Cooler Master N600 Computer Case
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,459 words · ~7 min read
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when I'm looking at a value product it's easy to find things to criticize and
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it's easy to say no way man it's totally worth the extra 20 bucks to get that
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other one but some people will have $75
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shipped in their budget for a case period and they want to know about
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products that cost that amount does it have competitive features how well
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constructed is it is it packaged well enough to survive a trip across the
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state or country or whatever by Courier and is it simple to build in but also
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with room to expand so it's with those things in mind that I'll be reviewing
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the cooler Master N600 kw1 version an
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Enthusiast friendly case that can be obtained for as little as 75 bucks
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including shipping after a mail and
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rebate the Jazz mini phone and tablet stand from Cooler Master is now
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available in a variety of cool colors from these great retailers click now to
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learn more packaging wise I'd prefer to see as much of the budget as possible
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allocated to foam rather than a full color box but in this case the middle-
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of the road stuff that they're using here is probably fine even with a system
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integrated into it so it's not a huge issue the front of the chassis holds
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three 5 and 1/4 in drives and is probably best described as unoffensive
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it won't turn any heads with its practical mostly mesh with a faux brush
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metal stripe front bezel thing but I still think performance minded customers
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will be happy because the Dual 120 mm
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fan mounts behind it will have basically unimpeded access to Fresh Air front IO
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is pretty comprehensive with reset power front audio USB 2 and USB 3 ports as
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well as an LED switch for the included illuminated front fan then moving on to
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the right hand side we find more Enthusiast friendly intake vents this
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one has a 120 mm bracket behind it that can actually be used to mount a single
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cooling fan for the drive cages or a dual 120 mm radiator giving this case a
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total of three radiator mounts that can be used at the same time while still
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retaining full usability of one SSD mount on the back of the motherboard
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tray and the three 3 and2 in Drive mounts in the Front Bottom but not the
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adaptable 2 and 1/2 or 3 and 1/2 in Drive Bays above those ones speaking of
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Drive cages the one on the back of the motherboard tray is a bit tricky to
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screw in but doesn't put unnecessary strain on the connectors the resizable
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and removable ones in the front are super handy but perhaps a little bit
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unsightly with the extra mounting points just kind of hanging there
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but these on the bottom permanent ones are extremely solid better than cases
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I've seen that cost twice as much it's just too bad I can't say the same about
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the toolless plastic Drive sleds some of which arrived bent just from being tied
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together with a rubber band the good news is that they work great if you
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screw them in the rest of the outside of this case is pretty straightforward the
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left side panel has a mediumsized window that shows off mostly just the good
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parts of the hardware but also the SATA cables coming out of the back of your
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hard drive although the pragmatic part of me acknowledges that there's a nearby
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Cable Management hole and appreciates the extra radiator Mount that this cable
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visibility enables the bottom has plastic feed and a removable fan filter
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that covers the power supply intake as well as an optional 120 mm fan Mount the
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top has a filter for its dual 120 or 140 mm fan mounts and finally at the back
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we've got seven PCI slots a final prepopulated 120 mm fan Mount and an
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integrated fan controller with two simple settings low and high it plugs in
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Via Molex and handles up to two fans without Splitters nothing special but
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still a nice to have around the back let's see what else we've got there
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isn't a lot of space between the motherboard tray and the side panel so
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unless you're going to obsessive compulsively manage your cables you
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might end up doing the old push down and
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slide technique to close up the panel but the good news is that there is a
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little cubby in the bottom left there for stashing extras if you're not using
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a rad there and there are lots of zip tie Loops so if you really want to do a
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good job at least Cooler Master provides the right tools speaking of cable
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management the front I/O cables are all black or sleeved and they're all
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adequately or even amusingly long this
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usb3 cable for example looks like it's designed to plug into the system next to
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yours rather than inside your own system still I'd rather they're too long than
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Too Short the last note back here is that the CPU cutout is only average size
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but we'll work with almost any motherboard and the motherboard tray due
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to its anchor points on all sides is surprisingly strong this is a sure sign
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that a case designer has done this kind of work before the motherboard tray is
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actually quite important back around to the front the windowed side the cable
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management grommets are made of the most unexceptional rubber ever but I was
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impressed to see them included at all in a case of this price the extra auxiliary
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PCI slot is a nice touch and I think everything else here I've sort of
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accidentally covered as I made my way through the rest of the case so the
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conclusion for this case actually surprised me there's some stupid obvious
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cost-saving measure stuff like the non-resalable bag for the included
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screws and the fact that not all the motherboard standoffs were pre-installed
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but all in all it's actually a bit of a wolf in sheep's clothing aside from the
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side panel window an optional feature and the obviously Enthusiast oriented
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ventilation holes on the top of the case from the outside the N600 looks like it
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belongs sitting next to Joe and accounting but based on the kind of
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Hardware you can cram inside such a small enclosure albe it at the expensive
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some cable management convenience and other Creature Comforts like noise isolating hard drive mounts Joe from
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accounting could just as easily be a hardcore Enthusiast gamer freak I mean
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you could easily pull out the top removable Drive Baye Chuck a pump in a
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Reservoir in that space fill up the radiator spots and with all the filtered
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intakes on this bad boy you could easily tame even a liquid cooled CPU and dual
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high-end graphics card setup in here so the only thing left to say then is this
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Cooler Master please stop putting glossy plastic on things it's not a good accent
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strategy sure it looks nice in photos and for 3 seconds when I take it out of
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the box but other than that it sucks but the good news is that other than that
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obviously very Petty complaint I don't think there are many criticisms I can
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come up with for this case at full price it's got some pretty stiff competition
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but when it's on promo it's actually
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pretty killer thanks for watching guys like or dislike the video accordingly
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