NZXT PODCAST - #183 - New H7 Flow, Single-Frame Fans, and More! (Ft. Jordan)

Episode Date: June 7, 2024

On this week's episode of the NZXT Podcast... We have Jordan, our Sr. Product Marketing Manager, helping us talk about all of our new products from the H7 Flow to the RGB Core Single-Frame Fans to the new PSUs! And sadly, he's a Tottenham fan... And "what do we think of Tottenham?!" Catch the replay at twitch.tv/NZXT!

Hello, everyone. And welcome to episode 183 of the N60 podcast, the official podcast at the N60 community. This podcast scored alive every other Friday at 10-A-Pacific Standard Time on the official NCCC Twitch. It is available to stream on demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud. My name is Mike. It was me as always. Is Ivan. How are you doing, Ivan?

How I do, baby boo? And happy birthday. Everyone in the chat, please wish Mike Kim a happy birthday. He's finally 18. I can't believe. Yeah, finally, finally 18. Don't look a day over 10. You can buy cigarettes now.

Yeah, happy birthday, Mike, and thank you to everyone who's tuned in live right now on Twitch. For those of you who are tuned in live, you're in for a treat because we have a super duper extra special giveaway going on right now. For those that don't know, we just released a bunch of new products, new kids, new kids. case, new fans, new power supplies, all really nice. And we're going to give a bunch of stuff away. So if you are tuned in live, type exclamation giveaway in the chat. You'll get a link to that giveaway. So you can enter right now. And if you stick around to the end of the show, the very end, so don't ask right now, Jaden, the Gamer 25, you will get a secret word that will give you a bunch of bonus entries into the giveaway. So yeah, so stick around. So like I said, we launched a bunch of new products, and I know people have a lot of questions about it.

So we figured we should have the person here who knows more about these products than anyone in the world. And that is our senior product marketing manager, Jordan. Welcome to the NZXT podcast. Thanks. It's great to be here. I've been waiting for this opportunity. So I'm super glad that we're making it happen. Yeah, it's awesome to have you here and we're excited to talk to you. So before we get into

the nitty-gritty, can you just quickly tell us who you are and what is your role here at NZXT? For sure. Well, my name is Jordan White. I am a senior marketing manager here at NZXT where I lead out on product marketing. So essentially what that means is I'm behind all of the strategy to launching and promoting our products. So this means that any messaging or imagery you see related to our products, whether it's on packaging, web, Amazon, that's all stemming from some work that I do in the background. Very important job, I must say.

How long have you worked at NZXT and what did you do before getting here? Yeah, so I've been at NZXT a little over three years now. It was three years in March. Before then, I was on the global product marketing business. team at HP for Omen, their gaming brand. And I started there in 2016, so right when Oman was starting to gain traction in the market as a player in the PC gaming space. So while I was there, I worked on everything. So I launched a bunch of Oman products. So like laptops, desktops, monitors, keyboards, mice, headsets, even apparel. We came out with a line of Oman apparel back then as well.

So, yeah, I did that for about a little over five years before joining in ZXT. Well, it's been a while since you've been here. Can you describe what a typical day in your role as a senior product marketing manager is here at NZC? A typical day. Yeah, I mean, a typical day is varied because it's all influenced by where our products are at in the development roadmap. and I work with a ton of different teams. And so in the early stages of a product when it's in development, my days and time is really focused on collaboration with the product team.

So it's learning all about the product, becoming an expert on the product. It's understanding why we made it, who it's for, because this is all crucial to then start crafting the strategy for positioning and messaging. But then as products move closer to launch, I'm a lot more focused on execution. And so that's when I'm working with.

sales, you guys in marketing, any other marketing members, creative, web, to get everything ready to go. So each day brings a mix of being anywhere on that timeline for when a product is ready, depending on where the product is sitting. So it's really dynamic. It changes, honestly, daily. So what, like, so you're in product marketing. I see someone in chat saying, like, oh, Jordan's in marketing, so he never replied to my email. No, he's product marketing, which is very different.

different. And speaking of product, what, like, I told them that Mike and I are the ones who ignore the email. Yeah, we ignore. But speaking of product, like, what inspired you, like, originally to, like, go into it? Did you land into it? Did you stumble into it? Were you originally, like, you know,

somebody working as a software engineer or something like that? Yeah, no. I definitely was not a software engineer. So it's kind of tough to explain how I got into it. But I would classify product marketing. being a blend of strategic thinking as well as a little bit of creative thinking as well. And so growing up, I loved everything creative. I was super into drawing.

I love to write stories, play music. I even dabbled in acting and radio and TV in high school. So I was always into finding creative ways to express myself, share ideas. But then on the flip side, it was also someone who was super into strategy and researching. I honestly, if I was into some topic, I would go super in-depth on everything I could to learn more about it. And so I'd get to know something really, really well. I'd be stoked to tell people about it. And so then when I got to college and I started taking marketing classes, it kind of all clicked. That product marketing was a perfect way to merge that creative side

of my mind with that strategic and research side and kind of bring those together. And then also, we're all consumers of products, right, at the end of the day. And so I've always been fascinated by what goes into the things that are on a box, what's on a website, how are those TV ads being made for any kind of product. And so, yeah, that curiosity plus that creative and strategic parts of my brain kind of landed in product marketing. And then before I got into marketing itself. I was actually in the recruiting space. So I was a recruiter for a couple of years, but that was just kind of a job I got after college before I was able to find an end into the product marketing space. What's like a fun part of being a product marketing and all the

other side? Like what's super challenging about product marketing? Yeah. So, and I guess I'll keep it specific to NZXT, right? So I think the most fun aspect of being a product marketer, at NST is this is probably kind of a cop-out answer, but that we're in the gaming industry. I mean, I've always been a gamer, so it's awesome to blend what I love with what I do professionally. And I truly believe that gaming isn't just about having fun. I love how it connects people. I honestly don't think there's any other form of entertainment that fosters the community and joy that gaming does.

And so being able to work in that industry and play a part in bringing gaming to people is super fun. So that's the most fun aspect. But the most challenging aspect in ZXT, I think, is probably just because we launched so many different products. I mean, we're involved in every single category. So we have all of your components. We're in gaming gear now.

We do pre-built. And so we're just doing a lot of product launches. And they're all at different stages of development, kind of what I kind of talked about earlier and they all require their own specific strategy and attention and so balancing all of that can be tough because there's only so many hours in the day and prioritization is crucial but it's it's all really fun at the end of the day um let's see oh you already talked about that so uh so we launched a bunch of new products uh so what how do you approach this so we're for those that are here we just launched like what's five six six six or six or six or what's five six

seven products right now. 13, technically. Oh, Jesus. So how do you approach that process of like, okay, we want to make a new case? How do you approach that process? Yeah, well, it all begins with understanding why, right? And so before I even step into the arena, you have a whole group of people on the product side, engineering side, that are doing research and developing concepts.

and surveying customers and reviewing feedback, and they are kind of always thinking of what's going to be the next product. And that stuff starts so early on. You know, it's at least a year, if not more, before a product is actually launching, that all of this stuff is starting to happen. And so for me, when I enter, when a product is kind of in its early stages, I'm there to learn all about why are we making it?

