I always hated the look of bottom mounted fans just laying on top of the frame, I can't believe it took so long for someone to think of sinking the fans into the bottom frame ...
Deceptively ok for custom watercooling. You can fit both a 360 rad in roof ports towards the front + a 280 rad in floor in push/pull with its port also at the front then do a EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 pump/res combo unit on the side fans.
This looks amazing and I cannot agree more with the missed opportunity, this has the potential for the best M-ATX setup, more compact without being as expensive as mini-itx.
STILL ROCKING my "Antec One Hundred" from many years ago. I bought it in part because it has a COFFEE CUP holder on top that is handy for other things like USB thumb drives. My gaming rig is basically DEAD SILENT. It matters far, far more to get good fans and know how to configure them than it does to buy a case that is supposed to be good for airflow.
using that beveled area for a distro plate or reservoir in a OLC would look neat. having the res at an angle would change the appearance just enough to be interesting
With the resurgence of great big air coolers, it would be nice to hear, in case reviews, how tall of an air cooler can be used. I like the looks of the side-angle fan array, and really like the placement of the power switch and usb ports!
I have an H510 Elite and that has a clearance of 165mm paired with my noctua d15s with a height of 165 mm with fan and I still get an inch or two before it touches the glass. I think I could have got away with a normal d15 with a height of 168mm
Why waste of money, I will get this case with some F140 Core Twin Pack. Is it worth it. RX 6750 XT, Ryzen 5 7600X, Thermalright Frozen Notte 360, H6 Flow RGB, T-Create Classic 32GB RAM 5600Mhz, Crucial P3 Plus 1TB, F140 Core Twin Pack, Asus TUF B650-E Plus, RM850e. This is the build
@@clovisdanielcostaneuwald1268 it would look better smaller imo tho. They should have just cloned the y60s verticle gpu but done the angled fans(of course its for sale as dlc). Probably could have kept it atx too if they wanna die on that hill lol. This H6 is a weird ass case.
Dmitry, did you consider inverted airflow? The bottom and top fans would be intake. The front and back fans would be exhaust. Did you test the thermals for this option?
Im still baffled that you guys reviewed the Lancool III but not the Lancool 216 to this day. I noticed it was missing from the temp chart and searched your video and could only find an old review of the 215 lol
how did i only NOW hear about this?! this case looks great and i was actually planning on getting the h5 flow for my new pc but this is actually so much better
Just got this case, with AIO from Corsair and 6 other fans, and the only downside is that no place for the hubs you just have to put them at the bottom and leave them there
I found the work around for the 360 aio on top not fitting that third fan. Install the third fan last, put radiator in first with 2 fans pre installed first and then push the rubber corner above the mother board. It should be just enough to fit it and don’t screw in that corner of the fan. So 3 screws only and it should fit but just a little tight. I ran into the issue while trying to install a Ryujin III aio from Asus. This should fix the issue with you not installing the radiator straight
This thing is wild. It looks like a reversed Hyte Y60, but with fans on the angled part. Definitely different, that's for sure. Idk if I like it yet, lol.
I like the 140mm only option for the bottom, they fill up space, are quiet, and also provide lots of air. This case looks great.. but it's a deal breaker for the 360mm radiator/fan clearance problem. So that means anything with a thicker radiator or fans is a no go.... dang, they almost had it.
They can make the PCIe expansion a bit modular to support vertical GPU naturally and not rely on 3rd party vertical bracket. Make bottom fan rail like top so it can fit 120 and 140mm fan up to 360mm rad and if they somehow can manage to fit another 360 rad on front fan bracket it'll be cool to fully custom loop with funky pipe bend. Also if they gonna make smaller version to fit just ITX or with mATX like O11 Dynamic Mini is gonna be cool as well with 120 and 140mm fan option on bottom and top part.
this was perfect but they did fd up with the (2x)140mm bottom fans and i feel like they wanted to avoid the hyte comparison, it would have been cleaner with no bottom fans and made the mesh grill flat with the surface
If the bottom fans are spaced to the far front of the case, you will have far better cooling with fully. You can try that same principle with any case that can have 3x120/2x140. Just install 2x140 and test the thermals with fans positioned at the far towards the front then at the far towards the back of the case. So if NZXT change the bottom to 3x120, they will have the perfect case.
