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3 minutes ago, Azrya_ said:

if you really wanted the h510 series,,try to check the h510 flow version,it have a good airflow compared to the h510i

 

It's only good airflow in comparison to the previous versions. NZXT just saw the modded H500/H510 front panels people were making and selling on sites like Etsy and ripped off the idea. The overall ventilation is still relatively poor. There's no good reason for the top to be so closed off the way it is. 

 

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I'm looking to build a computer sometime this winter. With case options, I was considering the NZXT H510I because it looks astheticly pleasing and a great match for my desk. However, one thing from stopping me from adding this to my list is the solid front panel. Is the NZXT H510I a good case for air cooling, and if you do have the case set up for air cooling, how did you configure it?

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No, absolutely not. These cases are notorious hotboxes.

 

 

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Just now, Middcore said:

No, absolutely not. These cases are notorious hotboxes.

 

 

Thanks. What case would you reccomend for Air Cooling?

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Just now, Amalik said:

Thanks. What case would you reccomend for Air Cooling?

 

Various models in the Phanteks Eclipse series

Fractal Meshify series

Lian Li Lancool series

Corsair 4000D Airflow or 5000D Airflow (not regular 4000D/5000D or 4000X/5000X)

 

If you want NZXT their new Flow 7 is much better than the oven design they've been using the past several years. 

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4 minutes ago, Amalik said:

Thanks. What case would you reccomend for Air Cooling?

if you really wanted the h510 series,,try to check the h510 flow version,it have a good airflow compared to the h510i

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3 minutes ago, Azrya_ said:

if you really wanted the h510 series,,try to check the h510 flow version,it have a good airflow compared to the h510i

 

It's only good airflow in comparison to the previous versions. NZXT just saw the modded H500/H510 front panels people were making and selling on sites like Etsy and ripped off the idea. The overall ventilation is still relatively poor. There's no good reason for the top to be so closed off the way it is. 

 

Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy.  If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear.

 

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2 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

It's only good airflow in comparison to the previous versions. NZXT just saw the modded H500/H510 front panels people were making and selling on sites like Etsy and ripped off the idea. The overall ventilation is still relatively poor. There's no good reason for the top to be so closed off the way it is. 

 

yeah,that's why i said "if you're really wanted the h510 series/version"

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44 minutes ago, Amalik said:

Thanks. What case would you reccomend for Air Cooling?

If you are dead set on the h510 they have a flow version which helps a lot. Still worse airflow compared to other cheaper cases but if you are dead set on the looks thats an option.

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I am really liking my Lian Li O11 Air Mini. About 70C for both CPU and 3080 ftw3 at full tilt

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Phanteks P400A Mesh is a dream to build in (I've built a dozen rigs in it) and has great fan config options. With a bit of jiggery-pokery you can get 2x140+120 in the front with dual 140s in the top plus the 120 rear exhaust. Additionally it's usually on sale for 60$, though I've gotten slightly different skus for as little as 40

 

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Maybe it's just me being a total NZXT fanboy, but the hate for NZXT cases is entirely misplaced. 
I have an h500i, which I bought to replace an S340, and I love it. It's quiet and my Ryzen 7 3800X and Vega 56 stay perfectly cool under load. My CPU only hits about 60c (I have an NZXT Kraken X63 cooling it), and my GPU stays in the 60-65c range. Granted, my Vega 56 is Sapphire's Pulse variant, which had a smaller PCB and a full size heatsink with an open back, and I suspect that's a big reason for the frigid temps. 

 

For case fans, I only use the two on my radiator as intakes, and a single 120mm rear exhaust. I use NZXT CAM to control my fans, and I set them for positive pressure. All 3 of my case fans are linked to my CPU temp, and the rear exhaust is off most of the time. It only turns on when my CPU hits 60c. Most of the time, my intakes/rad fans are set to run at 40%, and those get kicked up a few notches at 60c when the rear exhaust turns on as well. This maintains positive pressure, and keeps my case super clean. I rarely dust it out because dust just... doesn't get in there. I pop the filter out, blow it off with some compressed air and that's it. 

 

Is the airflow as good as other cases designed specifically to be as full of holes and fan mounts as possible? No. But they're largely fine for the vast majority of people, case snobs and youtubers excluded.

 

EDIT: By the way, I noticed you asked about air cooling specifically. The Kraken X63 is a relatively recent upgrade. I've had the case across two builds (I had my old 6600k and R9 390 in this case (that card could easily hit 70c under load), and I used to use CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo coolers on my processors exclusively. My temps were roughly the same. I generally don't OC my components, and I bought the Kraken cooler for aesthetic purposes. 

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13 hours ago, Kevin_Walter said:

big reason for the frigid temps. 

Basically the only reason as this pretty much perfectly fits the airfloe pattern of a h500/h510. Normal none big passthrough cards have a very rough time.

