ha I remember the NR600 series so the original N600 was one of my favorite
cases under $100 so we're checking out the NR600 sort of budget $80 mint hour
which follows a similar front panel design as the rest of the end serious
cases well look what we have here some Harbor connect stuff filters but that's
for another case and I'm really curious to see what Coolermaster has done with
this series are they improving on it or are they just digging themselves in a
hole now the good thing about this enclosure is that it's only six to nine
dollars so it isn't within that budget territory competing with the likes of
the P350X for example and like the H500 from NZXT so is this thing any good
let's find out right dudes hello I'm looking for some fans well are you
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them out in the description below alright so what we have here with the NR
600 is cool masters attempt to compete with the P 350 X and the NZXT HR hundred
because physically it kind of reminds me of those two cases so on the exterior
for example the whole boxy approach is very reminiscent of the NZXT th 500
while the built-in power supply shroud into the actual frame and reducing the
tempered glass side panel size is that what the P 350 X is known for it is a
little bit boring I'm not gonna lie but if you're going for the whole subdued
and simple aesthetic here you have the NR600 and the only physical
differentiations between this case and many others would be the tiny little
punched in cooler master shape on the power supply out at the back and of
course the ventilated front mesh panel without glossy section on the right and
so this mesh I would say is the star of the show
cause there's nothing blocking airflow there's not even a dust filter behind
the mesh that is kind of your built in dust filter if you may it is metal and
it will allow majority of the airflow versus what you'll see with many other
cases that have some sort of metal mesh and a dust filter so that's a good thing
that's for cooling we have two fans included one in the front one in the
rear and for the front installation you can do up to a 360 or 280 milliliters up
here and the power supply shroud section of the front is cut out enough usual
three inches so you can fit the radiator and the set of fans and because the fans
are installed outside of the frame because there is no dust filter up there
you could do push and pull which is pretty nice also I will say I'm
disappointed at the build quality of the front panel the frame itself is plastic
and only the mesh is metal so there is plenty of flex going on as you can see
and that's for the top you can do dual 120s or 140mm fans and interestingly the
dust filter comes not installed by default it's actually magnetic and
attached to the side panel so I would recommend installing it to allow for
better air pressure to that hole like from the front to the back and it's not
exactly radiator friendly up there simply because that entire cooling
section is moved all the way to the back and there isn't that much clearance
between the motherboard the i/o here is pretty basic with dual USB three power
reset button and a combo mic / headphone jack both side panels use thumb screws
for the mount and I appreciate the dual step procedure for the tempered glass
removal first you have to pull it out and then angle it and remove the little
hinges at the bottom so you could install the tempered glass panel without
using thumb screws now as for the interior for 69 bucks we're not
expecting miracles and I'm kind of glad that there is no sophistication going on
it's pretty roomy interior so if you are installing anything in the front for
radiators there's plenty of space until you hit the ATX area but of course if
you're not installing anything in the front then that whole section looks kind
of empty that's for the power supply shroud we have three SSD locations and I
actually appreciate cooler masters approach to completely tool is designed
here so you insert these rubber pegs into these holes and mount these little
excerpt I guess from the SSD or three and a half inch drives and you simply
put the the into the rubber peg very simple to
install and you can maneuver your drives all around the enclosure so there's two
spaces the back three on the power supply shroud but we also have this
individual drive cage for three and a half inch units that you install with
these individual caddies the good thing is it does not interfere with any
potential radiator that you might slide however it is riveted so it is non
removable which may cause issues with your power supply so if your power
supply is anything longer than 160 millimeters then you will not be able to
fit the power supply and your cables and I'm guessing its riveted so it could
provide structural rigidity to the frame itself but it is a big limitation for
longer power supply units and especially if you're not using any three and half
inch drives then that whole space is completely unutilized and you cannot
even stash any cables into it because it completely blocks whatever is the front
of the power supply all right I think it's time for the build sequence
I'm kidding this is in slow motion and so outside of that hiccup with the power
supply mounting because of the extension on the frame I don't know why they can't
just simply cut it out so you could simply slide the power supply in without
needing to jam it in the assembly procedure was pretty straightforward
kind of what I would expect from a $69 case but yeah no real issues over here
and that's for temperatures compared to my most three recent case reviews the
CPU temperature is pretty on par versus like the P600 s so that's a good thing
but the GPU gets a little bit toasty and I'm guessing it's because the front fan
while it is right and centered they're delivering more of that fresh air for
the GPU I guess it doesn't deliver as much air as the other cases as for
system noise levels the side and front profiles are actually pretty identical
and it is like the quieter on the side versus like the fantex p6 from s for
example which is a good thing but from the front it is slightly louder because
of course that whole mesh thing is open and because the fan is right against the
mesh it does create a little bit more turbulent noise profile but otherwise
it's a pretty quiet case with full rpm as you can hear it is going right now
and yeah that's pretty good and so in conclusion I feel like the NR600 is
very much needed case for the $69 price point because they need to compete with
the likes of fan tanks and NZXT and I would say the HR hundred it would be
like my favorite in terms of build quality because this one feels a little
cheap in the front plastic panel and all that steel here is quite thin and when
you're working with it it does feel kind of cheap but in terms of like the
airflow perspective and noise profile it is pretty decent the P 350 X from fan
tanks does give you a little bit more visual candy with that light bar on the
side and the front while here you could spice things up because the front mesh
and the interior is totally visible from the front and of course because a temple
a side panel you could experiment with some interior lighting so that it would
be visible on the exterior as well and so I'm not disappointed but I was hoping
for a little bit more just so that it could bring it above the competition
because right now as it stands doesn't really do anything different or
better versus the rest of the cases but at least it is not an airflow hazard and
that makes me happy all right guys let me know what you think of the NR600 in
the comments below if you recall the original N600 with that whole side
fan profile I wish they could revive that and just modify the frame to meet
the modern expectations but instead we have this I'm Dimitri thanks so much for
watching we'll see you in next video