[Unofficial LTT] NZXT H440 Owners Club

as promised some initial impressions and photos.

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pretty well-packed. arrived unblemished and unscarred. ripped the case apart to

reveal some unknowns from reviews and tossed my RIVE to find out if this will

accept E-ATX and it will, just have to remove the corner cable grommets.

if you don't it bends the board on the outer mounting locations. removing the

grommets allowed the board to sit flat. to guard the PCB, i would suggest

electrical tape to be place along the metallic area to guard against possible short

circuit. using the Thermaltake Water Extreme 2.0 (38mm thick radiator) and a

25mm thick fan and you'll see there is clearance to operate with some spare.

now be known, not all RAM/'sink locations are the same, so you'll prolly have to

test fit your H105 and Tt WE 2.0 to verify fitment with different chipsets and CPU

platforms. mounting the hoses towards the rear does restrict the rear i/o fan

(careful to notice this). may have to have the hose enter/exit towards front.

the fan is mounted in the lowest position.

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interesting note, taken from the Corsair 750D as of late, the center mobo stand-off is a locating dowel. can be substituted for a normal stand-off (included with screw kit), but does locate the board to the correct placement.

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some request of what the PSU shroud without the SSD trays mounted for review.

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Do you have a pic of this entire build? I want to use this case in my build and kinda want to see how the white case fits in with the red/black mobo.

Sorry that this is kinda off topic I just saw an opportunity and went for it.

airdeano · February 18, 2014

Do you have a pic of this entire build? I want to use this case in my build and kinda want to see how the white case fits in with the red/black mobo.

Sorry that this is kinda off topic I just saw an opportunity and went for it.

i will in a build log, but right now finding out the ins and outs of what this case can

handle/do. the modding possibilities are there and what can actually be done with

this case is only limited to your mind and resources.

the white will accent the internals and with white soft LEDs it'd be a great build for

dark lights-out running. the black/red will be too, but so dark, the LEDs will have to

be bright and washout the internals (look like it is bleached).

looking to what the plastic bits are and how they can be painted, more on that later.

NerdNinja · February 18, 2014

i will in a build log, but right now finding out the ins and outs of what this case can

handle/do. the modding possibilities are there and what can actually be done with

this case is only limited to your mind and resources.

the white will accent the internals and with white soft LEDs it'd be a great build for

dark lights-out running. the black/red will be too, but so dark, the LEDs will have to

be bright and washout the internals (look like it is bleached).

looking to what the plastic bits are and how they can be painted, more on that later.

Cool! thanks for the heads up!

nomadthewolf · February 18, 2014

Awwww! You didn't get the red and black one? That would have looked sick!

Schoolofmonkey · February 18, 2014

I want one of these cases, they look sick.

My only concern is GPU cooling, with a non reference coolder like the Windforce that vents all the hot air into the case and not out the back, does the lack of side intakes cause the cards to get warmer.

Currently getting a max temp of 73c on my Gigabyte GTX780ti.

Other than that, the Kraken x60 would fit so perfectly in this case over the Corsair Carbine 500R.

airdeano · February 18, 2014

I want one of these cases, they look sick.

My only concern is GPU cooling, with a non reference coolder like the Windforce that vents all the hot air into the case and not out the back, does the lack of side intakes cause the cards to get warmer.

Currently getting a max temp of 73c on my Gigabyte GTX780ti.

Other than that, the Kraken x60 would fit so perfectly in this case over the Corsair Carbine 500R.

if you don't have the drive bay stacked in HDDs, the front fans should do well enough

to push residual GPU blow-by out the back and up through the roof. or upgrade to a

higher static pressure fan to move more air, but i haven't gotten that far yet in testing.

February 18, 2014

What is the point of this? Sorry to sound like a dick

feel free to delete my post

^^I have to agree, why must there be an "Owners Club" for everything? it's a bit daft especially for a case.

See em on quite a few forums at the 150 page+ length - they're good sources of inspiration for building & modding + seeing what you can do.

Sam6Pack · February 18, 2014

My H440 is en route to my home right now, unfortunately I work nights so I will be asleep when Fed Ex comes.