@@danijelb.3384 Because it tries to avoid the one problem bottom intake fans cause, blowing hot air from the gpu upwards towards the cpu. If you were able to move those fans more forward, the air would have a chance to go around the gpu and then the cpu cooler could use that extra cool air. But, in this case there would be no real extra benefit unless they made the case larger towards the front
All I need is a fine dust filter attach to this H6, since I live at a dense populated city with many cars and bikes commuting, the worse thing is the main road just about 20 or 30 feet from my house
I miss the old days of Thermaltake Core V1 - whack a huge fan on, practically silent... I might have to pick one up on ebay again. Dual chamber cases haven't worked properly since those days.
An interesting approach (does it come in black?) but I just did a Lian Li 011D Evo build so not in the market. Quite a change after previous compact mATX builds, turned out nice.
the reason i don't went for a nzxt case was because i don't like there are no rubbers in the holes to hide your cables and that why the lian-li case won for me
I'm gonna get this case soon, gonna take his advice and not buy the RGB version, but I DO want RGB fans, what would yall recommend instead of buying the RGB kit
Looks like NZXT is getting closer with their front side fans being angled actually blow toward the GPU helping for better air flow. I agree that the top needs more room but also think the top mesh should look like the back mesh since the top is almost always exhaust. The width I think should also be widened to allow for larger air cooler and bigger GPU's with room for the 12 pin cables. Last I am more into airflow then having small holes and No Dust Filter and would rather have the front side, Top and bottom more open like the back and add a fine mesh filter.
I believe in less dust means finer mesh filters and like most cases they make the large hole cases to far apart only allowing 50% air flow and if they bring the holes closer they would allow more air flow and fine mesh filter would allow more air then the small holes that will allow more dust inside. Large hole at 50% or small hole at 50% adding a filter Will restrict air flow but large hole at 75-80% with fine mesh filter will allow more air then small hole at 50% and get rid of more dust inside.@@bradhaines3142
I like the foot print and size of the H6 flow just think adding a little to the width would help with tall air coolers and cable plug in on GPU. Making the top more open would help with exhaust and allow more air out for Radiators, AIO's or just fans.@@jessiethedude
Close to perfection, but the black rubber grommets are killing the vibe a little. I love my "Lian Li 011 mini Snow Edition" and think i won't switch to this, although its kinda cool. The fan-cutout at the bottom can be an issue if you rock a vertical mounting bracket for your GPU as its feet may not have any support there unless you populate it with fans (maybe). I also dont like that they chose 120mm instead of 140mm for the side. My case is even smaller than this (still ATX, but SFX psu) and yet i could fit 8x 140mm fans. All that aside, i will keep it in my list for future recommendations/builds maybe.
Great to see a case with side fans that don’t blow perpendicular to the long axis. Motherboard IO shield bump? I thought that is what a Sawzall is for…🤔
I just got the jonsbo D41 mesh and its one of the smallest atx cases at 35L but can still fit a 360 rad. I have to say though these dual chamber cases always look good.
Cant wait for this to be delivered!! All my new pc build is in except this and its a day late now..shoot.. Waited all day and missed the mailman who left note for signature required, Damn!! Haha well i cant wait for him to return 2moro, I'm so excited to build in this case
the biggest selling point on this is the way they did the front, imo. having the front window *and* front fans. i like that, i want that but with the flaws the H6 has, i am going to wait until someone else does it better.
hey, this is was like 11 months ago but I want to ask: did you try the case with an air cooler? Is the clearance alright on beefier ones? Granted, I probl'y won't go with a big air cooler, since I am planning an AM5 7600X build in this cute lil case.
decision to have only 140 holes on the bottom is a big W. its intended and works best, just use 140. no need to have extra holes as it would only allow dust to go through the holes.