Like, who is it for? What needs do they have? and then how does it align with our goals as a company and a brand and a business? And so from then, once I can understand that, I get to really craft the product positioning and the messaging that's going to tell the story and then how it's going to resonate with our community and customers. And then once we have that, it's a big long process of planning and development and execution. So it's making sure do we have the right assets at the right time for the right audience

in the right place. And yeah, so that's kind of in a nutshell. It all starts from why, and then it just kind of slowly builds from there to launching a product. You're basically involved in each step of the product launch process. And Mike and I are here, we're basically the last line of defense here. Like once everything's all set and done, it's like, all right, Mike and I even tell the world what we did.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, your job, you know, it does sound super. super interesting and super fun as well like you said because you know you work in the PC gaming industry so what advice would you give to someone who's aspiring to be a product marketing manager in the PC hardware slash PC gaming world yeah I would say if you're aiming to become a product marketing manager in the PC gaming hardware industry it's really about building a strong foundation in three key areas. The first would obviously be marketing slash product marketing. The second would be technical knowledge of the industry and the products and then also a deep understanding of the community.

And so if you're aspiring to do to become a product manager, you probably likely already possess strengths in some of, at least two of those areas. And so I think the focus is just on developing those skills, but just as important is breaking into the industry itself, right? And so I know it's people say this all the time, but it's so true that networking is massive, knowing connections, looking for opportunities through internships, entry-level positions, referrals are huge for opening doors. So it's really about leaning into every resource available to find your way there. You hear that? It's the good advice, chat. But enough about Jordan. Let's get into these new products here.

What exactly did we launch this week? We launched a lot. We launched 14 new PC components. And so kind of split into three categories, if you will. So first off, we launched the brand new H7Flow and H7Flow-RGB cases, which are totally remastered from the previous generation. We also launched our all-new F-240, F-280, and F-360

RGB core single frame fans, super excited to kind of talk about those and what they bring to the space. We revamped our quiet airflow and static pressure fans with a new design to make them better performing and lower noise.

And then we launched four new power supplies. So three gold ATX3.3.1 power supplies and then one 1,500 watt platinum, ATX3.1 power supply. The key message with the launch, as I'm sure a lot of people have seen through our social channels and whatnot, or if you're following along at what's going on at Computex, is DIY refined, because we believe that these new products really help refine PC building by making it easier and delivering great

performance. Yeah, and we are going to go down the list of all these products and explain exactly, you know, what makes them special. So first, you know, we're going to start with the big one, which is our new case, Mike, let's roll the video here and show people the new H7. Got it. Such a cool video. Modern Power Classic Tower. I love that.

So tell us a little bit about the case itself, this wonderful case behind me with Pucci and Lumpus. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Well, maybe we can start with what's different about it compared to the one we

launched a couple years ago in 2022. And so, I mean, just from an aesthetic point of view, it looks a lot different. I think it's wild how we launched the 2022 version. And that wasn't that long ago. That was two years ago. But then looking at this, and I know it's subjective, but this does look so much more modern. It makes the one from 2022 look like it's a lot older than it is. I don't know if that's just because of the like the feet. You know, in the 22 one, we had the four pronounced feet. And now we just have those clean lines in the front and rear. So it makes it more streamlined.

But in terms of some other differences of what this new one brings to the table is you'll notice that there's support for bottom fans. So you get 3 120 millimeter bottom mountain fan support. And the only reason we were able to do that is that where the PSU is, there's no traditional shroud anymore. The PSU is back in the corner and flipped vertically. And so that was able to create the space to allow for those fans on the bottom, which is great because that you're able to draw in air from beneath the case, creating a better airflow channel going right around your GPU. And you were able to do that all while keeping this classic traditional mid-tower look

and not making it super wide like a dual chamber. So there's some elements of a dual chamber in it, but it's still very much a classic tower. So super interesting. It's definitely something we haven't done before. Another thing of, yeah, go ahead. It's funny, you brought up a good point because, you know, every time, well, not every time, but whenever we launch a new case where the PSU is not under a shroud,

so like the H9, the H6, and now the new H7, like one of the number one questions we get is, where's the PSU? And previously, you know, it was very easy to just tell people, well, it's a dual chamber case. So, you know, that's where the PSU is. Right. But this time around, we did not do that. So technically, it is not a dual chamber case. It's just the way that the PSU is mounted now.

It's mounted vertically. So, I mean, I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but is it technically a dual chamber or is it technically not a dual chamber, Jordan? I guess it's technically not. I mean, because it doesn't have two very distinct chambers, right? I mean, you can still see where the PSU is. It's just back in that little corner. And so I would say to be a traditional dual chamber, you would have to widen the case a little bit

and you'd have way more in the back or on the side, I guess, in that second chamber. So maybe we'll call it a hybrid, but I would say that it kind of blurs the lines, but it's not technically a dual chamber. Yeah, and Mike just got the case delivered to him and he messaged me when as soon as he got he's like, man, this thing is a lot taller than I imagined. Yeah.

You know, coming from a dual chamber case, like, you know, a dual chamber case, you have the H6. It's much wider, much shorter. So it's a little fatty. Whereas this one, you know, it's a lot slimmer and a lot taller. So I don't know. I guess I never thought of calling it a hybrid, but maybe you're right, Jordan. Maybe we should call it a hybrid. Maybe.

Maybe. Yeah. And you're right on the whole taller thing. I mean, it's a true tower. Like, it's narrow footprint, super tall. And another benefit of making it tall and tipping that PSU vertically is now we also have room for a 420 millimeter rad in the front. And so you've got 360 up top, 420 in the front.

And so this thing just has massive cooling potential. Um, yeah. Yeah. Mike, let's bring up the, uh, the features and specs so we can just go down the list here and, um,

sure. Tell people what everything, everything is here. You want to read a mic? I can't read that. I got you. I got you. Yeah,

so let's go into pretty much the, the 87 flow. Um, I mean, I had the RGB up, so it has the RGB fans, obviously, but,

uh, it focuses a lot on the GPU cooling, vertical PSU layout. allows space for 3 120 mm-20mmy fans which is honestly like as i look at it like i know the h6 has two of them they can fit to 140 i believe yeah having 3 160 here having 420 here having another 3-6mm here and then having all this back for whatever you want like you can put more fans you can just leave as it is there's a it's a lot of lot of like airflow going in and out of it So we definitely wanted to focus on making sure performance is a huge part of it.

Yep, three bottom mounted, 120 millimeter fans for direct GPU cooling, while keeping a narrow mid-tower footprint. It comes with, if you had the RGB version, it comes with an RGB core single-frame fan so that, you know, we'll talk a little bit about that later. So you guys can see how awesome the fan is. Hyperforce mesh panels, maximized air flow for both intake and exhaust, and they are removable. So you can remove them.

