FINALLY! Airflow From NZXT! H510 Flow vs H510

The NZXT H510 has undergone a significant transformation with the introduction of its new "Maxi Pad" variant. The main changes include the addition of a front mesh panel, which significantly improves airflow in the case. This feature was tested with an Intel Core i9-11900K processor and an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card.

For this test, I manually set all fan speeds and recorded the temperature of the intake ambient air. The variable in this test is the airflow on the front of the case. In terms of gaming temperatures, the GPU was running at a very similar temperature in both configurations, although it was slightly cooler in the H510 Maxi Pad setup.

The CPU temperatures, however, made a significant difference. The radiator was getting a lot more fresh air, leading to about 10 degrees lower temperatures on the CPU. This became more evident during stress tests, such as Ida 64 and FurMark, which were run simultaneously for half an hour. In the end, we were getting around 83 degrees Celsius with the standard H510 setup on the GPU and 73 degrees Celsius on the CPU.

In contrast, the H510 Maxi Pad was yielding around 79 degrees Celsius on the GPU and a much cooler 59 degrees Celsius on the CPU. This represents a difference of about 4 degrees Celsius in terms of GPU temperature, which is not insignificant.

It's worth noting that the new case design does have some drawbacks. The original H510 had one of the worst coolers ever fitted to a graphics card, which was impressive but ultimately flawed. However, this problem has been addressed in the Maxi Pad variant, making it a much better option for users who value improved airflow and cooling performance.

The NZXT H510 Maxi Pad is now priced at $110, which may seem steep compared to other cases on the market. However, it's worth considering that materials costs have increased significantly due to logistical challenges and material shortages. As a result, competitors are likely to follow suit and increase their prices in the coming months.

At present, however, the H510 Maxi Pad seems like a competitive option, especially when compared to other cases like the Fractal Design Meshify C or the Phanteks Eclipse P400A. While the 4000D Airflow case is currently available for around $95, it's worth noting that the white version of this case is no longer in stock on Newegg, and third-party sellers are charging significantly more.

