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  • Cooler Master N200 Case Review

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    Case Interior

    The interior layout is typical of a MicroATX chassis.  Drives are located at the front, power supply at the bottom and motherboard in the upper left.  You will notice an extremely large opening for swapping heatsinks and the motherboard tray should accommodate any modern MicroATX motherboard.
    You'll notice a rather large opening under the two external drive bays and the interior HDD rack.  This opening has a dual purpose.  The first is to allow for extremely long video cards to be installed and provide plenty of room to keep them cool.  The opening also provides locations for four SSD drives to be installed.  One under the exterior drive bays, two on the motherboard tray and a single on the top of the HDD cage.
    This stock photo from Cooler Master illustrates the mounting positions.

    Watercooling has become a rather popular cooling method and the Cooler Master N200 has your cooling needs covered.  Of course you can install a self contained watercooling unit and attach the 120mm radiator to the rear fan location.  However, if you desire more cooling you can upgrade to a dual fan unti and mount the radiator at the front of the case.
    Further yet you can remove the interior drive cage and install a DIY watercooling system using a single or dual radiator and using the HDD cage location for pump and res combo.  Granted you'll lose HDD storage space but, seriously, who needs seven HDDs in a mainstream chassis only to be backed by a MicroATX motherboard.