You can remove the top one as well. Up back in. That's another, sorry to interrupt you there, Mike. That's another kind of improvement. And we've been doing it on like the H6, but the paneling on the new H7 is fully different from the one from a couple years ago. So it's super ultra-fine mesh on the front and top.

That's really optimized for airflow intake and exhaust. And on the backside, they're really, really large holes, large perforation to help push all that air out. And so, yeah, the mesh and the perforation is really been optimized to help with airflow as well. It only took us 20 years, Jordan, but we did it. We have a... We did it. We have air.

We have airflow. Yeah. So what I like about it is that, like, for most of the panels, there's no, like, screw needed. You just have to just pop it in and out. and yeah it's so much tool free entry yeah absolutely

and it's really satisfying too and just pop it out and then it just clicks right in yeah uh yeah interior to chaos management wide channels built in hooks easy routing

I'm going to have to actually learn how to cable manage this time because I'm one of those people that puts the back panel on and I'm like okay that's it but I think this time I should do it especially how easy it is because of two USB

and one USBC port since I know USBC is coming in. Toulous entry, front top side panels, make building and upgrading a breeze. That's it. Love it. All right. So Mike, you mentioned that the H7 Flow RGB version includes a new RGB core single frame fan. So before we get into talking about the fans, let's roll the video and show everyone what these things look like. Pretty dope.

Brilliantly simple. Let me pull up the fans themselves. So, Jordan, do you want to go into what is the 240, the 280, 366, RGP core for A fan? Yeah, so obviously the H7 is kind of one of the heroes of the launch, but in my mind, I think these, these new RGB core single frame fans are probably the coolest thing, pun intended, that we launched. So simply put, you're combining multiple fans into an all-in-one design or a single frame. And so what this does is instead of having to buy multiple individual fans and then either connect them, modulary or daisy-chain them together, you just have it all in a all-on-one design.

And so this simplifies the installation because you're using fewer cables, you're using fewer screws, fewer connections. And so it cleans up your build, not only in terms of cable management, but it also looks cleaner. So if you imagine that if you had three 120s stacked on top of each other individually, you'd have four screws in each, right? So you'd have 12 screws for the whole thing. And then you'd have the lines in between those fans because that's where they're separated. but with the RGP core single frame fans you would just have the F360

four screws on the corners and then no lines and so it's just clean and it's simple yeah yeah and it's it's brilliantly simple I'm showing the the crack in because that one

you have to physically do each fan separately and you can save like said 12 fans or 12 screws that you have to pretty much throw in and that could be pretty annoyed but like George said now it's just these four and you know if you just do like the top

one they do the bottom corner of it the opposite corner of it and just takes no time super easy and I think that I mean for me personally I think the easiest thing about this new fan is just you don't even have to daisy chaining oh gosh right like you know just plug it in you're good to go and I know that was a huge probably the number one complaint we had about our previous RBB fans was that you couldn't daisy chain him. So it was not an easy way for people to build.

And, you know, like I always say on this podcast, like when people complain about something on social media, it does not go unheard. Like we told the product team about that a lot. You know, we released those fans. We told me, hey, people do not like this. They want it much simpler. And the product team heard the call and they came up with this.

You know, they said, well, how can we make this not only simpler, but the simplest way. And it is pretty simple. And like the number one question slash concern we're getting now about these fans is what happens if one fan breaks. And the answer is our customer service team will just send you a whole new unit.

So you don't have to worry about replacing a single fan in this. It's just, you know, if it breaks, it will be replaced. but we don't expect it to break. You know, we expect these fans to last a long time. I know they're rated for much more than the two-year warranty that we are offering on them. So I don't imagine, you know, people were into the situation

where one of them is going to fail and they have to, like, you know, change it. But even if that does happen, like Jordan was saying, you know, if this was three, let's say you had the 360 right that's one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve that's twelve screws if one fan breaks you have to take uh four screws so the same thing here like if one fan breaks you're still taking off four screws so it's not really going to be like this big ordeal uh not only of the screws but instead of taking you know undaisy chaining

un cable managing all your stuff it's literally just one cable so yeah even And honestly, sorry, go ahead. Oh, no, I was going to say, and honestly, you know, we were actually talking to the product team earlier about this is that, yeah, it's super highly unlikely that one of them is going to fail. And so, yeah, they're rated for 60,000 hours. And so, like, six years on average or over six years. And so it's super unlikely that one's going to fail. But I also think of them kind of like car headlights or light bulbs when one of my headlights was going dim and I took it in. to get it looked at, they were just like, you should just replace both of them.

So they're both on the same lifespan. So you don't just replace one. And then they're a little different brightness. And then three weeks later, you're replacing the other one. Just replace them both. And so I guess one of the benefits is if one does fail, which is probably not going to, then if you're replacing them all, they're all on that same lifespan again. Yeah.

And like we were saying, too, like there's only one cable that's coming out of these things. and that cable is going to be plugged into a new control hub. So Jordan, can you talk about the new control hub here for these fans? For sure. So Control Hub is our newest RGB and fan controller, and we've just named it the Control Hub. It's not available yet. You'll see it in the video, and you can look at it on our website,

but it'll be available later this fall. But it's designed to pair perfectly with these new single frame fans. And so we were talking about how the single frame fans, one unit has a single cable, and it's an eight-pin cable. And so it's combining RGB and PWM fan control into one. And so that eight-pin connector would go into one of the four eight-pin ports on the new control hub. So theoretically, if you're building a brand new system and you want to get it fully decked out with NZXT-RGB fans, you would use one control hub, and then you'd put an F, let's say you're the new H7.

So you've got an F-360 in the top. You have an F-360 in the front. One of those is maybe mounted on an AIO. And then you have an F-360 in the bottom. So that's three single-frame fans. And then you have like an F-120 individual RGB fan in the back. All of those just take one cable and just go straight into the control hub. So it makes it super simple.

and yeah, just they're designed to pair perfectly together. The good news is, though, in the meantime, you can still use these single frame fans with our current controller. There's just going to be a splitter cable that comes with it that you can use. You can also use them with our motherboard. Yep. And the other thing I really like about these fans, too, is if you don't want to use or control these with our,

controller or whatever and you don't want to use cam to as a software to control them. You can literally use any standard 5 ARGB header on your motherboard and use whatever software your heart desires to control them. Yep. So yeah, we're not trying to like lock people into an NZT ecosystem here if they don't you know, choose to do that. But if you do choose to do that, we are trying to make that as simple as possible and is easy for you to use.

The other thing I wanted to mention about the new control hub here is, unlike our previous control hub, this one is not going to be SATA power, right, Jordan? Yes, that is correct. So the power connector for it would be the 8-pin PCIE connector that comes with your PSU. And the reason behind this is pretty simple is it needs more power. Sata is not enough to properly power the control hub. all of the fans that are connected to it. And so, yeah, the big kind of, the key here, though, is that when you're using a PCIE 8-pin from your PSU, it has to be for your PSU.

You can't mix and match PSU cables of different brands because they're only, you know, only compatible and tested with the brand of PSU you have. And so that's kind of the one thing is you just got to make sure you're using your own PCIE 8-pin. you'll be good to go. Yep. Mike, can you read off the features overview there for people? Yeah, I got you.

