#3.1lite

Coolermaster Masterbox Lite 3.1 PC Case Beauty And The Beast?

Available from: Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2qpclSw Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2HdjwH0 Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2JCISMR

The Cooler master Masterbox Lite 3.1 brings back some bad memories from the Lite 5.

That thing was beautiful but was like a fiery demon inside. My components were overheating, Windows was crashing under light loads, and it was just a horrible story.

So will the 3.1 Micro ATX do any better? Lets take a look at the chassis in detail and find out more.

If you want to see how the build goes in this case and the follow up videos with upgrades, mods and benchmarking, be sure to subscribe.

Dont buy either of these Cooler Master cases Q300L or Master Box lite 3.1

If you are considering building a micro ATX computer think twice before buying the Cooler Master Q300 or the Master Box Lite 3.1

The Lite 3.1 inherited the same airflow problems the Cooler Master Box Lite 5 shipped with. Awful airflow, which made a lot of peoples systems overheat and force us to take action with power tools or removing the front panel completely! The Q300 series came with an almost completely perforated body and I theory should have made things much better. But did it?

In my testing I have confirmed that any heat load in excess of 250watts of power the system just cant get rid of the built up heat. It's like being in a hot car with the windows open a tiny bit. Not good. If you are using slightly older and less efficient hardware, beware, there might be a problem. I tested with a Ryzen 3 2200G slightly overclocked (as most user will) with a older GTX 780 again some budget minded builders will try and get some gaming ability with these older cards. The 7870, the 7900 series 760's etc all can handle most modern games at lower settings and make a good choice for builders on a budget considering current graphics card pricing! Most if not all of these cards will put out anywhere between 150 to 250 watts under load, and that level of heat can be difficult to manage even in the most high flow of chassis. So in summary these cases are fine for modest builds or when using modern efficient components. But if you are considering rebuilding your older hardware into a modern chassis. Look elsewhere.

Ryzen 2200G Build VLOG Cooler MasterBox Lite 3.1 - A Bit Modified!

Have you seen the price of computer components recently? Well here is a budget build with the Ryzen 2200G and the Cooler Masterbox Lite 3.1, oh and I forgot to mention if you don't like people taking a drill to a brand new chassis, then this is not for you :-)

The parts used & available from: Ryzen 2200G   Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2qpclSw Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2HdjwH0 Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2JCISMR

MSI B530m PRO   Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2Hf9rH0 Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2Erel0L Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2Iyblly

Qumox DDR4 2400   Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2GSDR4W Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2JJaobq Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2vdIQI6

Hyper 212 LED       Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2GXz6mS Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2HzWV4Y Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2HzXcVy

Masterbox lite 3.1   Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2qpclSw Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2HdjwH0 Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2JCISMR

Kingston 120GB     Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2qtAibb Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2GU1qKR Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2vaqWpP

AsiaHorse Eclipse     Amazon UK:    http://amzn.to/2f3jj9t Amazon US:    http://amzn.to/2xIlsTx Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2Es9SL6

BE QUIET 400w         Amazon UK:    https://amzn.to/2EdYOkD Amazon US:    https://amzn.to/2GMzg3i Amazon CA:    https://amzn.to/2pYat2L