NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

Finally got all the pieces and parts together:

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One memory slot/stick seems to deal with some pressure on it... is it safe?

Is the power supply sucking air from outside to blow inside? I have some ideas in mind for CPU and GPU cooling but haven't looked at PSU yet and now that I look at this picture I wonder...
 
https://www.asus.com/us/Graphics-Cards/ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING/specifications/

Same dimensions as the 1080 Strix, but .5" thicker at 2" thickness card. Is this 1080 TI good for ncase?

http://imgur.com/a/vSs9Y

EDIT: Looks like the TI can fit based on the images above, but I wonder how the temps are without the bottom fans? I think those fans are critical.

Hard to say if it fits as new card has .5" thicker....and there is a front panel block at the right side....
 
One memory slot/stick seems to deal with some pressure on it... is it safe?

Is the power supply sucking air from outside to blow inside? I have some ideas in mind for CPU and GPU cooling but haven't looked at PSU yet and now that I look at this picture I wonder...


Yeah, don't bother going with beQuiet as a heatsink. Stick with Noctua or some AIO. I saw that was it pressing on the RAM, but if you orient it facing down, you'll have the GPU pressed down because of the pipe covers. I decided to leave it pressing on the RAM and it works okay. If I had to do it again, I'd probably go with a Noctua heatsink to avoid that issue and have a much easier time mounting. I had to remove the PSU mount and put the heatsink on outside of the case then slip the finished board into place, followed by all the zip tied cables, front panel stuff, USB, drives, then the PSU and finally the GPU.

Yes, the PSU is sucking air from outside, it's probably better for it to be facing in with case fan blowing into it as well, but plugging in the extension becomes a hassle.
 
Unless you already have an appropriate heatsink this could be a somewhat pricy test with not much gain. This strategy was developed for previous generation GPUs that ran very hot. My son's M1 build has a Gigabyte 1070 G1 Gaming and it runs fairly cool and quiet with its stock cooler and no bottom fans.

Still applicable for GPUs such as the 1080Ti which do run at 250w like the old 980Ti did.
 
Hi guys, I've currently got a EVGA 1080Ti ICX FTW3 preorder in my cart. Unfortunately the estimated ship date is in May and I'm considering somehow getting my hands on a 1080TI FE (hopefully not through a scalper) instead for my 7700K + 240mm AIO NCase build. What I'm currently thinking of doing is buying an EVGA 1080 FE on Amazon, and then stepping up to EVGA 1080Ti FE.

For all intents and purposes, will a 1080Ti FE perform similarly to the EVGA FTW3 card in such a small case (including pushing clock speeds as high as comfortably possible)? This is my first build but I really can't wait until May since this computer is also for rendering school projects, and don't want to be preordering a 700 dollar+ card AND THEN buying a 1080 and having to resell it later.

For the longest time I have been dead set on an aftermarket open air cooler, but seeing as I'd have to wait until May when I'd like to start rendering (Maxwell Render has a GPU rendering option which is much faster than CPU) and working on final projects before mid-April, I'm looking at the FE. Bonuses of sticking to FE are probably that I can try to hit 5.0GHz on the 7700K, but I don't know how much better that'll be for temperatures compared to a lower clocked 7700K with an open air cooler in a case as small as the NCase M1.

If theres any suggestions you can think of or answers to my questions, please let me know!

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17 mm may be enough for the PCI-E power connector and cables. You could cut rounded notches into the top edges of the connectors so that the wires bend earlier and aren't pressed on by the side panel, but I would only do that as a last resort.

Do note that the card is listed as 2.5 slots wide so it will not be possible to have 25 mm thick fans under it. Many build have not found those fans to be of much help, but I thought you should know about that restriction if you install this card.
Thx for the warning, i haven't noticed about the 2,5 slot wide !

I'm more worried about the space at the card rear corners. I don't know if the card is really 123mm large at this side or maybe less than the 120mm required.

In fact, it seems safer and quiet to go for EVGA GTX 1060.
 