So control fan, streamlines fan, and RGB lighting management connected customizer setup for optimal performance and vibrant visuals through N60 cam. Con conveniently operate a full build, RGB core single fan frames using the 8-pin, WM, and RGB combo headers. You can find two to speeds up the five PWN fans, including the single frame fan units.

And you even have a zero RPM mode for a silent operation during low loads. Obviously, you synchronize them in CAM. You can synchronize up the five NST RGB components. You can adjust the fan speed. So I can show what you could do in CAM. Like you can do with fan speeds. You can change it to silent or performance base,

stuff like that. Personalize the lighting with the actual RBB of it. and you create custom profiles. So, like, if you want, like, a daytime one where you're working and doesn't have to be as loud versus a nighttime one where you are, you know, or, you know, you have people sleeping or you don't want to make too much noise, you can have it on a silent mode. You can swap between those profiles.

You can control the, you can secure it magnetically, which is pretty dope. Or you can use the actual, like, the dual lock fasteners on it. And obviously, it includes the split your cables. And then, so you can pretty. much work with any fan. Pretty cool, honestly. I did, you know, there's, I feel like the control hub is very underrated.

It's an underrated product from most people. People think, you know, they want the big GPS, but honestly, the controller is really, really, uh, underrated. Yeah. Make things a lot easier. For sure. Um, I like to think of it as an enabler, right?

The single frame fans are great on their own and simple and unique and cool. But, um, if you're going to build a full, system with them, then getting the control hub just makes it that much easier. And those are not the only fans we launched this week. We also have new quiet airflow and new static pressure fans. Jordan, can you tell us a little bit about those? Yeah, absolutely. So the new quiet airflow fans, so we launched, was it two years ago?

I can't really remember exactly when we launched kind of the first generation of our F-122. Q, okay, 2022. So F120Q and F140Q, these are just new and improved versions. And so I actually have some numbers here. The F120Q has 15% more airflow and 32% higher static pressure than the previous generation. And the F140Q has just a little bit more airflow, like 2%. And then, but it also has like 47 and a half percent higher static pressure. So they're new and improved.

really the things that the product engineering teams did to make them perform better is an all-new blade design. And so the nine blades are shaped like a sickle. You guys know, you know, sickles. Like they would use the harvest wheat in the old days. Grim Reaper uses one as well. And so they slice through the air and they're able to move a large volume of air. And so these are just perfect for mounting on for intake and exhaust for your case. You just want to move as much air as possible.

Other improvements is the gap between the blade edges and the frame is as small as possible. So you have the maximal spinning area. There's what they call a chamfered frame. And so like beveled edges of the frame helps direct the air in a very powerful concentrated flow pattern. Instead of kind of spreading out, it pushes it narrow before it dissipates. And then the other things that are honestly still the same is they're still with fluid dynamic bearings, pedillion control, rubberized corners. So just in general, just better versions of our previous gen.

And then quite airflow fans, I kind of already mentioned it, but the places you would use them is in your case for ventilation, so intake and exhaust. So if you don't want RGB and you just care about getting great airflow in your case, you'd mount these for intake or exhaust, just not on a radiator because we're going to talk about static pressure fans next. Yes, tell us about those, Gordon. Okay, we'll lead right into it. So static pressure fans, these got a really big boost and static pressure.

So the F120P has a 66% higher static pressure rating than the previous gen, and the 140P, 61%. So just a lot more powerful. And as opposed to the quiet airflow fans that have nine blades that are kind of sickle-shaped, these have seven blades that are really thick with large surface area because that's designed to move air in a very forceful, high-pressure way. And so what that makes these perfect for is mounting on radiators, heat sinks, anywhere where there's going to face immediate resistance and you get to force air through restricted spaces,

that's what these are going to be great for. And then all the other same design improvements as the quiet airflow fans, just make them overall, just higher performance, lower noise, yeah. So what you're saying is they're pretty cool. Very cool.

Very cool. Mike, let's go over the features for each. Can we start with the... Yep, the quiet airful fans Offer high performance but low noise cooling for heat prone PCs Optimized blades and a chamfered is that I'm saying that chamfered Yeah, thank you Chamford Freeds provide powerful concentrated air while fluid bearing

Fluid dynamic bearings and PWM control keep things quiet and efficient Nine sickle style blades are optimized to move large amounts of air ensuring versatile use of intake intake or exhaust and yeah showing the difference between the old and the new ones. You can tell. Yeah, it's a night and day. It's literally like just like a standard straight to like the actual curve. And I'm like, wow, that's actually really cool. Where was it?

Oh, yeah. Minimal gap, like you said, between a blade edges and frame maximize the spinning area for a higher airflow and reduced turbulence. Chantfered frame design, uh, does a rack's air in a powerful concentrated flow pattern, traveling far into the case to cool battle components. 60,000 hour lifespan, which is insane. So you could literally leave your PC on for, what was it? Six years, like six years straight. Yeah, okay.

So those that like to do that, this is the type of fans you want to get. PWM control, dynamically adjust fan speed for a higher output, or lower noise based on system temperatures for efficient cooling, sturdy frame with rubberized corners, absorbs vibrations, for low noise operations. and then for the static pressure fans, which are more for like performance, deliver strong airflow in tight spaces

like radars and heat sinks with optimized blades, chamfered frame and fluid air dynamics. They offer high performance and low noise cooling. So instead of nine, it is now seven very thick blades for high static pressure, so air keep push through tight spaces, ideal for mounting on radiators or heat sinks.

This is the performance type of fan. Minimal gap blade, again, helps maximize the efficiency. Chanford frame design, of course. 60,000 hour as well. So again, if you're going to be, keep it this on for six years straight. These are the type of fans you want to get.

A sturdy frame and a PWM control as well. My dog just did something. But honestly, these fans, like, I've just seen the difference between the old and the new is crazy in just the two years that you guys changed. is awesome. Very nice. Yep.

Apart from all these fans, we also came out with new power supplies. We're releasing so many products. I know. So many. Yeah. Let's start with the platinum one, because this is our first platinum power supply ever, right, Jordan?

