The NZXT H200 Case Review: A Comprehensive Look at its Features and Performance

In this review, we'll delve into the features and performance of the NZXT H200 case, a compact yet powerful enclosure designed for ITX systems. With its unique blend of space optimization and feature-rich design, the H200 is an attractive option for those looking to build a compact desktop system.

One of the standout features of the NZXT H200 is its support for ATX power supplies. While most ITX cases are limited to SFX or Molex power supplies, the H200 has room for a full-sized ATX power supply. This is particularly useful for those who want to build a system with high-end components and need the power supply to match.

The case also features two 2.5-inch drive bays, which can be mounted either behind the motherboard tray or on the side of the power supply shroud. Additionally, a third 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive bay can be installed on the floor of the case in front of the PSU, providing ample storage options for users.

In terms of I/O ports, the H200 features standard USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports and headphone/mic jacks. The case also includes a magnetic puck that can be used as a convenient headphone hanger.

When it comes to thermals, the NZXT H200 performed well in our testing. We compared its cooling performance to smaller ITX cases like the NCase M1 and Ghost S1. While the Ghost S1 was slightly warmer due to the radiator fans having to pull air through the entire case on their own, the NCase M1 demonstrated better airflow performance when paired with the same amount of fans.

In contrast, the NZXT H200 showed significant improvement in cooling performance compared to other ITX cases. Our test system, featuring a deleted 8700K @ NA TTI SC-16 Gigabytes of 32GB DDR4 memory and a Z3 70M motherboard, saw CPU temperatures of around 72 degrees Celsius with the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 cooler.

When it came to GPU thermals, the NZXT H200 performed admirably. Our test system featuring an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1080 TI in a water-cooled configuration, resulted in temperatures of around 64 degrees Celsius, which is slightly warmer than what we saw on an open test bench with the same card.

Despite its larger size compared to other ITX cases, the NZXT H200 has its advantages. The support for larger tower air coolers and drive slots is a significant plus, making it an attractive option for users who want to build a compact system without sacrificing performance.

However, there are some caveats to consider. The case is not suitable for carrying around due to its size, which may be a drawback for some users. Nevertheless, for desktop systems, we have no issue recommending the NZXT H200 to those who prioritize space optimization and want to build an ITX system with high-performance components.

In conclusion, while the NZXT H200 may not fit into traditional "small form-factor" categories due to its size, it remains a compelling option for users who need a balance of space optimization, feature-rich design, and performance. Its support for larger tower air coolers and drive slots, as well as its forgiving hardware configurations, make it an attractive choice for those looking to build a compact desktop system.

