NR200 Owner's Thread

Bindlestiff said:
Is anyone planning on using the side bracket to mount AIO rad? Seems air cooling is dominating the builds right now, and although I could go down that route I've got a Corsair H115i Platinum that I'd prefer to re-use from my current build if possible (I'm assuming it fits).
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If I have to go down that route I will, but I really want to be able to see the mobo through the glass panel not the side of a rad
 
Bindlestiff said:
Is anyone planning on using the side bracket to mount AIO rad? Seems air cooling is dominating the builds right now, and although I could go down that route I've got a Corsair H115i Platinum that I'd prefer to re-use from my current build if possible (I'm assuming it fits).
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I am using the Corsair H115i Platinum 240mm in my build and its great. It's cooling a 3700x and I have Artic p12 120 PWM fans on it and on the top of the case I have 1 artic 12 PWM and a Noctua for exhausts. It works very well.
 
Sadly my pre-order has disappeared somewhere between the OCUK warehouse and DHL. And now the case is sold out it'll be a refund for me. I guess the universe just wants me to wait until Zen 3 drops, as I didn't have the ITX board yet.

Props to OCUK for the quick and decisive action on a refund though. :)

Bazzards said:
The Coolermaster ml240 could be a good shout, will have to check out reviews.
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I'm running one of these (ML240R Phantom Gaming), albeit in a different case. Stock Fans (MF120) are a bit on the loud side above 1200rpm, I've just swapped them our for Arctic P12 and oh baby what a difference! Cooling is decent.
 
NCW1978 said:
I am using the Corsair H115i Platinum 240mm in my build and its great. It's cooling a 3700x and I have Artic p12 120 PWM fans on it and on the top of the case I have 1 artic 12 PWM and a Noctua for exhausts. It works very well.
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I wasn't aware that the H115i came in a 240 variant? I've got the 280mm which is why I'm a little skeptical as to whether it actually fits. Good to know a 240mm will fit, though - thanks.
 
McPhee said:
The Freezer II was never going to be a good idea :p From an SFF perspective, it's just really poorly designed. Long, stiff tubes which exit from the top of the block, with no rotation = nightmare. Couple that with an iffy warranty, and it's probably best avoided.

Just a shame that the Kraken coolers have such inflated prices right now. Pretty close in performance terms, much better warranty, and much easier to install.
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I really REALLY dislike the NZXT CAM software, this is why I won't get NZXT stuff. Looks like I'll just have to re-use my current Corsair H100i RGB Platinum.

EDIT** - That post is using vertical GPU mount, I wouldn't be using that. GPU will be mounted horizontally in my case with the radiator on the vented case panel, not the TG panel. The user mentioned he thinks it may not fit, but he hasn't actually tested.

Relentless81 said:
I don't understand the obsession with getting aio's to fit, each to their own etc but if it's primarily for gaming the best setup is two bottom mounted fans pointed right at your GPU and then just fit whatever air cooler takes your fancy because the difference with an air cooler and AIO in games is going to be nothing
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Because it is able to cool the radiator of the AIO with fresh air from the outside. Much less impacted by rising GPU heat and you don't have a massive weight on your motherboard. Yes air cooling can work well, I just prefer AIO.
 
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Bindlestiff said:
I wasn't aware that the H115i came in a 240 variant? I've got the 280mm which is why I'm a little skeptical as to whether it actually fits. Good to know a 240mm will fit, though - thanks.
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My mistake mine is the H100i. I would think a 280aio would fit as it has the mounting holes just cable management would be harder. Some fan guards might help keep some of cables out of the way.
 
Bindlestiff said:
Is anyone planning on using the side bracket to mount AIO rad? Seems air cooling is dominating the builds right now, and although I could go down that route I've got a Corsair H115i Platinum that I'd prefer to re-use from my current build if possible (I'm assuming it fits).
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I am, with fans at the bottom as well as the top.

Well, at least I will once I get my case. Its been delivered to my neighbours house. I've got back from holiday to find they have now gone away....
 
