NR200 Owner's Thread

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Interesting results. The U9S performing worse, and at a higher volume, does suggest there's an issue. Top fans causing airflow/turbulence problems?

Been tempted by a Big S for a while. Just can't help but think it's overpriced in the UK; the US price works out to about £35.

 

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There one in the MM for £30 used and I have been looking at them for a while but in the end I caved and paid £50, doesnt come with a screw driver either which I was surprised at because the Mugen does and costs less and is bigger so yeah its pretty over priced but I am happier with this cooler than other I've tried, sat on PC right now typing this and the silence is glorious.

Thanks for the heads up.

Could do with getting this build finished. I haven't done anything since August.

 

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One for you @Relentless81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Q4dlFtAeA

Benchmarking different tower coolers in the NR200

Conclusions would be quite different with UK pricing I think. The SE-224, CM, and Arctic (single fan) coolers are all ~£30 vs ~£42 for the BQ and ~£50 for the Mugen. In the US, the Arctic (Duo), Pure Rock 2, and Mugen 5 are around the same price.

 

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Yeah, thanks @Relentless81 for all the testing.

Seems odd to be sticking what is basically an LP cooler in a case this size, but it ticks the boxes; good performance, RAM friendly, quiet. As an added bonus, it should allow the GPU to be mounted vertically too (though that does illustrate just how much space is going unused).

I'm considering sticking a Corsair LL or QL fan on it. Maybe with a Corsair Lighting Node Pro kit, and then one of Pirate Dog Tech's adapters to hook my GPU up to the Node (to allow the RGB to be synced in iCue). Add some custom cables, and that'll be the build done.

 

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No worries plans sound good, did you get the Big Shuriken from the one I mentioned in the MM?

Did indeed. Should be with me in the coming days.

 

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Big Shuriken 3 arrived and is installed. This thing is excellent! The fan is near silent below 1,000 RPM, and still quiet up to 1,500 RPM. It looks great. And RAM is completely unobstructed.

Haven't done any benchmarking yet as my game drive failed. Currently redownloading everything. So I had a play with the vertical GPU layout instead. Needless to say, this isn't a great layout, thermally But with a couple of fans on the bottom I reckon it could work. Won't be as quiet as the standard layout. But it unlocks a lot of space for drives.

 

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Would a Asus Rog Strix 3070 fit in the NR200?

Yeah. No bother. Max clearances are 330mm x 156mm x 60mm. That card is 319mm x 140mm x 58mm.

Nice thing about the NR200 is the bottom panel and rail are easily removed too. So while that card could be a PITA to install in some SFF cases (the few that have clearance), it shouldn't be a problem here. Just disassemble that part of the case, install the card, and reassemble.

 

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Im dying internally, I have landed both 5800x and 6800xt sitting next to my NR200p and the rest of components. And I can't find any SFX PSU 650W or higher anywhere in Europe. Its so frustrating, never have thought that PSU instead of cpu/gpu will stop me from building my pc. FML

The EVGA SuperNova GM 650W is available at some retailers. Also the Fractal Design Ion 650W, but that one is SFX-L.

Unfortunately SFX power supplies are extremely hard to obtain in my country (Philippines), the only available ones here are:
1. Silverstone SX700-G ($170)
2. Seasonic SGX 650w ($160)
3. FSP Dagger Pro 650w ($120)
I really really want the SF 750w and have been calling and offering down payments to multiple stores but they wouldn't take it as they weren't sure of the supply.
I'm also looking into the new Cooler Master ones but it'll probably arrive here in 2021.

Doesn't change the fact that ATX PSUs won't fit unless you use a short GPU. And even then, you need to 3D print the mounting bracket. SFX and SFX-L will fit. So you either need a different case, or an SFX or SFX-L PSU. SFX-L interferes with the top fan at the front, which isn't ideal. But it might be possible to work around that (I have, with a Silverstone SX500-LG). To that end, I'd go with the Seasonic you listed. It's a decent PSU. Overpriced at $160. But it's not like you have a lot of options...

 

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How did you manage to get around this? I bought the same PSU before I realised this would be an issue.

I'll take a pic for you shortly. I mounted the PSU directly to the case using screws from the PSU fan on one side, and cable ties on the other. This seats the PSU higher in the case, and closer to the front. In this position with the SX500-LG, the power cord will just miss the front 120mm fan. It also gives a bit more space where the cables exit the PSU.

