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WORK HARD PLAY HARD

LENGTH OF TIME: 1-2 HOURS

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: EASY

1 THE BONES OF THE BUILD

IT MAY SEEM a bit counterintuitive to remove parts from our build in the first step, but it’s the way we like to do things around here. Trust us, it helps when space is tight in this chassis. Thankfully, NZXT cases are some of the easiest out there to take apart. In fact, this H7 flow requires zero tools to take all of the panels off. They all come off with a small amount of force, and getting them back on is just as easy. We started by taking off the front panel, which is done by putting your hand at the bottom and lifting up. Then this makes the top panel even easier to remove. Once they were gone (put safely to the side), we took off the glass panel and the back panel, and again, stored these somewhere safely.

At this stage, we also moved our front case fan to the top at the back. This is to make room for our NZXT cooler, which we’ll be placing at the front. These case cans are held on by 4x Philips screws. To use this as an exhaust fan, we had the face of the fan facing inwards, in the process ensuring that the air will be

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