For those interested in purchasing the NZXT H200, we've included links in the description below. As always, thanks for watching, and consider subscribing to our channel if you haven't already. We'll see you on the next one.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys hope you're doing well and a ton of you have been asking me on my thoughts on NZXT h200 understand it's been out for quite some time now but I figured I'd still like to share my thoughts and my own testing seeing as it is still a very relevant and popular ITX case so today we're going to look at size comparisons Hardware layouts and thermal performance versus several other ITX options so as a bit of an introduction the NZXT h200 is the smallest case made by NZXT and is part of their H series lineup it's an ITX case with a total volume of 26.1 liters and can be had for $89 u.s. in a few different color options for that amount of money you're actually getting some pretty decent value when it comes to build quality it is just still but overall it does feel very strong and premium you do get a nice large tempered glass side panel to showcase all of your hardware on the interior and this is an important design feature to note here also as smaller ATX cases typically have ventilated panels instead we do have some ventilation here too mostly around the front panel it's definitely nothing crazy like you'll see with the mesh fic or anything like that but it is a nice compromise in my opinion between design and airflow you've also got some ventilation on the power supply shroud as well however this will mostly be blocked if you are using an ATX power supply certainly though some ventilation is better than none so a good design choice here by NZXT you've also got an interior bracket which is one of the trademark features for the H Series cases and it's glad to see it a bit more reserved on this smaller interior it wraps nicely around your graphics card hides cable routing behind the motherboard and you can use it to mount reservoirs here for your custom loops too so the main criticism that this case has received since release is that it isn't a true ITX case given how large it is now you guys know that I love space optimized enclosures so you'd probably guess that I would be of the same mindset however despite the h3 100 being both an ITX case and above 20 liters I do believe that it feels a necessary gap in the market but before we get into that discussion let's take a look at some side-by-side comparisons of some other icx cases that i've got on hand so from smallest to largest we have the recently reviewed sky Ridge for mini the soon to be reviewed century 2.0 the DNA for ghost s1 and case m1 street comm da2 and finally the NZXT h 200 so for a case to be blessed with the SFF stamp of approval it does need to be under 20 liters in total volume so of course then the h 200 isn't an s FF case to be fair though exactly call it enormous it is noticeably larger than even the seventeen point five liter street come da - but at the same time hardware compatibility and configuration options are much superior as well here's another side-by-side comparison but this time against ng sixties own H 500 relatively compact ATX mid tower that comes in at forty one point three liters of volume and despite the H 500 being slightly longer and a bit taller both have a width of two hundred and ten millimeters this means that for air cooling both of these cases can accommodate air coolers up to 165 millimeters in height so let's say you want to run some seriously large air coolers from be quiet or knock Toa but you don't need an ATX system the HT 100 does make that possible okay so let's take a look at a few different configuration options in the H 200 that aren't possible in smaller I TX cases starting off with our fully air-cooled build and one which allows for an extremely powerful CPU tower core two 120mm exhaust fans towards the back of the case and two 140 mm intake fans at the front the caller that we're using is the be quiet dark rock 4 which comes in at 160 millimeters in height only with a single fan but do note that the H 200 can accommodate knock tours monster and HD 15 cooler that's a configuration I'd love to test out eventually you can also run a push-pull radiator configuration in the H 200 at the front of the case as you've got a total of 85 millimeters of clearance in the PSU shroud cut out four radiators and fans of course though any radiator orphan added towards the front of the case will subtract from graphics card clearance for maximum graphics card length you've got three hundred and twenty-five millimeters without any fans or radiators at the front 270 millimeters of clearance with a common AIO installed and 245 millimeters when using a standard radiator in push-pull I feel like the most popular configuration will no doubt be a standard front mounted AIO so in this case just make sure your graphics card is shorter than 270 millimeters another powerful configuration would be a dual a i/o setup for the CPU and GPU you just need to make sure that the pump block on your CPU isn't too tall for example when using the Kraken a i/o you won't be able to fit a 120mm radiator at the rear also a graphic card - two slots are of course supported which is standard if it's slightly above that it might be able to squeeze in there but two-and-a-half slot cards that definitely do not fit some other specs worth noting we do have support for ATX power supplies here but an SFX bracket is included by default if that's what you plan on going with instead for storage two two and a half inch drives can be mounted behind the motherboard tray another one on the side of the power supply shroud and a two and a half inch or three and a half inch drive can be mounted on the floor of the case in front of the PSU io is fairly standard - USB 3.1 gen2 on port and your standard headphone and mic jacks also I almost forgot you can use their magnetic puck as he convenient headphone hanger - okay so let's finally talk about thermals in their h200 and the test system that I'm using here is the same that I've always used for ATX cases to keep things consistent the only thing that changes between the cases is the CPU cooler as we are testing the cooling potential of each case not just airflow in this case we are testing with the be quiet dark rock 4 and the NZXT kraken x 52 lastly