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Wrapping up the NZXT H1 recall saga

Timo Geusch — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:00:00 -0500

As I mentioned in my post from a few months ago, I had received the temporary fix in the form of the nylon screws and nuts from NZXT. At that point in time, NZXT’s customer support was not able to tell me when to expect the “real” fix, namely the updated PCIe riser.

I ended up contacting them again towards the end of July to see what the status was and apparently, my request had somehow fallen through the cracks. To the credit of NZXT’s customer support, after I reached out to them I received the riser within a few days.

The NZXT H1 saga, continued

Timo Geusch — Sun, 16 May 2021 17:00:00 -0500

Not much to update since the last post on this topic, I’m still waiting for the updated PCIe riser. Although I do have to admit that based on the latest video from Gamers Nexus on this saga, I’m not holding my breath.

With the current shipping issues I’ll give it another month or so and see if I get any PCIe riser before making a decision if I write off this case and rebuild the machine in a different SFF case.

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.