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Yes it's just a case but it's a very sturdy and nice plain looking case that's fairly small without paying the iTX tax. The case her referred to in the title is an awesome small form factor case. But those motherboards and power supplies are very pricey. This case can hold mATX boards and a full size psu. That means you can grab a cheap $79 motherboard and $50 PSU and you've got a fairly small pc. Some people really love small cases and I understand. I have an NZXT H1 and I love the space I've saved. This case saves a little space and is pretty cool. Lots of room for fans, AIO and big GPU.
Bought this last week, received the case today, comes with a single 80mm exhaust fan, all mesh panel has built in dust filters, overall feels like a well made case. One of the side panels on mine is not completely secured, has a slight wobble when poking it, but no obvious panel gaps.
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Bought this last week, received the case today, comes with a single 80mm exhaust fan, all mesh panel has built in dust filters, overall feels like a well made case. One of the side panels on mine is not completely secured, has a slight wobble when poking it, but no obvious panel gaps.
Bought this last week, received the case today, comes with a single 80mm exhaust fan, all mesh panel has built in dust filters, overall feels like a well made case. One of the side panels on mine is not completely secured, has a slight wobble when poking it, but no obvious panel gaps.
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I've built 4 PCs in NR200s/NR200p, 1 for myself, 2 for people who ordered from me, and 1 for a friend. Love the case. This one is noticeably bigger and its intention seems to be more oriented to mATX, but that might make it a lot more desirable.
For one, you aren't forced to pay for cooler master's awful fans (loud, shitty, cause vibrations). I end up selling them and replacing them with arctic value pack fans. Two, this looks to have support for top mounted rads, which is excellent.
In my NR200ps, the go to has been using the MSI Coreliquid 240r bottom mounted AIO because of the pump in the rad design, replacing the fans with artics (since the rgb msi ones are loud and shitty). Then vertical mounting the GPU. The NR200 (non P) isn't capable of this because the slot for vertical mount is not cut out of the case. So you get stuck paying for the tempered glass (thermal disaster, but honestly very decent with a 2 slot vertical card, exhaust out the top, and bottom intake AIO) and fans, plus gen 3 riser cable.
In this way, the SAMA we have here is actually superior to the NR200 as it has removable brackets to allow for vertical mounting a GPU. This actually isn't just a clone, it looks like it is an improvement in several ways. I haven't bought one of these yet, but this is very enticing. I'd love to put an AIO in the top of the SAMA and a hybrid kit on a GPU mounted horizontally, with the liquid cooler on the side bracket. Would be an easy way to get a nice and quiet water cooled near-sffpc without a custom loop. You COULD pull this off with janky case mods and inverting the case on the NR200 or by buying 3d printed mods on etsy, but this is easier and (when compared to the etsy mods) cheaper.
I might just pick one up and transfer my PC too it.
Edit: Wow it even has more mounting spots for 3.5" HDDs. My main issue with NR200p was that I could not fit the 3.5" HDD at the same time as the Coreliquid 240r and 3080 FTW3. There just wasn't a way without sacrificing crucial fans or bumping into hot components or grinding cables. I'm confident this case could easily do it.
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In case anyone wants to visualize the possible configurations, there's a gallery of different configurations in the middle of this Polish page[krux.tech] I found through Reddit[reddit.com],
I've built 4 PCs in NR200s/NR200p, 1 for myself, 2 for people who ordered from me, and 1 for a friend. Love the case. This one is noticeably bigger and its intention seems to be more oriented to mATX, but that might make it a lot more desirable.
For one, you aren't forced to pay for cooler master's awful fans (loud, shitty, cause vibrations). I end up selling them and replacing them with arctic value pack fans. Two, this looks to have support for top mounted rads, which is excellent.
In my NR200ps, the go to has been using the MSI Coreliquid 240r bottom mounted AIO because of the pump in the rad design, replacing the fans with artics (since the rgb msi ones are loud and shitty). Then vertical mounting the GPU. The NR200 (non P) isn't capable of this because the slot for vertical mount is not cut out of the case. So you get stuck paying for the tempered glass (thermal disaster, but honestly very decent with a 2 slot vertical card, exhaust out the top, and bottom intake AIO) and fans, plus gen 3 riser cable.
You can actually punch the holes out of the NR200 and use the bottom GPU bracket to support it in vertical mode. No "P" required. Of course now the problem is you need a short PCI-E riser. So for the +$20 going from the NR200->NR200P is the additional TG panel *and* PCI-E 3.0 riser.