It is, yeah. And what I'd love to start with is kind of just talking about what we're trying to do with power supplies. I think, well, we know as a fact just based on surveys and market research that PSUs can be seen as a very commoditized product, meaning customers perceive them as interchangeable between brands. And we get it, right? They're super technical. They're hidden in your PC. And at the end of the day, you just want them to work. But now more than ever, that components are getting more and more powerful, PSUs are super important. they truly are like the unsung hero of your system. The great analogy that pretty much everybody uses,

I've seen in an article, is on PC gamer, and then other brands use it as well, but it's really accurate that PSUs are literally the heart of your system because they pump out energy to all of your components to get them to work reliably and properly. And so if your PSU isn't high quality, if your heart's not in good shape, it can lead to system instability, crashes, hardware damage,

And so PSUs are really, really important. And yeah. And so what that means is we are trying to make really, really great high-quality PSUs. And so we truly do believe that this latest lineup of gold and platinum PSUs are just that high-quality, high-performance, highly reliable. We really do have some talented engineering and product folks in the background who are working on these. and they've designed these power supplies to be super efficient, low noise, and that really comes down to several variables, like the quality of the internal components and circuitry,

how the chassis designed for airflow, how the internals are designed for heat dissipation, all this super technical stuff. But, yeah, we're really, really excited about these PSUs, and yeah, I guess we can start talking about them. Yeah. So we have platinum and gold. So I think the first question I want to ask you is what the heck does that even mean? Like what's the difference between a platinum PSU and a gold PSU? Yeah. It all has to do with the efficiency rating. And so if if you've ever looked at PSUs or bought a PSU, you'll probably recognize the 80 plus efficiency rating, 80 plus gold, 80 plus bronze, 80 plus platinum, 80 plus titanium. And that is just. a measure of efficiency.

So how efficient does the PSU convert power from your outlet into usable power for your PC? And so the higher the efficiency, the lower cost of your energy bills, the more you're getting out of the PSU itself. And so that's really what those ratings are. They say at a certain point, this is bronze, this is gold, this is platinum, this is titanium. And so it's just a way of ranking and sorting out different PSUs based on their efficiency. Gotcha. Yeah.

I think the other thing that stands out, I'm sure people are noticing, is that we have white PSUs now. And the number one question we begin about the white PSUs. Well, two questions is, are we going to make the platinum one white as well? And right now, you know, it's not available in white. I don't know what the future holds. but I have let the product to know that that has been asked. And then the other question we're getting is, does the white PSU come with white cables?

And the answer is yes, they come with white cables and even the stickers on the white PSU are white. And I actually asked Johnny, our CEO here, like what made him make a white PSU? And he said that he didn't like how black PSUs were sticking out like a sore thumb in our white case. Even though we had, you don't see it from the front. If you look at it like the back of our cases when you plug in, were you plug in everything?

Like it was black. So it was like everything was wet except for that. So let's just make a white power supply. So we can make everything, everything white. Yeah, they look really nice. I like them a lot. Mike, let's go over the platinum features and specs here. All righty.

So to platinum, the C, I never thought. we would ever get to 1500 you know back then i had a what i had a like a like a 650 watt and i was like dang i got i got a really good power supply guys like i don't think it would get bit and now it's literally almost tripled that now so uh to see a 1500 platinum PSU offers highly efficient and digitally control power with ATX 3.1 and pc i e 5.1 connectivity, which is coming up now, so keep an eye out. I'd say in the next couple years, I feel like everything's going to have it at. With a high-performance magnetic levitation fan, designed with ATX 3.1 and PCIE 3.5.1,

complies to power current and future derivations of high-performance GPS and CPUs, includes 216 pin, 12 volt, 2x6 PCIE 5.1 cables, each delivering over 600 watts to power-hungry GPU, so pretty much can handle pretty much any GPU as of now. A kid, oh yeah, digital power enables precise voltage regulation, resulting in higher efficiency and lower ripple noise, exceeding 80 plus platinum standards and boasting a cypetic titanium efficiency rating a 94% efficiency lower, lowers power usage, and ensures quieter, cooler operation. This was the cool one. constructed using high quality 105 degrees Celsius Japanese capacitors.

I like how we had to specify the capacitors. Yeah, it's one of those things where it sometimes kind of feels like a marketing ploy. And I'm literally coming from me as a marketer. But the 105 degrees Celsius rated, like all Japanese capacitors are just known for being the best. So like they're super reliable, super high quality. And so we only use those because we want to make. make sure that they're the highest quality. So that's why it's always in there.

Yeah, but these do it right, man. Fully modular design, which most PSUs are now becoming fully modular now, it supplies cable management, allowing for connection of only necessary cables. Compact 180 millimeter form factor optimizes valuable case space while promoting improved airflow. This is pretty dope. This is awesome.

And I like a more Mioris in chat said, if I was smarter, these big words would meet something to me. It sounds good, though. They're super technical. They really are. Yeah. But that's why like everyone kind of glosses over their power supply, even though it is arguably the most important part of the computer build,

it's also the most boring because most people have no idea what any of the stuff means, which leads to people just buying the cheapest power supply they can sometimes. And, you know, sometimes that's not a big deal, but other times it could actually be very dangerous. You know, if you have like something that's very underpowered and then you have these beefy GPUs that are coming out nowadays and, you know, beefy CPUs and all this stuff. Like, it does cause issues. So, you know, we understand they're very boring, but at the same time they're also very important. Yeah, I think, I mean, at the end of the day, you really would just want to make sure that you have a power supply with enough wattage to power your components, obviously.

And so there's all these cool calculators you can find online where you input all of your various components with your CPU and GPU being the big hitters. And that'll tell you, and then you add up your other components and peripherals. And that'll tell you, hey, you need at least a PSU with this many watts. And then you always want to add a little bit extra to make sure you're accommodating for future upgrades or anything like that. So the wattage is super important. And then efficiency is also really important. But at the end of the day, it's all about the quality. you just want a high quality PSU

and that's what we really try to focus on here because the best PSU is one you never have to worry about right you want it to just do its job keep your computer safe you have so many expensive components in there and this is the thing that's giving them life and so got to have a good PSU and another good one is these gold ones Mike

can we go over the gold features so as you see we have the 850s 50, 1,200. I'll go over to 1,200. But yep, these are available in both black and white, which is pretty awesome. I never thought about white PSUs, honestly, because I always shove the PSC in the back and, like, I never had cared about it.

But now I'm like, you know what? I actually understand why we need these now. So this is the C-1200, comply with ATX 3.1, standard-to-fuel high-performance PC components with stability, efficiency, and power spike resistance. Durable, high, heat-resistant 12-volt, 2-16 connector pumps. up to 600 watts to to Nvidia G-Force RTC-40 series graphics cards

so it can handle pretty much any 40,000 series. 135 millimeter fluid dynamic bearing fan with zero fan mode is completely silent while under 50% float, which is very, very nice when you're just idling or just working. Ensures with the 100% premium Japanese capacitors, again, the Japanese capacitors,

improve hold-up time and minimal ripple noise, ensuring reliable, stable power, stable power delivery. Fully module design allows for only connecting essential cables, which is very nice. Compact for a factor frees of valuable room for cable management and more case airflow. And I see someone in chat says the story ends, says platinum rated, have 10-year warranty or longer.

These are all backed by a 10-year warranty, if I'm correct, for the 15-10-year warranty as well. They will last longer than the fans. Honestly, I think by the time your warranty comes up, it'll be like a whole new, you'll probably just need to upgrade the whole power, the PC at that point because by the time you're hitting that 10 year mark, you know, these power supplies will probably go up to like the 3,000 or something like that. It keeps, it keeps increasing every year and eventually we're just going to have like a 10,000 power

supply. Yeah. It'll be on the 80-90 graphics cards by the time. Oh, gosh. 8,000, 8,000, 80, 80, 80, 80. Yeah. Well, yeah, that covers all the new products. Jordan, when are all these going to be available for sale?

