It doesn't. Vented panel only.
The 33 is a little shorter though, so should fit (53mm IIRC).
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It doesn't. Vented panel only.
The 33 is a little shorter though, so should fit (53mm IIRC).
You may be right. The BS3 has worked well for myself and Relentless. Certainly better than should be expected, considering it's a low profile cooler.
It'll be absolutely fine.
I'm currently running an R5 2600 & 5700 XT Nitro+ on an SX500-LG. Before I moved to the M1, those same components were powered by a CX450M without a hitch.
450W is actually quite a lot of power. It may not seem it, given enthusiast PSUs tend to start at 450W and run up to 1200W. But there have been very few mid-range builds in the ~15 years I've been building (mainly SFF) PCs that have needed more. Most will fall in to the 300W-400W range.
Go back to the time before high power SFX PSUs, and you used to have people doing some really stupid stuff. Like trying to undervolt and underclock a 4790K and 780Ti so they'll run off a ropey FSP 450W SFX PSU. Those were the builds you had to worry about. They had about a 50% chance of ending with fire
Mid-range parts were rarely not fine.
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TBH I think it's simply that most people are using the glass panel. And of the few that aren't, most are using an AIO (usually a 280mm). Plus, the Mugen 5 and Fuma 2 are almost half the price, and give the option of using the glass later.
Not really. Not without modding or using a small radiator (92mm, 120mm, or 140mm).
As for air coolers, most big tower coolers block the RAM on an ITX board, unless you swap the fan to the rear side. Doing that opens up a lot more options. I just use a top-down cooler; Big Shuriken 3, which is proving to be excellent. And I know @Relentless81 is having a similar experience.
Big Shuriken is designed to not interfere with RAM. The heatsink is offset toward the back of the case, and will overlap rear IO heatsinks. These heatsinks may need to be removed on certain boards.
It's one of the upsides of this cooler versus, for example, a Noctua L12 or C14.
Well, with this post the NR200 thread is now the longest case thread on this forum, finally overtaking the immortal Akasa Eclipse 62 thread, which has been running for 14 years!
Only two threads left to beat; "Desk and Room Gallery" (2,553 posts), which will likely fall some time in January, and "Show Us the Inside of your Case" (4,037 posts), which might take another 6 months. Amazing, given this thread is only 6 and a half months old. Been interesting seeing all the new members, many from around the globe, signing up here to discuss the NR200.
Only two threads left to beat; "Desk and Room Gallery" (2,553 posts), which will likely fall some time in January, and "Show Us the Inside of your Case" (4,037 posts), which might take another 6 months. Amazing, given this thread is only 6 and a half months old. Been interesting seeing all the new members, many from around the globe, signing up here to discuss the NR200.
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First "Top Hat" mod for NR200:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comm...r200/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Going by the comments, there's at least two others working on different designs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comm...r200/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Going by the comments, there's at least two others working on different designs.
Only three ways to achieve that:
Make the case taller. It'll wind up being around 20.5-21.0 litres.
Allow the case to be inverted, so that the GPU/rad area is up top. But the window will be on the "other" side.
Have a modular rear panel (ala O11 Mini) so the motherboard can be shifted down (GPU vertical) to make space for a rad at the top.
That competitor does this all the time. I remember with the NZXT H1 last year, OCUK were saying it was delayed and would be delivered in June. That site said end of March. Then middle of April. Then end of April. And so on. They delivered cases about the same time as OCUK in the end.
They did the same thing to me with a HOTAS before Christmas; kept shunting it back a week. And I know they've done it with other products lately too. I just assume their dates are nonsense now. If you want to know when the next shipment is due, ask OCUK. They'll tell you what they know, rather than making up dates to nab some custom.
The stock fans are fine. Not great, but not awful.
I run them at a low RPM, with the CPU cooler fan running faster as it's a quiet model. This results in decent temps and low noise. Swapping to Noctua fans would bring noise down further. But they're really expensive. Arctic P12s, while better than the stock fans, actually have a similar problem; they resonate at certain RPMs.
Try the case as-is. If you're budget conscious, it'd be daft to spend a fortune on fans before you've tried playing around with custom fan curves for the stock fans. Worth bearing in mind that this is the only case with this layout and support for fans in the top. So even at low RPMs, they're a bonus.
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Quick test of the Corsair RGB. The Nitro+ is hooked up to the Node Pro using an adapter, meaning I can now control all the lighting through iCue.
Got a few bits coming Monday to finish the build off. A bit of tidying up of cables, and then that's it finally done.
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Just installed the Arctic P12s. What a difference! Really quiet, and kept temps under control during an hour run of Heaven 4.0.
Redid all of the cabling when I put the fans in. Really clean now. Also swapped the PCIE power cable for a braided one. I was going to get a full custom set, but TBH the rest of the cables are well hidden so it'd be a waste. Only thing left to replace now is the white SATA data cable from my old build and that's it done.
Redid all of the cabling when I put the fans in. Really clean now. Also swapped the PCIE power cable for a braided one. I was going to get a full custom set, but TBH the rest of the cables are well hidden so it'd be a waste. Only thing left to replace now is the white SATA data cable from my old build and that's it done.
Will do, next time I have that side of the PC open. Probably later this week, as one of the Arctic fans needs RMAd - it was making an absolute racket at load.
Does anyone have any tips on preventing GPU sag for a 3090 FE, with two slim 15mm fans below it? Not much room to work with here. There's about 3-4mm clearance between fans and the GPU if I had to guess.
They are Scythe Kaze Flex slim fans.
https://imgur.com/a/iGfZMUT
Pop a fan screw in the other side of the front Kaze Flex fan. Loosen it until it makes light contact with the GPU. Then pop something on top of the screw (e.g. bluetac) to stop it scratching the GPU.