You get enough for the maximum hardware you can install into the case, which include two 6/8-pin PCIe power connectors, a single 8-pin CPU connector, 24-pin ATX connector and a pair of SATA power connectors. However, this undoubtedly does have an impact on cooling, since the CPU cooler and open GPU coolers will vent air both towards the mesh side panel and glass one, failing to exhaust out the latter.Įvery cable is pre-installed and neatly routed around the chassis so there's zero tidying to be done, although some were a little tight. The glass panel resides over the outer edge of the graphics card so that any LEDs, such as those on GeForce RTX cards, shine through. The separate side panels pop into place and are quite stiff to remove, but in a sturdy kind of way. With no option for expanding the cooling further and only that single 140mm fan mount, we think it's justified in its choice here.Īs you can see above, the chassis is sandwiched between a trio of external panels, with one of these being glass, another a mesh, and a large U-shape twin mesh with holes in the roof that fit over the power button, USB 3.0, USB 3.1 Type-C port and single audio port. There's a small gap between the CPU and side panel - less than 100mm - and given it's entirely possible to power a 16- or even 18-core CPU system inside the H1 these days, NZXT has maximised the use of space with the AIO cooler. If you're already a mini-ITX fan then you may well already have an SFX PSU, but the cooler is included out of necessity. There are no plans to ship a vacant case, so for now this is the only SKU. The main reasons are the fact that NZXT includes a 140mm AIO liquid cooler as well as a 650W SFX-L PSU. However, that's actually only a small part of the price tag. NZXT won't sell nearly as many as the mainstream H500-series cases, either. At £300, it's an expensive mini beast, but that's thanks to the added R&D that goes into a case like this. It looks stunning in person, but whether you should actually buy one is an entirely different matter. We're seeing mini-ITX at its best, with manufacturers forced to come up with new designs and the H1 is set to take its place in that line-up. Recently, mini-ITX has seen a bit of a resurgence, but long gone are the downsized micro-ATX towers. NZXT has only offered a handful of sub-ATX cases in its history and old timers out there will probably remember the likes of the Rogue and Vulcan, with the former sprouting numerous interesting mini-ITX case mods.