NZXT H510 Elite Case Review

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe new NZXT h5 10 elite case has got both side in front tempered glass panels RGB lighting in a clean looking design we'll see what else it's got to offer in this review and I'll also be giving away one to a lucky viewer in the video the H 510 elite is available in a couple of colors black or white and I'm showing the white version in this video the case is made of steel and unlike previous NZXT cases has a tempered glass panel on the front as well as the side this mint tower case is 43 centimeters deep 46 centimeters high and 21 centimeters across and weighs in at about 7.5 kilos the main tempered glass side panel can be removed by unscrewing one thumb screw and then pulling the metal tab towards the back of the case to pull it down from the top as its held in by two extrusions near the top the front glass panel is a rift in a similar way after removing a screw from each side first behind the front glass panel a two 140 millimeter RGB fans these pull air in from underneath and from the side with the metal panel and both have removable dust filters but we'll see how thermals go a bit later inside this space for an ATX micro ATX or mini ITX motherboard in terms of clearance there's room for a CPU cooler up to 165 millimeters tall or GPU 368 millimeters in length like many other NZXT cases as this metal bar which can be used to hide cables behind and you can move it slightly but it takes 5 screws to move on the other side the metal side panel is removed by first taking out two thumb screws behind the metal panel we've got two vertical 2.5 inch drive bays and these can actually be removed and placed on the mesh above the power supply if you prefer to show them off more back on the other side there's also routing for cable management and smart device version 2 above this the smart device connects the three fans in RGB lighting and has 1 4 pin fan head of spare which then connects to solder power and a USB 2.0 header on the motherboard allowing you to manage lighting and fans through the NZXT cam software more on that later towards the bottom near the front there's room for 2 3.5 inch drive though there are no convenient sliding bays you can optionally remove this section if you want more space for the power supply though there seems to be plenty of space available there already I didn't say the amount of clearance specified but my 180 millimeter unit still had plenty of space underneath there are some large rubber feet with a removable dust filter towards the back for the power supply which slides in and out as well as our front air intake on top there's a fan mount for you to add either a 120 millimeter or 140 millimeter fan but no dust filter if you wanted to use it as an intake then the front IR which from left to right includes a 3.5 millimeter audio jack USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port USB 3.1 genuine type-a port and the power button which lights up white while powered on on the back from the bottom up there's a hole for the power supply 7 PCIe slots including 2 for vertical mounting which is supported by the case rear 120 millimeter non RGB fan which is included and your usual space for motherboard IR to unscrew some of the regular PCIe slots you need to first remove the covers on the vertical section which gets in the way and unlike other NZXT cases I've used these aren't managed by thumb screws as mentioned the smart device v2 connects to the motherboard via an internal USB 2.0 header in Windows you can install NZXT scamp software which did show a lot of useful information about the system though it was laggy maximizing the screen didn't seem to detect the temps of my 3600 X in some cases and also doesn't seem to allow you to access settings like lighting in full-screen mode though that was easy to manage I should also mention that in addition to the two front RGB fans there's also a strip along the top of the side glass panel which can also be controlled independently of the fans I've also run the a 264 CPU stress test and heav'n GPU benchmark at the same time and we can see that with the front panel off we're getting lower temps as expected as it allows the front case fans to fully breathe I'm just using the stock cooler with the Rison 3600 X and while this is kind of a worst case multi-core stress test there is also space in the case to mount radiators for liquid cooling the front fans can be replaced by a 240 or to 80 radiator with 60 millimeter thickness while the back fan can be replaced by a single 120 millimeter unit again with this 60 millimeter thickness so what did you guys think about the h5 10 elite case from NZXT overall i personally thought the case looks quite nice though that will of course be personal opinion and as we'll see soon it does come at a cost while i've got it spewing RGB in the video you can of course customise the lighting how you want or turn it off if you prefer it was good to see the USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port on the front IR and built-in option for vertical GPU mounting was a good choice for a case that appears to be all about showing off what's inside the updated method of removing the glass panels was noticeably easier when compared to my H 702 though I wasn't a fan of the lack of 3.5 inch drive caddies and would also like to see the inclusion of a mesh front panel option either as an optional accessory or optional configuration of the case while the front glass panel looks good as we saw we could reduce internal temperatures by a few degrees without it granted nothing earth-shattering but it still may be good to have the mesh option for those that prefer to run cooler overlooks all right now for the giveaway there's one NZXT h5 10 elite case to be won unfortunately it's only open to those in Australia Judas shipping costs which i'm paying but hey to be fair most other competitions are only open to the US and we always miss out otherwise if you're in another region and looking to buy it I'll have updated prices linked in the description once it's available in the US it looks to be going for around 169 US dollars though it should be a hundred and forty-nine US dollars globally while here in Australia we're looking at 255 Australian dollars it's worth considering that the to RGB fans in the front and controller alone go for 105 US dollars or 33 dollars for a single fan so worth factoring that in when comparing to a cheap alternative you can find the giveaway entry page on Twitter as my pinned tweet don't worry you don't need Twitter to find the link just view my Twitter page which is linked in the description and you should find the competition link as the top post the competition will run for a week and the winner will be contacted by email so use a valid address otherwise let me know your thoughts about the new h5 10 elite case from NZXT down in the comments don't forget to enter the giveaway if you're eligible and if you're new here get subscribed