Hi guys, I've currently got a EVGA 1080Ti ICX FTW3 preorder in my cart. Unfortunately the estimated ship date is in May and I'm considering somehow getting my hands on a 1080TI FE (hopefully not through a scalper) instead for my 7700K + 240mm AIO NCase build. What I'm currently thinking of doing is buying an EVGA 1080 FE on Amazon, and then stepping up to EVGA 1080Ti FE.

For all intents and purposes, will a 1080Ti FE perform similarly to the EVGA FTW3 card in such a small case (including pushing clock speeds as high as comfortably possible)? This is my first build but I really can't wait until May since this computer is also for rendering school projects, and don't want to be preordering a 700 dollar+ card AND THEN buying a 1080 and having to resell it later.

For the longest time I have been dead set on an aftermarket open air cooler, but seeing as I'd have to wait until May when I'd like to start rendering (Maxwell Render has a GPU rendering option which is much faster than CPU) and working on final projects before mid-April, I'm looking at the FE. Bonuses of sticking to FE are probably that I can try to hit 5.0GHz on the 7700K, but I don't know how much better that'll be for temperatures compared to a lower clocked 7700K with an open air cooler in a case as small as the NCase M1.

If theres any suggestions you can think of or answers to my questions, please let me know!

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You'll be fine with a founders edition 1080 ti considering this case was designed with blower style coolers in mind. GPU boost throttles the crap out of Pascal cards. Pretty much every 5C increase you will lose 13mhz on the boost clock. At the end of the day, you will likely be running between 1875 and 2000mhz. So to answer your question, yes, they will run similarly.
If you want 5.0 on that 7700K you'll need to delid it. Those suckers run toasty.
 
Could someone help me out here? I'm nearly done finishing building the NCASE, and I decided to test it out. Only thing that was missing was the GPU. I have 2 bottom 120mm Noctua fans, A U9S cooler with two fans pointed vertically, and a thin 92mm exhaust fan at the back, as shown in the picture.

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CPU has not been overclocked. RAM is at 3200 MHZ (CL14).

Judging by others with the same cooler, I was expecting good results. But when running Prime95, my temperatures jumped all the way up to 85c. And this was with both CPU fans at their fullest speed. I didn't even have any of the case doors on or any GPU installed.
That 92mm on the left is reversed. If you want it to exhaust, you need to flip it around.
 
Hi everyone. New guy here. I just pre-ordered an NCase M1 V5. I am building it use in college so it will be shipped around the country. Is it correct that an AIO CPU cooler would be better for travel and shipping because the weight is not put onto the motherboard like a HSF setup? I read that Corsair AIO coolers now have more rigid hoses so they don't work quite well with the M1.

Any recommendation of which AIO would work best with the M1? Thanks.
 
Get one of the ones that don't have the fixed hoses coming out of the middle of the block. I'd be weary about the season in which you ship a liquid cooler, and having a video card installed during shipping.
 
Finished more testing, and as promised I have some pictures of the cooler (to someone who requested it):


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The build is not yet finished, and I will clean the cables, or at least try. Builf will be finished within the next two weeks.

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K (stock)
CPU Cooler: Noctua U9S (2x NF-A9 PWM 92mm fans)
Motherboard: ASRock Z270M-ITX/ac
PSU: Corsair SF600
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Black DDR4 3200MHz CL14 (2x8GB)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Black SC Gaming ACX 3.0
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2
Other case fans: None


GPU TEST:

I had two Noctua NF-F12 fans at the bottom, with a fan curve that started around 800-900 RPM. The BIOS options tied the fan control to MB temp, so I was forced to have a high/fixed minimum fan speed to make up for the GPU. Up to 1100 RPM at most. With both fans as well as the GPU at 40% fan speed max (around 1400 rpm), the temp was at 70 C. The Noctua fans bothered me, however, as they made this slightly vibrating noise. A noise that I had experienced as well in other cases that I've built -- which is strange as it's always NF-F12 fans I have an issue with, and not any other of Noctua's fans (either 140mm or their 92mm). So, I decided to take the fans out to see how well the GPU fared without them. And the result was 68 C in Furmark with the same 40% fan profile for the GPU.