My case need to be replaced since is a very old model (very big but cooling is not optimal and some part are deteriorating). Between the H6 Flow and the H9 Flow who got the edge on keeping the temp in check? My System is I9 13900K, 64GB DDR 5 6000, Sapphire Nitro 7900XTX. Aio is a Corsair I150 Elite. I care less about Led: all my fan have been replaced by Be Quiet. I've also take a look at Fractal desing Torrent. Price difference is not a problem, I just need a case who give me the best airflow and temperature menage. Tnx in advace anyone for your input and tnx again for a wonderful video and review.
Could be cool to have an optional filter that fills the angle and makes the case rectangular, moving the filter away from the fans would give them more room to breathe and decrease noise.
it also specifically says that higher temps were the result of top exhaust fans pushing the air out of case before it can reach the CPU cooler - the FAQ for H6 on NZXT website explicitly recommends using bottom fans for both air cooler and AIO setups. skipping on bottom fans is just silly and completely defeats the purpose of dual chamber cases.
Re gpu temp increase with front mesh removed- in my case if the top front fan airflow is too high it stalls the airflow through the gpu, increasing temps. Maybe removing the front mesh is increasing the airflow over the top of the gpu.
bottom fans helps for FE cards alot, that exchaust hot air over the slot cover. but as you say, it would be cool to be compatible for 30mm fans. at the bottom , front and top. only d30 reverse 140 existing, but it looks strange because only 25mm are even. front doesnt fit 30mm and top too because of mainboard covers or vrm heatsinks. so its a good case for a good price (no rgb version, the rgb fans are crap like the stock ones). lets see if they improve it in future
maybe try CPU cooler on front panel instead, top only for exhaust of hot air, it has some logic, thats the setup I use for my O11 but I didn't test how it changes temps 3xbottom and 3xfront intake, top 2x140mm exhaust (cause tubing gets in the way of 3rd 120mm), high pressure inside to help keep dust away, bottom fans curve configured for GPU temps, front controlled by CPU cooler itself and top fans curve configured for both CPU and GPU depending what has higher temp (I simply went for silence at low usage - most applications that don't want to get everything out of my PC)
I’ve built 11 high end pc’s in the H5 flow air cooled and temps are fantastic, as far as build quality I don’t know what crap you got but all of mine were perfectly fine. This is why people really shouldn’t listen to TH-camrs because there’s a lot false info.
Watched this video a couple of times before going for it. Built the white H6Flow non RGB with a 360 NZXT AIO, 1 x rear fan for my 7800x3d and 4070ti set up. Love the case, would only populate the bottom for aesthetics cause cooling top notch even at full load. Wonder if push, pull would work on the rad with my MSI X670e Gaming Plus Board.
Compactness... Is cool. But I'm happy with my cm haf700. Five rads, 360mm or more. Super cool, super quiet, no external components. The only alternative I can think of today would be itx cases, probably vertically oriented, with a mora3 under the table. Or something custom, made specifically for my needs (like enthoo pro 2 with a mora instead of a side door, or a 400mm rad installed externally at the top of the case, thought about it, went with haf700, super happy so far).
Now you should review the Hyte Y60 for thermals. Unless you already did that and my google search is wrong. This basically looks like a reversed Y60/Y70 case. It would be interesting to see if the angled fans actually make a difference on an actually similar case.
I’m running the NV5 as my gaming case now. Absolutely love it. With a T30 AIO, everything fits and performs so nice. Love the H6 too, if you build around its limitations. It’s a lot shorter and I love the visuals. But it’s NV5 for me. -D.
Now I'm wondering if you went with a Tower Cooler and 3 Fans at the top, how would it run and would any additional fans on the bottom or the Back help any?
IF ONLY they added a big mesh front Torrent style with filter only and front facing GPU mount it could had be the cooler of them all with a 360 cpu rad on the angled side.
What if using radiator fan as intake, bottom fan intake. rear and side fans as exhaust? I think this way you have cooler cpu temps, and no hot air inside the case
Imagine if they opened up the Front Side, Bottom and Top with more holes and had holes in the bottom for 120MM fans. You would be able to add all fans and a 360 AIO and get good air in and out. With the Top fine holes at most 50% you will be lucky to get enough air out for just the CPU and with the GPU heat the CPU will just heat up more as I can't get out through the fine holes. I would also like it more if the power Supply could be moved to bottom or top as the heat of the power supply could heat the back of the motherboard if right behind it.
