NR200 Owner's Thread

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Cooler Master NR200P

Price: £89.99

Comes in black or white. Includes TG and Vented side panels, GPU riser cable, and 2x 120mm fans.

Spoiler: Blurb

The MasterBox NR200P uses features normally found in stylish, high-end ATX cases and cleverly utilizes space-saving measures to create a chassis taking up less than half the volume. Every feature is thoughtfully laid out in an 18-liter space to maximize component compatibility, thermal efficiency, and ease of assembly.

Keep cool with a highly vented side panel, or look cooler with a crystal-clear tempered glass panel; both are included to satisfy performance and style preferences. Fit large graphics cards in the 3-slot capable NR200P, or utilize the two vertical cards slots with the included PCI riser to turn graphics cards and heads by making the GPU the centerpiece of the PC. Seven possible fan mounts, ample ventilation, and generous liquid and air-cooler clearances keep even the most powerful systems running at their optimum temperatures and speeds. The chassis frame is wrapped in a sleek and tasteful powder-coated steel chassis that makes a statement on a desk.


LIMITED SIZE, UNLIMITED OPTIONS
The NR200P includes many features found in larger ATX chassis while retaining a space-efficient form factor. The NR200P comes with a vented steel side panel for unrestricted airflow, and a crystal-clear tempered glass side panel to reveal the beauty of a computing beast, both are included and can be changed at your leisure. A PCI Riser is included for vertical GPU installation to better showcase it against the glass, or to feed it fresh air from the side with the vented panel.

UNRESTRICTED COOLING POTENTIAL

The NR200P can house up to 7 fans in total for every cooling configuration imaginable. Two 120mm Sickleflow fan are included. The compact structure can efficiently house CPU coolers up to 155mm in height and radiators up to 280mm in length, so even the hottest running hardware can’t be held back.

TRIPLE-SLOT GPU SUPPORT AND INCLUDED VERTICAL RISER CABLE

Triple slot GPUs are supported with a maximum length of 330mm and maximum width of 156mm allowing the fitment of large high-end graphics cards. A custom-sized riser cable is included to mount a graphics card vertically to showcase it, or allow radiator mounting at the bottom of the chassis to keep the system running as cool as it looks.

EASY, TOOL-FREE ACCESS

All external panels, including the tempered glass and top mounted fans are secured with pins for easy removal, facilitating quick access to the internals without the use of tools.

360 DEGREE ACCESSIBILITY

Every panel and frame part of the NR200P can be dismantled. Screws are used to secure the frame parts to allow advanced disassembly and multiple angles to easily work inside of the chassis.

MULTIPLE MOTHERBOARD SUPPORT OPTIONS

Compatible with Mini-ITX and Mini DTX. The PSU can be front-mounted for extra motherboard clearance with a maximum space of 244 x 226 mm.

OUT-OF-THE-BOX CUSTOM COOLING SUPPORT

Two liquid cooling pump locations alongside side and bottom radiator mounting locations allow for powerful, custom water-cooled builds inside a compact enclosure.

HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS

Thick, powder coated SGCC steel keeps the fit and finish of the chassis clean and durable even with harsh traveling conditions

Spoiler: Reviews

Spoiler: Builds

@Simon Belmont
@Fryan.F
@Uvo
@Mal Shannow

 

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If I hadn't just bought an M1

Interesting things:

• The distance between the top of the PCI slots and the side of the case looks to be about the same as my Inwin 301. So 120mm tower cooler support (e.g. U12A)?
• Top fan mounts are interesting. Any room for a radiator up there?
• With the case extending upward beyond the motherboard, there could be enough space for ATX PSUs (140mm long) with a full length GPU.
• It's likely between 15L and 20L in size.

I reckon this thing will sell like hot cakes. Doesn't even need to be particularly cheap. £150-£200 would be par for the course.

 

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There's a chap from CM discussing this on Reddit. Seems it's even more interesting than it first seemed.

