

I have the H210 right here from a build that never got finished. The person I built it for complained "severely" about the HDD activity light and the power light when the pc was asleep. I thought they were being a little dramatic until I checked it out for myself. The person I built the pc for hated it so much they wanted to trade me for a spare Dell Inspiron 5675 I had picked up on the cheap from ebay. Frankly speaking...the whole power button situation, needs a serious re-think. Other than that...excellent cable management.

With this H510...I'm not really digging it the aesthetic. This, let's put a bunch of holes in this case and call it good thing going on in the pc case industry just isn't working for me. My read is this...they're out of ideas and they're tossing stuff out there to see what sticks. Seriously...sooner or later this has to happen. How many ways can you reinvent a rectangle box? Leave it to these guys to find out.

Maybe we can come up with some different shapes. Circles? Squares? No that's been done already. I think my case is the best and until I see a case worthy of actually buying, it'll have to do.

Although...I've been tempted to hit the buy button on that Popcorn maker(Thermaltake Tower 100) case a couple of times, I've held off...

. Although, at least Thermaltake is attempting something new?

Best,

Liquid Cool

Operandi · Sep 24, 2021

Liquid Cool said:
Maybe we can come up with some different shapes. Circles? Squares? No that's been done already. I think my case is the best and until I see a case worthy of actually buying, it'll have to do.

We don't need to keep redefining what a case should look like, we just need better design. Design and aesthetics should be an evolutionary change, not an revolutionary one, and thats apparent in most products you deal with on a daily basis. Look at something like a stereo amp from the 80s compared to one from today; they are instantly recognizable as the same thing but the old one looks old / vintage while new looks modern and contemporary. PC "enthusiasts" cases are one of the few things that don't follow that convention and go off on crazy trends which is how you end up with cases made of entirely of glass panels and RGB LEDs on ever component physically possible.

lemoncarbonate · Sep 27, 2021

Ridiculous pricing. As @Chrispy_ said, why paying extra for a mistake made by them in the first place?

First, they charged extra for adding more glass, now they charge extra extra for removing the glass? Where's the logic here?

NZXT has gone from my cases option list since long ago. I personally think they case looks so boring, overpriced, and overrated.

cst1992 · Oct 27, 2021

Chrispy_ said:
I do not agree with front-mounted radiators. It means that all the other components in the case that aren't watercooled (so motherboard, various VRMs, drives, RAM, blah blah blah) get hot exhaust air from your radiators.

Apart from that, the front-mounted radiators cause the pump to fail sooner, because the layout starves it of coolant. Gamers Nexus has a video on it:

Chrispy_ · Oct 27, 2021

cst1992 said:
Apart from that, the front-mounted radiators cause the pump to fail sooner, because the layout starves it of coolant. Gamers Nexus has a video on it:

No, that video is solely about mounting vertical radiators with the hose inlet/outlets at the bottom. Whether it's front mounted, side mounted, or rear-mounted has nothing to do with the pump failures.

Steve has a habit of repeating the same point half a dozen times across the video so I'm not sure how you misinterpreted his message: "Don't have the pump as the highest point in your loop"

cst1992 · Oct 27, 2021

I see. I must have misremembered then. This video was a few weeks ago.

cst1992 · Oct 28, 2021

RyzenMaster.sys said:
Why did drilling some holes in the front suddenly make it cost 50 bucks extra

They're a lot of holes...

Dragokar · Aug 17, 2022

Did they sort out the quality issues in the meantime?

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