Recent content by inchikiboze

lamarao, I had similar issues attaching the C14. Some forum members here with better skills than mine, such as csd and @Aibophobia, were able to use the Dynatron screws and some elbow grease. I take my hat off to them. For me, it made it much easier to use some 10 mm M4 screws and a low-profile...

Yes, Blue Fox is right. I myself am writing this right now on a 1650v3 system on this very board. It's currently at stock on air in a tiny Ncase M1, but I pushed it to 4.4 GHz on a quick-and-dirty H100i test before installing the mobo in the case. It's a well-known phenomenon in the enthusiast...

Reaching back to the OP, what I personally would really like to see is an SFF case with a high-powered integrated cooling solution. In the space between tiny NUC-ish machines and mATX, where a lot of the really interesting SFF action is, we seem to be settling on a basic formula: ITX mobo...

This is the mounting kit that I used to mount my C14 on the board. I also found that using an ultra-low-profile screwdriver, and using 10 mm M4 screws instead of the Dynatron screws, made the installation much easier, but if you are handy and patient, you should be able to get away with a...

Thanks for the detailed reply, and sorry for the confusion. Yes, what I clumsily tried to say was to orient the C14 with the bends at the top, as iLikeVoltron had in the photo. So orienting it that way would make the cooler less efficient? I see now, that makes sense. If I can get my hands on a...

Hold on hold on, does that mean that with an extension or riser cable and a graphics card in the bottom two slots, you could orient the C14 with the heat pipes facing up and get the bottom 140 mm fan to fit? I hadn't thought of that. I'll eyeball it later on my mobo (ASRock X99E-ITX/AC) and sift...

PC Perspective has been throwing more coverage at crowdfunded SFF cases lately, including the M1, the A4, and the Cerberus. It might be a good idea to speak with them. I think much of the enthusiasm is coming from Sebastian Peak. If you could get some coverage on their site or podcast, that...

+1 for the Node 202. The Lian Li PC-TU100 is another option. It is rugged enough for frequent travel. The thermals are not great, so I wouldn't plan to cram high-TDP components in there, but you should be ok with the short 950 and a stock 1155 CPU. Here is a video with a build from a couple...

Patrick is great, and I wish the show had more viewers. He spoke about it a few weeks ago, presumably before he'd bought the case, so I'd been waiting to see what he would do with it. He mentioned that he was trying different coolers to try to coax better thermals from his 6700, so you might...

Did anybody see Patrick Norton rave about his new S4 build on TWiCH this week? Judging by the views, probably not. It's not a super popular show, but still, nice to have an endorsement like that from someone as respected as Patrick. He's apparently putting up an entire build video for...

Thanks. This is all useful information. Many of the recent high-profile ITX cases seem more focused on aesthetics than portability, so it's nice to hear from someone who actually uses their build for travel. The handle is nice, and the lack of perforations in the top panel gives you a measure of...

Thanks for the reply. That's thoroughly decent performance on an overclocked 5820K. I didn't know that the NH-U9DX i4 could handle that much heat. I'm happy with my C14, but it's nice to know that there's an easier solution, and the U9DX is also not as bulky, so maybe there's less torque on the...

TomK and Nox, how are you finding the U9DXi4? What kind of overclocks/temps are you getting on what CPUs? How is the noise under load?

Epos7, I have essentially the same setup: X99E-ITX/Ncase M1/MX Master, and I can confirm that the problem is not just you. I get erratic response from the Master if the dongle is on one of the motherboard ports, which is one of the reasons why I use an external USB hub beneath my monitor with a...

A tip for those considering using a Noctua C14 or other cooler with tight clearance for screws: you can use regular M4 screws. Others on this thread have been able to get the spring-loaded screws from the included Dynatron cooler to work, but I found it almost impossible to get a grip on the...