So... a bunch of space cut out at the bottom for fans that apparently make airflow/cooling worse. And NZXT know this themselves. Well, I think I know what they can change to accommodate thicker fans/rads up top.
Terrarium .. All of those 45° angle cut offs on these fishbowl type tanks. I mean cases all look like terrariums and there should be some lizard crawling around on a log.
So an Arctic liquid freezer II 280mm will not fit on the top? Man i am searching for a damn case that can fit that AIO on the top and i cannot find one that i like
I always hated the look of bottom mounted fans just laying on top of the frame, I can't believe it took so long for someone to think of sinking the fans into the bottom frame ...
Sinking fans are less flexible.
Hyte have also already done it.
True, they look so sleek. Unfortunately they don’t do much for airflow lol
-D.
@@HardwareCanucks I'll take those +3°C for the sleekness.
@@HardwareCanuckswhat how?
Hyte did it first lol
Deceptively ok for custom watercooling. You can fit both a 360 rad in roof ports towards the front + a 280 rad in floor in push/pull with its port also at the front then do a EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 pump/res combo unit on the side fans.
Looks like the kind of unique (and functional!) case to get a lot of similarly inspired designs coming out shortly from other manufacturers.
Was about to buy this case but you revealed enough flaws for me to decide against it, thank you
This looks amazing and I cannot agree more with the missed opportunity, this has the potential for the best M-ATX setup, more compact without being as expensive as mini-itx.
This is really clever. I'm still not a fan of the O11D look but the fan placement is very cool.
STILL ROCKING my "Antec One Hundred" from many years ago. I bought it in part because it has a COFFEE CUP holder on top that is handy for other things like USB thumb drives. My gaming rig is basically DEAD SILENT. It matters far, far more to get good fans and know how to configure them than it does to buy a case that is supposed to be good for airflow.
Currently building a PC for a friend - this fits perfectly. Thank you for the review!
I just realized from looking at this case, dual chamber cases are a great use case for GPUs and motherboards that hide the cables in the back
using that beveled area for a distro plate or reservoir in a OLC would look neat. having the res at an angle would change the appearance just enough to be interesting
the hyte y60 has a distro plate that goes on its beveled edge
With the resurgence of great big air coolers, it would be nice to hear, in case reviews, how tall of an air cooler can be used.
I like the looks of the side-angle fan array, and really like the placement of the power switch and usb ports!
Check this 5:40 🙌
-D.
@@HardwareCanucks My bad! Thank you 🙂
I have an H510 Elite and that has a clearance of 165mm paired with my noctua d15s with a height of 165 mm with fan and I still get an inch or two before it touches the glass. I think I could have got away with a normal d15 with a height of 168mm
hey my bad but is it better than the h9 flow or is the h6flow better @@HardwareCanucks
Those fans now placed at an angle would seem to help with airflow. Fluids don't like to take sharp turns.
I'm glad I found your video. I'm going for my new build with H-6 Flow. I had no idea the dual 140mm fans are a waste of money!
Why waste of money, I will get this case with some F140 Core Twin Pack. Is it worth it. RX 6750 XT, Ryzen 5 7600X, Thermalright Frozen Notte 360, H6 Flow RGB, T-Create Classic 32GB RAM 5600Mhz, Crucial P3 Plus 1TB, F140 Core Twin Pack, Asus TUF B650-E Plus, RM850e. This is the build
@@Candie-qw2vnbecause you dont need additional fans. So a waste of money to buy more fans that won’t help
Now they just need to shrink it into matx
For what? The 5 MATX mobos on the market
@@darbstre2900yes exactly
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@@darbstre2900 exactly
@@clovisdanielcostaneuwald1268 it would look better smaller imo tho. They should have just cloned the y60s verticle gpu but done the angled fans(of course its for sale as dlc). Probably could have kept it atx too if they wanna die on that hill lol. This H6 is a weird ass case.