SaiBork said:
Because it is able to cool the radiator of the AIO with fresh air from the outside. Much less impacted by rising GPU heat and you don't have a massive weight on your motherboard. Yes air cooling can work well, I just prefer AIO.
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No need to have a massive weight on your motherboard if your PC is for gaming, coming from someone who has owned a Dark Rock Pro 4 and a Noctua D15S recently I will never buy a large air cooler again, games perform exactly the same whether the CPU was at 75C or 65C in gaming

Personally I'm putting a 92MM Noctua NH-U9S on mine when the Chromax version comes out because it'll be quieter than the OEM solution I'm using now there is just no need for massive cooling solutions for the CPU in gaming PCs, they dont do anything for performance and this particular case isn't geared toward them either
 
NCW1978 said:
My mistake mine is the H100i. I would think a 280aio would fit as it has the mounting holes just cable management would be harder. Some fan guards might help keep some of cables out of the way.
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Thanks for the clarification :). I think the fact the case is currently OOS with Overclockers might be a blessing as it will mean enough time passes in the meantime that others might put together some similar builds which I can then learn from. Definitely not against having to switch to air cooling though, especially now it has been confirmed that the U12S definitely fits.
 
SaiBork said:
I really REALLY dislike the NZXT CAM software, this is why I won't get NZXT stuff. Looks like I'll just have to re-use my current Corsair H100i RGB Platinum.

EDIT** - That post is using vertical GPU mount, I wouldn't be using that. GPU will be mounted horizontally in my case with the radiator on the vented case panel, not the TG panel. The user mentioned he thinks it may not fit, but he hasn't actually tested.


Because it is able to cool the radiator of the AIO with fresh air from the outside. Much less impacted by rising GPU heat and you don't have a massive weight on your motherboard. Yes air cooling can work well, I just prefer AIO.
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OP managed to fit the Arctic Freezer at the end. Also uploaded some pictures about it:
https://imgur.com/gallery/zWE6XfC
 
xtremedetailz said:
Well here are my pics of the build, to say the fans and graphics card are close is an understatement. They are touching tbh and applying a little pressure but I managed to get the screw back into the bottom panel so to me that means it fits

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0A1nIurrCK1OioT1yV0K-hBrw
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With this it almost looks like you may be better off de-shrouding the GPU... Just use the case fans for cooling instead of GPU fans, it's what a lot of people do in the N1/Ghost cases I believe.
 
SaiBork said:
Yeah, I saw, but vertical GPU. It does look like if you were to do a horizontal GPU and have the radiator on the side it wouldnt fit or be VERY tight. It's just a bad design from Arctic to have the tubes come up like that.
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Op wrote in a subcomment that it's 99% sure it wouldn't fit that way.
I have a Corsair H115i which I am going to try to fit on that side bracket and even though it has the same stiff and thick tubes coming out the same way but rad thickness is just 30mm vs 38mm of that Arctic one.
Not the ideal design for these cases..
 
If this case is a huge success, CM should consider releasing an AIO (240mm?) with short tubes. Tube length a big part of the problem in most of these cases; it's designed to accommodate big ATX cases.
 
SaiBork said:
With this it almost looks like you may be better off de-shrouding the GPU... Just use the case fans for cooling instead of GPU fans, it's what a lot of people do in the N1/Ghost cases I believe.
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Yeah I did consider that but it just about fits and tbh I will be looking at getting one of the next gen GPUs anyway so it’s not permanent.
 
SaiBork said:
With this it almost looks like you may be better off de-shrouding the GPU... Just use the case fans for cooling instead of GPU fans, it's what a lot of people do in the N1/Ghost cases I believe.
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Yeah I did consider that but it just about fits and tbh I will be looking at getting one of the next gen GPUs anyway so it’s not permanent.
 
Scba said:
I have a Corsair H115i which I am going to try to fit on that side bracket and even though it has the same stiff and thick tubes coming out the same way but rad thickness is just 30mm vs 38mm of that Arctic one.
Not the ideal design for these cases..
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Exactly my use case so I'd appreciate if you can keep me / us informed as to how you get on please?
 
Just done a 30 minute run of heaven to compare the CPU and GPU temps with my old Meshify C

GPU temps were the same

Interestingly my CPU temp is down 6c from 75 to 69 and the room is warmer is by a couple of degrees

Same CPU and cooler

Maybe it's to do with the case only have exhausts at the moment or the two P12's are right above the CPU cooler

Good result anyway
 
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