A Closer Look - Inside

The metal mesh layers inside the panels are held in place by magnetic strips as well, so you may remove them for easy cleaning. Interestingly enough, Cooler Master placed magnetic strips on only two sides of the mesh, which makes it a bit more flexible overall. With the panel removed and previously shown accessories box out of the way, you will find a solid foam insert holding the pump of the built-in AIO in place.


Once removed, it becomes quite apparent that Cooler Master opted for an inverted sandwich layout without the dividing barrier, where the motherboard actually faces the GPU and thus potentially the glass side panel, should you opt to use it. Due to this setup, the opposite side is all blocked off by the motherboard tray and PSU bay. Thanks to the venting on this side, the SFX unit will get direct access to fresh air as well.


Looking at the rear, the three expansion slots allow for even the beefiest GPU to be installed as there is even more room to the left of these. However, Cooler Master could have moved them up a little bit for users to install a fan on the floor with a fully built system, which is not possible as we will see later on.


In the ceiling, the 280 mm radiator fits like a glove, with the two 140 mm fans set to push air up and through the radiator. Cooler Master added black grills to the fans as well, which is a very nice touch. Looking at the floor, it offers the ability to hold two 120 or 140 mm fans or a single 3.5" drive towards the front of the chassis.


All the cables are sleeved black, but Cooler Master has taken the step of making the tip of the USB 3.0 lead purple to have it match the company color. While the connectors for the power, reset, and LEDs are separate, Cooler Master applied a plastic cap which holds them all together for easier assembly, a nice touch we always love to see.


Cooler Master has designed the MasterBox NR200P MAX to be as modular as possible. You may remove panels from all sides of the case for easy access. In fact, you may even detach the two corner rails holding the AIO in place, which translates into a really easy assembly should you get this case without such a unit pre-installed.


Interesting also is that the included 280 mm AIO comes with rather long tubes, which helps keep things clean inside the chassis. While you should not have any issues using an AIO with shorter ones, this is just one more reason to grab the bundle over individual parts. While the included AIO bears a lot of resemblance to the company's MasterLiquid series, the unit is not available separately as this is written. However, the PSU is a retail-grade Cooler Master V850 850 W 80 Plus Gold SFX unit. It is pre-routed and wired within the MasterBox NR200P MAX, so we won't remove it. Cooler Master also allows for either a 2.5 or 3.5" drive to installed on the PSU cage. This bring the total number of possible drives to four, of which up to two could be 3.5" ones.