This is the second NCASE build where I have experienced bottom fans doing nothing to help GPUs out (last time I tested 3-4 different GPUS), and also just adding more noise to a system. For me, personally, the necessity of the bottom fans has been "busted". They simply do more damage than good. Even if I was to look at the 2 degrees difference as a “margin of error”, I’m still left with two bottom fans making extra noise and having no meaningful function. This includes any purpose for the GPU at idle.

CPU TEST:
What seemed like a solved issue, become a problem once again. As noted earlier, I changed from vertical to horizontal position on my U9S, and it improved temperatures drastically. When running OCCT for about 10 min, my temperatures had an average of 70 C with both 92mm fans at around 1450 RPM. Although I would have enjoyed much lower fan speeds (preferably 1000 RPM or less), these fans will be drowned by the GPU anyway, during gaming.

But 70 C was without any panels on. When I put the pqn3lw on, the temperature rose by 3-4 degrees. Not much, but still at the edge of what I consider a “safe zone” for a case like this. The temperature also sometimes jumped up to 80 degrees.

It has surprised me that I’ve ended up very happy about the GPU, but not so much about the CPU, in terms of temperatures. I would very much appreciate some feedback from other U9S users what results they’ve gotten, and what it is that might be causing my issues. I’ll see if I can orient the power cables in front of the pulling fan better, to hopefully improve the air flow there. I’ll also look into whether adding an intake 120mm fan (but this time not NF-F12) in the right side of the fan bracket can help the CPU a little. I’ll have to wait a while for this, however, as my used NCASE did not come with a fan bracket….
 
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Yeah, don't bother going with beQuiet as a heatsink. Stick with Noctua or some AIO. I saw that was it pressing on the RAM, but if you orient it facing down, you'll have the GPU pressed down because of the pipe covers. I decided to leave it pressing on the RAM and it works okay. If I had to do it again, I'd probably go with a Noctua heatsink to avoid that issue and have a much easier time mounting. I had to remove the PSU mount and put the heatsink on outside of the case then slip the finished board into place, followed by all the zip tied cables, front panel stuff, USB, drives, then the PSU and finally the GPU.

Yes, the PSU is sucking air from outside, it's probably better for it to be facing in with case fan blowing into it as well, but plugging in the extension becomes a hassle.


Some suggestions:

Swap the nameplate and the power extension on the back of the case. It will not interfere with the heatsink.
Get RAM without heat spreaders, it helps minimize interference and RAM heatsinks are really just for looks anyways.

I agree the overall mounting solution for the beQuiet is terrible. Their backplate sucks, the AMD compatibility makes it very marginal for Intel boards. They should have had separate AMD and Intel plates.
 
That 92mm on the left is reversed. If you want it to exhaust, you need to flip it around.

Yeah, found that out. I still did not have any need for it, when I changed the direction of the cooler to horizontal, and removed the 92mm fan alltogether. I was stupid enough to just copy from some other guy's build, as he claimed to have gotten good results. Which bust me bs as:

1) the fan was opposite and intake, as it's impossible to use the vibration mounts the other away (I very distinctly remember him using those)

2) the U9S can not be placed vertical, unless the heat pipes point downwards -- which his was
 
Here's a picture of my M.2. Although it might not be necessary, I just took some extra precautions as the heat sinks cost little to nothing from eBay.

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Get one of the ones that don't have the fixed hoses coming out of the middle of the block. I'd be weary about the season in which you ship a liquid cooler, and having a video card installed during shipping.

Thanks Pillars. Do you know which AIO coolers don't have fixed hoses coming out of the block? Thanks.
 
Finished more testing, and as promised I have some pictures of the cooler (to someone who requested it):


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The build is not yet finished, and I will clean the cables, or at least try. Builf will be finished within the next two weeks.

