I do agree with the case not being an all star air flow master case.... I realize that, but the noise damping is what I'm really after, as I have a roommate sharing the same room, and limiting noise is a priority. I do disagree though about keeping the nzxt stock fans, I have seen multiple people prove in IRL and Youtube vids (in this specific case aswell) that the noctua fans are quieter, more efficient, and better cooling then the stock nzxt fans. The strong points of this case is too look damn sexy and be quiet. Both of which i am content and only dropping 119$ on this case, I am blown away at the features of this case. Sure I might had too blow some pocket change to get aftermarket fans, to help with the cooling, but now I get a great case with a bunch of real quality features, and with good cooling.
**note: I never got into using water cooling (except for rad of course), as this is my second build. So I have no experience in water cooling beyond self regulated rads. Also the whole fact of water running through tubes and into a pump in your comp with all your really expensive equipment that can get destroyed by a leak, kinda scares me to be honest 0: