NR200 Owner's Thread

Hi there! I'm planing on building my first PC in the NR200P case and I've been following this cool thread for a bit.
As I'm still unsure about some details, I was hoping that some of you guys who already got the case could help?

I work in the animation / VFX industry so I use a lot of After Effects, Photoshop, Maya and I also play a lot of games.
Just ordered the case today, and here are the parts I picked (let me know if you feel like I made weird choices)

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card
Corsair SF 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply

I wanted the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 (and mount the radiator at the bottom with the vertical GPU configuration, I think?) but I saw that it was quite tricky to make it fit because of how the tubes are coming out of the pump.
Would that be too difficult or risky for a beginner?
Or maybe there would be enough room with a horizontal GPU configuration, and placing the radiator on the left panel?

If it's not worth the trouble, I'm thinking about either getting a different liquid cooler (the Deep Cool Castle 240EX, maybe?), or use the stock air cooler that comes with the CPU (but then I guess I would need to buy some aditional fans to put somewhere).

Thanks in advance! And I apologize if my questions are stupid!
 
So a few things:

1. AIO. As you've already identified, the Freezer II is a tight fit. It seems to work, but a cooler with swivel fittings is going to be easier to install. Also worth bearing in mind that when you look at reviews, they tend to be using hot, high-end chips. With a mid-range CPU like the 3700X, the difference between two coolers is going to be smaller than with a 3900X or 10900K. So I guess you've got to consider whether you think the Freezer is worth the potential extra hassle.

2. The drives. Your board has 2x M.2 slots and the price difference between SATA 2.5", SATA M.2, and NVME is pretty small now. Personally, I wouldn't bother with a SATA 2.5" drive if starting from scratch now; it just adds unnecessary cable clutter.

3. A new GPU generation is potentially weeks away. Do you need this PC now? The bang-for-buck equation could be about to shift quite dramatically.

Seems good to go though really. Enjoy building your first PC!
 
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Hey McPhee, thanks a lot for your reply!
I think I'll play it safe and stick to the stock cooler for now, keep an eye on the temperatures and eventually upgrade for a swivel one if needed.
Changed the 2.5 for the Crucial P1 1TB M.2-2280 NVME!
I don't need the PC now, but I don't mind having a cheaper GPU and upgrade for a better one in a few years!

Thanks again for your help! Might post some pictures here once it's done :)
 
I forgot pc building was so hard on the knees...

Finally got mine built. Managed to get the cables semi-routed, but damn those evga sfx cables are solid and a pain in the arse to get tidy. Definitely asking santa for a Silverstone with some short cables...

Initial feedback is good, though I can see where the money was saved. The only real issue I have is the really long usb 3 cable is silly. There must be a better way.

I did manage to get 2x140mm fans in the bottom with an adapter, but there not enough space even with a genuine 2 slot card to run them as they foul the gpu fans (at least they did with my Gigabyte Windforce 2080ti).

Temps look OK and noise is good, but then again all 6 fans are plugged into a commander pro so I can tune them tomorrow if I need to.

All in all, I like it a lot. Definitely smaller than the Define Nano S I had (well still do) and bar the build and cabling fun, it's a good case to work with and very good value all in.

Full specs are
i7 9700k
Corsair 240mm aio (side mounted)
Gigabyte Aorus Z390
Evga 650w (less said about the cables the better)
Gigabyte 2080ti Windforce (non-OC horizontal mount)
2x nvme
2x SSD
6x 120mm fans
Commander Pro
 
Removed the fan shroud from my Vega 56 and installed the P12'S in the bottom, for anyone curious this did not go well even with the fans at 100% the temps were climbing so I shut down and reinstalled the shroud and removed the P12'S

Here is a pic for reference, it's obviously the gap between the heatsink and fans that are the problem

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@Relentless81 Too late now as you already put it back, but most of the times they say to put the fans as outtake on the bottom. I know, it doesn't make sense, but it's better for the temps. However, it does look like the gap is just too big in either case. You need 240 to 280 bracket underneath the fans :p That way you could have bigger fans and they will be nearer the heatsink. Would need something custom though and probably not worth it in comparison to GPU being in its normal state and no fans underneath.
 