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K (stock)
CPU Cooler: Noctua U9S (2x NF-A9 PWM 92mm fans)
Motherboard: ASRock Z270M-ITX/ac
PSU: Corsair SF600
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Black DDR4 3200MHz CL14 (2x8GB)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Black SC Gaming ACX 3.0
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2
Other case fans: None


GPU TEST:

I had two Noctua NF-F12 fans at the bottom, with a fan curve that started around 800-900 RPM. The BIOS options tied the fan control to MB temp, so I was forced to have a high/fixed minimum fan speed to make up for the GPU. Up to 1100 RPM at most. With both fans as well as the GPU at 40% fan speed max (around 1400 rpm), the temp was at 70 C. The Noctua fans bothered me, however, as they made this slightly vibrating noise. A noise that I had experienced as well in other cases that I've built -- which is strange as it's always NF-F12 fans I have an issue with, and not any other of Noctua's fans (either 140mm or their 92mm). So, I decided to take the fans out to see how well the GPU fared without them. And the result was 68 C in Furmark with the same 40% fan profile for the GPU.

This is the second NCASE build where I have experienced bottom fans doing nothing to help GPUs out (last time I tested 3-4 different GPUS), and also just adding more noise to a system. For me, personally, the necessity of the bottom fans has been "busted". They simply do more damage than good. Even if I was to look at the 2 degrees difference as a “margin of error”, I’m still left with two bottom fans making extra noise and having no meaningful function. This includes any purpose for the GPU at idle.

CPU TEST:
What seemed like a solved issue, become a problem once again. As noted earlier, I changed from vertical to horizontal position on my U9S, and it improved temperatures drastically. When running OCCT for about 10 min, my temperatures had an average of 70 C with both 92mm fans at around 1450 RPM. Although I would have enjoyed much lower fan speeds (preferably 1000 RPM or less), these fans will be drowned by the GPU anyway, during gaming.

But 70 C was without any panels on. When I put the pqn3lw on, the temperature rose by 3-4 degrees. Not much, but still at the edge of what I consider a “safe zone” for a case like this. The temperature also sometimes jumped up to 80 degrees.

It has surprised me that I’ve ended up very happy about the GPU, but not so much about the CPU, in terms of temperatures. I would very much appreciate some feedback from other U9S users what results they’ve gotten, and what it is that might be causing my issues. I’ll see if I can orient the power cables in front of the pulling fan better, to hopefully improve the air flow there. I’ll also look into whether adding an intake 120mm fan (but this time not NF-F12) in the right side of the fan bracket can help the CPU a little. I’ll have to wait a while for this, however, as my used NCASE did not come with a fan bracket….

I would put a fan on the right side of the side fan bracket to feed cool air into the heatsink, worth a try. Should also help keep the motherboard cool.
 
Yeah, don't bother going with beQuiet as a heatsink. Stick with Noctua or some AIO. I saw that was it pressing on the RAM, but if you orient it facing down, you'll have the GPU pressed down because of the pipe covers. I decided to leave it pressing on the RAM and it works okay. If I had to do it again, I'd probably go with a Noctua heatsink to avoid that issue and have a much easier time mounting. I had to remove the PSU mount and put the heatsink on outside of the case then slip the finished board into place, followed by all the zip tied cables, front panel stuff, USB, drives, then the PSU and finally the GPU.

Yes, the PSU is sucking air from outside, it's probably better for it to be facing in with case fan blowing into it as well, but plugging in the extension becomes a hassle.

what board? i have an old asus z77 and mine works fine facing down, it just barely touches the gpu
 
Hi everyone. New guy here. I just pre-ordered an NCase M1 V5. I am building it use in college so it will be shipped around the country. Is it correct that an AIO CPU cooler would be better for travel and shipping because the weight is not put onto the motherboard like a HSF setup? I read that Corsair AIO coolers now have more rigid hoses so they don't work quite well with the M1.