Missed super objective reviews and benchmarks like these. Thanks for restoring my faith in the channel, team
I'll wait for revision 2, or the next H7 flow. Great video, as always!
Dmitry, did you consider inverted airflow? The bottom and top fans would be intake. The front and back fans would be exhaust. Did you test the thermals for this option?
Im still baffled that you guys reviewed the Lancool III but not the Lancool 216 to this day. I noticed it was missing from the temp chart and searched your video and could only find an old review of the 215 lol
I mean you know it would be on the top
how did i only NOW hear about this?! this case looks great and i was actually planning on getting the h5 flow for my new pc but this is actually so much better
It just launched today… maybe that’s why 😆
-D.
Just got this case, with AIO from Corsair and 6 other fans, and the only downside is that no place for the hubs you just have to put them at the bottom and leave them there
Do this: front and top intake, bottom and rear exhaust. Air cooled CPU, upright GPU. Should yield the best results in this case.
I love this channel. Thanks, many many thanks guys!
I found the work around for the 360 aio on top not fitting that third fan. Install the third fan last, put radiator in first with 2 fans pre installed first and then push the rubber corner above the mother board. It should be just enough to fit it and don’t screw in that corner of the fan. So 3 screws only and it should fit but just a little tight. I ran into the issue while trying to install a Ryujin III aio from Asus. This should fix the issue with you not installing the radiator straight
This thing is wild. It looks like a reversed Hyte Y60, but with fans on the angled part. Definitely different, that's for sure. Idk if I like it yet, lol.
I like it personally
I like the 140mm only option for the bottom, they fill up space, are quiet, and also provide lots of air. This case looks great.. but it's a deal breaker for the 360mm radiator/fan clearance problem. So that means anything with a thicker radiator or fans is a no go.... dang, they almost had it.
just use the aio they provide it fits
The rattling of the H5 Flow sends me every time
They can make the PCIe expansion a bit modular to support vertical GPU naturally and not rely on 3rd party vertical bracket.
Make bottom fan rail like top so it can fit 120 and 140mm fan up to 360mm rad and if they somehow can manage to fit another 360 rad on front fan bracket it'll be cool to fully custom loop with funky pipe bend.
Also if they gonna make smaller version to fit just ITX or with mATX like O11 Dynamic Mini is gonna be cool as well with 120 and 140mm fan option on bottom and top part.
NZXT already sells their own vertical GPU mount, though I'd argue it's overpriced.
I recently built my pc using the H6 tower fits my 7900 xtx no problem. I love this case, air flow and everything couldn't have been done any better!!
the two 140 mm fans are great as well, keeps the gpu at cool temps
my mother board and aio fit perfect, I have no complaints honestly
cyberpunk at 1440p with my gpu is at 60 C. This boi cappin, but I also got an 120 mm exhaust so that prob helps.
this was perfect but they did fd up with the (2x)140mm bottom fans and i feel like they wanted to avoid the hyte comparison, it would have been cleaner with no bottom fans and made the mesh grill flat with the surface
If the bottom fans are spaced to the far front of the case, you will have far better cooling with fully.
You can try that same principle with any case that can have 3x120/2x140. Just install 2x140 and test the thermals with fans positioned at the far towards the front then at the far towards the back of the case.
So if NZXT change the bottom to 3x120, they will have the perfect case.
Why would it be better far towards the front?
@@danijelb.3384 Because it tries to avoid the one problem bottom intake fans cause, blowing hot air from the gpu upwards towards the cpu. If you were able to move those fans more forward, the air would have a chance to go around the gpu and then the cpu cooler could use that extra cool air. But, in this case there would be no real extra benefit unless they made the case larger towards the front
Makes sense, thx@@Lodethebig
All I need is a fine dust filter attach to this H6, since I live at a dense populated city with many cars and bikes commuting, the worse thing is the main road just about 20 or 30 feet from my house
I miss the old days of Thermaltake Core V1 - whack a huge fan on, practically silent... I might have to pick one up on ebay again. Dual chamber cases haven't worked properly since those days.
