NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: -Beautiful
-Sleek
-Stylish
-Quiet
-Functional
-Cold

This beautiful case is the pinnacle of my gaming rig. It practically defines my work space. It's big, beautiful, quiet, and keeps my system cool.

Cons: Not a single thing at all.

Other Thoughts: I would definitely buy another case from NZXT. Because of a social status thing I wouldn't recommend a friend to get this case, however I would recommend them getting the same model or going to NZXT for their case needs.

Absolutely amazed. 6/5 eggs.

Pros: A lot of room for hardware, air flow, and cable management. Easy 5.25" bays with the clip design. A lot of air flow with the amount of fans that can be installed. Option to have many hard drives.

Cons: The plastic trays that the hard drives go into are annoying. They have small metal pins that poke into the screw holes on the hard drives and it is annoying to get them in, but not enough to rate any lower.

Other Thoughts: I just wish that the case came with a 200mm side panel fan, you don't really need the front fan though.

Pros: Great looking case, lots of room.

Cons: The only thing I can say is a con is the paint. It chips fairly easily and it's sprayed on so thick it makes it hard to get the sides off, which then causes more chipping.

Other Thoughts: I was hoping I would have a fairly unique case within the people I knew, come to find out after I get I know several people that already have one. Not a bad thing, just goes to show popular this case actually is.

Pros: The case has lots of room, which makes for great air flow, and pretty much anything else. I like the white and black coloring; it reminds me of storm troopers helmet, but the front resembles boba fetts helment; to me at least. All fan switches work just fine and the grommets are very convenient.

Cons: I cant find any cons for this one

Other Thoughts: Get it if you want; its up to you. But I enjoy this case, just remember it is a full size tower, its not too heavy and it was not too expensive. Look for video reviews for a better concept of the case.

Pros: -Nice looking design
-Huge fans to keep everything cool (probably the biggest plus)
-Fan control
-Cable control
-Tons of room
-Not flimsy

Cons: -I was lost when it came time to plug in the case fans. Didnt know all I had to do was plug the power in...thought I had to plug each individual fan into something.
-The HDD bay didnt seat my regular western digi black 1tb HD properly. I could only get one set of "snappers" in. Not sure why...this frustrated me the most out of this whole thing and probably keeps this from a 4 egg rating.

Other Thoughts: Id buy again, now that I know what to expect. Im sure this case will be great.

Pros: -The design is sleek
-It has enough room for almost anything you want
-comes with water cooling cutouts plus screw hows and a mounting mechanism for a radiator on top where the 200mm fans go.

Cons: -None this case is stylish and cheap

Other Thoughts: I wish the five hard drive bay could be shortened so I could fit a radiator down there instead of on top because the 200mm fan make the case look much better than having 2 1400mm fans on the top for the radiator.

Pros: This case is absolutely massive. I found it hard to picture the size just from the pictures but it just arrived and it comes up to about mid-thigh (I'm 6'2").

Cons: None that I can see but I'm still waiting on a few parts to arrive from NewEgg to start assembly of my computer.

Other Thoughts: I'll update this later if I can after I have it built and running.

Pros: best air flow
comes with 4 fans (in total you can install 3 extra fans)
good for water cooling system
2.0 and 3.0 USB ports

Cons: USB ports are on top of the case (depends on your references)

Pros: To start this is a full size case which supports up to ATX motherboards. The case is fairly decent room wise and supports a number of fans. Before i continue to anything else, ill briefly go into details with the fans. First, there is a button on the back of the case that turns the led on/off on the 1 x 200mm top led fan. That fan is also discontinued so make sure the revised version will work through the nzxt staff. In addition, you can add another 200mm fan up top, a 200mm on the side (there are two 120mm fans included on the same side as 200mm side fan), a 140mm in front, and your standard 120mm back. You have ample 7+ HDD/SSD trays and 5 trays for any CD- rom drives. ( SSD mount up to the HDD brackets fyi). It does include water outlets for water cooling along with brackets to hold a radiator up top. Plenty of outlets for cable management. Also. On top of all that the case is labeled fairly well so you know where exactly to place your motherboard and where your fans connect to the fan controller. Great air cooling case.

Cons: Alot of its pros are its cons... Ample amount of fans but that side 200mm fan will kill you. Not only does it disturb air flow, but you can forget about it if youre using a Large heat sink fan. Then comes the top 200mm fans.... when you are watercooling you use included brackets for radiator placement. You can forget about push/pull unless your memory doesnt have large heat sinks or you ditch the two top 200mm fans up top which ive seen people do and it looks horrible. The ample amount of HDD/SSD trays are room killers... two columns equal to no future modifications.. oh and the second column sits right up underneath an ATX board so be careful what you decide to place on it.

No second 200mm LED fan ... sucks cause the one in the case is discontinued and the newer looks horribly different.. so if asthetics are important that will irritate you.

Other Thoughts: Personally, id purchase this case for AIR COOLING only with no future plans of liquid cooling. The lack of space up top and non existent space at the bottom you'll be fairly limited in cooling other than a closed loop AIO unit. Largest unit you could fit would be a dual 120 radiator if that helps you out. Great case for hsf users... horrible for liquid cooling.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello there!

I'd just like to thank you for being an NZXT customer

And we love to hear the feedback! we always strive to make our products the best! if you ever have any questions feel free to visit us at http://www.nzxt.com/support/

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NZXT Support

Pros: Good looking case.

Cons: The first problem was that the psu would not fit into the case because of a ridiculous piece of metal that would not allow the psu in. Once I devised a way to fit it in, hanging by 3 screws, I tried to take the top of the case off. I could not get the top off because some of the grommets holding the top on were broken. The next problem was that my radiator would not fit into the case, the curious part being that it was an NZXT radiator.

Other Thoughts: I will be trying to send this case back, even though I doubt it will be taken back. I am going to the store tomorrow to purchase a Corsair case.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi Tom,

We are sorry to hear about your difficulties in working with our Phantom case. Please note that we are always available to help you with any questions at URL: http://nzxt.com/support, either via submitting a ticket or live chat. We are also available by phone at : 1-800-228-9395. If you still happen to have your Phantom case and would like assistance, please contact us! One of our customer service representatives would be happy to help (and will be curious as to which power supply you are trying to install).

Sincerely,
NZXT. Staff