Any recommendation of which AIO would work best with the M1? Thanks.

The Corsair H75 with a single good fan as an intake is a popular setup.
 
Finished more testing, and as promised I have some pictures of the cooler (to someone who requested it):


GPU TEST:

I had two Noctua NF-F12 fans at the bottom, with a fan curve that started around 800-900 RPM. The BIOS options tied the fan control to MB temp, so I was forced to have a high/fixed minimum fan speed to make up for the GPU. Up to 1100 RPM at most. With both fans as well as the GPU at 40% fan speed max (around 1400 rpm), the temp was at 70 C. The Noctua fans bothered me, however, as they made this slightly vibrating noise. A noise that I had experienced as well in other cases that I've built -- which is strange as it's always NF-F12 fans I have an issue with, and not any other of Noctua's fans (either 140mm or their 92mm). So, I decided to take the fans out to see how well the GPU fared without them. And the result was 68 C in Furmark with the same 40% fan profile for the GPU.

This is the second NCASE build where I have experienced bottom fans doing nothing to help GPUs out (last time I tested 3-4 different GPUS), and also just adding more noise to a system. For me, personally, the necessity of the bottom fans has been "busted". They simply do more damage than good. Even if I was to look at the 2 degrees difference as a “margin of error”, I’m still left with two bottom fans making extra noise and having no meaningful function. This includes any purpose for the GPU at idle.


Total opposite of mine. Without the bottom fans my 980ti will scorch right up to 90C. With them, it holds at 77C. Ambient in my home is about 70f just FYI.
 
what board? i have an old asus z77 and mine works fine facing down, it just barely touches the gpu


Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 rev 1.0 -- no, I didn't recall that from memory, I have it bookmarked.

Some suggestions:

Swap the nameplate and the power extension on the back of the case. It will not interfere with the heatsink.
Get RAM without heat spreaders, it helps minimize interference and RAM heatsinks are really just for looks anyways.

I agree the overall mounting solution for the beQuiet is terrible. Their backplate sucks, the AMD compatibility makes it very marginal for Intel boards. They should have had separate AMD and Intel plates.

Thanks for the suggestions, that nameplate/power extension swap - wow. I love that there are all these features that aren't obvious, but totally helpful/awesome.
 
Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 rev 1.0 -- no, I didn't recall that from memory, I have it bookmarked.



Thanks for the suggestions, that nameplate/power extension swap - wow. I love that there are all these features that aren't obvious, but totally helpful/awesome.

Yeah it is one of the things great about the Ncase, the little things.
 
Hi there,

I finished my first build a couple of weeks ago, but without a gpu. My original plan was to go for a GTX 1070, but when the 1080 Ti was announced I decided to wait for pricecuts for the 1080. I eventually found a great deal on a 1080 but then it suddenly wasn't available anymore and my order was cancelled. I really wanted to complete the build and start gaming, so I bought a EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition instead!! :)

I am really happy with the end-result. The M1 is a great little machine... I really love it. The build was kind of straight-forward, but I did experience some challenges, especially with fitting the C14 cooler and attaching all the cables considering the PSU being so close to the motherboard. I'm kind of pleased with my cable-management!

Specs:
7700K
Noctua NH-C14 with stock fans
Asus Z270i
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 3000MHz
Samsung Evo 960 500GB
Sandisk Ultra II 960GB
Corsair SF600
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti
Ncase M1 v5

Here's a pic:

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Hi there,

I finished my first build a couple of weeks ago, but without a gpu. My original plan was to go for a GTX 1070, but when the 1080 Ti was announced I decided to wait for pricecuts for the 1080. I eventually found a great deal on a 1080 but then it suddenly wasn't available anymore and my order was cancelled. I really wanted to complete the build and start gaming, so I bought a EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition instead!! :)

I am really happy with the end-result. The M1 is a great little machine... I really love it. The build was kind of straight-forward, but I did experience some challenges, especially with fitting the C14 cooler and attaching all the cables considering the PSU being so close to the motherboard. I kind of pleased with my cable-management!