@Relentless81
The 3x Fan Splitter that comes with the case I got the PWM AMD RYZEN CPU cooler plugged into the red/brown Port & the 2 x top white Arctic P12s plugged into the 2 black Ports of the Fan splitter
Remember the 2 x top P12s will run the same RPM as the CPU cooler if you got them plugged into the black ports of the splitter, also make sure you got the Fansplitter plugged into the TOP
Left CPU Fan header


Then calibrate the fans in "SIV"
This should apply to you since you got same Motherboard, fans & stock cooler
get a dead silent PC



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@Relentless81
Taking the GPU Shroud/fans off to rely on the bottom P12s, not a Good Idea
GPU Heatsink needs them fans to be fitted to the Card to cool down, close contact
GPU fans also run in synchronization with the GPU Temp & specially made for the card

Also, it's a Vega 56 that's a Power hungry Card
Taking the Shroud/Fans off makes some "Hot nooky"

But its good to find out experimenting :D
Give you The "innovation award for learning"
 
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@SaiBork my curiosity is satisfied I'm not bothering with deshrouded GPUs and will think over what my next move is when I get a new GPU, will probably be one of either a two slot GPU with 25mm fans, or if GPU is wider 15mm fans

@Darren_uk I clearly need a bios update as yours looks very different to mine, thanks for the idea, last time I matched case fans to CPU temp it drove me nuts, my plan is to run the ceiling exhausts at a lower limited RPM than the intakes in the base, I'm determined to see how positive pressure works in this case with bottom to top airflow
 
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Darren_uk said:
@Relentless81
Taking the GPU Shroud/fans off to rely on the bottom P12s, not a Good Idea
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I don't know that I'd flat out say "not a good idea" - but it's definitely system dependant! If you had some spacers to get the fans up close, or had a duct from the fans to the cooler it would likely work much better. I suspect the routing of the PCIe power cable didn't do any favours either. Good to experiment though!
I tried the same with my GTX1070, with a single 120mm fan pointing at it it seemed to work about as cool as the stock cooler fans - but no better. This was despite having fins that run longways down the card and no ducts, although I didn't bench for an extended time. I'll definitely be looking at this as an approach when I update my card in the coming months!

I do like the black/white combo though @Relentless81, half wish I did the same. But then I also like the stealth look of my rig (graphics card aside)
 
@Relentless81, There only 1 newer BIOS update for how motherboard & that's just to fully support the new 3600XT/3800XT/3900XT
I am not bothered to install it as I not using an XT CPU & no reason to update. :)

GPU Bios update you need to look at the tech power up website to see.
They have a big range of VGA Nvidia & AMD Bios Collection
Just make sure you know what you are doing "Warning"

Or visit the GPU Vendors website /support to see if there's an update.


In the gigabyte "SIV" after you calibrate the fans & then set the fan curve as seen in the photo :)

Like I said mine is Dead silent & 1 feet away from where I am sitting

The PSU fan hardly spins since it only will under heavy load of over 350watt
The GPU fans only spin slowly when it reaches 60c in gaming
 
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you can always mod some 6cm/8cm10cm Feet to the bottom panel & stick the 2 x p12s under, this is easy to do takes like 8 mins
Paid around £9 free delivery 4x feet set

The Bios / Fan Century is just to calibrate all the fans,
you can manual config all the fans at once in the bios by changing the fan chart,
But best to use the SIV software at hand in Desktop
Gives you a better info also
 
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Darren_uk said:
you can always mod some 6cm/8cm10cm Feet to the bottom panel & stick the 2 x p12s under, this is easy to do takes like 8 mins
Paid around £9 4x feet set

The Bios / Fan Century is just to calibrate all the fans,
you can manual config all the fans at once in the bios by changing the fan chart,
But best to use the SIV software at hand in Desktop
Click to expand...

Ah ok it's the windows software I prefer the bios to be honest for fan control, one reason I like Gigabyte is their pre applied fan curves silent and normal, although they do run a little higher than I would like at idle so might set my own curve once decided on new GPU and intake fans

One other thing I've noticed with this case is the resonating, when the P12'S were in the bottom it was really bad, it's tolerable with them in the ceiling but adding the bottom fans made it even more noticeable, got me wondering if fans with rubber corners would help prevent that as the P12'S are just plastic
 
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