NZXT H3 FLOW CASE Review

Case mulikonados are elated; We were honored not, but two fresh premieres of the NZXT chassis, next to each other, and they could not be more different if they tried. On the one hand, you have gigantic, bold, newly defined, redesigned NZXT H9 Flow RGB+, along with exhausting 420 mm fan configurations, lots of mesh, fresh shape and cable management armade for a fee. And then the second one is fine NZXT H3 FLOW.

ITX is a little problem child from a production perspective. There is not enough market to invest really in this segment, and people who love these petite, diminutive compilations of sleeping (including me) have really high standards about what exactly is a good case of ITX and what they want. It’s like doing coffee for your dad, but he is the champion of the world barista and James Hoffman. You have an idea; We are never elated.

H3 is in fact a complete redesign of the H210 line, which has debuted at a distance in 2019. But unlike these early models, NZXT listened and radically changed and adapted this diminutive offer to better satisfy the up-to-date audience. Or so on.

The first gigantic amount is that it is not really Really ITX case. Despite the size of only 400 x 225 x 389 mm, with a volume of 35 l, ITX and Micro-ATX flows also supports the H3 flow. It can also accommodate GPU with a length of up to 377 mm (if you decide to install AIO in the roof and abandon the front fans), and there is also a capacity of a double 280 mm radiators, as well as a full -haired power supply. In fact, I checked that it will even be a well-comfortable full-size RTX 5090, and thanks to this service, micro-ATX has four PCIe covers for even the youngest graphics cards.

It also gives us access to larger VRM solutions, greater M.2 support and internal headers. Which in the world of curved AIO displays, economical (ER) magazine and fan controllers sucking every USB 2.0 header in sight is not a bad thing.

The biggest NZXT problem with both the H210 line and, now the legendary Manta, is that they worked very similar to gigantic thermal traps. With penniless ventilation and a distance on the front panel and minimal exhalation, moving the air through it was extremely arduous, which inevitably led to massive heat accumulation. In particular, these early cases H were known, and temperatures easily hit 95 to 100 ° C in some GPU configurations compared to prolonged operate. The solution was then often removing the window or the front panel so that the chassis breathes, not perfect.

Therefore, the H3 flow, like its larger numbered, liquid siblings (the H7 flow is a perfect example of this), above all he dealt with this problem. The front panel is now completely perforated, there is sweeping cooling support in the roof and back, as well as at the front, and the whole bay of the dog below is ventilated on three of the four pages, and the only solid panel is the base. There is also no mesh filter, adding turbulence, whip one in the roof acting as a dust filter.

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Interestingly, considering that it is a chassis, it did not hit every note in this mantra. Take, for example, the situation of fans; You get only one 120 mm at the back and all this (although, honestly, it is absurdly economical). Nothing pre -installed, no frames from the F series not lowered anywhere, without consumption and no fan controllers that will aid you manage potentially seven in which you can install here. In addition, although it supports 140 mm options (NZXT actually encourages the operate of 140 mm units in this case), there is no official support for any 360 mm configuration.

And this last point is perhaps my biggest mistake. Ironically, just a bit too diminutive. For example, take a roof. If you take one of the F360 NZXT fans and put it up. It fits comfortably and two 140 mm fans can be installed. But there is no cut -out to properly mount this F360 on the roof.

Then there is cable management. Jump from the back and although it is clearly ready BTF, very little was done to really aid in maintaining staining. There is no characteristic NZXT channel, Velcro stripes or similar. There are several tie points, yes, but it’s just disappointing massively. You don’t even get rubber guides to hide the mess you do.

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And then there is an compelling case of cutting the cable on the left side of the NZXT logo on the trade tray. In the H9 Flow RGB+is equipped with a plastic lid that fits this groove that can be jumped. If you operate BTF, keep it and the housing is super skilful and tidy; If not, jump out and put 24-pins here. In H3 it is only a hole, and considering that the rear panel is mostly perforated mesh, it greatly facilitates lightweight penetration and marking of cables, which can be wrapped through this rear gap.

There are also no radiator brackets here, so you will have fun for a while, and NZXT also included assembly locations for two 120 mm fans above the shroud of the dog, which is great, but they are not recessed or particularly straightforward to install fans. If you installed your power supply in front of two 120 mm fans, well, you are surprised. Not quite the best case of the computer of all time.

To be sincere, it seems that this product was designed in 2022. As if it were the predecessor of the latest reconstruction of NZXT, engineering samples, which is to be proof of the concept of aesthetics of the chassis and features, and then strengthened the entire line, added the fan fan, better cable management and more, and then put H3 on ice for several years. It’s just not enough; It does not work well enough with products from its own NZXT arsenal, as it should, and it is a bit frustrating, especially considering how high compared to the H9 Flow RGB+flow.

Despite this, open your compilation in H3, put in a few RGB fans in the middle and a decent radiator, and what is left is an amazing platform that looks like a part and remains cold all the time. Everything in a nice diminutive form, finally, finally, after six years. If you can live with Foibles and Bugbears and problems with the first world computer builder, and the price is suitable for you, yes, she is playing.