Specs:
7700K
Noctua NH-C14 with stock fans
Asus Z270i
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 3000MHz
Samsung Evo 960 500GB
Sandisk Ultra II 960GB
Corsair SF600
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti
Ncase M1 v5
So is the 1080 Ti loud when gaming or benmarking? Have you limited max RPM? Does than fan very close to the blower really help? Because the blower seems to align with center of fan where air flow is not the best. Pretty sure a duct from blower to bottom grill would be better.

What's is CPU temp on load? I'm curious because it seems I see C14 is blowing hot air in the case.

Those data would help me build later.

Thanks!
 
Hi there,

I finished my first build a couple of weeks ago, but without a gpu. My original plan was to go for a GTX 1070, but when the 1080 Ti was announced I decided to wait for pricecuts for the 1080. I eventually found a great deal on a 1080 but then it suddenly wasn't available anymore and my order was cancelled. I really wanted to complete the build and start gaming, so I bought a EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition instead!! :)

I am really happy with the end-result. The M1 is a great little machine... I really love it. The build was kind of straight-forward, but I did experience some challenges, especially with fitting the C14 cooler and attaching all the cables considering the PSU being so close to the motherboard. I'm kind of pleased with my cable-management!

Specs:
7700K
Noctua NH-C14 with stock fans
Asus Z270i
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 3000MHz
Samsung Evo 960 500GB
Sandisk Ultra II 960GB
Corsair SF600
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti
Ncase M1 v5

Here some pics:

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That's a clever way to use up the extra length of the graphics card's PCI-E power cable!

So is the 1080 Ti loud when gaming or benmarking? Have you limited max RPM? Does than fan very close to the blower really help? Because the blower seems to align with center of fan where air flow is not the best. Pretty sure a duct from blower to bottom grill would be better.

What's is CPU temp on load? I'm curious because it seems I see C14 is blowing hot air in the case.

Those data would help me build later.

Thanks!

I think most builds with the NH-C14 or the similarly shaped Dark Rock TF have the fan on top of the heatsink drawing air into the case. Yes, the air will be heated when it circulates over the motherboard, but the movement of the warmed air is better than none, plus the side intake creates a positive pressure inside the case which forces the air out of the many holes in the panels.
 
So is the 1080 Ti loud when gaming or benmarking? Have you limited max RPM? Does than fan very close to the blower really help? Because the blower seems to align with center of fan where air flow is not the best. Pretty sure a duct from blower to bottom grill would be better.

What's is CPU temp on load? I'm curious because it seems I see C14 is blowing hot air in the case.

Those data would help me build later.

Thanks!

- I have heard the 1080 Ti while benchmarking, but not while gaming. Only when I press my ear against the case. The most gpu-intensive game I'v played was The Witcher 3 and the gpu fan ramps up to around 1400/1600rpm I think (1100 at idle). Therefore I have not limited the max rpm, because I don't think it's necessary (yet).
- I don't believe the extra fan underneath the gpu is making much of a difference, but I have yet to test it without it. The gpu fan does not center the fan underneath so I don't think it's blocking any necessary airflow. Temps are around 50/60C while gaming and max 83C on max load while benchmarking.
- The C14 fan is actually drawing cold air into the case. CPU temps at idle are round 30C. While heavy benchmarking it's around 80C I think. Not the kind of temps I have seen while gaming.

I will check on the exact numbers in the near future.

Good luck with your build!
 
That's a clever way to use up the extra length of the graphics card's PCI-E power cable!