An interesting approach (does it come in black?) but I just did a Lian Li 011D Evo build so not in the market. Quite a change after previous compact mATX builds, turned out nice.
Yes, there's a black version. Gear Seekers has it on their channel.
the reason i don't went for a nzxt case was because i don't like there are no rubbers in the holes to hide your cables and that why the lian-li case won for me
I'm gonna get this case soon, gonna take his advice and not buy the RGB version, but I DO want RGB fans, what would yall recommend instead of buying the RGB kit
I have this case now running 4070 ti s and 7800x3d and have not gone over 66c running call of duty at max settings for 6 hours straight.
Looks like NZXT is getting closer with their front side fans being angled actually blow toward the GPU helping for better air flow. I agree that the top needs more room but also think the top mesh should look like the back mesh since the top is almost always exhaust. The width I think should also be widened to allow for larger air cooler and bigger GPU's with room for the 12 pin cables. Last I am more into airflow then having small holes and No Dust Filter and would rather have the front side, Top and bottom more open like the back and add a fine mesh filter.
GN proved that fine mesh no filter is better for air flow than bigger mesh with a filter.
Just wait for the H8 Flow if you want more room
I believe in less dust means finer mesh filters and like most cases they make the large hole cases to far apart only allowing 50% air flow and if they bring the holes closer they would allow more air flow and fine mesh filter would allow more air then the small holes that will allow more dust inside. Large hole at 50% or small hole at 50% adding a filter Will restrict air flow but large hole at 75-80% with fine mesh filter will allow more air then small hole at 50% and get rid of more dust inside.@@bradhaines3142
I like the foot print and size of the H6 flow just think adding a little to the width would help with tall air coolers and cable plug in on GPU. Making the top more open would help with exhaust and allow more air out for Radiators, AIO's or just fans.@@jessiethedude
Close to perfection, but the black rubber grommets are killing the vibe a little. I love my "Lian Li 011 mini Snow Edition" and think i won't switch to this, although its kinda cool. The fan-cutout at the bottom can be an issue if you rock a vertical mounting bracket for your GPU as its feet may not have any support there unless you populate it with fans (maybe). I also dont like that they chose 120mm instead of 140mm for the side. My case is even smaller than this (still ATX, but SFX psu) and yet i could fit 8x 140mm fans. All that aside, i will keep it in my list for future recommendations/builds maybe.
Just ordered mine in white, it's nice to see something a little different.
Great to see a case with side fans that don’t blow perpendicular to the long axis.
Motherboard IO shield bump? I thought that is what a Sawzall is for…🤔
I just got the jonsbo D41 mesh and its one of the smallest atx cases at 35L but can still fit a 360 rad. I have to say though these dual chamber cases always look good.
It'd be nice to see the matx-only variant of this case in future!
Find out about this amazing case just after I buy an h9 flow. Might have to resell the old one and get this instead.
Cant wait for this to be delivered!! All my new pc build is in except this and its a day late now..shoot.. Waited all day and missed the mailman who left note for signature required, Damn!!
Haha well i cant wait for him to return 2moro, I'm so excited to build in this case
I would swap the front fans to exhaust and have the bottom fans intake, with an AIO in the roof as intake
I love this case…however no dust/fan covers is a huge miss for me. With a husky my poor pc wouldn’t survive
the biggest selling point on this is the way they did the front, imo. having the front window *and* front fans. i like that, i want that but with the flaws the H6 has, i am going to wait until someone else does it better.
I own an H5 Flow RGB and there's nothing rattling. Are you sure that wasn't a problem with the unit you got?
hey, this is was like 11 months ago but I want to ask: did you try the case with an air cooler? Is the clearance alright on beefier ones? Granted, I probl'y won't go with a big air cooler, since I am planning an AM5 7600X build in this cute lil case.
decision to have only 140 holes on the bottom is a big W. its intended and works best, just use 140. no need to have extra holes as it would only allow dust to go through the holes.
wtb a horizontal case. this could work on it's side. one day I'll get what I want. guess I'll keep making my own.
