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The H440 looks arguably better, but airflow isn't the best. The Enthoo is also a full tower, so it's quite big.

 

Have you looked at the Fractal Define S? It may be for water cooling but it has uninterupted airflow and can store massively long GPUs.

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Enthoo Pro.

It's a much bigger chassis, a lot more case for your money. Better included features. Much better airflow.

The H440 has some pretty poor airflow, but does look very nice.

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If you don't plan on water cooling, I would recommend the Enthoo Pro since it has much less restricted ventilation. 

I was in the same boat when choosing my case. I decided to go with the Enthoo since it offers the extra ventilation, and comes with optical drive spaces.

(I actually still use one) but also the fact that it has more HDD/SSD spaces and the extra Optical spaces can be used for the future, such as possible drive bay res for water cooling.

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As far as I can tell they're very evenly matched, and the H440 is only about 20% more expensive than the Enthoo Pro, so it comes quite close in that department as well. Ultimately I think it largely depends on which case you think looks better. I mainly chose the Enthoo Pro for my rig because I thought it looked absolutely fantastic (and let me just say it didn't disappoint in the flesh) with its blend of subtlety and muscularity, but if you think the H440 looks better, then by all means go with the NZXT.

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I used to have H440, but I couldn't get over how bad the air flow was especially after adding another GPU. I know it's not what you are looking at but you should consider the Corsair 450D. Pretty much the same size as the H440 but the air flow is considerably better. H440 does have better build quality though, but the corsair is no slouch. The only thing that bothers me about the 450D is the flimsy HDD cage and lack of space behind the mobo for cable management. Everything runs so much cooler.

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