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Could I have gone with a smaller ITX case? Sure, but then I wouldn't be able to use the Noctua D15 CPU and a 3 slot GPU in an ITX case. Going all fan without water cooling allows this to be truly silent during low usage. With water cooling, there will always the pump noise you have to deal with.
Did rebates during TigerDirect and Fry's days... I'm so done with them.
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It's not much, but it's the principal
Could always spray paint it. I know it's extra for the paint and the time. But I've done it a few times with computer cases and for the color coding I wanted, was totally worth it!
Good luck. I hope it improves, but not feeling confident.
My SAMA just came in. Was thinking of transitioning from the NR200p to the SAMA as I wanted to fit a 3.5" HDD that my NR200p didn't have room for.
I can say this is a better case than the NR200. However, I don't know if I'll bother spending the time moving over from the NR200, but if I didn't already have the NR200 - the SAMA would be the one to buy.
The main difference is the much better mounting system for the top fans. The Nr200 uses these proprietary rubber pins to hold in 25mm thick 120mm fans. This case uses a standard fan mounting system - simple dust cover and screws. Why is this important? Well if you want to use slim fans, which is important with some vertical GPUs or CPU coolers, you would need to buy special pins off of etsy, 3d print them yourself, or come up with a janky other system on the NR200.
Now, the SAMA doesn't seem to officially support top mounted rads, but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be able to work if you could physically make them fit. It looks like you might be able to get a slim rad and slim fans on there without interfering with the motherboard, but I have yet to test this. This was the main reason why I switched to the SAMA, since I read somewhere that this supports top mounted rads, but it is not officially supported and doesn't look like it would be too simple.
Next, the MATX support is leaps and bounds better in the SAMA, which drops your cost on motherboards. I will likely keep the SAMA around and build an MATX build inside, but you must use a front mounted ATX PSU (some GPU length issues) or an SFF PSU (expensive, often sold out). So may be great for budget builds/builds with smaller GPUs. Seems excellent for a lower cost ATX PSU, an MATX mobo, and 3060 Ti (when available).
The NR200 can have an MATX mobo inside with some doing, but it is unofficial. Also, you only get 3 removable doors on the back for pcie slots, while the SAMA has 4.
The SAMA has a few extra rather useless front I/O ports and a much less cooler looking power button. The NR200 has rounded edges and goes for a different aesthetic even though they are both very similar. Size wise, next to each other they are so close that it makes you wonder why Cooler Master didn't shift things around a few mm for the extra compatibility that the SAMA has, but I wouldn't be surprised if the sequel to the NR200 from CM basically integrates the changes the SAMA made with the look of the NR200.
Seeing as to how the NR200 is ~$100 now with a bullshit rebate and the SAMA is ~$64, it is a very easy choice to go with the SAMA.
edit: Also for smaller cases, if you don't need massive coolers or storage capabilities, look at the Velka cases or FormD T1. Those are my favorites right now.
Also for PCIe Gen 4 Riser, the 05cm right angle riser is sold out right now, but LinkUp says they will be restocking soon. I purchased the 10cm right angle Gen4 cable and with some easy bending it fit fine in the NR200 and SAMA. I enabled Resizable BAR after updating the Motherboard bios, GPU Vbios, and GPU drivers (also had to enable in bios settings). No performance change in the games I play as they don't support rebar yet.
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I have done over 80 rebates. Only two of them gave me a problem but even those eventually paid