for future tech videos like this onethe new NZXT h5 10 elite case has got both side in front tempered glass panels RGB lighting in a clean looking design we'll see what else it's got to offer in this review and I'll also be giving away one to a lucky viewer in the video the H 510 elite is available in a couple of colors black or white and I'm showing the white version in this video the case is made of steel and unlike previous NZXT cases has a tempered glass panel on the front as well as the side this mint tower case is 43 centimeters deep 46 centimeters high and 21 centimeters across and weighs in at about 7.5 kilos the main tempered glass side panel can be removed by unscrewing one thumb screw and then pulling the metal tab towards the back of the case to pull it down from the top as its held in by two extrusions near the top the front glass panel is a rift in a similar way after removing a screw from each side first behind the front glass panel a two 140 millimeter RGB fans these pull air in from underneath and from the side with the metal panel and both have removable dust filters but we'll see how thermals go a bit later inside this space for an ATX micro ATX or mini ITX motherboard in terms of clearance there's room for a CPU cooler up to 165 millimeters tall or GPU 368 millimeters in length like many other NZXT cases as this metal bar which can be used to hide cables behind and you can move it slightly but it takes 5 screws to move on the other side the metal side panel is removed by first taking out two thumb screws behind the metal panel we've got two vertical 2.5 inch drive bays and these can actually be removed and placed on the mesh above the power supply if you prefer to show them off more back on the other side there's also routing for cable management and smart device version 2 above this the smart device connects the three fans in RGB lighting and has 1 4 pin fan head of spare which then connects to solder power and a USB 2.0 header on the motherboard allowing you to manage lighting and fans through the NZXT cam software more on that later towards the bottom near the front there's room for 2 3.5 inch drive though there are no convenient sliding bays you can optionally remove this section if you want more space for the power supply though there seems to be plenty of space available there already I didn't say the amount of clearance specified but my 180 millimeter unit still had plenty of space underneath there are some large rubber feet with a removable dust filter towards the back for the power supply which slides in and out as well as our front air intake on top there's a fan mount for you to add either a 120 millimeter or 140 millimeter fan but no dust filter if you wanted to use it as an intake then the front IR which from left to right includes a 3.5 millimeter audio jack USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port USB 3.1 genuine type-a port and the power button which lights up white while powered on on the back from the bottom up there's a hole for the power supply 7 PCIe slots including 2 for vertical mounting which is supported by the case rear 120 millimeter non RGB fan which is included and your usual space for motherboard IR to unscrew some of the regular PCIe slots you need to first remove the covers on the vertical section which gets in the way and unlike other NZXT cases I've used these aren't managed by thumb screws as mentioned the smart device v2 connects to the motherboard via an internal USB 2.0 header in Windows you can install NZXT scamp software which did show a lot of useful information about the system though it was laggy maximizing the screen didn't seem to detect the temps of my 3600 X in some cases and also doesn't seem to allow you to access settings like lighting in full-screen mode though that was easy to manage I should also mention that in addition to the two front RGB fans there's also a strip along the top of the side glass panel which can also be controlled independently of the fans I've also run the a 264 CPU stress test and heav'n GPU benchmark at the same time and we can see that with the front panel off we're getting lower temps as expected as it allows the front case fans to fully breathe I'm just using the stock cooler with the Rison 3600 X and while this is kind of a worst case multi-core stress test there is also space in the case to mount radiators for liquid cooling the front fans can be replaced by a 240 or to 80 radiator with 60 millimeter thickness while the back fan can be replaced by a single 120 millimeter unit again with this 60 millimeter thickness so what did you guys think about the h5 10 elite case from NZXT overall i personally thought the case looks quite nice though that will of course be personal opinion and as we'll see soon it does come at a cost while i've got it spewing RGB in the video you can of course customise the lighting how you want or turn it off if you prefer it was good to see the USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port on the front IR and built-in option for vertical GPU mounting was a good choice for a case that appears to be all about showing off what's inside the updated method of removing the glass panels was noticeably easier when compared to my H 702 though I wasn't a fan of the lack of 3.5 inch drive caddies and would also like to see the inclusion of a mesh front panel option either as an optional accessory or optional configuration of the case while the front glass panel looks good as we saw we could reduce internal temperatures by a few degrees without it granted nothing earth-shattering but it still may be good to have the mesh option for those that prefer to run cooler overlooks all right now for the giveaway there's one NZXT h5 10 elite case to be won unfortunately it's only open to those in Australia Judas shipping costs which i'm paying but hey to be fair most other competitions are only open to the US and we always miss out otherwise if you're in another region and looking to buy it I'll have updated prices linked in the description once it's available in the US it looks to be going for around 169 US dollars though it should be a hundred and forty-nine US dollars globally while here in Australia we're looking at 255 Australian dollars it's worth considering that the to RGB fans in the front and controller alone go for 105 US dollars or 33 dollars for a single fan so worth factoring that in when comparing to a cheap alternative you can find the giveaway entry page on Twitter as my pinned tweet don't worry you don't need Twitter to find the link just view my Twitter page which is linked in the description and you should find the competition link as the top post the competition will run for a week and the winner will be contacted by email so use a valid address otherwise let me know your thoughts about the new h5 10 elite case from NZXT down in the comments don't forget to enter the giveaway if you're eligible and if you're new here get subscribed for future tech videos like this one\n"