NZXT Phantom 630 Review
Up Close: Exterior Overview and Roof
Published: 4th February 2013 | Source: NZXT | Price: £155.99 |
Up Close: Exterior Overview and Roof
The Phantom 630 continues the sleek yet edgy styling of its contemporaries, and although there are fewer angles than the original Phantom case or indeed the 410 or 820 there's no doubting which particular family tree the 630 fell from. Angular mesh panels give us a glimpse of the white bladed fans beneath with small recesses and grooves adding to the three dimensionality of the case.
With the right side panel a smooth expanse of Matte Black, devoid of features, our eyes are more naturally drawn to the left panel. Here we see as with other models in the Phantom range NZXT have decided to split the area between a window and a 200mm fan intake. Both are of a parallelogram shape and fit well with the overall angled theme of the case. That said, we would much rather have had a single large window.
Zooming in on the roof of the 630 again we get a glimpse of the white bladed 200mm NZXT fan set on extract beneath a meshed panel. Forward of this we a rather striking area of ventilation slots cut directly into the moulding of the roof panel. At the very front of the roof down either side we finally find the front I/O and power area.
As you can see from the images below, NZXT have essentially split the sockets from the buttons. The left hand side of the case is home to 2xUSB 3.0 and 2xUSB 3.0 along with audio in and out.
Over to the right we find the switch panel. Al large power switch lives just off the main panel, with the reset switch slightly smaller and again camping out slightly from the main black. The main panel itself is home to a small switch which controls a white LED mounted above the rear I/O area giving illumination should you need it to that otherwise dark recess at the back of your case. central to this panel is a 3 position fan control slider and finally a set of 3 LEDs which indicate which speed is selected. The Look and feel of both these panels is one of class and quality, with all the switches having a nice firm positive feel to them.
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Just cant find any in my country yet...
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Originally Posted by EPiiKK
This might be EXACTLY what i'm looking for my first wc build in the future.
Just cant find any in my country yet... |
Just wasn't available when I was buying, and the side panel put me off a bit.
NZXT really needs to get a replacement parts store up, so clean side panels, or windowed options can be bought - or at least replacements so if you mess it up, you aren't completely in the dark!
I was wondering about how the bottom was looking in terms of radiators, I didn't see any measurements in the review. I will probably keep the 3 hdd bay (I'm a bit of a digital pack rat) hooked in it's default position and get rid of all the rest of the bays and put the thickest 240mm rad in the bottom in push/pull that it will allow. It looks like a ton of space, so I'm guessing I could fit at least a 45mm rad in push/pull.
I'm going to probably end up getting this case, it has pretty much everything I need in terms of looks and watercooling potential. That side fan/mesh area on the side panel has a date with a jigsaw though, only thing I don't like about the case. Thanks again for the review, now I can now start ordering parts.
I'd take the switch over this just because I prefer the cleaner look to it.
Wish it had a full window instead of this window/mesh mix!
Seems to have great features for watercooling but i still too expensive for this size of a case.
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