Phanteks NV7 Black, schwarz, Glasfenster

Das Gehäuse stellt die verbaute Hardware wunderbar in Szene. Allerdings sollte das Case nicht ohne zusätzliche Lüfter genutzt werden. Einen faden Beigeschmack hat am Ende allerdings der RGB-Hub mit seinen proprietären Anschlüssen.

Das NV7 ist das erste Modell aus einer ganzen neuen Serie von Phanteks. Das Big-Tower-Showcase soll High-End-Hardware optisch bestens in Szene setzen und dafür einige innovative Lösungen nutzen. Gleichzeitig verspricht Phanteks aber auch hervorragende Kühlmöglichkeiten.

We got our first glimpse of the Phanteks NV7 chassis at CES earlier this year. Leo was in Vegas to give us an initial rundown of the specifications as well as show off some of the NV7’s quirky new features. However, some questions were left on the table after that video, so today I’ll answer those with a build and full review of the Phanteks NV7 chassis. We have some high-end hardware and a stack of fans to fill this new full-tower chassis, but will it be any good? Let’s find out.

With the NV7, Phanteks takes the wraps off what their vision for cases will be in 2023, with more variants planned in the future. The fact that the NV7 is the first to be unveiled says a lot about what Phanteks considers their strongest position to be: big, spacious and flashy enclosures is where they can separate themselves clearly from the competition. That does hold true, starting with the fact that there are far fewer Full-Tower cases than Mid-Tower ones and there are a mere handful of brands that try themselves at complete custom cooling support for these form factors. Phanteks has long managed to put its own design stamp onto this case segment with a long line of large enclosures and the NV7 manages to do so as well. At $220, without any fans, you are certainly expected to pay for the material costs and engineering that went into it, but even so the price still feels adequate.