r/NZXT

9850X3D

ROG Crosshair X870E Hero

ROG Astral 5090 OC

G.Skill DDR5 64gb 6000mhz CL30

Corsair MP700 Pro Nvme Gen 5 2tb

Kingston KC3000 Gen 4 2tb

Corsair 1200W HXi

Hey guys. Looooong time lurker, first time poster on r/sffpc.

When I saw the NZXT flow for the first time a couple months ago, I knew I wanted to do a "cool" gaming build in it, meaning selecting parts that are interesting to me for one reason or another vs going for what's "meta". That's how I ended up with a Core Ultra 5 250k Plus and a B580 build. All I play is Overwatch on a 240hz 1080p panel, so as long as the build can handle that I'm happy!
I also recently saw this interview where the creators of the NZXT case were asked if they would consider making a mesh panel to replace the tempered glass that covers the CPU area of the case, and their response was:
"strapping on an air cooler at this point it just seems... y'know, the pros of it just dont seem all too great."

Okie dokie.

So anyway, I went ahead and designed a custom mesh side panel that matches the cases aesthetics. I didn't want or need a liquid cooler for this build. The 67mm tall Thermalright cooler is doing great in synthetic workloads and gaming with the chosen CPU at stock settings.

Also side note:
For those who have built into this case, is it just me, or are the factory intended cable tie-down points kinda stupid? I prefer my "automotive wiring harness" inspired cable management lol.

Specs

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 250k Plus (New)
• CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP120-X67 (custom mesh panel to allow this guy to breathe)
• Motherboard: ROG STRIX Z890-I GAMING WIFI (FB Marketplace score, used)
• Memory (RAM): 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 (Just what I already had)
• Storage (SSD): Samsung 970 500gb (Used)
• Graphics Card (GPU): Intel B580 (Bought it new 'cause I thought it was cool, but haven't had a chance to use it until now 😄)
• Power Supply (PSU): Lian Li Sp750 (Used)
• Case: NZXT H2 Flow
• Case Fans: Stock plus 2 random 140mm NZXT fans I had around

I know this is a bit choosy beggarish but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask for a PSU upgrade after the c1000 melted my 5090 ( I def made it clear I was ready to pay the difference when I made the request, I asked if it was possible and how we could go about it if it was). 12:45pm today I get an email saying they got the approval and asking which model I would like, I reply with the model and then at 3pm I get an email saying they're sorry but they can't approve my request... it's not even different reps, now I really wanna know what happened to poor Juan between 12:45pm and 3pm...

I couldn’t resist anymore and finally upgraded to new Lian Li fans – and now I’m officially part of the Lian Li cult 😅

And honestly? I’m so happy with them. These are probably the most beautiful fans I’ve ever seen in a PC build.

Temps got a little bit better too, but the biggest thing for me is the noise level. In idle, my PC is basically silent now.

What’s funny is that I finally understand what people mean when they talk about “pump noise.” Before this, I literally never noticed it because the rest of my system was louder 😅

Absolutely loving the upgrade so far.

built this several years ago, but never shared it on reddit. still very proud of it and glad that i was able to at all. :)

About 6 months into my build (no issues) and cam just stopped monitoring my pc, and the kraken won’t display said read-outs.

I know from consensus posting it seems to be the latest windows update, I had factory reset my PC thinking it was something I did.
If anyone has any fix recommendations I would greatly appreciate it.

Motherboard : GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO ICE AM5 LGA 1718
CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - Ryzen 7 9000 Series Zen 5 8-Core 5.2 GHz
Ram : G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model F5-6000J3036G32GX2-TZ5NRW
GPU : 3070 TI FE
SSD : SAMSUNG SSD 990 PRO 4TB
PSU : CORSAIR RM1000e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply
AIO: Kraken z73 360.

Finally got the kraken elite and its awesome

Went to microcenter over the weekend and picked up some parts to make my girlfriend’s pc match mine, a mini-me.

For anyone thinking of whether to get the H6 Flow or the H9 flow, get whatever you like most, both are fantastic cases.

I finally decided to upgrade my pc, while building it, I had to replace my old motherboard (msi pro b760m-a wifi DDR4) because it wouldn’t post and detect a ram slot due to a bent pin (even though it worked the whole time before even with the bent pin) and I couldn’t fix it. I got myself the arctic freezer iii 360 pro with this build too and I can honesty say I’m so happy with the final outcome.

GPU - Zotac RTX 3080 Amp Holo

CPU - i7 14700kf

CPU Cooler - Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360

RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb (4x8)

MOBO - B760 Gaming Plus Wifi DDR4

CASE - HZXT H6 Flow with 2 Arctic p14 pro fans and 4 Arctic p12 pro fans

SSD - Crucial P310 2TB

PSU - Corsair RM750e

Just added Lian Li 8.8 LCD Screen to my RTX 5090 OC, 9950 X3D build

I turned the NZXT Kraken LCD into a fully customizable “Now Playing” display 👀

NZXT-ESC can now show:
• Album covers
• Song title / artist / album
• Auto-hide when music stops
• Browser audio support (YouTube, Chrome, Firefox, etc.)
• Spotify + basically anything exposing media info to Windows

And the best part?
It all works together with existing overlays like CPU/GPU temps, RAM usage, GIFs, videos, clocks, and more all inside the same layer-based layout system

This update uses my companion app: NowPlaying.WebSocket.

Real-time audio visualizers reacting to your music are already in development too

Still polishing things and there may be some bugs, but I’m really excited to finally share this feature

Github: https://github.com/mrgogo7/nzxt-esc/
Demo & Web Integration URL: https://nzxt-esc.pages.dev/

Built this last week really great case to build in and hides cables well

Just finished doing a rebuild in the updated H9 Flow. The case is great to build with, plenty of room to work with and cable management is a breeze.

I managed to squeeze 2 fans in the rear exhaust area. I've got 2 more reverse fans on the way to replace the ones in there now. Overall I'm very happy with out it came out.

Edit: I miss spoke originally, currently the rear 2 fans are reverse fans blowing out and I have standard fans on the way.

A few months ago the leds on my front fans just stopped turning on. Fans still turn ok, I just have no lights. No options for them in GCC either which is weird because there used to be.

Gigabyte B650 motherboard if that matters.