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    GTX 980 Reference w/ Backplate Asus

    It's a little late, only a day left, but here it is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/282517686819 It sat happily in my NCASE until I upgraded to a 1080 Ti FE.
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    I had the same issue with the same motherboard/cpu. Turns out I had LN2 mode on, which is a physical pin you have to move on the small fan daughterboard, and not something you can just change in the BIOS. Maybe it shipped that way, or maybe I accidentally moved it when I built the PC, not...
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    New Fractal Design ITX cases

    Cheaper yes, but 12.6L vs 19.5L is not a trivial volume difference. I don't see what use a 280mm radiator would have over a 240mm in an ITX system.
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    The Freilite Brevis S - A <5L case with internal PSU

    I might be able to help a bit here with my physics background. I'm not an electrical engineer, but I know the basics. The complex impedance for an inductor is Z_L = jwL. w (small omega) is 2*pi*frequency. So altogether the equation they are giving is 600 <= 2*pi*100e6*L, which means L >=...
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    Kimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

    Unlikely that'll happen since the Nova 5-slot case is pretty special. Awesome job catching the live stream and asking about this all the way back in September!
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Well, back to your original question about which GPU air cooler to go with, Necere made some comments on it awhile back. In short, you are almost certainly better off going with a reference-style blower cooler with the M1. Depending on the source of the noise with the EVGA hybrid cooler...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    The NCASE started out before the SX600 was available, so all the prototyping with the GTX 980 was with the SX450. So yes, that should work.
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    Asus ROG Maximus VII Impact

    Thanks Phuncz! I hadn't seen this. It's very comforting to see the thermal conclusions. As for compatibility with the Maximus VII Impact, I have a feeling someone on the forum will be a brave early adopter and let us know how it goes. I didn't know what FUA meant and I found another review...
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    Kimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

    With an i7-5820k, would the last slot only have access to 4 lanes, like with the gigabyte X99M? I'm wondering if this is a limitation of the CPU in general to have this problem. If so, it seems like having an 8-lane card taking advantage of the Kimera's extra slot will require at least the...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    What type of CPU cooler do you have? I'm using an H75 in an NCASE v2, in the right 120mm side mount (with 2 fans, blowing right onto the power supply, which pulls air in from the back), and it looks like I could fit another 120mm radiator in the left position. That means an EVGA hybrid...
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    Asus ROG Maximus VII Impact

    I just did some poking around in my case (with an Impact VII), and it looks like this is due to the audio daughter board where the hyper kit connector wants to be. It would be fine, however, if the connector was soldered to the opposite side of the M.2 adapter card. I was hopeful that the...
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    Kimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

    The Kimera Habanero has a nice ring to it! And it completely justifies making it a bright red/orange default color. As for quantum-mechanical names, the Bra-Ket or Dirac might kind of make sense, since Dirac bra-ket notation greatly simplifies and condenses calculations into a more compact...
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    Kimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

    Is a 240x120mm radiator better than a 140x140 that would fit in the side panel? I know it's ~47% more surface area, but the 140x140 could run in push/pull, and I thought fans are generally more efficient as they get bigger.
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    Kimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

    On the Impact VII for example, adding a heatsink would require modding the motherboard bracket. I think it will be up to motherboard manufacturers to comply to some sort of standard to allow heatspreaders, since something like a RAM heatspreader might do the job without adding a lot of...
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    Kimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

    I remember seeing reviews say the XP941 gets over 100°C, so it wouldn't surprise me if the Intel SSD gets super hot without any air passing over the heatspreader. Agree with Phuncz, not sure if it's possible to get any air in there. Maybe under normal use the temperature would stay reasonable?
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