the system consists of a deleted 8700 k @ na TTI SC - 16 gigabytes of 32 hundred megahertz memory and a z3 70 m motherboard so starting off with CPU thermals and since we are using both quite powerful CPU coolers we do end up on the upper end of the stack taking a look at the water-cooled configuration first we can compare how the exact same system and cooler does in other smaller cases like the N case m1 and the ghost s1 the ghost s1 is slightly warmer than the H 200 mostly because the radiator fans have to pull air through the entire case on their own and exhausting that air is not assisted like it is in the H 200 the N case m1 though does demonstrate better airflow performance when compared to the larger NZXT h 200 as when paired with the same amount of fans it's a lot more effective in displacing that hot air inside the case due to its low volume the NZXT h 200 does have the step-up when it comes to air cooling though and I saw the be quiet darker for significantly cooler than any other air-cooled configuration in the stack keep in mind that you can mount even larger coolers in the H 200 like we mentioned previously and this is something that I'm looking for to testing down the road onto GPU thermals now and here we have the 1080 TI sitting at 72 degrees C in the age 200 towards the warmer end of the stack when compared to other ITX cases for reference on an open test bench this card will sit at around 64 degrees C with the fan speed on auto the warmer result is likely due to the ATX power supply being used in the age 200 and a blocking potential airflow which would otherwise be pulled through that ventilated power supply shroud okay so what do we think of the NZXT h 200 well it's far from his small form-factor case at 26.1 liters it's not going to fit in your carry-on luggage and lugging it to land parties is not going to be as easy as other ITX options having said that for a desktop system I have no problem recommending the NZXT H 200 for those who want to build an ITX system and are concerned too much about space optimization like myself so yes it is much larger than the majority of our TX cases but with that there are a few benefits the support for larger tower air coolers is an important one support for for drive slots is another and a dual a i/o configuration like I mentioned earlier could be something that's quite interesting so in closing if you are looking to build an ITX system I would always suggest looking at the more space optimized enclosures first like the N case on one the DNA four or even more affordable alternatives like the note or two or the SD 13 which are still a lot more compact with what you get with the H 200 after all that is the point of putting an ITF system in the first place it's to build compact having said that if you don't mind a larger tower but you don't exactly want to build in a micro ATX or an ATX tower the NZXT 8200 certainly fits that gap between the really space optimized enclosures and you know the real general common micro ATX and ATX towers it is quite a nice looking case and its really forgiving when it comes to hardware configurations as well I will drop some links in the description if you want to pick one up as always guys a huge thanks for watching consider subscribing down below if you haven't already and I'll see you on the next onehey guys hope you're doing well and a ton of you have been asking me on my thoughts on NZXT h200 understand it's been out for quite some time now but I figured I'd still like to share my thoughts and my own testing seeing as it is still a very relevant and popular ITX case so today we're going to look at size comparisons Hardware layouts and thermal performance versus several other ITX options so as a bit of an introduction the NZXT h200 is the smallest case made by NZXT and is part of their H series lineup it's an ITX case with a total volume of 26.1 liters and can be had for $89 u.s. in a few different color options for that amount of money you're actually getting some pretty decent value when it comes to build quality it is just still but overall it does feel very strong and premium you do get a nice large tempered glass side panel to showcase all of your hardware on the interior and this is an important design feature to note here also as smaller ATX cases typically have ventilated panels instead we do have some ventilation here too mostly around the front panel it's definitely nothing crazy like you'll see with the mesh fic or anything like that but it is a nice compromise in my opinion between design and airflow you've also got some ventilation on the power supply shroud as well however this will mostly be blocked if you are using an ATX power supply certainly though some ventilation is better than none so a good design choice here by NZXT you've also got an interior bracket which is one of the trademark features for the H Series cases and it's glad to see it a bit more reserved on this smaller interior it wraps nicely around your graphics card hides cable routing behind the motherboard and you can use it to mount reservoirs here for your custom loops too so the main criticism that this case has received since release is that it isn't a true ITX case given how large it is now you guys know that I love space optimized enclosures so you'd probably guess that I would be of the same mindset however despite the h3 100 being both an ITX case and above 20 liters I do believe that it feels a necessary gap in the market but before we get into that discussion let's take a look at some side-by-side comparisons of some other icx cases that i've got on hand so from smallest to largest we have the recently reviewed sky Ridge for mini the soon to be reviewed century 2.0 the DNA for ghost s1 and case m1 street comm da2 and finally the NZXT h 200 so for a case to be blessed with the SFF stamp of approval it does need to be under 20 liters in total volume so of course then the h 200 isn't an s FF case to be fair though exactly call it enormous it is noticeably larger than even the seventeen point five liter street come da - but at the same time hardware compatibility and configuration options are much superior as well here's another side-by-side comparison but this time against ng sixties own H 500 relatively compact ATX mid tower that comes in at forty one point three liters of volume and despite the H 500 being slightly longer and a