Prototypes have been in the hands of some of the big (in terms of case reviews) media outlets since January last year. They've been working with these people to tweak the design. This is both encouraging, and puts an end to the idea they're ripping off the Dancase C4; the current design for that case was only unveiled a few months ago.

It's from steel, to keep costs down, and shares parts with the NR400 and NR600 (and is likely to be branded the NR200).
No rivets, so it can be completely dismantled.
Supports 120mm fan tower coolers.
Supports ATX PSUs (but only the SFX bracket will be included).
The top will take a radiator. It was hinted that it'll be 280mm.
Full custom loop water cooling support.
Seems like there could be panel options (solid, mesh, glass).
Matteo couldn't talk about a release date. But he did state that some reviewers have had this case for a while (which seems to be the origin of the leak), and some retailers have stock. But Covid has delayed the launch. Seemed like he expects it to launch in the next month or two.

This case sounds great to me; the sort of thing a lot of people have been waiting on. Specific references to the likes of the M1 being far too expensive and talk of keeping costs down (e.g. omission of USB-C) are very encouraging. Could this be under £100?

 

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Cool, not had chance to have a proper look yet but if it takes full size 2.5 slot GPUs and it's shorted than my Meshify C then I'm in

There's 3 PCI slots. So that should be a "yes" to 2.5 slot GPUs.

If the dimensions on the listing are correct then it's only 2cm shorter than a Meshify C. GPU support is listed as 330mm, so it's likely about right.

 

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I've also realised my 2600x isn't compatible with B550 and there is no way I'm sidegrading to B450 ITX

It's a pain, isn't it? I fancied a B550 for the USB-C header, but there's no way I'm shelling out £150-£200 for the board, plus another £250-£300 for a meaningful CPU upgrade.

It's not a great time to make the leap anyway really. ITX boards and SFX PSUs are in short supply and are way overpriced.

 

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Got to be days away from launch now?

Really looking forward to it. I'll be sticking an order in as soon as they go live, and then deciding later whether to sell it or the M1.

 

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According to the Reddit user who has one of these, actual dimensions are 360×185×274mm, for a volume of 18.2L (a CM rep confirmed that the box measurements include feet and protrusions, and thus were overstated).

For comparison:

• Ncase M1 - 328×161×242 (12.7L)
  
• NZXT H1 - 187×188×388 (13.6L)
• Streacom DA2 - 340×180×286 (17.5L)
• CM NR200 - 360×185×274 (18.2L)
• Lian Li TU150 - 375×203×312 (23.8L)
• NZXT H200 - 372×210×334 (26L)

So it pretty much is what it looks like; a chonky Ncase M1 with better cooler support, and for less than half the price.

 

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Pretty sure this is under NDA until next week. Only reason we even know it exists is because some retailers in the East don't care, and because Amazon screwed up.

Though at this point, Cooler Master may as well give up The surprise is long since blown.

 

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You will all be pleased to know - The NR200P is available to Pre-Order with stock arriving soon!

Thanks. Ordered.

Will be interesting to see how it compares to the M1. If I like it, the Ncase might be going back on the MM.

So tempted but no power supplies available

Took me seconds to find an SF600 in stock. Obviously can't say where, and admittedly the price wasn't great (RRP + delivery), but that's par for the course right now.

An ATX PSU bracket has been hinted at by one of the CM Reps on Reddit. Might be a better option in the short-term.

 

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Box dimensions include protrusions (i.e. PCI support bracket and feet). OCUK dimensions don't. They're both right.

 

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Some of Silverstone's older SFX PSUs are questionable by today's standards. More recent ones have been decent. SX700-PT is pretty good (just not that popular, because Corsair's SF750 is better and was cheaper).

Going to need SFX-L if you want a 120mm fan.

 

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What do you use in your ncase and what do you think of it?