In conclusion, the NZXT H510 Maxi Pad is a significant improvement over its predecessor, with improved airflow and cooling performance. While its price may be steep at present, it's likely to increase in the coming months. For now, users who value good airflow and cooling performance should consider the H510 Maxi Pad as an option.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enisn't that beautiful this is an nzxt h510 with a mesh front something that i've wanted since they initially launched the h510 back in 1725. now we could harp on nzxt for responding to trends in the case market at a similar rate as continental drift but there's no point because we have it now finally and it's actually a really good implementation look at how easy it is to get the front off unlike some cases where you need to use so much force to get the front off it feels like you're gonna accidentally destabilize switzerland not only that but you can actually see through it there is space for actual air to move through the front and it's got a dust filter which you can easily remove and clean so what we're going to do in today's video let me just put that back again to illustrate how easy that is but what we're going to do in today's video is i'm going to build a high-end system with many tdps in it to see how it handles it compared to the previous version of the nzxt h510 i'm not going to compare it to a bunch of other cases on the market in terms of thermals because unfortunately i don't have standardized temperature test results for every case on the market now along with the case that nzxt did send out for this video they also sent this which is the new white version of their kraken aio it should functionally be the same it's just in white oh that that does look white comes with some some nice looking white fans ooh and some some more white now having a look at the inside of the flow which i just realized kind of makes it sound like a feminine hygiene product it's just an nzxt h510 which is a good thing you know it's a nice case to build in and it has a proven track record of not spontaneously combusting which is comforting for a new nzxt product so what is it like to build in the h510 tampon um well it's an h510 so you've probably built in one before uh there's not much to say about it it is a very nice case to build in and it has one of my favorite features on a case that i don't know why everyone else doesn't also do the front panel connectors aren't like a bunch of little annoying thingies but it's like one solid just thing that you can stick in and i love that i am very excited about that every time i build in the h510 so yeah it's a really good case although it does also carry over some of the niggles of the standard h510 again obviously because it's the same case uh radiator support for example this case does technically support a 280 millimeter radiator and you can get it in there but it's kind of like getting a massive container ship through the sewers canal yes it's technically possible but you need to be very patient skilled and sober while doing it because invariably the tubes of the aio catches on the like cable management cover which is a bit annoying and it makes it difficult to maneuver in and if you have the fans on the same side of the mounting bracket as the radiator then it's not going to fit in so you need to move it to the front on the note of that mounting bracket i'm really glad that they kept the removable radiator mounting bracket in the case because it's really nice to use but again it presents problems with a 280 millimeter radiator because when you screw the radiator to it you realize that there's only really airflow cutouts for a 240 millimeter radiator so then all of the additional radiator surface area is pretty much just blocked off by metal making it kind of pointless which means its radiator support is quite a bit worse than the competition other than that though the building experience does hold up very well these days and now it has airflow so it's better i'm excited on that note let's see how much of a temperature difference that mesh on the front makes with the h510 now for these tests i used an 11900k which was drawing about 150 watts through the tests and then i'm also using the rx 5700 xt waifu card which you've been seeing it looks amazing in this build but that graphics card has one of the worst coolers ever fitted to a graphics card on it for some reason it looks impressive it's nice and big and it's got fans and stuff but it's it's terrible so bear that in mind uh anyway i manually set all the fan speeds and i was recording the temperature of the intake ambient air so the variable in this test is the airflow on the front of the case now in terms of gaming temperatures uh the gpu is running at a very similar temperature in both configurations although it was a little bit cooler in the h510 tampon whereas the cpu temperatures made a big difference that radiator was getting a lot more fresh air which led to about 10 degrees lower temperatures on the cpu which is good and this becomes more evident in the stress test situation so here i was running both ida 64 and fermark at the same time for a half an hour test and at the end of the test we were getting about 83 degrees celsius with the standard h510 on the gpu and 73 degrees celsius on the cpu whereas with the new case we were getting about 79 degrees celsius which isn't a huge difference it's about 4 degrees celsius but in terms of cpu we're all the way down to about 59 degrees celsius so that is more than 10 degrees cooler just by having that front mesh in there which shows you that everybody that was complaining about the airflow characteristics of this version of the case um it makes sense airflow helps it makes for just better pc temperatures so at the end of the day it is an h510 that now has airflow so it is really good i am very glad that they finally did it the temperatures are better it is now a much better case that does have a bit of a problem um and the problem makes sense but it's that the case is gonna cost a hundred and ten dollars when it's available in mid-october which is quite a lot more than this version of the case now nzxt explains the problem and it makes sense currently logistics is a nightmare and there's just a continually increased material cost which means that selling cases at their previous lower prices is becoming increasingly difficult and i think over the next couple of months the competitors took the h510 tampon are also going to slowly increase in price uh but at the moment that 110 dollar price does seem quite steep compared to something like a 4000 d airflow which you can buy for about 85 dollars at the moment i think 95. i just wait let me just go check oh yes 95 so at the moment on newegg the 4000d airflow is selling for like 95 and in my opinion the 4000d airflow is a bit of a better case because it's got better radiator support and stuff if you don't care about the radiator support you can kind of just go based on aesthetics but that is less than 110 however you can only get the black version of the airflow case for 95 and they don't have stock of the white version of the airflow case anymore so the only way to get it on newegg is by buying it from like third-party sellers on newegg and they're selling them for like 130 for the airflow version of the white 4000d so that kind of makes me think that yeah case prices are going to be climbing over the next couple of months and we need to bear that in mind so 110 may actually be a pretty good price so i guess we'll see what happens i can't tell the future maybe it's going to be a very reasonable price in a couple of months maybe not we we just have to see what happens but with that let me know down in the comment section below what you think of the new h510 