Is there a Coolermaster NR200 available anywhere in NZ?

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AlDrag

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#303571 20-Feb-2023 08:50

Looking for a Coolermaster NR200 for my first ever SFFPC build after owning my current full tower for almost 10 years now.

I would like the NR200 over the NR200P as I want to go with air cooling and don't care for windows.
But it seems the NR200 is out of stock everywhere?! Is it basically discontinued now? I can see Australia still sells it though, but maybe that's the last stock?

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#3039297 20-Feb-2023 10:17

I believe the NR200P has effectively replaced it, as there doesn't seem to be anyone still stocking it.

A few places are stocking the NR200P in white + black, and PB Tech does occasional discounts down to $120-30 so it's not like you will be paying much extra for it.

I have just built in one for my first SFFPC, so went through the same process recently

AlDrag

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#3039304 20-Feb-2023 10:23

ShinyChrome:

I believe the NR200P has effectively replaced it, as there doesn't seem to be anyone still stocking it.

A few places are stocking the NR200P in white + black, and PB Tech does occasional discounts down to $120-30 so it's not like you will be paying much extra for it.

I have just built in one for my first SFFPC, so went through the same process recently

Jesus, I am so dumb. I only just realised now that the NR200P comes with a side mesh as well......Thanks heaps! Problem solved.

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#3039310 20-Feb-2023 10:49

AlDrag:

Jesus, I am so dumb. I only just realised now that the NR200P comes with a side mesh as well......Thanks heaps! Problem solved.

NP, although TBF I have seen a few people putting the glass panel on a down-draft style cooler like the C14s... I can only imagine how much it is choking...

What sort of cooler were you planning on using?

AlDrag

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#3039311 20-Feb-2023 10:52

ShinyChrome:

NP, although TBF I have seen a few people putting the glass panel on a down-draft style cooler like the C14s... I can only imagine how much it is choking...

What sort of cooler were you planning on using?

Exactly that cooler haha. The C14s. Reading forums, it seems to be a great choice for this case with the mesh side panel.

Planning to get a 13600k. My GPU is a blower style, so probably need to vent a lot of heat out too.

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#3039509 20-Feb-2023 16:36

AlDrag:

Exactly that cooler haha. The C14s. Reading forums, it seems to be a great choice for this case with the mesh side panel.

Planning to get a 13600k. My GPU is a blower style, so probably need to vent a lot of heat out too.

It's definitely the best you can get for this style of cooler, but TBH, if I was going again, I'd probably go for a tower style cooler like the Noctua D12L or Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 (available from ExtremePC) ingesting fresh air from the rear as seen here, which seem to perform just a little better from what I have seen. The downsides is the need to DIY some mesh to keep the dust out and depending on your preference, it will most likely perform better with the glass panel to allow it to have a tunnel effect from rear intake -> CPU cooler -> top exhaust.

Especially with that CPU, which you will most likely need to apply some power/temp limiting to stop it from thermal throttling anyway (same with my 7600x). Funnily enough, I think a blower style GPU will work better in this case as I presume it is venting out the rear, unlike AIB cards which typically push it out the side of the card back into the case. I would put a bit of thought into using some fans on the bottom as intakes to push fresh air into your GPU though.

Personally I'm planning to ditch my C14s and go for the Phanteks Glacier One 240 T30 when it next goes on a decent special, since I have fallen in love with Phanteks T30 fans and hate money... not that I am not expecting it to be anywhere near worth the money as it will be marginal improvements at best.

That is one thing I love about this case; it may not be dainty compared to other SFFPC cases but the seemingly hundreds of potential options and combinations to play with is great... just need to find me some MAX Pantone 3C colored panels and I will be very happy!

AlDrag

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#3039522 20-Feb-2023 16:58

ShinyChrome:

It's definitely the best you can get for this style of cooler, but TBH, if I was going again, I'd probably go for a tower style cooler like the Noctua D12L or Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 (available from ExtremePC) ingesting fresh air from the rear as seen here, which seem to perform just a little better from what I have seen. The downsides is the need to DIY some mesh to keep the dust out and depending on your preference, it will most likely perform better with the glass panel to allow it to have a tunnel effect from rear intake -> CPU cooler -> top exhaust.

Especially with that CPU, which you will most likely need to apply some power/temp limiting to stop it from thermal throttling anyway (same with my 7600x). Funnily enough, I think a blower style GPU will work better in this case as I presume it is venting out the rear, unlike AIB cards which typically push it out the side of the card back into the case. I would put a bit of thought into using some fans on the bottom as intakes to push fresh air into your GPU though.

Personally I'm planning to ditch my C14s and go for the Phanteks Glacier One 240 T30 when it next goes on a decent special, since I have fallen in love with Phanteks T30 fans and hate money... not that I am not expecting it to be anywhere near worth the money as it will be marginal improvements at best.

That is one thing I love about this case; it may not be dainty compared to other SFFPC cases but the seemingly hundreds of potential options and combinations to play with is great... just need to find me some MAX Pantone 3C colored panels and I will be very happy!

Woops, I got it backwards. My card is an open-air style.

Didn't know about that rear config. Interesting idea. Just googling it, I saw someone on reddit do that configuration and mounted their case vertically. Strange, but effective.

I'm willing to sacrifice some temps for the easier option though. I would assume if you're just gaming, the temperatures don't get THAT bad. Only synthetic benchmarks would push it too high?

It is an extremely versatile case. Was very close to getting the new Fractal Ridge, I love the form factor, but it just seemed too compromised for my liking. Especially since it's my first SFFPC.

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#3039532 20-Feb-2023 17:19

AlDrag:

Woops, I got it backwards. My card is an open-air style.

Didn't know about that rear config. Interesting idea. Just googling it, I saw someone on reddit do that configuration and mounted their case vertically. Strange, but effective.

I'm willing to sacrifice some temps for the easier option though. I would assume if you're just gaming, the temperatures don't get THAT bad. Only synthetic benchmarks would push it too high?

It is an extremely versatile case. Was very close to getting the new Fractal Ridge, I love the form factor, but it just seemed too compromised for my liking. Especially since it's my first SFFPC.

Fair assessment, although I imagine mileage will vary game-to-game on thread utilization/loading etc... It seems like the combo works well enough for others generally though, so certainly not a massive variation in practice it seems and really depends on your tolerance for higher temps/fan noise.

FYI some generally good resources for this case I found were the r/SFFPC and r/NR200 subreddits, if you hadn't discovered them already

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#3039639 20-Feb-2023 20:09

AlDrag:

It is an extremely versatile case. Was very close to getting the new Fractal Ridge, I love the form factor, but it just seemed too compromised for my liking. Especially since it's my first SFFPC.

Was going to upgrade my Node 202 to the Ridge but I doubt that the airflow would be improved much in a case that is close to 10L.
The node 202 looks good but the fan speed required to get good airflow is too loud for me, and it's only running a i5-12400 and an old RX580.
Wiring the thing was a PITA.
I'll probably move to a larger case like the NR200P when I upgrade the GPU.