NZXT Hush

Installation

Due to the very simple and no frills interior layout, the installation can truly be considered traditional. The only different aspect is the use of the afore mentioned screwless devices. These hold the drives quite well. It is great to see that even mainstream cases now offer solid screwless installation. The first feature listed on NZXT's website is the fact that two 8800 GTX will fit, but you will loose some hard drive slots due to length. It mentions that you will still have three out of the five possible mounting locations. As you can see, the hard drive is just in line with the graphics card and because the 8800 GTX cooler does not reach all the way to the back of the card, you only loose one right behind every VGA card. It will be a tight fit, but certainly possible.

Finished Look

The filled case back looks completely normal. The PSU can clearly be seen and all connectors are easily accessible. The front with the silver drive looks quite nice. Both silver and black drives should look great, but even a normal beige one should be fine as they are covered by the door.


The NZXT HUSH looks absolutly menacing and very nice. The clean cut lines and the blue lighting in the door make it look like a modern sports car or concept car. Even though a loud AMD retail fan was used, the case was absolutely silent. You can place even loud graphic cards inside this case and notice a large difference once you close the sides.