My case need to be replaced since is a very old model (very big but cooling is not optimal and some part are deteriorating). Between the H6 Flow and the H9 Flow who got the edge on keeping the temp in check? My System is I9 13900K, 64GB DDR 5 6000, Sapphire Nitro 7900XTX. Aio is a Corsair I150 Elite. I care less about Led: all my fan have been replaced by Be Quiet. I've also take a look at Fractal desing Torrent. Price difference is not a problem, I just need a case who give me the best airflow and temperature menage. Tnx in advace anyone for your input and tnx again for a wonderful video and review.
Could be cool to have an optional filter that fills the angle and makes the case rectangular, moving the filter away from the fans would give them more room to breathe and decrease noise.
Would be pretty nice to 3d print an enclosure for those who have one! great idea
140 only on the bottom was the right call. 120 mounts negatively affect 140 airflow. Every little bit counts
I love the bequiet ad. Makes me laugh everytime i see it
NOTE: NZXT’s own testing with the H6 Flow was with an air cooler, not at AIO, so results may differ. Look closer at the diagram
it also specifically says that higher temps were the result of top exhaust fans pushing the air out of case before it can reach the CPU cooler - the FAQ for H6 on NZXT website explicitly recommends using bottom fans for both air cooler and AIO setups.
skipping on bottom fans is just silly and completely defeats the purpose of dual chamber cases.
just as i finished up my torrent compact. was close to getting an h5 flow, but didn't. Time for a new build i guess
Re gpu temp increase with front mesh removed- in my case if the top front fan airflow is too high it stalls the airflow through the gpu, increasing temps. Maybe removing the front mesh is increasing the airflow over the top of the gpu.
bottom fans helps for FE cards alot, that exchaust hot air over the slot cover. but as you say, it would be cool to be compatible for 30mm fans. at the bottom , front and top. only d30 reverse 140 existing, but it looks strange because only 25mm are even. front doesnt fit 30mm and top too because of mainboard covers or vrm heatsinks. so its a good case for a good price (no rgb version, the rgb fans are crap like the stock ones). lets see if they improve it in future
I'm still waiting for you to design a case. It's time to take all of your expertise and build a protoype. I know you can do it!! Cheers!
maybe try CPU cooler on front panel instead, top only for exhaust of hot air, it has some logic, thats the setup I use for my O11 but I didn't test how it changes temps
3xbottom and 3xfront intake, top 2x140mm exhaust (cause tubing gets in the way of 3rd 120mm), high pressure inside to help keep dust away, bottom fans curve configured for GPU temps, front controlled by CPU cooler itself and top fans curve configured for both CPU and GPU depending what has higher temp (I simply went for silence at low usage - most applications that don't want to get everything out of my PC)
I’ve built 11 high end pc’s in the H5 flow air cooled and temps are fantastic, as far as build quality I don’t know what crap you got but all of mine were perfectly fine. This is why people really shouldn’t listen to TH-camrs because there’s a lot false info.
Watched this video a couple of times before going for it. Built the white H6Flow non RGB with a 360 NZXT AIO, 1 x rear fan for my 7800x3d and 4070ti set up. Love the case, would only populate the bottom for aesthetics cause cooling top notch even at full load. Wonder if push, pull would work on the rad with my MSI X670e Gaming Plus Board.
That top radiator support is a dealbreaker for custom loops. What a shame.
Compactness... Is cool. But I'm happy with my cm haf700. Five rads, 360mm or more. Super cool, super quiet, no external components.
The only alternative I can think of today would be itx cases, probably vertically oriented, with a mora3 under the table. Or something custom, made specifically for my needs (like enthoo pro 2 with a mora instead of a side door, or a 400mm rad installed externally at the top of the case, thought about it, went with haf700, super happy so far).
Now you should review the Hyte Y60 for thermals. Unless you already did that and my google search is wrong. This basically looks like a reversed Y60/Y70 case. It would be interesting to see if the angled fans actually make a difference on an actually similar case.
