A Closer Look - Inside

The shroud is made out of metal and offers up three 2.5" trays. These are no longer spring-loaded like in the H700i, but are of a simpler design, so you will have to use traditional screws to secure everything. Underneath the shroud, in the front, you will find a cage for three 3.5" units. There are rails in the floor of the chassis, so you could just mount a drive directly to the floor as well.


Above that are the three 120 mm intake fans for a total of four pre-installed units. There is plenty of space for 140 mm units here as well, or a 360 mm radiator setup if you like. The H-series signature cable cover extends from the shroud all the way up to the ceiling of the enclosure. Behind it you will find the NZXT Smart Device V2, which allows for software control of the two embedded LED strips and the included fans.


The backside of the motherboard tray actually holds a lot of well-thought-out engineering to make your life a little easier when assembling the system. Below the two SSD trays are short cable channels with Velcro strips, so you can easily route power and data leads through here nicely. Additional channels also run up the left side of the motherboard tray with the case cables nicely pre-routed for you right out of the box.


In the rear, beneath the shroud cover, the PSU bay comes equipped with rubber rails as an anti-vibration measure, while the expansion slots covers above that are held in place by thumb screws. The 140 mm unit in the very top is all black as well and set to push air out the back of the H710i.


In the ceiling, the mounting possibilities for fans or a radiator combo can clearly be seen underneath the removable solid cover. NZXT pre-applied an RGB LED strip in the ceiling, which is great! A nice but very subtle improvement is a slim plastic cover that now hides the LED strip, so you cannot see it when looking at the system from the side. In other words, in the H700i, that strip was pretty bare.


All the cables within the NZXT H710i are of the default variety, but if you look closely, you will see an additional USB 2.0 connector that is used by the internal CAM software powered by Smart Device V2.