Anyone got their hands on black CM NR200?

How's the finish on the case, is it even? Watched some reviews and seems like the black one suffers from some uneven finish (either some shiny spots or rough spots), a bit like hand painted with a spray can look. But the one Optimum Tech reviewed looks perfect, maybe the botched one is prototype?

example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk3QVZJ9YKQ


I know it's oos everywhere now, just planning my next build.

This post has been edited by CAL V: Sep 26 2020, 01:06 AM

Thanks for your feedback, I don’t have high expectations of it matching quality like ITX cases many times its price. Mainly looking to maximise cooling with multi-radiators support etc, so the slightly larger size at 18L is still okay for me. Another reason is it’s quite affordable at below rm300, so more budget for other parts and less heartache if I want to mod it.

If I really can’t stand it, I’ll probably go ncase m1 to achieve a similar goal but at higher cost and slightly lesser cooling capability. The nr200p does look kinda neat with the vertical gpu orientation, but not suitable for my use case. Will just wait for restock.

I'm also on the same path waiting for 850w psu, then set my upgrade path, quite tempted to say screw it and get the SF750. I've read some rumours the CM unit was available for just a brief moment in certain regions and then taken down quickly and recalled. There's also a GreatWall TF850 platinum, which is basically a slightly downgraded "SF850" or upgraded SF750 depending on how you see it. That too was taken off shelf in China, but "used" or reject stocks can be found in Taobao. From chinese forum user feedback, very bad coil whine and missing some components on the pcb compared to SF750. Not sure when the SF850 will come tho, seeing their oem also face issues.

Leads me to think that a decent 850w SFX psu may only exist in the dreams.

Maybe try custom watercooling
Since card length wise shouldn’t be an issue, just that you need a matching top hat for the S1 clone too.

But disclaimer first, if 240mm radiator cannot cool the cpu + 3080 effectively, don't quote me on it That 3080 will definitely heat up the cpu too.