Would yall recommend Using High Static pressure fans on for the front intake? My plan is to use 3 noctua 120mm nf -f12 in front fans and then 2 noctua nf-s12 in a push pull using velcro at the edge of the drive cage section.

Also considered installing my x60 which I use for my CPU cooler in the front (intake). Any thoughts?

Ashyon · February 18, 2014

I might get this case, but I dont want to watercool yet. Would getting rid of the front pannel imporve airflow by a lot or what is your go about this?

Sam6Pack · February 18, 2014

I might get this case, but I dont want to watercool yet. Would getting rid of the front pannel imporve airflow by a lot or what is your go about this?

Not sure why you would remove the front panel, but yes it would improve airflow but ruin the entire point of the case

Schoolofmonkey · February 19, 2014

if you don't have the drive bay stacked in HDDs, the front fans should do well enough

to push residual GPU blow-by out the back and up through the roof. or upgrade to a

higher static pressure fan to move more air, but i haven't gotten that far yet in testing.

I have 3 3.5" hard drives and 1 SSD, but I could roll the 3 into 2 anyway.

Would probably look at sticking a Kraken G10 with a Corsair H90 on the Video card at the same time, that way all the cool air is coming from the front and is split between the 2 RAD's

Just the lack of VRM cooling using a G10 puts me off, and I don't want to glue heatsinks onto a 2 month old card.

I might get this case, but I dont want to watercool yet. Would getting rid of the front pannel imporve airflow by a lot or what is your go about this?

Removing the front panel could be a way, but if you remove the sound damping foam from the front panel, this will give you a little more space for the air to move.

Or you could do a little case modding and cut a rectangle out of the front and stick in some white/black meshing and filter. You'd have a one of a kind H440 then.

trama09 · February 19, 2014

Well cable management was darn near impossible. I sliced one of the cable when trying to route the SATA. I was pretty spoiled with my Corsair 540.

Overall, I am pretty happy about it.

~~~~~ EDIT (8 MONTHS LATER) ~~~~~

I guess having a big boy job helped me get some hardware upgrades:

CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K

Motherboard - ASUS Saberthooth Z97 Mark1

RAM - Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB @ 2133MHZ

GPU - 2 X EVGA GTX 780 Classifieds (SLI)

Case - White NZXT H440

Storage - Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB / Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB

PSU - Corsair AX850

Cooling - 3 X Noctua NF-A14 FLX & 3 X NF-F12 PWM / NZXT Kraken X60

Sound Card - Asus Xonar STX

Wireless - card TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900

Night money shot:

Schoolofmonkey · February 20, 2014

Sweet build, looks nice.

How are you temps inside the case?

trama09 · February 20, 2014

Sweet build, looks nice.

How are you temps inside the case?

Compared to the Corsair 540 air, the GPU idles about 3c at 32c higher and CPU idles about a couple degrees higher at 33c. I haven't tried playing BF4 in this case yet; been pretty busy.

It has gotten warmer these past couple of days, so that may be a factor.

flibberdipper · February 20, 2014

I wish I had one...

ohitsluca · February 20, 2014

Not enough H440 pr0n in this thread. More people need to show off their builds.

ericlee30 · February 20, 2014

Not enough H440 pr0n in this thread. More people need to show off their builds.

Just took pics of mine will be putting them on soon.

Thecrazyswede · February 20, 2014

-snip

Can you measure how much higher the case would have to be to fit a 30mm / 360 in the roof ?.

MY DREAMS OF DUAL 360 RADS WILL NEVER DIE!!

February 20, 2014

Man I'm so jelly of you peeps, its still under pre-order here in the UK, ordered mine but anywhere from 1-3 weeks until I get mine

ericlee30 · February 20, 2014

Took the day off just so I could be here when this beast arrived.Here is a couple of pics for now, I have to go run some arons really quick, when I get back I will upload more pics of the case.

Ok Im back Finished for the most part besides just sleeving the 2 8-pin PCI-E cables, which I will finish sometime over the weekend . I built this PC for my 5 year old daughter and the next thing Im going to do with it, is take all the black on the H440 and paint it Pink. This case is extremly clean and if it were much much bigger I would definitely buy it for my own build, other then the case being too small for my own personal gain it is a great case and looks unbelievably beautiful.

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