NZXT

NZXT is an American computer hardware manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California. The company is best known for being a major manufacturer of computer cases, components, and accessories for the PC gaming market.[1][2]

NZXT, Inc.
Private
IndustryComputer hardware
Founded2004 (2004)
FounderJohnny Hou
Headquarters
13164 E. Temple Ave
City of Industry
California
,
United States
Key people
Johnny Hou
Products
Websitenzxt.com

The name NZXT is a corruption of the word "next" in uppercase.

History

NZXT was founded in 2004 by Johnny Hou during his time at iBUYPOWER. The company's first product was the NZXT Guardian, which was a case featuring a plastic front bezel resembling Transformers toys and lighting effects.[3] Over time, they gradually expanded to other categories of computer hardware,[4] including computer power supplies,[5] computer cooling, motherboards,[6] and streaming devices.[7][8]

Products

NZXT is most known for its computer cases, but also sells motherboards, power supplies, cooling products, LED lighting, and other accessories marketed towards PC gamers. The company design and develops their products in Los Angeles, while manufacturing them in Shenzhen.[9]

Cases

NZXT has been making PC cases since 2003, when they released the Guardian.[10] In 2013, the Phantom 630, 530, and 410 were released.[11][12][13]

The S340 released in 2016, and later featured a collaboration with Razer.[14][15] The S340 was refreshed in 2016 with the S340 Elite, which featured a tempered glass side panel instead of the acrylic panel of the previous S340.[16] A limited Hyperbeast edition of the S340 Elite was later released.[17] Also in 2016, NZXT released the Manta - A mini-ITX chassis that featured radically different design compared to their case lineup at the time.[18]

A new line of cases was released in October 2017, consisting of the H700, H400, and the H200. They are minimalist in design, and are constructed from steel with tempered glass side panels.[19] The "i" variants of each case come with decorative LED lighting and a fan controller.[20][21][22]

An empty H500i case

A cheaper case, the H500, was added to the lineup in May 2018.[23][24]

The H-series cases were refreshed in May 2019. The new revisions introduced a front-panel USB-C port. One of the refreshed cases, the H510 Elite, added a second glass panel on the front of the case.[25][26][27]

Cooling
An NZXT X52 240mm water cooler

NZXT has multiple all-in-one water cooler products under their Kraken lineup. The first of these was released in 2013, in both 140mm and 280mm sizes.[28][29] NZXT has since released multiple updates to this lineup, including new coolers in 120mm and 360mm sizes, and improvements to the pumps and radiators.[30][31][32] Most recently, they released a new cooler, the Z73, which includes a customizable LED display, and updates to the rest of their AIO lineup.[33]

Motherboards

NZXT released their own line of motherboards for the Intel Z370 chipset in January 2018. It was praised for its minimalist design, as the circuitry is not exposed; but was initially criticized for its high price.[6][34][35][36] The lineup was refreshed in October 2018 to support the Z390 chipset.[37][38]

Power supply units

NZXT began selling power supply units in 2010, before ceasing sales of them in 2016. They re-entered the market in July 2018 with a series of modular digitally-controlled power supplies[39] in a partnership with Seasonic.[40]

BLD

In 2017, NZXT launched a computer building service called BLD.[41] The service asks about what games would be played on it, budget constraints, and customization options before generating a PC build. The build is sold pre-assembled.

See also

References
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