NZXT H510 Elite - CA-H510E-W1 - Premium Mid-Tower ATX Case PC Gaming Case - Dual-Tempered Glass Panel - Front I/O USB Type-C Port - Vertical GPU Mount - Integrated RGB Lighting - White/Black

The media could not be loaded. Update: July 2022I have upgraded the CPU to a Ryzen 9 5900x (OC'd to 4500 mhz) and the GPU to an MSI 2080 Ventura (OC'd to 1825 mhz). I also added a Noctua CPU cooler. Hard gaming my thermals are 51 C on the CPU and 38 C on the GPU. I have absolutely no complaints with this thing. I absolutely love the case. I did upgrade the fans to Noctua for thier quality and silent running, however, I have tried out the NZXT fans that came with it and they are just fine as well.First off, let's talk about the pros and cons of this case. Lastly, I have a few things to say about some other reviews of this case.Pros:Great looking caseSturdyGreat cable managementLots of storage baysCons:Hard drive tray is a bit old fashioned.My build.AMD Ryzen 5 3600Gigabyte Aeorus Wi-fi X570GSkill 32 gb (2x16) DDR 4 3200 ram500 GB Silicon Power m.2 driveWestern Digital red 4 TB hard driveAsus STRIX Nvidia GTX 9802x 90 mm and 2 x 140mm nactua case fans.This case is great! Excellent! Stupendous! I did have a slight worry when the case first came because the tempered glass was a little tight and I didnt want to break it. I took my time and was able to get it to come out just fine. This did concern me for a little bit since maybe it would be this awkward Everytime I tried to open the case. Well here are some pointers: if you are really worried. Take off the back metal panel. From there you can access the two tabs that are held in by plastic pressure connectors. If you just apply pressure on the far one, the glass door will pop out easily. However, once I removed the protective plastic film, I found the door opens easily now. I'm thinking that just that little bit of extra thickness makes it a tight fit at first. So let's be honest, this thing has tight tolerances, usually a sign of a well thought design.The capstand screws for a normal ATX motherboard come pre-installed. It even has a self centering screw that keeps the motherboard in place while you tighten everything down. (Just some advice, the case requires you to be precise. Fidget with the motherboard until the back panel sits into its slot tightly, this will allow the capstands and the screw holes to line up.) Once I had all the hardware installed I then began to attach all the fan and power cables using the supplied channels and tabs. It is pretty easy to figure out. They supply some twist ties (you can clip these and use black zip ties if that is your thing.) and some Velcro straps for the main MB power cable and the graphics card power. (One review mentioned that this management system was weak and lacked anyway of holding the cables down beyond the Velcro. This is not true. There are little tabs that you can slip the supplied little black zip ties through in order to secure the cables into the channels.) Everything routed pretty easily and connected just the way it should.I will agree, coming from a 10 year old cooler master case with plastic pop out trays, that the hard drive cage seems a little old fashioned. You have to unscrew it from the bottom(4 screws) then install your hard drive into one of the bays, then screw the cage back into the case. (Let's be honest though, this is not that big of a deal) on the backside of the motherboard there are two plastic trays for what looks like to be ssd management. So those seem to be a little easier to use than any spinning drive. Most modern motherboards come with m.2 sata ports anyway, usually at least two, and with m.2 ssd's becoming cheaper and cheaper. I'm not sure this really matters much.Anyway, there are no slots for DVD writers, blueray drives, etc. This is a modern design case with clean lines. So if you want spinning media, look elsewhere. The entire build was very slick. I took my time and thought things through whenever something seemed to stick or not move as I thought it should at first. I did switch the upper fan. When the case came, both fans were set to exhaust. I think the idea was so that the case would pull more fresh air into the system from the front. Since I added two large fans to the front, I wanted to make sure I had positive pressure inside the case, as that does best for keeping things cool. So I switched the upper fan to blow in, the rear fan and the graphics card being the only exhaust. Everything seems to run very cool.No, the instructions are very paltry. If you don't have any experience system building, don't be intimidated, just look at what you are trying to do. Look at the piece you are installing, and look at the case. You will see how it is intended to work and just remember, seldom are you supposed to just force something no matter the cost.So I'm going to be a harsh critic of some other reviewers, namely some of the 1 star reviews. The reason is, I almost didn't buy this case because of some of the complaints. They made it sound like the case was cheap flimsy garbage and that the built in cable management was just a gimmick. As you can see from my system specs, I wasn't going top of the line, just building a decent system for some Photoshop, light gaming, and mostly Buisness. I decided that the case looked good, and had some positives, so I would take the plunge and get it. If the negative reviews were right, I would just send it back. Well, let me get this off my chest. Those negative reviews are bull crap. I am sure that the guy with broken feet or the one with the broken glass panel are legit. (Although I could fix the feet looking at the supplied photo) Why would you need to fix the feet, one might ask. It should come pristine. That is true. I agree, in those cases, I would chock it up to crap happens. Sometimes you get a raw deal. (I am currently working to RMA a motherboard for another build.) I have been building systems since the late 80's. Bad ram, faulty drives, etc. etc. That's kind of just par for the course.Now let's focus on one particular review. This person claimed the case was supper cheap with thin metal that would easily dent. Another review also claimed that the fan frame at the front of the case was supper weak and would bend and distort if you tried to remove it. I would say both reviewers could be considered partially correct. If you dance on this case it would probably bend, it's not as heavy duty as a Frankenstein Dell from the early 2000's I play around with. That case is a sturdy brick. But let's just say to us normal people, the case is not exactly like a soda can. It is lighter than some and the steal is thinner, but it is still plenty robust. As to the fan frame. Don't be a moron. Yes if you try and yank it out, it will bend and distort. It is not meant to be pulled and bent. If you open the other side of the case you can see where there are three contact points. Unscrew the two thumb screws holding the frame in, then with the back of a screwdriver, press these contact points and it will slip out, no problem. This or another reviewer claimed that the fan frame was soooo cheap that it rattled when he connected fans to it. This I take issue with. If it is so hard to get out, why would it rattle? Well let me assure you, it does not rattle. As to the supplied fans. Because some reviewers complained that why were loud, I went ahead and purchased noctua fans as replacements. I will not be able to speak to the noise level of the NZXT fans as the first thing I did was remove them and replace them. I have been impressed with noctua fans for a long time. Yes the uggle two tone brown is annoying. Although as you can see, they do have some gray ones now. The noctua fans are excellent. They are almost completely silent. No rattling of the case at all. If the supplied fans create excessive noise, I suggest the reviewer look at getting better fans.Wait, why should someone get better fans when they obviously bought a case that came with fans supplied? I don't know, why did you buy a budget case that looks cool thinking you were going to get top of the line fans? And to be honest, those NZXT fans might be completely fine and the reviewer might be just neurotic.Don't force the glass door, it will probably break. Take your time and ask, why isn't the door coming out? I am sure the answer will come to you. If there is sticky goo from the 'warning this is glass' sticker. Take some good gone or even fingernail polish remover on a rag and wipe it off. It's glass, it's not going to melt. (Don't get it on the paint though.)I think this case is fantastic. Everything looks clean and slick. If this is what you're looking for and you don't want to break the bank getting there, do it.Ok. Why am I being this harsh on other reviewers? Well because I almost didn't buy this excellent case. In the back of my mind I almost think some of these negative reviews come from people who work for competitive company's. (I am not affiliated with NZXT or any other computer hardware manufacturer. I have no dog in this fight.) I just am a bit frustrated by the fact that I could have gone with a humdrum case, never realizing how great this thing is.

