Corsair 275R v NZXT H500

robfosters · 20 Jun 2019 at 10:53

i am looking at one of these cases for my zen 2 build. They seem reasonably priced and decent quality. However, they seem pretty samey, so am having difficulty choosing between the two.

Can anyone give any opinions on what they feel is the better of the two please?

Kurgen · 20 Jun 2019 at 11:57

the corsair one appears to allow a vertically mounted GPU and is a newer case

raptor4216 · 21 Jun 2019 at 12:47

I went for the H500i after a lot of research and really like the case, it looks great and is very easy to build in. If you want to vertically mount your GPU you will need to go for the 'i' version which is a bit more.

I looked at the 275R as it is very similar but ruled it out due to the annoying way of getting the glass panel on and off, see review below:

Also, NZXT recently announced a refresh of their range so you may want to wait for the H510 to come along in a few weeks.

Pulseammo · 5 Jul 2019 at 21:12

Comments in that 275R review seem to suggest they added some sort of lip which holds the glass panel and modified the panel screws to be thumbscrews instead of the hex key.

robfosters · 5 Jul 2019 at 21:19

Pulseammo said:
Comments in that 275R review seem to suggest they added some sort of lip which holds the glass panel and modified the panel screws to be thumbscrews instead of the hex key.

Yep, I bought it a couple of weeks back. The panel is indeed thumbscrews now. Very easy.

It’s a lovely looking case and looks easy to build in. I’ll be building early next week.

Pulseammo · 5 Jul 2019 at 21:22

robfosters said:
Yep, I bought it a couple of weeks back. The panel is indeed thumbscrews now. Very easy.

Oh in that case got a question for you!

Are you running mechanical hard drives in the drive bays? Any vibration noise there? Seems like similar caddies on my 540 Air but those vibrate quite a bit, not sure if it's just how they slot in on my case though.

robfosters · 5 Jul 2019 at 21:23

Pulseammo said:
Oh in that case got a question for you!

Are you running mechanical hard drives in the drive bays? Any vibration noise there? Seems like similar caddies on my 540 Air but those vibrate quite a bit, not sure if it's just how they slot in on my case though.

As I said, not built it yet, but I won’t be using mech drives. Going all M2.