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Meridian Compact C3

Current productReleased 2024MPN MRD-COMPACT-C3GTIN 0900000000071

Meridian Compact C3 accepts MATX, ITX boards with up to 330 mm of graphics-card clearance and 158 mm of cooler height. It is 34 L in volume, ships with 2 fans, and scores 42 on the demo acoustic index.

Best for

  • Builds where desk footprint matters more than clearance
  • Airflow-first builds with high-power components

Main trade-offs

  • 1 2.5-inch bays
  • Acoustic index 42 on the demo scale

Lowest sample total

$66

Sample data

Across 2 demo retailer offers including shipping. 2.9% below the sample-window median.

Offers
2

2 in stock

Updated
Jul 28, 2026

Data version qgem5pedi9m3

Build a PC around this partCompare with Meridian Atlas A4

Retailer offers

Retailer offers

Ranked by delivered total, stock and data freshness. Commission never affects this order.

Sample data
Sample data — illustrative fixture prices from a demo feed, not live retailer quotes.
RetailerPriceShippingTotalAvailabilityOpen retailer
Atlas ComponentsBest totalNo affiliate linkSample feed30-day returns · observed 4 d ago$65.99Free$65.99In stockGo to store
Nordic PartsAffiliate partnerSample feed30-day returns · observed 4 d ago$69.99$7.99$77.98In stockGo to store

Sample data — illustrative fixture prices from a demo feed, not live retailer quotes. We are not the seller and take no payment. How offers are verified.

Price history

Lowest observed sample total per observation date, 9 points.

Sample data
Lowest
$66
Highest
$72
Median
$68
Current best
$66

Dashed line marks the median of the sample window. All values are illustrative fixture data.

Normalized specifications

Canonical values after unit normalization. Fields used by the compatibility engine are marked.

Motherboard supportcompat
microATX, Mini-ITX
Max GPU lengthcompat
330 mm
Max CPU cooler heightcompat
158 mm
PSU supportcompat
ATX
Radiator supportcompat
240
Included fans
2
Sound dampening
No
Volume
34 L
2.5-inch bays
1
Side panel
Tempered glass
Colour
Black
RGB included
No
Acoustic index (lower is quieter)
42

Compatibility

Every pairing below was evaluated by the same rule engine the builder uses.

  • Motherboard

    5 of 9 compatible

    Works with Vertex AX620I Atlas, Vertex AX650M Spark, Vertex VB860 Drift and 2 more.

    Meridian Compact C3 accepts microATX, Mini-ITX boards, not ATX.

    Meridian Compact C3 accepts microATX, Mini-ITX boards, not ATX.

    Meridian Compact C3 accepts microATX, Mini-ITX boards, not ATX.

  • Graphics card

    6 of 8 compatible

    Works with Cinder CX-7600, Cinder CX-7800 XT, Cinder CX-7900 XTQ and 3 more.

    Only 8 mm of clearance remains (322 mm card in a 330 mm bay). Front fans or stiff power cables may not fit.

    Nimbus NX-4080 Titanis is 336 mm long; Meridian Compact C3 allows 330 mm.

    Nimbus NX-4090 Ultra is 358 mm long; Meridian Compact C3 allows 330 mm.

  • CPU cooler

    4 of 6 compatible

    Works with Frostline AquaCore 240, Northwind LowLine L2, Northwind Stock S1 and 1 more.

    Only 0 mm above the 158 mm cooler. The side panel will fit, but tall memory or a thicker fan will not.

    Meridian Compact C3 mounts 240 mm radiators and cannot take the 360 mm radiator of Frostline AquaCore 360.

    Northwind Whisper W6 is 165 mm tall; Meridian Compact C3 allows 158 mm.

  • Power supply

    6 of 6 compatible

    Works with Voltaic CoreBase 600, Voltaic PowerLine 1000, Voltaic QuietRail 550 and 3 more.

    Voltaic SlimFit 750 SFX is an SFX unit in an ATX bay. An SFX-to-ATX mounting bracket is required.

Provenance

Every canonical value carries the source it came from, when it was retrieved and how confident we are.

FieldSourceRetrievedConfidence
colorwayManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
driveBays25Manufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
includedFansManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
maxCoolerHeightMmManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
maxGpuLengthMmManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
noiseIndexManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
radiatorSupportMmManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
rgbIncludedManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
sidePanelManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
soundDampeningManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
supportedMotherboardFormFactorsManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
supportedPsuFormFactorsManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%
volumeLitresManufacturer product database (demo)Jul 28, 202695%

Demo product

Meridian Compact C3 is a fictional model created for this demonstration catalog. Its specifications are internally consistent so the compatibility and scoring engines can be exercised, but it does not describe a real product.