NZXT Phantom ATX Full Tower Case - White (PHAN-001WT)

I'll be honest, it's the best case I've ever owned. Tons of features, lots of room and exceptional style.Now, that being said, I want to go through the order I installed my components in the case. Hopefully this will help others in the future who purchase this for their builds.1. There are six thumb screws on the back of the case. Mine were very tight and had to be loosened with a standard phillips head screwdriver before I could untwist them with my hand. I took the top two and the bottom two out and didn't put them back in. The middle screws just needed to be loosened slightly then pushed downwards. They are spring loaded to allow the front and back panels to swing outwards. There is no need to remove them completely.2. I opened the front panel and removed it completely. When swung all the way out, it falls away easily. There are no latches or screws to untwist. It's a very unique but efficient design.3. In the bottom front right SSD slot is a box with instructions and bags of screws in it. Go ahead and remove that. Open the box and take the screws out. Look through the instructions and familiarize yourself with the inside of the case and plan in your head how you want things laid out. This step is especially important if you are installing a water-cooling system.4. I installed the spacer nuts in the case. If you look carefully (I needed extra light for this) the back of the case has notations for different motherboard sizes. The screw holes are designated with letters. For me, I have an ATX motherboard and so I installed the spacers in the holes that had the letter A beside them. All of this is clearly explained with documentation that is etched into the metal itself inside the case. Grab a lamp or flashlight and shine it inside and you will be able to read it.5. I installed my motherboard by screwing hexagonal screws into the spacers. Plenty are included in the box I mentioned a moment ago.6. I installed my PCI-E cards (my graphics and sound cards) into the motherboard. I had to remove some of the PCI slot mesh bars in order to do so. My graphics card (MSI NVidia GTX 980 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OD38516/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) required me to remove two of these before it would fit.7. I put my PSU in and secured it with screws on the back of the case.8. In the bottom of the case is a hole where all of the case wiring comes through. I took off the back case panel and pushed the PCI-E power cords, the main motherboard power cord, and the SATA power cord from my PSU through this hole and brought them back through the grommets on the case. This allowed me to plug them in while maintaining excellent cable management inside my case.9. I plugged in the secondary power cable to my motherboard, hooked up the SATA info cables to my motherboard, and plugged in the Power, Reset, USB and other assorted case cables to my motherboard. Your motherboard should include instructions on where all of these connect.10. I plugged in my case fans to the corresponding two pins. Each cable includes a small diagram of which fan it's for. They also correspond with the fan control sliders on the top of the case. Then I plugged in the standard molex connector that powers the fan systems.11. Lastly, I slid the doors back on, secured the back thumbscrews, plugged in my monitors, sound cables, mouse, keyboard, etc. then plugged in the PSU and hit the power button.The case is beautiful, the build was very easy, and it works great. Also, my case came with a USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 slots on the top of the case.The sliders on the top will both lessen the speed of your fans and dim their LEDs, if they have any.

Looks -When scrolling through the pages of full size towers, I was immediately drawn to the look of the Phantom, and once I received it in the mail, I was not disappointed. Get compliments on it regularly. This thing has serious style without being too over the top.Noise -I'm currently running it with all stock fans, plus an additional 200 mm in the side position, and it is still extremely quiet. I've never had such a large case, so I was worried about it being loud but I've been extremely pleasantly surprised by how quiet it runs. Except under a heavy load, all you can hear is the quiet whoosh of air moving, you don't even hear the fans.Disk Space -This thing has a plethora of mounting brackets for hard/disk drives, honestly more than anyone should really need. I ended up removing the second internal bay, and that really opened up the bottom area near my PSU for cable space. The only complaint I have that's really not much of a complaint, is that if you try to mount hard drives with the cables running to the left (as you look at the front of it), they are directly against the two small fan mounts. The reason this isn't a complaint is this case offers excellent versatility for cable management, in the form of rubberized cutouts on the motherboard tray for you to run cables through, so just flip it around and you're good to go. I recommend decently flexible, 90 degree sata cables for your hard drives so they fit well in the case without having to bend them too much.Construction -It's built good and sturdy, the top and front are made of what seems to be good solid plastic, the door on the front is hinged and magnetized to keep it closed. The inside is sturdy and well constructed, I didn't have any out of place screws or brackets, and no scuffing or scratches anywhere on the case, and all screw holes were where they should be and fit well.Component Space -They aren't joking when they call it a full tower case, this baby has room to spare. My build specifications are:Mobo: Asus Z87 PlusCPU: Intel i7-4770k (Currently using stock heat sink, might upgrade to water cooled or another aftermarket sink soon, but regardless of what I do the case has plenty of room for it)Ram: 2x4gb DDR3 Corsair VengeanceGPU: Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-2gbPSU: Corsair Professional HX 750wHDD: 1tb Western Digital Caviar Black, and 128gb Samsung 840 Pro SeriesDVD: Asus 24xDVD-RWThe GTX 770 is a monster of a video card, and it fit inside with 0 problems. If I were to try and fit another big card in there it might get pretty tight, but only right there on the Motherboard. With careful maneuvering you should be able to fit two large cards, and definitely fit any 2 medium sized with no problem, and the rest of the chassis is wide open with plenty of room for cables.Everything considered, I'm extremely happy with this case. I would definitely recommend to anyone planning a new build with good components.Note - The screws and extra brackets are contained in a thin white box that is placed inside one of the hard drive bays, when I opened the case the white blended in so well I had a minor panic attack when I thought it hadn't come with any of the screws. Take deep breaths and look in there, it's easy to miss at first lol