NZXT H630 Ultra Tower Chassis Review

This chassis really is something quite special and it’s also quite a site to behold given it’s overall size and simple, yet bold design. Overall it actually looks fantastic in my opinion and it’s one of the best chassis I’ve ever worked with, it’s as simple as that.

Ok so it’s big white design does make it look like a desktop dishwasher at times, but NZXT have managed to make something simplistic (on the exterior only of course), with plain panels, a smooth white finish, that is quiet in terms of performance… but it’s freaking huge and stands out like a big white elephant, it’s an amazing battle between subtlety and showing off and I’m not sure who is winning, although I’ll take a guess at showing off.

The cooling capabilities of this chassis are simply mind blowing and I can’t wait to see what happens once the modding community gets their hands on it, given that NZXT chassis have already proven a popular target for specialist builds. The fact that you can have four 200mm fans in this system is amazing and some people will be yelling “WHY?” and the answer is simple, super low RPM. Having big fans means you can move more air at slower RPM, slower RPM = less noise and that is the whole point of this design.

The thick sound proofing, extensive fan mounts with nicely placed air intakes that don’t break from the clean exterior finish, room for a colossal amount of storage options dependent on how crazy you go with radiator installations, more than enough room for a quadrilogy of graphics cards, large motherboards, some of the most extensive cable management options on the market, not to mention cable management space behind the motherboard, room for large power supplies, removable dust filters, a fan connection hub, the list is seemingly endless when it comes to features and when you take all of it into consideration, the £120 price actually seems like some what of a bargain compared to that of the Switch 810 and the Phantom 630 or 820.

When it comes to a silent build you have a few choices, but when it comes to wanting extreme performance and a silent build, your quite limited in terms of chassis design and while I reserve that ANY chassis can be turned into a silent build, the same can’t be said for every component on the market, especially high end GPU / CPU combinations. Yet while I hold that both the Nanoxia DS-1 and the Fractal Define R2 are two of the greatest chassis ever made (although quite similar), I think that NZXT have just released not only one of the greatest chassis they’ve ever made, but also one of the greatest chassis ever, although I’m not sure what the best ever is, I certainly have a shortlist of favourites and the H630 is on there.

The style isn’t going to be to everyones taste, that’s for sure, but personally I love it. I’m also fairly sure not everyone is going to be a fan of the high price either, but remember that price brings with it an extensive feature set, exceptional build quality and thick steel panels, all of which are painted with thick gloss paint and features smooth edges, backed up by a 2 year warranty from NZXT, suddenly £120 sounds like a pretty good deal to me.