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hey guys this is Dimitri and welcome back to another Haru Canucks review now we've been very impressed with n series from Coolermaster they're moving towards compact and space-efficient cases so we're going to take a look at the end 400 which sits perfectly in between the higher end and 600 and a smaller sibling the end 200 priced at $60 now the entire end lineup have very similar and distinctive features wood large meshed front panel with all the connections there as well which include four USB ports audio jacks and PR buttons the end 400 includes one three and a half inch drive bay right below to optical base so pretty standard for mid Tower the front panel is removable that also houses a built in dust filter bus notice the connections are attached to the frame which is preferable and non to the panel we do have one fan included with optional secondary mount right below for dual intake pretty good stuff and since the gauge is not facing the back like what we've come to expect it allows better air flow to actually penetrate inside in the back we have an exhaust fan seven PCI slots and then bottom mounted power supply and my favorite type of dust filter that sits underneath the unit so I would need to unscrew my power supply probably reduce my cable job in order to access the filter well this is just not acceptable the rear side panel has a dual fan mount with an internal dust filter now I would suggest just mounting it on the outside of the case for bare access when time comes to clean it and we have the same setup upstairs so dual fan mount with the exact same filter but because the mounting holes are slightly submerged the filter cannot be installed outside of the frame which is very unfortunate and the left side panel also has a fan mount which unfortunately is unfiltered so let's take a look inside we have a less convenient drive cage that faces the internals with some mounting brackets included for optical and 3.5 inch drives installing one drive in you will definitely have to take into account additional cables facing your internals but we have 11 inches of clearance until the drive of course installing all your mechanical drives in the bottom positions we clear up more room for longer GPUs and get rid of any cable clutter but also allow less resistance on the airflow they're also mounting holes for a single SSD at the bottom now it's not the most convenient spot but sure can be helpful turn the case around this dual intake fan space looks quite interesting for one we have a toolless SSD bracket with two slots now you all know this is long overdue but I'm not liking what Coolermaster has done here inserting one SSD you can see the for supporting hinge is bent so this isn't going to be durable for multiple swaps and actually when I inserted the second SSD one plastic bit just snapped off and the entire design of this SSD cage is just poor you can see how much flexing is going on so I'm really hoping Coolermaster reconsiders this tooless approach also you cannot insert it facing the inside as it doesn't hold so the only way to mount it is either facing up or down on either of the fan slots also Coolermaster praises the fact that 240 millimeter radiers can fit and I did my pass to try and fit a standard dual rod both from the inside and outside and there's just no room no matter what orientation I was going for plus where would the tubing go is the hard drive cage is very close and would not allow any clearance you are however able to install 120 millimeter fans and the side panel closes just fine with room to spare but what coolermaster managed to miss was any space at the top and you can see it even missing an 8 pin CPU cut out so you either have to route that behind them on the board or through it both of which are quite unpleasant so we mounted our GTX 590 so you can see the case has no problem with long GPUs and flipping the case around clean cable routing is possible but they sure don't make it easy for one there are no cut outs aside from the very bottom one so you will have to route everything through the dual intake opening but if you're using that spot for fans then all your cables will have to remain in the main chamber the SSD cage fits in just fine but that will only add to cable clutter and luckily you can tuck the cables away to close the side panel and on the inside looking pretty clean given you don't install any side fans so you can route your 24-pin cable also there's a very little room at the top and I really wish they would have made this a micro ATX chassis which would add a little room at the top because otherwise it's quite useless so to sum things up the end 400 feels very unpolished even though it has ATX and long GPU support with plenty of mechanical storage and direct airflow delivery for the internals because of this rotated drive cage however the cable management may become challenging if you populate side fan mounts which in reality would not be able to fit at 240 millimeter radiator the SSD brackets are poorly designed and there's absolutely no room at the top so say goodbye to top exhaust and lastly the power supply dust filter is not easily accessible the n400 honestly feels out of place and come to think of it it's not really needed the end 200 is a well-designed micro ATX and the bigger brother ends 600 isn't all around ATX winner so I cannot think of a reason why you wouldn't want to spend additional $20 for the end 600 to get an all-around better package so thanks guys for watching if you enjoyed this review make sure to like this video and subscribe for more awesome content and we'll see you in the next one