bit taller both have a width of two hundred and ten millimeters this means that for air cooling both of these cases can accommodate air coolers up to 165 millimeters in height so let's say you want to run some seriously large air coolers from be quiet or knock Toa but you don't need an ATX system the HT 100 does make that possible okay so let's take a look at a few different configuration options in the H 200 that aren't possible in smaller I TX cases starting off with our fully air-cooled build and one which allows for an extremely powerful CPU tower core two 120mm exhaust fans towards the back of the case and two 140 mm intake fans at the front the caller that we're using is the be quiet dark rock 4 which comes in at 160 millimeters in height only with a single fan but do note that the H 200 can accommodate knock tours monster and HD 15 cooler that's a configuration I'd love to test out eventually you can also run a push-pull radiator configuration in the H 200 at the front of the case as you've got a total of 85 millimeters of clearance in the PSU shroud cut out four radiators and fans of course though any radiator orphan added towards the front of the case will subtract from graphics card clearance for maximum graphics card length you've got three hundred and twenty-five millimeters without any fans or radiators at the front 270 millimeters of clearance with a common AIO installed and 245 millimeters when using a standard radiator in push-pull I feel like the most popular configuration will no doubt be a standard front mounted AIO so in this case just make sure your graphics card is shorter than 270 millimeters another powerful configuration would be a dual a i/o setup for the CPU and GPU you just need to make sure that the pump block on your CPU isn't too tall for example when using the Kraken a i/o you won't be able to fit a 120mm radiator at the rear also a graphic card - two slots are of course supported which is standard if it's slightly above that it might be able to squeeze in there but two-and-a-half slot cards that definitely do not fit some other specs worth noting we do have support for ATX power supplies here but an SFX bracket is included by default if that's what you plan on going with instead for storage two two and a half inch drives can be mounted behind the motherboard tray another one on the side of the power supply shroud and a two and a half inch or three and a half inch drive can be mounted on the floor of the case in front of the PSU io is fairly standard - USB 3.1 gen2 on port and your standard headphone and mic jacks also I almost forgot you can use their magnetic puck as he convenient headphone hanger - okay so let's finally talk about thermals in their h200 and the test system that I'm using here is the same that I've always used for ATX cases to keep things consistent the only thing that changes between the cases is the CPU cooler as we are testing the cooling potential of each case not just airflow in this case we are testing with the be quiet dark rock 4 and the NZXT kraken x 52 lastly the system consists of a deleted 8700 k @ na TTI SC - 16 gigabytes of 32 hundred megahertz memory and a z3 70 m motherboard so starting off with CPU thermals and since we are using both quite powerful CPU coolers we do end up on the upper end of the stack taking a look at the water-cooled configuration first we can compare how the exact same system and cooler does in other smaller cases like the N case m1 and the ghost s1 the ghost s1 is slightly warmer than the H 200 mostly because the radiator fans have to pull air through the entire case on their own and exhausting that air is not assisted like it is in the H 200 the N case m1 though does demonstrate better airflow performance when compared to the larger NZXT h 200 as when paired with the same amount of fans it's a lot more effective in displacing that hot air inside the case due to its low volume the NZXT h 200 does have the step-up when it comes to air cooling though and I saw the be quiet darker for significantly cooler than any other air-cooled configuration in the stack keep in mind that you can mount even larger coolers in the H 200 like we mentioned previously and this is something that I'm looking for to testing down the road onto GPU thermals now and here we have the 1080 TI sitting at 72 degrees C in the age 200 towards the warmer end of the stack when compared to other ITX cases for reference on an open test bench this card will sit at around 64 degrees C with the fan speed on auto the warmer result is likely due to the ATX power supply being used in the age 200 and a blocking potential airflow which would otherwise be pulled through that ventilated power supply shroud okay so what do we think of the NZXT h 200 well it's far from his small form-factor case at 26.1 liters it's not going to fit in your carry-on luggage and lugging it to land parties is not going to be as easy as other ITX options having said that for a desktop system I have no problem recommending the NZXT H 200 for those who want to build an ITX system and are concerned too much about space optimization like myself so yes it is much larger than the majority of our TX cases but with that there are a few benefits the support for larger tower air coolers is an important one support for for drive slots is another and a dual a i/o configuration like I mentioned earlier could be something that's quite interesting so in closing if you are looking to build an ITX system I would always suggest looking at the more space optimized enclosures first like the N case on one the DNA four or even more affordable alternatives like the note or two or the SD 13 which are still a lot more compact with what you get with the H 200 after all that is the point of putting an ITF system in the first place it's to build compact having said that if you don't mind a larger tower but you don't exactly want to build in a micro ATX or an ATX tower the NZXT 8200 certainly fits that gap between the really space optimized enclosures and you know the real general common micro ATX and ATX towers it is quite a nice looking case and its really forgiving when it comes to hardware configurations as well I will drop some links in the description if you want to pick one up as always guys a huge thanks for watching consider subscribing down below if you haven't already and I'll see you on the next one\n"