Yeah, so kind of in a staggered approach, but all of these that we talked about, aside from the control hub, obviously, that's going to be coming in the fall, are going to be trickling in now and over the next few weeks and just kind of keep up to date on the website, on Amazon, Best Buy, wherever you, wherever you buy your NZXT products. and they will be trickling in. Cool. So keep an eye out on the website. Yep.

So we actually have several questions about these new products. So earlier in the week, I asked our Discord server here at Discord.g. org slash NZXT to just ask us anything they wanted to know about these new products, because I know we have a lot of them. And there's a lot of questions about him, too, because they're different. So I'm just going to go down the list. We'll try to get through as many as we can.

The first one is from option one. They ask, do product concept slash ideas like the updated H7 flow or the single frame fans come from months of development with the general idea or a more spontaneous? Aha, light bulb moment. Yeah, I think it always depends. I think there's a lot of a lot of research. And when I talked to earlier about just kind of the job in general of being in product marketing

is these engineering and product teams are working on this stuff so far in advance. And so they're always, they always have new ideas that they're testing out. But I think for the H7 flow in particular, we always knew that we were going to keep iterating on it, right? And so we wanted to, what are ways we could improve the performance? And so that's kind of where the whole idea of, let's tip the PSU vertically, let's add bottom fans. And so those are kind of the incremental steps that go into creating new products. From T-Town Scott, will the single-frame fans have the option of quiet fans? I think what T-Town Scott is talking about here is if the quiet airflow fans would come in like an F-240.

F280Q. I don't know. Cannot confirm or deny. We'll see what the future holds. From Overdriven, what inspired you to create the H7 flow? Like, what's the story behind it? Yeah.

So when we're talking with the product team, the real story was, again, we wanted to find a way to improve the H7 flow. We knew we wanted that classic mid-tower case in the lineup. That's always going to be the H7. And so what can we do to improve it? And I think there was definitely some inspiration taken from the H6 and H9 being our dual chamber cases. What are some elements of that we can bring into the H7 to increase the performance

while still keeping it true to a narrow, tall tower? And that's what happened. That's where the H7 flow came into play. and it is now our highest performing potential case and even just the stock version just with the stock fans compared to the one from a couple years ago is way higher performance and we have been creating questions about the performance on social and I just been telling people you know it's definitely a high performance case and we are going to have reviews coming out soon before the end of the month so all your favorite tech two They are getting them now. Like some of them already have them. They already started their testing and whatnot.

So yeah, the performance numbers are going to come out soon. So those questions will be asked. I also want to point out that I have the 86 flow right now with an I9, 1300K and a 4090. And with me streaming and all this stuff right now, I'm at 33 Celsius right now for my CPU and 28 from my GPU. And I assume once I put it into this big old case with more fans, It's going to get even colder. So it's going to be sick. Absolutely.

From Tahiro, will the H7 FlowK support vertical GPU mounts? I know the answer. Do you want to answer it? Take it away, Ivan. Yeah, it does. However, we need to update our current vertical GPU mount to support it. So I actually asked the product team about this, and they are working on it now. So pretty soon our vertical GPU mount will support this.

Next question is from low smokes. This is actually a really good question. A few people have asked this on social. Will the single frame fans fit most cases or will they only fit in NZXT cases? They will fit most cases. Yeah. Because again, it's simply just combining two or three, fans into one. And so they're still measured in that, almost that radiator sizing, right?

Like the F240 is 2.120s. The F280 is 2-140s and the F-360 is 3120s. And so the answer is yes. Pretty cool. It's lucky one. But they'll look better at it in 60 cases. I mean, come on. That's true. It's Lucky 1S. Can you adjust the individual fan speed of each fan on the F-360 RGB core? No. The answer is no. So this is one of the

other maybe potential downsides of the single frame fan, but in reality and again, anyone can have their own reasons behind it, but I can't think of a big reason you'd want to change

every fan individually when it's mounted on the same panel. There's so freaks out there, Jordan. Yeah, I was thinking, I feel like there's, it basically there's no benefit. Because if it's an intake or an exhaust fan, it just do all three or all two at one. Yeah, all at the same speed.

So yeah, the answer is no. And that's kind of the reason why there is that just that one cable, right? You got the one cable for P.L.YM and RGB. You can control all the RGBs individually on all fans, but the speed of the fans will be all synced up. And that way they'll look the same too, right? they'll all be spinning at the same time. Yeah. PingForge

asks, will the solid frame fans have one fan and RGB connection or three? Three for the fan. One. Yeah, one

eight-pin cable coming out of the bottom that has RGB and PWM. That's beautifully simple. Yep. Brilliantly simple. Well, ooh, beautifully works too.

Maybe we should have used that one. But it's too late. It'll be for the next fan. Yeah. Electric Yoshi asked, is the NZXT control hub included with the new H7 float cases and F series fans? Or does it need to be purchased separately? So it's not out yet. It'll be out in the fall.

But at the moment, I believe it's a separate. It's just going to be a separate purchase. But good question. It's a good question. I think there's an opportunity for a bundle there. But at its base, it'll just be, it'll be separate. Soyfer XDD. When NZT releases a new product, do they discontinue other products in its place?

So this is definitely a per product basis. But essentially when a new product, so for example, those F1, F-120 Q and F-120p, the static pressure and quiet airflow fans from 2022. Now that we have the new ones out, we're not going to be making more of those old ones, but we'll still have them available until they sell out. But once they've sold out, then they're kind of done. Their end-of-lifing is what they call it. And so, yeah.

But again, it's on a per-product basis. Dumbass-Broski as. Will the new H7 flow be able to house dual 360 millimeter radiators? So when he says dual, I'm assuming he means like one on top, one on one of the You can have two 360 millimeter radiators in the case. Yes. Yeah. Front and top.

Let's see. Mayors asked, can the bit of metal that would cover the cables for the motherboard power and sataports be removed on the H7 flow? I don't know. Like the cable management bar? Yeah, that's what they're asking. What do you think, Mike? What does it look like?

I see some screws available. I just got confirmation from Jules here on the customer service team. The cable bar is removable. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. It looks like there's a...

Oh yeah, a cable bar. Yeah, yeah. Sorry, I misread that as cover for cables. Yep. Yep. It can. All right. We got...

I'm going to do two more questions here. One is a little hard and one is a little easy. So ordinary gamer ask, has there been a noticeable improvement in the airflow and temperature control with the new H7Flow cases? Are there plans to release a new pre-built game of PC with the new H7FLow cases as well? So let me take the first one.

Yes, the performance is better for both CPU and GPU cooling. Like, for example, I'm looking at like a thermal testing right here. And in a stock configuration, so just, you know, the fans it comes with, it's looking like the 2022 H7 flow or like so sorry the new H7 flow has almost a 10 a 10 degree cooler difference and looking at all these configurations yes across the board better performance

across the board all right this is going to be the last community question I ask and I guess all three of us are going to go around the table here and answer it so which of the latest hardware that we announced are we most proud of and most excited for people to see? Jordan, we'll start with you. Okay.