 

I sadly have a lot of experience with the h500 series (I recently had to basically beg random people on the internet to take em away for free as I had 18 left in storage from caseswapping still :p) and the moment you go to upper tier hardware they basically faceplant really hard.

 

Midrange and upper midrange system with proper cooling in a room that doesnt get too hot are normally totally fine.

 

Also for people that arent just gaming but do load their cpu and or gpu to 100% (rendering at whatnot) this case is then a terrible option too.

 

It has its place but when its use can be avoided or substituted I will always advocate for it

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4 hours ago, jaslion said:

Basically the only reason as this pretty much perfectly fits the airfloe pattern of a h500/h510. Normal none big passthrough cards have a very rough time.

 

I sadly have a lot of experience with the h500 series (I recently had to basically beg random people on the internet to take em away for free as I had 18 left in storage from caseswapping still :p) and the moment you go to upper tier hardware they basically faceplant really hard.

 

Midrange and upper midrange system with proper cooling in a room that doesnt get too hot are normally totally fine.

 

Also for people that arent just gaming but do load their cpu and or gpu to 100% (rendering at whatnot) this case is then a terrible option too.

 

It has its place but when its use can be avoided or substituted I will always advocate for it

Sure, but my R9 390 peaked around 75c in my h500i and that was during stress testing. The 390 was far from a cool card, too.

 

And of course you couldn't get rid of a stockpile of cases you were recommending people not to use. I'm not sure why that would be a surprise. Lol

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40 minutes ago, Kevin_Walter said:

Sure, but my R9 390 peaked around 75c in my h500i and that was during stress testing. The 390 was far from a cool card, too.

 

And of course you couldn't get rid of a stockpile of cases you were recommending people not to use. I'm not sure why that would be a surprise. Lol

Not really related my recommendation vs me putting them online for randoms to come get. Seems they are just not that in demand :p.

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3 hours ago, jaslion said:

Not really related my recommendation vs me putting them online for randoms to come get. Seems they are just not that in demand :p.

I mean... if you compare the number of ratings on Amazon between any of NZXT's cases to any of the alternatives listed in this thread, NZXT seems to have quite a few more. Specifically, their h510 series of cases have almost 30,000 reviews maintaining a 4.5 star rating. 

 

So we can either say that they're botting reviews or something... or maybe they're not as unpopular as you're trying to say they are. 

 

Let's be honest. You go over to pretty much any PC showoff subreddit, you'll find an NZXT case within 5 posts. They're popular for a reason. Aesthetically pleasing, have a lot of nice features that makes building in them easy, and they're not extremely expensive (unlike some of NZXT's other products). 

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I mean... if you compare the number of ratings on Amazon between any of NZXT's cases to any of the alternatives listed in this thread, NZXT seems to have quite a few more. Specifically, their h510 series of cases have almost 30,000 reviews maintaining a 4.5 star rating. 

 

So we can either say that they're botting reviews or something... or maybe they're not as unpopular as you're trying to say they are. 

 

Let's be honest. You go over to pretty much any PC showoff subreddit, you'll find an NZXT case within 5 posts. They're popular for a reason. Aesthetically pleasing, have a lot of nice features that makes building in them easy, and they're not extremely expensive (unlike some of NZXT's other products). 

I'm talking about used. They aren't as in demand as used cases in great condition for 25€ a piece.

 

course these things are popular they are like a posterchild for gaming pcs.

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7 minutes ago, Kevin_Walter said:

Let's be honest. You go over to pretty much any PC showoff subreddit, you'll find an NZXT case within 5 posts. 

 

Yep, they were the "basic" case before the Corsair 4000D/5000D took over.

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1 minute ago, Middcore said:

The Lian Li O11 series is the go-to for people with more PC knowledge but no more imagination or taste

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They really are great cases, I just don't like how popular they've become. 

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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5 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

They really are great cases, I just don't like how popular they've become. 

 

They made them in different colors, which is cool. Everybody just gets the white ones though, so... 

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On 7/28/2022 at 6:17 PM, Middcore said:

 

Yep, they were the "basic" case before the Corsair 4000D/5000D took over.

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I don't think it's necessarily that they were basic, I think they offered a lot of options for people looking to build something that looked nice without spending $250 on a case. NZXT can probably be credited with popularizing things like the PSU shroud and cable management bars that hide the wires being routed from behind the motherboard. They may not have been the first to do things like that, but these features became ubiquitous quickly after they started doing it. 

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2 minutes ago, Kevin_Walter said:

I don't think it's necessarily that they were basic

 

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It was probably good enough for when it was released.
Will it survives future gens of parts? most likely not.

3080 vram temp already can be deadly even with a decent airflow case.

And if there is such things as true future-proofing part in PC building, it's most likely PC case. 🤣

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