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In this way, the SAMA we have here is actually superior to the NR200 as it has removable brackets to allow for vertical mounting a GPU. This actually isn't just a clone, it looks like it is an improvement in several ways. I haven't bought one of these yet, but this is very enticing. I'd love to put an AIO in the top of the SAMA and a hybrid kit on a GPU mounted horizontally, with the liquid cooler on the side bracket. Would be an easy way to get a nice and quiet water cooled near-sffpc without a custom loop. You COULD pull this off with janky case mods and inverting the case on the NR200 or by buying 3d printed mods on etsy, but this is easier and (when compared to the etsy mods) cheaper.
I might just pick one up and transfer my PC too it.
Edit: Wow it even has more mounting spots for 3.5" HDDs. My main issue with NR200p was that I could not fit the 3.5" HDD at the same time as the Coreliquid 240r and 3080 FTW3. There just wasn't a way without sacrificing crucial fans or bumping into hot components or grinding cables. I'm confident this case could easily do it.
Honestly the SAMA is probably the best fully-featured mATX case you can get. Technically speaking the NR200p supports a (very small) subset of short mATX mobos but its probably not even worth mentioning. You are better off just considering the NR200P as ITX-only.
Lastly if you want to bottom mount the 240mm AIO, I highly suggest doing the inverted mod. Looks neat and is technically completely reversible.
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Its not so much of a clone as it is Heavily inspired & then modified.. mATX mobo & ATX PSU support. There is a white version & tempered glass panels avail, just not here in the US yet. For the increased size had they made it just a hair bigger to support a 280 top & bottom then I would of already bought this thing.
I've built 4 PCs in NR200s/NR200p, 1 for myself, 2 for people who ordered from me, and 1 for a friend. Love the case. This one is noticeably bigger and its intention seems to be more oriented to mATX, but that might make it a lot more desirable.
For one, you aren't forced to pay for cooler master's awful fans (loud, shitty, cause vibrations). I end up selling them and replacing them with arctic value pack fans. Two, this looks to have support for top mounted rads, which is excellent.
In my NR200ps, the go to has been using the MSI Coreliquid 240r bottom mounted AIO because of the pump in the rad design, replacing the fans with artics (since the rgb msi ones are loud and shitty). Then vertical mounting the GPU. The NR200 (non P) isn't capable of this because the slot for vertical mount is not cut out of the case. So you get stuck paying for the tempered glass (thermal disaster, but honestly very decent with a 2 slot vertical card, exhaust out the top, and bottom intake AIO) and fans, plus gen 3 riser cable.
In this way, the SAMA we have here is actually superior to the NR200 as it has removable brackets to allow for vertical mounting a GPU. This actually isn't just a clone, it looks like it is an improvement in several ways. I haven't bought one of these yet, but this is very enticing. I'd love to put an AIO in the top of the SAMA and a hybrid kit on a GPU mounted horizontally, with the liquid cooler on the side bracket. Would be an easy way to get a nice and quiet water cooled near-sffpc without a custom loop. You COULD pull this off with janky case mods and inverting the case on the NR200 or by buying 3d printed mods on etsy, but this is easier and (when compared to the etsy mods) cheaper.
I might just pick one up and transfer my PC too it.
Edit: Wow it even has more mounting spots for 3.5" HDDs. My main issue with NR200p was that I could not fit the 3.5" HDD at the same time as the Coreliquid 240r and 3080 FTW3. There just wasn't a way without sacrificing crucial fans or bumping into hot components or grinding cables. I'm confident this case could easily do it.
Thank you! I didn't realize there were 240 AIOs with the pump in the rad. I had to settle with my 240 on the side so the pump would be lower.
This is a nice looking case, I just wish Newegg offered the version with the tempered glass side panel. Having mATX support in this volume is a huge benefit in terms of options and expandability, but the ATX PSU support is the real cherry on top. Rip-off or not, Cooler Master has had ages now to offer a proper ATX bracket for the NR200, but we're still stuck either 3D printing it or ordering from a third party for an extra $20. Tack on CM's recent price hike and I'm not seeing much of a benefit over this clone.
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For one, you aren't forced to pay for cooler master's awful fans (loud, shitty, cause vibrations). I end up selling them and replacing them with arctic value pack fans. Two, this looks to have support for top mounted rads, which is excellent.
