A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior of the BF 360, all you have to do is pull each panel off the chassis. Besides going the extra mile to frame the glass in actual metal, HAVN has also placed rubber lining on the metal sections to ensure it won't rattle. Even those pads are of their own design, which is fantastic to see.


Even though the case exterior is white, with most of the components making up the body matching, the top and front elements are actually black, which includes the fans in the front. While it would have been amazing to see white everywhere, you will not notice the mismatch once the system is put together. One can argue that the front frame and fans needs to be black as that is what makes the front panel pop with such depth in the first place.

The shroud in the BF 360 Flow is completely solid but does sport two cable management openings using HAVN's unique grommet system. A slanted portion in the front is meant to redirect airflow from the large fans across the lower half of the motherboard. If you look closely, you will likely notice another very cool and functional detail in the form of rubber lining for the glass panel to sit on.

On the backside, the entire surface area has a purpose. Even so, thanks to the thoughtful design approach, it feels easy to understand. It is great to see that albeit all the excellence in design, HAVN still listens to feedback, as the arrows to help with cable management are no longer printed unto the cable channels in bright colors.


In the front of the BF 360 Flow there are the two 180 mm intake fans, with a solid portion at the top to ensure the best possible channeling of the airflow. HAVN has also included a GPU support bracket which uses a pair of rubber tips to interface with the GPU fan shroud. It may be rotated so you can rest assured it won't interfere with the fans of your graphics card. The bracket is situated inside the grommet grilles, so you can slide it up and down as needed.


The PSU bay can easily hold larger units, up to 200 mm, so you can pick from almost all the units out there. It is raised off the floor to provide access to fresh air, while not disturbing the overall looks of the chassis. On top of that, rubber pads ensure that any vibration—however unlikely—does not end up reverberating through the case itself. The seven expansion slots are protected by individual, reusable covers which are held in place by thumb screws. HAVN has made sure to make the expansion slots bridgeless, so you can use a vertical GPU kit and mount your graphics card facing the glass. Naturally, if you want to keep the design consistent, you would probably opt to grab the one from HAVN. In the very top, there is that 140 mm exhaust fan in white again. It also has a white wire to match and there is plenty of room above it, so you should have no issues when it comes to your preferred liquid cooling setup in the ceiling.


On the backside of the motherboard try, you will find a simple but effective 6-port PWM hub, allowing you to connect a total of six units to a single motherboard header. As with of these types of PCBs, you will have to have the white header connected to a cooling fan for the setup to function correctly. HAVN has pre-wired all fans within the case, so you won't have to.


Below that, toward the front of the chassis, HAVN has placed two HDD trays. Each of these can hold either two 2.5" drives or a single 3.5" unit. Last, but certainly not least, there is the whole cable routing and management structure. It consists of a full loop cable channel with plenty of Velcro strips and labeling to guide you towards the best possible result. While there is an empty section at the center, you may actually place a HDD tray in this position. HAVN could sell these trays separately, offering customers the ability to expand their storage of the BF 360 if needed. Odds are pretty high that HAVN will keep using these trays in their future cases anyway.


Taking a quick look at the ceiling, you can see that the mounting for 120 or 140 mm cooling is offset as far from the motherboard as possible. The little clip for cable management is certainly welcome, but HAVN could simply provide hooks or holes for cable management using zip ties instead.


The HAVN BF 360 Flow ships with a unified front panel connector as well as the usual all black USB and audio wires. Both the USB-A and USB-C wires are of the flat-band kind, which is nice to see.