My experience with the NZXT H1 recall so far

Timo Geusch — Sat, 01 May 2021 16:00:00 -0500

First, I’m very much a “very occasional” gamer so I’m usually not the target audience for most gaming related accessories and parts. I did however want to rebuild my rather large grey box Linux/Windows workstation into something more compact with a watercooler for the CPU. The NZXT H1 seemed at that point to be a really good match for my requirements and had received good reviews. One was duly ordered, together with a Mini-ITX motherboard and somehow, a better graphics card also snuck on the shopping list. Putting the “new” machine together, mostly from the parts that made up the previous workstation was a bit more fiddly than usual due to the compact case, but not a big issue other than my eyes getting older and my fingers a little more clumsy with time. But nothing that I would consider an issue given how many PCs I put together over the years. I hadn’t had the machine up and running for a month when the first articles on the issues with the NZXT H1 surfaced in various mainstream publications. For some reason I wasn’t that impressed with the possibility of the computer catching fire, but I initially sat on my hands until Gamers Nexus found out that the nylon screw “fix” was more of a band aid.

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My experience with the NZXT H1 recall so far