This arrived two days ago (9 Mar 21). I was surprised by how large it is, mostly because I did not look at dimensions before hand. This is not a hit on the case, and while I was hoping for something that would more tightly embrace a full ATX board (ASUS ROG Strix Z490-H), when I started to assemble it, the additional room started to reveal it's future benefits. My thoughts in building this system were that of getting as far away from Apple and Microsoft as humanly possible, and do so in a minimalist manner, without a peep of noise emitted from the machine.My initial build uses the accompanying i7 10th gen 10700 included fan, a Samsung EVO 970 Plus 1Tb M2, a 550 watt Coolermaster MWE Gold 650, 32Gb of Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4 3600 RAM, and nothing else. Thanks to the cable management I've never owned a cleaner display interior, or quieter exterior.High points:1. The exterior is I believe as clean as is possible. Some will not care for this, but from an ongoing maintenance perspective there are no exterior top or front vents, louvers, or slats to collect dust.2. The wire management system sits behind the motherboard back-plane, and is accessed by removing two thumbscrews, and the back panel. There are pressed in raises for cable ties, and two velcro straps with which to hold down the main cables from the power supply to the motherboard. Or that was my interpretation, and application.3. Having an approximately 4" skirt further cleans up the system by not exposing the power supply, or any internal hard drives you might be inclined to include down the road.4. On the back side of the back-plane, along with the cable management system are two 2.5" SSD mounts to enhance the clean design.5. Along the bottom are four hard mounted feet that will not be subject to sticking to your resting surface, are a part of the case and not stick on's, and lift the system exactly 1" from (in my case) the desktop. This is a massive benefit when it comes to power supply airflow for an inverse mounted power supply, which is how the case is designed.6. The observation window is tempered glass, easily removed, or replaced.7. It comes with a front side water, gel, or coolant radiator channel that is both unobtrusive, and well designed. Now that I have the system, I am looking for the best packaged cooling system to fit the tower. No, you are correct, for my design I don't need it, but I see a mountain and believe it is there to be climbed.8. Having a top facing USB-C is a very nice feature, although my motherboard does not have the thunderbolt feature, which would have been a perfect add.9. Lastly, I believe the case would support three video cards for those who would consider it for a gaming rig.10. The features for the price point make this a perfect budget case, for a much more than budget look and feel.Hits or negatives:1. The top included fan is too close to the aux motherboard power supply connection, and the flat cable can not be folded at a 180 to hide behind the cable management system, without interfering with the fan. This is a very minor negative, as you are able to bend the cable to the side at a 45 then back over at a 180.2. Some of the rear cuts on the metal panels is a bit rough, but will not bleed you like cases in the late 80's and early 90's.3. In my case the motherboard offsets were two different thread sizes and pitches. This was initially a bit confusing, but quickly figured out and overcome.4. The directions are garbage, in as much as they are not clear. Finding your language amongst the 15-20 (a lot, I did not and will not count them) will take a minute. The graphics are very clear, but there is no guidance on how to assemble it, or how the included audio splitter cable is to be used.5. As designed it seems to favor being on the floor, over on the desktop as I have it, since the ports and power are on top.To give a bit of background, I've been building custom systems since 1988. Mind you modding was a far in the future concept at the time, but case selections was more than adequate even back then. I progressed to what I'd call a mid-grade level of modding (that of using custom configs, cases, build your own water and antifreeze cooling, lighting), all the way up to data center design, engineering, infrastructure, servers, fiber plants, tape libraries, yadda yadda). Then I fell into the Apple trap and all enthusiasm for doing it my way was leached from my being. Now I'm back, well sort of.Of the cases I've owned over the years, I would rate this in the mid 90's out of 100 as a case. Mind you I've had it for 3 days, one of which was focused on build.

Love it so much. The vibes in my room are so perfect now! Super easy to set up and change the colors. Can't beat the price.