maxi pad i think now it's a lot more competitive than it was in in this configuration and yeah good job good job i'm excited about it thank you very much for watching and until the next video byeisn't that beautiful this is an nzxt h510 with a mesh front something that i've wanted since they initially launched the h510 back in 1725. now we could harp on nzxt for responding to trends in the case market at a similar rate as continental drift but there's no point because we have it now finally and it's actually a really good implementation look at how easy it is to get the front off unlike some cases where you need to use so much force to get the front off it feels like you're gonna accidentally destabilize switzerland not only that but you can actually see through it there is space for actual air to move through the front and it's got a dust filter which you can easily remove and clean so what we're going to do in today's video let me just put that back again to illustrate how easy that is but what we're going to do in today's video is i'm going to build a high-end system with many tdps in it to see how it handles it compared to the previous version of the nzxt h510 i'm not going to compare it to a bunch of other cases on the market in terms of thermals because unfortunately i don't have standardized temperature test results for every case on the market now along with the case that nzxt did send out for this video they also sent this which is the new white version of their kraken aio it should functionally be the same it's just in white oh that that does look white comes with some some nice looking white fans ooh and some some more white now having a look at the inside of the flow which i just realized kind of makes it sound like a feminine hygiene product it's just an nzxt h510 which is a good thing you know it's a nice case to build in and it has a proven track record of not spontaneously combusting which is comforting for a new nzxt product so what is it like to build in the h510 tampon um well it's an h510 so you've probably built in one before uh there's not much to say about it it is a very nice case to build in and it has one of my favorite features on a case that i don't know why everyone else doesn't also do the front panel connectors aren't like a bunch of little annoying thingies but it's like one solid just thing that you can stick in and i love that i am very excited about that every time i build in the h510 so yeah it's a really good case although it does also carry over some of the niggles of the standard h510 again obviously because it's the same case uh radiator support for example this case does technically support a 280 millimeter radiator and you can get it in there but it's kind of like getting a massive container ship through the sewers canal yes it's technically possible but you need to be very patient skilled and sober while doing it because invariably the tubes of the aio catches on the like cable management cover which is a bit annoying and it makes it difficult to maneuver in and if you have the fans on the same side of the mounting bracket as the radiator then it's not going to fit in so you need to move it to the front on the note of that mounting bracket i'm really glad that they kept the removable radiator mounting bracket in the case because it's really nice to use but again it presents problems with a 280 millimeter radiator because when you screw the radiator to it you realize that there's only really airflow cutouts for a 240 millimeter radiator so then all of the additional radiator surface area is pretty much just blocked off by metal making it kind of pointless which means its radiator support is quite a bit worse than the competition other than that though the building experience does hold up very well these days and now it has airflow so it's better i'm excited on that note let's see how much of a temperature difference that mesh on the front makes with the h510 now for these tests i used an 11900k which was drawing about 150 watts through the tests and then i'm also using the rx 5700 xt waifu card which you've been seeing it looks amazing in this build but that graphics card has one of the worst coolers ever fitted to a graphics card on it for some reason it looks impressive it's nice and big and it's got fans and stuff but it's it's terrible so bear that in mind uh anyway i manually set all the fan speeds and i was recording the temperature of the intake ambient air so the variable in this test is the airflow on the front of the case now in terms of gaming temperatures uh the gpu is running at a very similar temperature in both configurations although it was a little bit cooler in the h510 tampon whereas the cpu temperatures made a big difference that radiator was getting a lot more fresh air which led to about 10 degrees lower temperatures on the cpu which is good and this becomes more evident in the stress test situation so here i was running both ida 64 and fermark at the same time for a half an hour test and at the end of the test we were getting about 83 degrees celsius with the standard h510 on the gpu and 73 degrees celsius on the cpu whereas with the new case we were getting about 79 degrees celsius which isn't a huge difference it's about 4 degrees celsius but in terms of cpu we're all the way down to about 59 degrees celsius so that is more than 10 degrees cooler just by having that front mesh in there which shows you that everybody that was complaining about the airflow characteristics of this version of the case um it makes sense airflow helps it makes for just better pc temperatures so at the end of the day it is an h510 that now has airflow so it is really good i am very glad that they finally did it the temperatures are better it is now a much better case that does have a bit of a problem um and the problem makes sense but it's that the case is gonna cost a hundred and ten dollars when it's available in mid-october which is quite a lot more than this version of the case now nzxt explains the problem and it makes sense currently logistics is a nightmare and there's just a continually increased material cost which means that selling cases at their previous lower prices is becoming increasingly difficult and i think over the next couple of months the competitors took the h510 tampon are also going to slowly increase in price uh but at the moment that 110 dollar price does seem quite steep compared to something like a 4000 d airflow which you can buy for about 85 dollars at the moment i think 95. i just wait let me just go check oh yes 95 so at the moment on newegg the 4000d airflow is selling for like 95 and in my opinion the 4000d airflow is a bit of a better case because it's got better radiator support and stuff if you don't care about the radiator support you can kind of just go based on aesthetics but that is less than 110 however you can only get the black version of the airflow case for 95 and they don't have stock of the white version of the airflow case anymore so the only way to get it on newegg is by buying it from like third-party sellers on newegg and they're selling them for like 130 for the airflow version of the white 4000d so that kind of makes me think that yeah case prices are going to be climbing over the next couple of months and we need to bear that in mind so 110 may actually be a pretty good price so i guess we'll see what happens i can't tell the future maybe it's going to be a very reasonable price in a couple of months maybe not we we just have to see what happens but with that let me know down in the comment section below what you think of the new h510 maxi pad i think now it's a lot more competitive than it was in in this configuration and yeah good job good job i'm excited about it thank you very much for watching and until the next video bye