Full hardline NCASE M1

ejohnson

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After much pain and work, I have finished my hardined m1.

specs
asus rog viii motherboard
intel 6600k
PNY 1080
samsung 850 ssd (2 in raid)
thermaltake riiing rgb fans
silverstone 600w psu
alphacool nexxxus gpu waterblock
swiftech apogee drive cpu block/pump
swiftech qp 240mm radiator
MNpctech sli gpu support
MNpctech feet

I hardlined the whole thing, no softlines anywhere. The hardest part of the hardline setup was by far getting the cpu exit line, it had to wrap around and do nearly a full 360 from where it started.

I have water temp sensors, and a gpu block temp sensor keeping tabs on my temps. I never get over 55c on the gpu and 45 on the cpu. Pump runs at 1400rpm and the fans max out at 1400 rpm. so everything stays pretty quiet.

The gpu support was a bit of a pain, I tried to use the standard gpu support, but it was too thick and hit my fittings. So, I had to spring for the sli mount (2 in a pack) they are single slot sized and it fits like it was made for this case. You dont get bottom fans with the sli mount, but thats ok as I didnt see any change in temps when I had a pair of 120mm fans in there. It does cover up the empty space down there really nice.

https://mnpctech.com/ncase-m1-mods/

https://mnpctech.com/pc-computer-st...minum-black-silver-replacement-case-feet-set/

In the future I plan to put some colored dye in the loop and sleeve all of my cables.



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Looks great! Nice and neat.

I can't even begin to imagine the horror that would have been during the hard line install. Ouch.

How did you attach the bracket for the fan hub (aquaero?)

You should duplicate this on the M1 thread..... Think a lot of folks will be missing this.
 
Thanks, the fan hub is the Asus fan card. I cut some aluminium stock, then double sided taped the aluminum to the case. The fan hub is then screwed into the aluminum bar.
 
Looks incredible!

Two questions: Are the feet higher than stock ones and where did you get them?
 
Looks incredible!

Two questions: Are the feet higher than stock ones and where did you get them?

Thanks!

Yes the feet are taller than stock. They are from mnpctech, I put a link to where to get them in the first post. Nearly double the height.
 
Looks really good, I imagine was an extreme pain. That GPU support bracket, is it compatible with any GPU or just specific ones? Not a lot of info on mnpctech. Oh and btw nice pic on mnpctech.
 
It's compatible with any GPU with or without water block, but if you have radiator or fans mounted to floor of the M1 will obstruct you from using the GPU support bracket.
 
Looks really good, I imagine was an extreme pain. That GPU support bracket, is it compatible with any GPU or just specific ones? Not a lot of info on mnpctech. Oh and btw nice pic on mnpctech.

m1runner is right, it works with anything really, but it does block fans from being used in the bottom. But then I noticed no change from when I had fans down there to now with out fans temp wise.

for me it was a cross between eye candy and helps when moving the case around with those hardlines. the waterblock I used is pretty heavy, so any extra support is a great thing.
 
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