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    Cooling Suggestions for LSI SAS card? (LSI 9207-8i)

    Good point, I'll take my 40mm fan on a trip to B&Q. Thanks again for you help!
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    Cooling Suggestions for LSI SAS card? (LSI 9207-8i)

    AHA!! I did not know that, I think you might just have saved me a dangerous operation on my card! I suspect I might be able to fit a 40x10mm fan in with 20mm headroom... or a 40x20mm with 10mm headroom.... probably the former, but i would love to run one of those NF-A4x20's. Thank you very much...
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    Cooling Suggestions for LSI SAS card? (LSI 9207-8i)

    I'd rather not, i'm hoping a big enough heatsink & fan will disperse the heat enough without having to modify the case. You can get heatsinks with radial blowers which i could use to exhaust out the rear expansion slot... but I want to keep noise down and a radial fan would be louder...
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    Cooling Suggestions for LSI SAS card? (LSI 9207-8i)

    I recently had an LSI 9211 SAS card die on me and i'm fairly sure it's because cooling was inadequate. Despite the whole internet telling me they need decent airflow, I decided to chance it in a tiny case (U-NAS NSC-800) with limited airflow. So while a replacement (LSI 9207-8i) is en route, i'm...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Hey Deceptoid. I'm running a EVGA GTX 770 w/ACX which is a "240W" card (in reality about 200W max, probably only a *little* hotter than yours). It does kick out a lot of heat but the ACX heatsink seems to do its job admirably. I use 2x hollowed out 120mm fan housings as makeshift ducts to the...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    TL;DR - Sparkle Power FSP400-60GHS PSU is cheap and good even under load; the Scythe Kabuto II is a great cpu heatsink that lets you use the HD cage. Given the current subject of power supplies I thought I might put in a plug (yes!) for the PSU I have - which doesn't seem to get much coverage...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Can anyone tell me the approximate thickness of thermal pad needed to fit between an M.2 SSD on the bottom of a motherboard and the M1 side panel? The motherboard in question is an Asus Z97I-PLUS, although i'd imagine it'd be about the same distance for most motherboards.
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    No probs s0skey, glad I could help! I have this crazy theory that you might like... I managed to screw the HDD cage to the back of a 120mm fan... if you have an SFX PSU there may be enough room to put 2x3.5" HDDs behind a (slim? modded?) intake fan with enough clearance that the fan would...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    I can try, but I can't promise it will make any sense or be correct. Full disclosure - I was told to do this by a friend who works in security. I'm only just looking up how it all works now! As I understand it Windows now holds more than bitlocker keys in TPM, it can use it with UEFI and...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Gotta say: Reading through this thread it was clear Necere put a lot of thought into this design, but getting the case and working in it has given me an even greater appreciation for just how well thought out this case is. It's a work of genius! For anyone thinking about using the Asus...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Great advice guys, thanks! It's 100% OCD that I'd like it all to mate together neatly, but that's probably worth more to me than 1-2C on my core temps anyway. I wondered if I might end up needing a fan silencer/gasket thing to make it all the way, so I'll def grab a couple for build day - ta...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Big fan of you and Phuncz's setup with the Kabuto II - how much work was kneading the Kabuto to fit flush against the fan+bracket? Any tips on how to work it without breaking, causing metal fatigue, hurting myself, etc.? I've got an M1, Kabuto II and Asus Z97I-PLUS en route and have this...
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