I think it's got to be the RGB core single frame fans. I think, I know it's not an entirely new concept. Like, I still think you can find single frame fans out there, but it's definitely not popular. It's not kind of the new thing. And so I'm most excited about that because we're taking a chance on it, right? Like we purposely decided to not go the modular and daisy chain route because we believe this is something unique and it's simple.

It looks good. And so I'm most excited about those and seeing how the community and just our customers react and use them. How about you, Mike? I have like three different ways of like what I think I'm excited about. Obviously the RGV core fans are pretty dope. Like having it all in one makes it so much easier. I also love the flow because, you know, back then everyone had the meme of N60 has no airflow,

N60 fans or NCT cases. Now we have like the 86 flow, which is one of the best. cases literally from literally voted one of the best cases and then now this thing which is apparently just as good if not better than the age six um i'm just excited for people to be like oh dang like we can't make these jokes about nz 60 anymore um also the white white white power supplies never thought never thought i would ever think about needing one but now i'm like dang i need one now yeah what you see it you're like damn right once that yeah exactly it's like i never see my powers all right but But if I do see it, I kind of want that white one now.

Yeah. For me, I guess what I'm most proud of and excited for people to see is definitely the case because, you know, NZXT is, I mean, that's our bread and butter right there is cases. That's what we are, that's what started this company 20 years ago, and that's what we're known for. And I love the fact that this case is like so different from anything that's out there, so different from anything we've ever done, we're taking a risk on it because people are, I have seen people online saying like, damn, this thing was weird. Like, where are the feet? You know, why, why is there

so much space in the bottom? It's got no feet. Yeah, why is the power supply installed like that? And, you know, why is, why is the airflow being brought in this way and things like that? And I love those types of questions because it just shows me that it's different. And for me, like, the weirder something is, the more pumped up I am about it. And I'm really excited for people to get their hands on these cases. And also super excited for the reviewers to build on them, do their test, and just show the world like, you know, what these things can do. Yeah. So right. So those are the, they're up with the community questions. We already covered all the products. So now it's time for my favorite part.

of the show. And no, that's not the secret word. We'll get to that shortly. My favorite part of the show is where Mike asks you rapid-fire questions that you have to answer as fast as possible. You can elaborate on them if you want. You don't have to, but we're just going to go down the list and ask you some quick questions here. All right. Let's do it.

All right. First of all, soccer or football since we were a fan. Football. What is your favorite team? Well, hold on, hold on. Were you asking me about the pronunciation? Yeah. Or were you asking if I prefer American football versus English football?

How about both? So which one would you, so for soccer slash football, which one do you prefer? I use football more just because I'm so into it over in Europe. And I got into that before I got into American soccer. And then football, European football over American. American. Okay. Why is European football or soccer better than any other sport? So I don't know if it's necessarily better, but it's just something that I got into, it's probably been like 10 years now. And I didn't grow up playing. I didn't grow up following. And so it was kind of a later on in

life introduction. And I just got it. Like I was like, this is a really, really, really. cool sport. I love the 11 v. 11. I love how you're all working in tandem to create space. I love how it's all done with your feet or your torso or your head. I don't know. There's so many, there's so many reasons, but yeah, it's definitely my favorite sport. What's your favorite team? Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. Why did they become your favorite team? because in college when we would play FIFA, so this would have been like FIFA 09, FIFA 10, I would always play as Tottenham because they had the fastest player in the game, Gareth Bale at that time. He went on to play at Real Madrid and everything,

but he was the fastest player in the game. And so I would just take him and just run down the sideline and cut in and shoot or cross. And so when it was time to pick a Premier League team, I was like, might as well just go with Tottenham, because they're the only ones I played in on FIFA or the ones I played the most. And so, yeah, it's a gaming reason.

I got into Tottenham because of FIFA the video game. Favorite Tottenham player? Favorite Tottenham player is, it's got to be, it's, excuse me, it's got to be dayhand, Kulosefsky. Not Sun?

He's a Swedish winger. See, Sun is the expected answer. And everyone loves Sunny. And of course I love Sunny. I guess I'm just trying to be a little different. Okay. If you could be any player on the Spurs, who would you want to be?

I'd probably have to say Sonny. Because everybody, he's so happy. He's smiley. Everyone loves him. He's the captain. He plays in an attacking role. Yes, I'd probably be sunny. Who is your favorite player of all time?

Favorite player of all time? Well, because I only started following in like the early 2010s, then I don't have like a huge time frame of players. So I don't, you know, I think the best player in my lifetime is Lino Messi. But I think my favorite player that I, that I knew when I started falling would be Gareth Bale, would be the player I played in in FIFA. He's great a golfing.

He's a good golfer, yeah. Let's see. Who on the Spurs has the best hairstyle and who has the worst hairstyle? Who has the best hairstyle and who has the worst hairstyle? Well, you know with soccer and football that they're always changing their hairstyles. always at the forefront of the latest trends when it comes to hairstyles. I would say that, probably Rodrigo Bintenker would be, I think, my favorite hairstyle currently. He's kind of got that. It's kind of like a faux mullet in a way, but it's a little understated, so it's not super

in your face. Worst hairstyle? it might just it might be dayan kulesesvsky one my like my favorite player he just doesn't he doesn't do anything with it he just lets it go but it is red which i also like because i'm a redhead redhead but the style is just yeah would you rather have a thousand dollars or have your team win the champions win the champions league hands down how much money would it take before you you start to kind of consider like maybe i'm I will take the money instead. Oh. Wow, that's tough. I don't know. Like, let's say, let's say $25,000.

$25,000? Okay. So many, yeah. A lot of people are like, oh, I'll take the cash. But like, for people that are diehard sports fans, they would rather see her. I would love to see her. Yeah.

Yeah. I would love to see us win the champions. Oh, yeah. And do you have a weird? superstition you have when you watch them play so I always try to wear so I have several different totten shirts jerseys kits whatever you want to call them and I always try to wear and I have a variety of away and home and so I always try to wear one that's corresponding to when they're playing so it doesn't have to be from the same season right

but if they're playing at home I'm wearing one of my home jerseys if they're playing away I'm wearing one of my away jerseys. It has not done anything to affect the games themselves and the outcomes because we win or lose no matter what. But yeah, I do that for every game. It feels good to try, you know? Like you feel like you're helping them out. Yeah, exactly.

And it gives me a reason to keep wearing all of the kits. And I guess the final one, what is the best goal celebration? The best goal celebration. I love, I love the, the, is it called the gritty? Now I feel old. Yeah, hit the gritty. I love it. I think it's so funny. And it's such a meme celebration in FIFA, too,

or I guess FC now, EAFC. Yeah. Hit the gritty. Can you demonstrate toward it? I can't. It's, it's something where you're kind of skipping, you're doing your little glasses like that. Yeah, it's,

yeah, I just love it. I think a lot of it's from playing FC24. But yeah. That is it on the rapid fire. I guess right before we go to announcements, Jordan, do you have anything you want to say? I don't think so. I mean, it was great being on. Loved all the soccer slash football questions at the end.

