Cases, Cooling and Miscellaneous

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

OSunday — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:56:44 GMT

The gun-metal definitely has a sort of retro 1950's steel, flying machine type feel if you ask me and I think it's sick.

Initially I was a fan of white, after window-shopping and gazing at albums of Phantom 820's I got bought by gun-metal haha

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Clixxer — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:12:52 GMT

Nice case and review. I have never thought about looking at NZXT much. I've always been a Antec, Corsair, and Cooler Master case person myself. My current case is the Cooler Master HAF 932 and while I love it I have been looking at other cases and just might have to consider this one.

I only thing I dont like about this case and that is all cases for that matter is the door in the front. I have never cared for them but that is just my opinion. Other than that though it looks like a great case.

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

realneil — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:40:53 GMT

I like the gunmetal color more than I do the white.

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Warsoul — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:27:20 GMT

Yep ! Defenitivly more classy in white !

http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/images/nzxt820white.jpg

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Warsoul — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:24:17 GMT

Not bad. Must see in white.

Re: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

realneil — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:11:12 GMT

cookieninja:
hey i can't get my less workin

I assume that you mean the LED lights. It depends on what your LED Light's plugs look like. Some require an adapter and then plug into the power supply unit.

Post a picture of what your plugs look like,..........

Re: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

cookieninja — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:51:01 GMT

hey i can't get my less working i see the wires but i can't find any places t plug them in me and my friend are new to computers we got every thing else working can u help?

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

CDeeter — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:09:52 GMT

Yes they are. Looks to be a secondary radiator.

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Dorkstar — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:34:08 GMT

Someone help my eyes out here. Are those fans at the bottom right corner of the case?

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

OSunday — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:32:58 GMT

This thing is seriously a behemoth at 32lbs.

I have an Antec 1200 for my case and that thing is incredibly large and heavy as well.

The most impressive about this case is either the variety of slots for cable management which can be a hassle and require people to buy more cables at specific lengths to have things look clean, but with the amount of routing options I'm pretty sure the same result could be achieved with the cables people have on hand.

The fact that they have ties and accessories labeled, bundled and organized, although it might seem like a small thing sets its self aside from others since every other case I've bought just has everything in a plastic bags.

Full ATX cases have many more options and are designed for configurations with extensive water cooling and multiple graphics cards but I think for most people the cases are just too huge for regular setups.

Or at least that's the way I've felt.

I absolutely love NZXT and the Phantom series but if I ever make a case upgrade it'll be to a mid tower like the Phantom 410

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Kidbest100 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:50:37 GMT

I have been seriously debating, if I had the money to build a new 5000$ rig, if I would build it in this based on the looks, or something from caselabs because of the pure amazingness...

In the end, if I wanted something that looked really nice, and not just black & elegant, I would go with this case, and no other.

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Marco C — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:52:13 GMT

Heh. Review was totally separate. It was more like me seeing early pics of the gun metal version and having to have one. I bought a handful of the original Phantoms and a couple 410s and have been really pleased with them. It's complete overkill for my wife, but since she married a tech geek, she's gonna get the goods once in a while. :)

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

CDeeter — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:47:59 GMT

So was this a purchase that turned into a review, or a review that turned into a purchase? =)

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

Marco C — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:33:25 GMT

I got one of these in Gun Metal for my wife's next build. Way overkill for her, but it's super quiet in person.

RE: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Case Review

CDeeter — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:29:13 GMT

If you like this case, but want something slightly smaller and less expensive check out it's little brother the Phantom 410. At only $99, it offers many of the same features, but is much more in reach.

Here's HotHardware's take on that case:

http://hothardware.com/News/NZXT-Takes-a-Shrink-Ray-to-Phantom-Chassis-Introduces-Smaller-Size-Phantom-410/

And to give you an idea of what kind of room it has take a look at my build with it:

http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/t/64248.aspx