NZXT Phantom 410 Review (Special ‘Gunmetal’ Edition)

1. Introduction2. NZXT Phantom 4103. NZXT Phantom 410 (Internal and Build 1)4. NZXT Phantom 410 (Internal and Build 2)5. NZXT Phantom 410 Gunmetal (Super High Res Gallery)6. Testing Methodology & Performance Results7. Acoustic Performance8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

Removing the side door is easy enough – held in place with two thumbscrews. The inside is painted in the same gunmetal colour, so it looks great through the window after the system is built.

The other side door is removed in a similar fashion, held in place with two thumbscrews. There is a large cutout to aid with cooler installation on the motherboard.

There are several cutout areas on the motherboard for routing cables, these are positioned well.

Sadly we noticed that they would dislodge from position with only a little pressure, even when running a simple power supply cable through them. This became a particular annoyance for me during the build phase.

The bottom of the case features two holes, one for the power supply and another for an additional fan in the middle of the case. The case is supplied with standard header cables and a Molex connector to power the fans and four 3 pin plugs to attach to these. There is also a standard 20 pin USB 3.0 connector inside.

The expansion slots are metal, and held in place with thumbscrews. A traditional design we have no problem with. There is a 120mm fan positioned at the top of the case, exhausting warm air out the rear of the case.

NZXT populate the top of the case with a single fan, although it can accommodate two 120mm or two 140mm fans, or a watercooling kit.

The front and top of the NZXT Phantom 410 can be removed by simply tugging on the panels and pulling outwards. This is advisable for the building phase.

Delicate handling is advised when building the system as we noticed a small chip occurred in the paintwork when mounting the power supply (next to the screw in the picture above).

Installing a power supply is straightforward, although we advise a modular design as there is not much physical space in this case to route additional cables.

Installing the optical drives is easy enough. Unclip the front cover, push the drive into place and then push down the black locking mechanism and hold in place.

The Phantom 410 uses the same system for mounting both 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch drives. For a 2.5 inch drive you simply remove two of the holding screws on one side to give enough room to mount the 2.5 inch drive.

The drive then slots back into place and the cable fed to the motherboard from the other side of the case.

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