NZXT provides the H9 Movement in three variations. The primary is a $169.99 base mannequin (no “RGB”) with three unusual followers up entrance and one within the rear. Our $209.99 RGB check mannequin comes with three RGB-equipped followers up entrance, however uniquely encased in a single mixed fan “unit” (extra about which later) that NZXT calls its RGB Core Single Body design; the rear fan is a single RGB spinner. Final, a top-end RGB Plus mannequin ($289.99) features a second RGB Core Single Body triple-fan unit on the case backside.
Conventional front-fan circumstances have the benefit of blowing air immediately onto the parts that these followers are meant to maintain cool, however side-radiator circumstances (like Lian Li’s O11 Imaginative and prescient Compact) supply higher views of inner parts for showcase-PC builders. Seen beforehand on fashions like NZXT’s personal H6 Movement and the more moderen APNX V1, angled fan mounts like these on the H9 Movement RGB supply the perfect of each worlds. All three circumstances additionally share a dual-chamber design, by which the case is extensive sufficient to suit the ability provide mounting space behind the motherboard tray. That, in flip, strikes the angled fan mount far sufficient to the correct to provide onlookers a straight view from the case’s entrance window to the entrance fringe of the motherboard. The H9 Movement RGB is merely the primary such case we all know of to help the rear-facing connectors of MSI’s Venture Zero and Asus’ BTF -style motherboards.
NZXT appears to suppose that you just’ll need the H9 Movement RGB in your desk, as its headset (headphone/microphone combo) jack, USB 3.x Kind-C and twin Kind-A ports and energy button are all lined up alongside the underside, too far down for floor-tower customers to achieve. The facility button has a transparent ring that lights to point when the system is powered up.
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A raised ground behind all these options offers a 25mm-deep gap into which customers can flush-mount as much as three 140mm cooling followers.
The underside panel’s fan mount, talked about above, is roofed from beneath by a filter that slides out, as proven beneath. From this angle, we will additionally get a great view of the recessed fan mount’s hidden cable passages, in addition to people who feed the decrease edge of ordinary and rear-facing motherboard connectors.
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From the again we will see that the H9 Movement RGB’s energy provide mount hides immediately behind the motherboard’s I/O panel. The case has ATX’s customary variety of growth slots (seven), and the slot panel is boxed into the case reasonably than protruding the again. Above the slot panel. the exhaust fan is mounted to lengthy slots that permit for greater than 40mm of vertical adjustment.
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We additionally see beneath how beneficiant the house is above and beneath the motherboard, because the H9 Movement RGB is designed to carry thick radiator and fan mixtures in each areas. The H9 Movement RGB has room for a gaggle of barely oversize enthusiast-class motherboards which are too massive to name ATX (such because the ASRock X870E Taichi Lite), however the mounting space lacks mechanical help for the 13-inch depth of full-spec Prolonged ATX (EATX) boards. Boxed-in sections designed to partially disguise the higher and decrease cables of ordinary boards are purposeful for many boards as much as 10.9 inches deep, however the ahead cable passage for such boards should be opened up by eradicating a filler panel.
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A more in-depth look from the opposite aspect of the boxed-in part north of the motherboard space reveals two massive cable passages. These permit cables just like the ATX12V/EPS12V and fan connectors to achieve the motherboard’s high edge. We additionally see a narrower slot just under the higher fan mount, which is a handy, out-of-sight place to route the fan cables of any top-mounted radiator combo.
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Reducing our view angle lets us concentrate on issues just like the swinging/detachable four-drive 2.5-inch tray, the ability provide tray, and the detachable twin 3.5-inch drive cage.
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Further holes on the alternative sides of the detachable 3.5-inch cage permit it to optionally match 2.5-inch drives.
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Additionally suitable with the case’s high or backside mount, the 140mm-by-420mm triple entrance fan is the H9 Movement RGB’s most uncommon function. The three followers are a one-piece unit, and a single black connector breaks out into NZXT RGB, customary ARGB, and PWM fan connections by way of an included adapter. It makes for a super-clean, neat look.
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