The only good unit I could get my hands on at a reasonable price

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silv...old-fully-modular-power-supply-ca-405-sv.html

Had a choice of that at £75, or the Be Quiet! 600W SFX-L at £100. Had a Corsair CX450M before, so the Silverstone was a decent enough upgrade.

Ideally I would have bought an SFX unit, as some of the smaller cases have issues with SFX-L (e.g. you can't use the AIO in the Dan A4, can't use a 240mm radiator in the FormD T1). But good ones are scarce and expensive right now. Six months ago, the SF600 Platinum was on offer for less than £100, and the EVGA GM650 was £80

 

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Just had a thought which might help some; the B-Grade section has a few SFX PSUs right now:

Silverstone SX500-LG - £59.99
Be Quiet! SFX-L Power 500W - £74.99
Silverstone NJ450-SXL - £124.99
Corsair SF600 Platinum - £134.99

 

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White actually looks much better than I thought it would.

Think I'll stick with black though. Been down the white route before. The black fans will bother me and get replaced. The black cables will bother me and get replaced. I'll wind up buying a white AIO. And my next GPU will be white (always winds up costing more). Don't want to wind up down that route again. Costs too much

 

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Its a shame they couldn't have made it a couple of mm wider, i could then have then fitted my dark rock 4 cooler in there.. Looks like it will be a low profile cpu cooler then,

Should be quite a few that fit without having to resort to an LP cooler. Scythe Fuma 2, for example. And that benches pretty close to a D15.

 

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There are a few differences between the two versions:

NR200 has the perforated side panel only, and ships with 1x 120mm fan and 1x 92mm fan. To vertically mount a GPU, a section of the rear panel needs to be removed.

NR200P has both the perforated and the glass panels. It ships with 2x 120mm fans and a riser cable. And it has normal PCI slots for mounting a GPU vertically.

The price difference in the US is $20.

 

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Here's a few options:

Perforated side panel (<155mm)
Scythe Fuma 2 (probably the best cooler that will fit)
Noctua U12A (confirmed to fit by CM rep, despite being over spec)
Noctua C14S (dual 140mm fans should fit on this without problems)

Widow panel (<153mm)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 33
Noctua U9S

Still a lot of question marks with this case though. If the U12A fits, then the listed clearances are on the conservative side (for the perforated panel, at least). So what else might fit?

Also quite interested to find out exactly how much space there is in the bottom. At one point in the OT review, the case is shown off with a Strix card and 25mm thick fans. That means there's at least 79mm of clearance down there, which is enough to put an AIO under my 5700 XT (with slim fans and enough room to breathe).

 

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I’m hoping I can mount a 240mm AIO rad up top and then I’ll custom make a mount to hold my current ATX PSU to the front. I’ll also consider boxing out this front part of the case so the heat from the PSU does not interfere and to help with cable management

Are you not maybe over-estimating the space available here?

The X52's radiator is 275mm long and 30mm thick. An 86mm tall PSU isn't going to fit next to it. So the PSU will have to go underneath. At minimum, an ATX PSU is 140mm long. If you forego one of the radiator's fans then you might just clear the GPU. A modular PSU may need low profile connectors and unsleeved cables.

Or are you using a short GPU?

Also, the stock fan bracket in the top is plastic and tool-less. You'd probably need to make a new one to fit a radiator.

Yep 157mm the max Height before hitting the side panel , i just get away with the freezer 34

You sure you can use 157mm with the glass panel?

 

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Yep, 153mm they say, but most case always leave a bit extra, in this Case 157mm

I'd missed that. Saw that the U12A would just about fit with the mesh panel, but hadn't seen anything about the glass panel real-world max. 157mm is great!

 

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Will post my hardware build.
Hope this case not short supply & have to wait months
I Mean look at the NZXT Hot 1 ITX Case, still not in stock freely after months.
but that may be due to that case comes with PSU & AIO so less stock to go around.

The reps said they delayed it to avoid this.

Then again, the reps said the case would go live for ordering straight after the reviews were published. They also said stock would be sent out this week. So...