Love the y60 the only problem is that it’s not made for today’s GPUs unless you like cooking a 4080/4090/3090/3090ti
Are these types of cases any better for cooling than traditional cases that just blow air straight through?
Everything considered, what would your pick be? NZXT H6 Flow or Phanteks NV5?
I’m running the NV5 as my gaming case now. Absolutely love it. With a T30 AIO, everything fits and performs so nice. Love the H6 too, if you build around its limitations. It’s a lot shorter and I love the visuals. But it’s NV5 for me.
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Don't know how hot a power supply gets so maybe this is a stupid question: won't its positioning affect the temps of the CPU?
i think i found the best compact dual chamber case for my liking
Now I'm wondering if you went with a Tower Cooler and 3 Fans at the top, how would it run and would any additional fans on the bottom or the Back help any?
If you run CPU cooler in vertical, the GPU will choke the incoming air for the cooler. My recommended in this config.
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I feel like the front panel should also be angled but not sure if a pointy front or hexagonal would be nice. It's too square.
IF ONLY they added a big mesh front Torrent style with filter only and front facing GPU mount it could had be the cooler of them all with a 360 cpu rad on the angled side.
What if using radiator fan as intake, bottom fan intake. rear and side fans as exhaust? I think this way you have cooler cpu temps, and no hot air inside the case
that pre-warmed radiator air gonna really keep things chilly 💀
Imagine if they opened up the Front Side, Bottom and Top with more holes and had holes in the bottom for 120MM fans. You would be able to add all fans and a 360 AIO and get good air in and out. With the Top fine holes at most 50% you will be lucky to get enough air out for just the CPU and with the GPU heat the CPU will just heat up more as I can't get out through the fine holes. I would also like it more if the power Supply could be moved to bottom or top as the heat of the power supply could heat the back of the motherboard if right behind it.
What would happen if you try doing intake on top and bottom, then release the hot air via side and at the back? hmmm....
This may be my next case buy, I like it!
HAPPY TO WATCH this video, i was planning to buy 2 140mm fans. then i cancelled it
I wish they add a reset button in the front bottom case.
When fixing the top mounting issue this could be my next case
Almost bought this case to replace my s340 elite. Thank you hwcanucks for letting us know the cons despite the beauty of this product.
@unholydonuts it seems so. I havent watched the case of the year video of theirs at this moment of reply but hey i still need a new case.
I have the NZXT H5 Flow and it's a perfectly good case.
that sennheiser sweater looks almost as comfy as my noctua sweater :O
Need some sort of ARGB light bar/block to fill that well in the bottom.
what AIO is that looks clean and relly nice
amazing content as usual. love it.
So... a bunch of space cut out at the bottom for fans that apparently make airflow/cooling worse. And NZXT know this themselves. Well, I think I know what they can change to accommodate thicker fans/rads up top.
Exactly. 👍
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I’m still rocking my h210. They need to make a new itx case.
Terrarium .. All of those 45° angle cut offs on these fishbowl type tanks. I mean cases all look like terrariums and there should be some lizard crawling around on a log.
…and a couple of electrocuted lizards on the bottom
Is the pink-magenta-purple gradient a keyboard? Or is it a small & tall display?
Heat Generating PSU mounted directly behind Heat Generating CPU?Not a Great Idea!Good idea Angle intake Fans but negated by the Psu mounting?
is it possible to whack another coupld 3.5s in the back? is there room? i know they will be unsecured, butt my PC doesn't move.
Eh, for the same reason we build skyscrapers stretching into the sky, instead of laid down across the ground, I'd rather my case be tall than wide.
Will the rad fit where the front fans are?
Looks deep enough
Not having dust filters seem bad for me
Is the black version of this heavily tinted? I'm planning on upgrading to this case, but all my pc components are black.
So an Arctic liquid freezer II 280mm will not fit on the top?
Man i am searching for a damn case that can fit that AIO on the top and i cannot find one that i like
only reason i didnt go with the h6 flow was the 140 mm fans on the bottom
my same reason as well bro
Why?
Hi there I was wondering if I can install Corsair Rgb fans instead?
Why did u use such an old CPU and GPU to test a brand new system