 

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Thanks man. I might just try a slim fan for the top of the case as I'd like to replace the stock fans with Noctuas anyway, and I'm not sure if I want to fiddle with an open PSU. I'm still interested to see what you came up with.

I didn't open the PSU. Just took out two fan screws, held the PSU in place, and then put the screws back in (through holes in the case). I'll snap a pic later today; I've got to take my PC apart later to pop a new drive in anyway.

 

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Thank you so much, I've decided I'll go ahead and try to wait and look for an sf750 for 2 more weeks. I'm planning to purchase a Zotac 3080 Trinity (it's around $900 in my country from an official retailer, I could probably import one myself but that would cost around $800+ with shipping and foreign transaction fees plus no 5-year warranty).

If I'd get an sf750, will the Zotac 3080 Trinity fit?

Yeah, it'll fit.

SFX PSUs don't interfere with anything.
The 3080 Trinity is within the max dimensions for GPUs in this case.

 

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Did you manage to snap a pic of this?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/TVwYsZTrz48CQLRz9

The screws you can see on the left are the screws for the fan, running through existing holes in the chassis. The right side doesn't line up with existing holes, and I didn't want to drill in to the chassis. So I used cable ties through the fan grille and existing chassis holes.

The mains cable now sits next to the top 120mm fan. While this works with the SX500-LG, other PSUs might need a different solution, as it'll depend where the power cable exists the top of the PSU.

 

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Not sure why the image is not appearing, will check and repost if I find the problem.

Maybe it's because I'm a noobie on the forum!

Post the URL for the image and I'll stick it in BB code for you.

 

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You need URLs for the actual images, hence the problems. For example:

https://i.imgur.com/SOOASuz_d.webp

Also, the forum doesn't support webp, so you'll need to reupload them as jpg.

Interesting idea though. I believe it's also possible to squeeze a 280mm rad in the bottom. A top-hat mod could turn the NR200 in to a water cooling beast.

 

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TBF there are quite a few builds on Reddit using home-made "top hats" on SFF cases to provide extra radiator space. And some of them look pretty good. Can't see any reason why this can't also look good, with the right casing over the AIO.

 

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Still no sign of any stock, overdue for the best part of a week now from where I ordered. Seeing as it takes a month via boat to get here, it’s probably stuck in a shipping container somewhere waiting to be unloaded or caught up in the chaos at the ports.

If it's the blue place, they have a habit of lying about ETAs. I'm still waiting on my Thrustmaster HOTAS One, which gets to "Stock Due Today" before having the date pushed back by 7 days. They did the same thing with the NZXT H1 too.

 

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Would a 240mm and 15mm fans fit in the roof? So you'd be looking at 45mm with the rad and fans. Does it have that clearance?

No. You'll wind up colliding with the motherboard heat sinks, or the RAM, or other components that sit high in the case.

But people have done it. Have a search on r/SFFPC.

 

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Anyone getting a whiring/whining from the top 120mm fans when running at higher RPMs? Have a feeling it may just be me as my under desk mount is obstructing probably about 1cm either side of each fan. Have ordered some noctua replacements to see if it makes it better

Plenty of people with the same issue in this thread. It happens at certain RPMs (IIRC, it's around 1,000 or something?).

I just have mine spinning slowly (600-900 RPM). There's a really steep ramp up if temps get out of hand, to ensure the system doesn't overheat. But so far I've only managed to trigger that in benchmarks.

 

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Listen for the door carefully guys, my bloody useless DPD courier arrived today by surprise but didn't bother to knock on the door, just took a picture of it and left. Hopefully I'll catch him tomorrow!

Put the frighteners up him

"Excuse me matey. OCUK say you delivered a parcel to me yesterday, but it's nowhere to be seen. You wouldn't happen to know what happened to it would you? There would have been about £2k of PC hardware there, so a lot to go missing!"

 

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Received my case today. I don't know what they've done with it in transit, but it is absolutely smashed!

No screw for the top panel
Snapped clip for the top panel
Bent front panel
Bent USB port

Looks like it has received a drop kick to the front, shunting the top and front panel backwards. Box had a little surface damage, but didn't look anything to be particularly concerned about.

Not happy.

Guess someone who works for the courier was in a bit of a grump that day...

Extra sucky given the stock situation. Hopefully OCUK and/or @Ron_CM can sort you out with a case without having to wait months.