That was fun. Oh, I guess I was going to tell one funny story. Oh, yeah. And then we can be done. But when I was interviewing to join NZXT, this would have been back in my change. January or February of 2021. I had my first interview with my manager at that time. But then one of my next interviews was with our creative director, Jen Kim.

So if Jen, you're listening, this might be the first time you hear this story. But I discovered the NXT podcast back then, and it's when, Ivan, you were doing it with Dennis. And I saw that Jen had a podcast. And so I was like, well, I'm going to listen to this. So maybe I can get some interesting, you know, little tidbits to take into my interview with them. Maybe I can learn about it. What does he like? What does he dislikes?

And then I can be prepared to do better at my interview. Like, I got to set myself up for success. So I listened to the podcast, and I think it was pretty early on in the podcast. Maybe like, I don't remember, like 10, 15 minutes in, he starts talking about one of his favorite interview questions. And one of them was, like, name a time where you messed up and how you fixed it. And Jim was saying something about, I love asking this. It's a really hard question, but I love it because I get to figure out if the people that are going to join are good, like how they think. Are they good problem solvers?

So I was like, this is a gold mine. I know exactly what I'm going to say. I got it. And then right after that, I think there was a question about, Ivan, you probably remember this, about those weird creative problem solving questions. It was if you're one inch tall and in a blender, how would you get out? Yeah. And so there was that one too that he asked. And I was like, oh, I'm going to have a great answer for that. And then I went on like a Googling spree of what are all the weirdest questions?

I think Google was super popular using them in their interview interviews. And so anyways, and then I get to the interview with Jen and he asked none of those questions. And it was a super chill conversation just about marketing, creative. And so I thought that was funny. I don't think Jen knows this. Yeah, so anyways. Good job. Jen always, he always asks like the most random questions.

Like, I don't know where it'll be like, you know, if you're on a boat with an elephant and you're carrying 15 pounds of something and the boat weighs this much, like, how much is the elephant? Wow. He just like comes up with the most random thing. So that's hilarious. And I wonder if that's just being in the creative side of things, if that's just a way to try to elicit creative thinking from the people he's talking to, but yeah, it's funny, and he never asked any of them.

I remember when I was an intern, I was just sitting at my desk, and I forgot what prompted him, but he just, I said something in, like, the chat or something, in, like, the Slack, and then she just bust open the door, his door, walks over to me, takes a photo of me, it goes, like, it just walks away, and then he makes, like, an emoji. Like, within, like, 20 seconds. I go, okay.

Oh, a slack emoji? Yeah. I don't know which one he did, but he took a photo of me. I go, okay. That is so funny. He's a mad man. Yeah, Chin's a Hoot. Okay, I think I'm going to do.

That's all I got. Announcements. Is there anything else before I go straight to announcements? Now I just want to thank everyone who tuned in live. Thank everyone who tuned in after the fact. And I encourage everyone to enter our giveaway. So even if you're not tuned in live, we are going to post this on social media later.

So follow at NZT everywhere and you get all the details. So let me go ahead and do some announcements that I'll give the secret code word for those that are waiting for the code word for the giveaway. So like we talked about, we released so much stuff. We have the 8-7 right here.

Super sick. Got vertical power supply layout. 420 millimeter radiator capacity, which I think is now coming up. Bottom mounted cooling support, which is where Pucci and Lumpus are sitting in. This case is awesome. So I'm excited to case swap it.

I'll make a video of boxing it and case swapping into it. So keep an eye out for that video. We just launched the RGB core single frame fans, which I think are pretty much one of the coolest things we've ever launched. You don't have to worry about screw each fan individually and worrying about all of them cables. It's all in one system. Four screws, one cable.

Static pressure fans with anti-vibration rubber corners. I'm honestly surprised that most fans aren't like this now that we still are doing single fans. So pretty awesome. We just launched Platinum and Gold Series power supplies. The Golds can handle all of the top-line CPUs, and they come in white. The Platinum PSUs are digit-controlled,

ATX 3.1 combined, and PCIE5.1 connected. Not to mention, they come with a magnetic levitation fan. Obviously, new fans as well. Quiet airflow, satin pressure fans, optimized fans, optimized blades, chamferred's frame, pretty much either cooling or cooling of performance or quietness. Oh, we also have, I remember someone in the chat saying that they have been using the NZC Flex subscription service. You could get literally a gaming PC up to like 59 bucks.

It's honestly really nice. It comes with a warranty. You can upgrade every two years. You cancel any time. So if you're traveling, internship, or you're like, you know what, my PC's not good enough, but for this new game, I want to, I just want to try it out for a little bit. Super easy. Cancelain your time.

Super nice. Go to S. Submation point flex or nz60.com slash flex in chat. We, you know, all the questions that we got from the community, we asked on the Discord. Discord. Discord.org.org. We're doing so much new stuff. We have a monthly wallpaper contest and a one for the setups contest.

So I'm in the chat also won. one of the contest so shout out to them so just saying you guys win some dope stuff by participating and it's pretty fun uh okay now we are doing a little uh oh no it's not a

a poochie one it's just a giveaway for all of the new stuff uh as you exclamation point giveaway in chat for those that are here uh we are giving away case we're giving away fans or giving away power supplies or giving way a ton of stuff um and our way for saying thank you for you know joining us live they also thank you to jordan for

helping us get through all those specs and features and all the cool stories and everything our way is saying thank you guys for joining us is the secret code word and a secret code word for 500 entry entries into the giveaway is nzxte whenc or nzx20 uh that's our way say thank you guys for sticking around with us for 20 years 20 years you know i've been here for four years four years four and a half years or so and it's been awesome and we have been doing awesome awesome stuff um i'm just excited to see what else we do now there was a typo in what you said though mike why it's not 500 entries it's 1,000 oh it's 1,000 entries oh wow it's even more special bang okay you guys are lucky

Don't say that we don't love you guys. Just saying. Yeah. So thanks everyone. You're tuned in. Yeah. And thank you, Jordan.

Oh, Jordan, do you have any social social set you want to plug in real quick? No, I don't. You really use social media. Maybe I'm lame,

but no, I don't. Yeah, only lame people do social media. Am I right, Ivan? So, yeah,

no, I don't. All righty. Well, thank you, Jordan, for joining us. And thank you to

everyone here for, you know, giving us questions, talking with us, chatting with us, asking questions about the new products.

It's awesome seeing everyone here. So thank you guys for joining us live and remember tune in live every other Friday at 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on the official NCCT Twitch.

And don't forget to listen to previous episodes on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and SoundCloud. If you have any questions for us, email podcast at nzc.com or you can tag or DMNNXC on social media platforms.

Thank you, Jordan. Thank you, Ivan. Thank you everyone here for joining us. together. Look at all the new products are launching, guys. We are doing more stuff. So stay safe, stay happy, enjoy some nice summer.

And have a good weekend, everyone.