In my NR200ps, the go to has been using the MSI Coreliquid 240r bottom mounted AIO because of the pump in the rad design, replacing the fans with artics (since the rgb msi ones are loud and shitty). Then vertical mounting the GPU. The NR200 (non P) isn't capable of this because the slot for vertical mount is not cut out of the case. So you get stuck paying for the tempered glass (thermal disaster, but honestly very decent with a 2 slot vertical card, exhaust out the top, and bottom intake AIO) and fans, plus gen 3 riser cable.
In this way, the SAMA we have here is actually superior to the NR200 as it has removable brackets to allow for vertical mounting a GPU. This actually isn't just a clone, it looks like it is an improvement in several ways. I haven't bought one of these yet, but this is very enticing. I'd love to put an AIO in the top of the SAMA and a hybrid kit on a GPU mounted horizontally, with the liquid cooler on the side bracket. Would be an easy way to get a nice and quiet water cooled near-sffpc without a custom loop. You COULD pull this off with janky case mods and inverting the case on the NR200 or by buying 3d printed mods on etsy, but this is easier and (when compared to the etsy mods) cheaper.
I might just pick one up and transfer my PC too it.
Edit: Wow it even has more mounting spots for 3.5" HDDs. My main issue with NR200p was that I could not fit the 3.5" HDD at the same time as the Coreliquid 240r and 3080 FTW3. There just wasn't a way without sacrificing crucial fans or bumping into hot components or grinding cables. I'm confident this case could easily do it.
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For one, you aren't forced to pay for cooler master's awful fans (loud, shitty, cause vibrations). I end up selling them and replacing them with arctic value pack fans. Two, this looks to have support for top mounted rads, which is excellent.
In my NR200ps, the go to has been using the MSI Coreliquid 240r bottom mounted AIO because of the pump in the rad design, replacing the fans with artics (since the rgb msi ones are loud and shitty). Then vertical mounting the GPU. The NR200 (non P) isn't capable of this because the slot for vertical mount is not cut out of the case. So you get stuck paying for the tempered glass (thermal disaster, but honestly very decent with a 2 slot vertical card, exhaust out the top, and bottom intake AIO) and fans, plus gen 3 riser cable.
I might just pick one up and transfer my PC too it.
Edit: Wow it even has more mounting spots for 3.5" HDDs. My main issue with NR200p was that I could not fit the 3.5" HDD at the same time as the Coreliquid 240r and 3080 FTW3. There just wasn't a way without sacrificing crucial fans or bumping into hot components or grinding cables. I'm confident this case could easily do it.
Lastly if you want to bottom mount the 240mm AIO, I highly suggest doing the inverted mod. Looks neat and is technically completely reversible.
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For one, you aren't forced to pay for cooler master's awful fans (loud, shitty, cause vibrations). I end up selling them and replacing them with arctic value pack fans. Two, this looks to have support for top mounted rads, which is excellent.
In my NR200ps, the go to has been using the MSI Coreliquid 240r bottom mounted AIO because of the pump in the rad design, replacing the fans with artics (since the rgb msi ones are loud and shitty). Then vertical mounting the GPU. The NR200 (non P) isn't capable of this because the slot for vertical mount is not cut out of the case. So you get stuck paying for the tempered glass (thermal disaster, but honestly very decent with a 2 slot vertical card, exhaust out the top, and bottom intake AIO) and fans, plus gen 3 riser cable.
In this way, the SAMA we have here is actually superior to the NR200 as it has removable brackets to allow for vertical mounting a GPU. This actually isn't just a clone, it looks like it is an improvement in several ways. I haven't bought one of these yet, but this is very enticing. I'd love to put an AIO in the top of the SAMA and a hybrid kit on a GPU mounted horizontally, with the liquid cooler on the side bracket. Would be an easy way to get a nice and quiet water cooled near-sffpc without a custom loop. You COULD pull this off with janky case mods and inverting the case on the NR200 or by buying 3d printed mods on etsy, but this is easier and (when compared to the etsy mods) cheaper.
I might just pick one up and transfer my PC too it.
Edit: Wow it even has more mounting spots for 3.5" HDDs. My main issue with NR200p was that I could not fit the 3.5" HDD at the same time as the Coreliquid 240r and 3080 FTW3. There just wasn't a way without sacrificing crucial fans or bumping into hot components or grinding cables. I'm confident this case could easily do it.
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