Thanks! The cables included with the SF600 are kind of stiff, but really easy to bend in shape. I didn't want the cables coming anywhere near the gpu and pressing onto the backplate so I routed them this way. Plenty of space in the M1! :)
 
How is people’s experience with the SF600? Ever since my first build with the NCASE way back (two different models) and then the Fractal Nano S afterwards (again two different ones here), I’ve had and sent back probably 5 different versions of this power supply. And I have to say my experience is not as good as people make this PSU out to be. It’s not that the fan is not silent even under load – in this regard it’s perfect. The problem lies in how it is when idle. When idle, ‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’'all the components in my computer are completely silent or near-silent. Everything, except the SF600. Its fan is turned off, but it still let’s off these slight and recurring buzzing noises in intervals. Granted, you can only hear it when you are in a silent room and the PC is idle. But it’s still there.

I had this issue with virtually all of my SF600s, and it’s clear to me now that this isn’t a “problem” with some SF600, but something to be expected. The last one that I ordered did not have the same issue when I had it in the Fractal Nano S (the first case I built it in), and I thought I had hit the jackpot in terms of a “golden unit”. But when moving over to the NCASE the other week, it came back.
 
I use a SF600 in my Ncase M1 v1 and its great. it sits about 3 feet from me and I cant hear the rig at all even when gaming. Even when close up its pretty quiet. Not sure why people are having problems with theirs.
 
So I'm not alone?

Here's btw a video I took with my phone of the buzzing issue (system was idle):



I have returned previous SF600s for this very reason, and would not hesitate to do it again. I'm just not sure what other SFX PSU alternatives there are out there that can give me an adequate level of noise (during load).
 
So I'm not alone?

Here's btw a video I took with my phone of the buzzing issue (system was idle):



I have returned previous SF600s for this very reason, and would not hesitate to do it again. I'm just not sure what other SFX PSU alternatives there are out there that can give me an adequate level of noise (during load).


Never had anything like that from mine. I'm about 1 ft away from mine as it sits on my desk.
Have you checked your cables are okay or tried another set. It almost sounds like the connections are bad.
 
Cables for the motherboard you mean? Or the Power supply cable? For the latter, the cable is the one that came with the PSU, but I'l certainly check it out later tomorrow.

This is a pretty annoying issue that I've had with several units. Honestly, at this point I'm wondering to even return or not, because of the convenience of taking it out of the NCASE. Alternatively I would need to order a new one and keep the cables, and send back this PSU with the cables of the new one, as the smaller CPU cable has been routed under the motherboard.
 
Cables for the motherboard you mean? Or the Power supply cable? For the latter, the cable is the one that came with the PSU, but I'l certainly check it out later tomorrow.

This is a pretty annoying issue that I've had with several units. Honestly, at this point I'm wondering to even return or not, because of the convenience of taking it out of the NCASE. Alternatively I would need to order a new one and keep the cables, and send back this PSU with the cables of the new one, as the smaller CPU cable has been routed under the motherboard.

I've never heard the noise you get from my SF450 from Corsair. I've also never even heard it from my Silverstone SFX 450/600 units, which were slightly noisier as a whole than my Corsair SF450 (louder fan, also very slight coil whine).
 
So I'm not alone?

Here's btw a video I took with my phone of the buzzing issue (system was idle):



I have returned previous SF600s for this very reason, and would not hesitate to do it again. I'm just not sure what other SFX PSU alternatives there are out there that can give me an adequate level of noise (during load).

My SF600 doesn't buzz, but it's brand new and the fan curve MUST be wrong.

It spins up and down at idle (30W measured at wall) and sounds like a fucking 290x blower under 400W load
 
My SF600 doesn't buzz, but it's brand new and the fan curve MUST be wrong.

It spins up and down at idle (30W measured at wall) and sounds like a fucking 290x blower under 400W load

I recall reading somewhere that the initial SF600 units had a more active fan profile than later ones. Perhaps you have one of the early ones.
 
Any of you guys notice there is now a Ncase tote bag pictured on the website? That is good news for those looking to transport their case.
 
I recall reading somewhere that the initial SF600 units had a more active fan profile than later ones. Perhaps you have one of the early ones.
Was curious about this and I found this review where author talk about that in the comments.

What is weird is the fan curve on the back of the box on that review (May '16) compared to the more recent review here (December '16) is exactly the same.
 
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