NZXT has teamed up with Bethesda to bring you the H700 in an all-new flavor. Introducing the H700 Nuka-Cola, straight from the masterminds at the Nuka-Cola Corporation. Featuring atomic flavors, battle worn aesthetics, and the renowned pin-up artwork that withstood the test of time. You can house your PC components in your very own Nuka-Cola machine. Available for a limited production only! As for the aesthetics, we must say, this is one of the most beautiful cases ever designed. The solid front panel looks just beautiful and provides a very unique look, being on the desk. The front panel is not glossy and presents a beautiful grainy texture. One can notice the “NZXT” written at the bottom area of the front panel, whose absence would have made the front rather too simple. The feet of the case can also be seen from the front and are responsible for quite a gap down there. NZXT H700i Front View NZXT H700i Front Interior More easily spotted on the colored versions are the ventilation holes found on the edge of the case. Situated along the top and front of the H700, these tiny gaps should have a positive effect on any fans mounted there. Design-wise, they also look nice, which is obviously a big deal for a case like this! NZXT H700 Review – Cables? What Cables?

Done right, the H700 gives you the tools you need to create a very clean look. I’ve already declared my love for the cable management bar, but I’ll happily reiterate that it does a lot to set this case apart from the competition. There is ample room for cables to pass through to the motherboard, and it’s all kept looking very tidy. GPU temperatures are also comparatively good-to-average, depending. The H700i is positioned at about 52.5C delta T for the GPU temperature, positioning it between the Shogun and S340 Elite. We already know that the venting in the PSU shroud isn’t directly beneficial to our GPU thermals with this card, but it could help with other devices, and will certainly aid in hard drive cooling and overall airflow throughout the case. No need to fully compartmentalize the PSU and its cables. NZXT H700i 3DMark BenchmarkCAM does some pretty stupid things, like throw arbitrary errors about system component temperatures which are completely acceptable: We cannot say enough good things about the overall build quality and attention to detail within the case; unfortunately, we also can’t say enough bad things about the smart device, which plays the role of foil to the case. Otherwise, the H710i features a lot of the same features as the NZXT H700i. Plenty of intuitive cable cutouts and passthroughs, a roomy interior, quality finishes on all of the folded steel, and a lot of versatility as to where you can run your cables. Rear Cable Management and HDDs Above: It started making some actual progress once SystemInfoHelper pitched in. Until then, we were at 80% from CAM, and that was about it -- no progress. For GPU thermals, we start with torture thermals consisting only of the H700i. The case exhibited only a 5-6C reduction from removing the front panel, and taping over the PSU shroud’s ventilation did not create any meaningful change in performance. NZXT H700i GPU Torture Comparison

Alongside the H700 Nuka-Cola, NZXT also announced an optional Nuka-Cola all-metal cover for their N7 Z370 motherboard* to complete the ultimate Fallout-themed build. The Nuka-Cola N7 all-metal cover will be limited to 400 pieces. When it comes to installing storage, there are a total of five locations for SSDs. Three of these are situated atop the PSU shroud, putting that fast storage proudly on display. The other two are hidden away behind the motherboard, entirely out of sight. Also hidden from view, but this time beneath the PSU shroud, are two 3.5” drive cages, reserved for the less prestigious storage options. Iconic cable management bar, and uninterrupted tempered-glass side panel to showcase stunning RGB builds.Los Angeles, CA – August 8, 2018 – NZXT today announced a partnership with Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, to deliver the first officially licensed Fallout-themed computer case, the H700 Nuka-Cola. The H700 Nuka-Cola serves as the second entry in NZXT’s new CRFT line of custom crafted limited edition gaming products. To explain how the smart device works, because NZXT’s UI & UX trips over itself during the explanation, it’s something like this:

Of course, if you are looking to buy the H700, you are probably also looking at going with an AIO from the outset, and that’s great as radiators going up to 360 mm are supported. Both the front and top of the case boast great mounting options, which also make the H700 a great candidate for enthusiasts looking to push things even further with custom water cooling. The tempered glass side panel is a must-have these days, and the muted design of the rest of the case really helps focus attention on the internals. Less visually appealing components like hard drives and the power supply are hidden away under the power supply shroud, allowing the motherboard, CPU cooler, graphics card/s, and array of SSDs to hog the spotlight. There is a lot of potential here for RGB fanatics, though you will have to buy LED strips separately. At this speed the CPU averaged 54.4C dT, not too far above baseline and better than the rest of the cases on this limited chart other than the Phanteks P400A. Despite the turbulence problems we had with the H510 Elite, NZXT’s fans proved fairly quiet in this enclosure.Released in a limited quantity of 2,000, the custom designed variant of NZXT’s popular H series, the H700 Nuka-Cola boasts beautiful design work inspired by the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout and its iconic Nuka-Cola soft drink. Prior to load testing, we collect idle temperature results for ten minutes to determine the unloaded cooling performance of a case's fans and air channels. Thermal benchmarking is conducted for 1400 seconds (23 minutes), a period we've determined sufficient for achieving equilibrium. The over-time data is aggregated and will occasionally be compiled into charts, if interesting or relevant. The equilibrium performance is averaged to create the below charts.

The GPU average dT places the H710 between the H500M Mesh and the 570X on the chart. It’s not a bad score, and it’s again a couple degrees cooler than the H700i’s initial result of 52.5C dT. NZXT’s choice to ship with four fans is a valid way of making up the gap between it and cases with better airflow potential. Blender - CPU & GPU Isolated Renders We’ll keep this section very brief since we’ve already reviewed most aspects of this case, but it’s worth mentioning a couple points again. First, the top and front panels are an enormous pain to remove. They’re held on with stiff clips, and the best method for defeating them is to yank the front panel violently from the bottom edge and then yank the top panel violently from the front edge. This MUST be done to remove the front filter, replace fans, or take out the radiator/fan tray at the top of the case, and it runs the risk of snapping the spindly 4.5cm clips or curving the panels and creating a gap between the front and top panels. The fan tray is still very nice, by the way--it’s held in with thumbscrews and can be flipped upside-down to move it higher away from the motherboard, and we’d like to see a similar tray at the front of the case. The H700i Ninja Edition mid-tower case is personally designed by Ninja himself. Excellent for ambitious builds, the H700i Ninja Edition has plenty of space for 360mm AIOs and other premium components while bringing the easy-to-build-in features of the compact H500i case series.Fortunately due to the design of the PSU cover mounting, this shouldn’t be too much of an issue, thanks to those perforated holes. We recommend Phanteks Premium 220mm Riser Cable if you are considering going this route, and remember to install it before your PSU. The PSU shroud is heavily vented. Whereas the S340 had some angled vents cut into the shroud to scoop air from the lowest intake fan into the case, the H700i simply has a big hole, large enough to allow air to flow freely into the interior of the case rather than the PSU (which can cool itself just fine). In addition, the whole surface of the shroud is perforated, which serves the dual purpose of allowing more air to move through the bottom of the case and providing mounting points for the SSD trays. As you can notice, there is a big red bar inside the case, which enhances the cable management and also hides the smart devices. As for the PSU shroud, its design is implemented very nicely and there are a lot of air vents here as well, although they do not seem to make much of a difference (more on that later). Stage 2: CAM hasn’t told you to stop playing the game and hasn’t told you to move on to the next step -- it just does, which is “calibration.” You should close all other applications during the calibration phase. CAM fires-off its own CPU stresser (without telling you) and modulates fan RPM response to determine the best curve. Allegedly. Stage 1: You calibrate idle performance (acoustic vs. thermals), after which CAM prompts the user to play a game.