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Removing the left side panel reveals the black painted interior of the case. This should compliment most component choices aesthetically. There is a fairly generous amount of room to work with inside the case.
As we mentioned previously, the N200 is designed with water cooling in mind. There are twin 120 mm vents in the front which support a 240 mm radiator as well as 140 and 120 mm mounts in the roof and a 120 mm vent in the rear of the case. We had to move the rear exhaust fan into the roof as our Corsair H60 fouled the memory slots on our ITX motherboard with the cooler attached to the roof of the case. This is unlikely to be the case with a Micro-ATX motherboard, though.
On the right hand side of the case there is a single 5.25″ bay alongside a further 3.5″ (external) bay at the top. Moving down to the bottom of the case, there is room for two 3.5″ hard drives or four 2.5″ drives.
Before installing the motherboard we first had to attach the appropriate stand-offs. This was a little troublesome as there isn't a tool for tightening them down supplied and the threads are poorly cut into the motherboard tray. There is a large cut out section in the motherboard tray which facilitates CPU cooler backplate installation.
There is plenty of room for large power supplies, which is surprising considering this is a value-orientated case. Our Seasonic Platinum 1000W fitted with plenty of room to spare for the cables. Even though there isn't much room behind the motherboard tray for cable routing, the side panel has a bulging section which makes some room.
Installing a graphics card is fairly simple although a screwdriver is required as thumbscrews aren't provided for the expansion slots. There is plenty of room for long graphics cards, and every model currently available will fit.
Well it has flaws, but for the money its hard to knock. good job – they make good cases. I hate my thermaltake case its falling apart – they use such thin metals on their products. and they need to use better fans too
I like this, nice price for a budget build. they have tried to cram in as much as possible considering.
The side panel is weird looking – im not sure if I like it or not yet.
They not sell a windowed panel verson?
I got my N200 yesterday in Hungary.
There is a tool to place the motherboard holders in the package!
The side panel maybe looks weird, i considered to wait till the windowed version arive, but i just bought the normal version and i can tell you its not even close as it looks like in the photos!!!
And one more thing. The front mesh is metal, not plastic, the assymetric stripe is plastic, but good one.
Great review…thanks!
I have a quick question…is front or rear radiator cooling best? I am presuming the front fans are intakes, rear and top are out.
My thinking is rear takes heat straight out the back from CPU, where as front means air is drawn in, cooled and then blow back through case. Surely venting the heat straight away is better?
I am thinking of the Coolermaster Seidion 120 and 240 models.
Cheers