I'm in Austin; looks like I'll get mine today.
Just received! It looks great. I'm only waiting on a few components now.
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I'm in Austin; looks like I'll get mine today.
Mine is stuck in customs Seems like Lian Li did not include a reciept.
Since most mitx boards seem to have the m2 slot on the backside, will the hyper kit/u2 kit fit in the m1?
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I don't think it will. Looks too large, even if you add the space you get from the CPU backplane cutout.
The motherboard standoffs are 8.5mm tall, while the CPU cutout allow for another 3mm. The Hyper Kit is 15mm thick, and that doesn't include clearance from the back of the motherboard. So the answer is no.Since most mitx boards seem to have the m2 slot on the backside, will the hyper kit/u2 kit fit in the m1?[/IMG]
The motherboard standoffs are 8.5mm tall, while the CPU cutout allow for another 3mm. The Hyper Kit is 15mm thick, and that doesn't include clearance from the back of the motherboard. So the answer is no.
Some unrelated news, from Asus DIY blog, JJ mention in chat they would need to make a new variant of the Asus Hyper kit before the Intel 750 will work from M.2 slot in Impact due to difference in layout.
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.
You can't replace SATA ports with it. U.2 is PCIe based. Keeping it as M.2 gives you broader compatibility since there is only a single consumer SSD that requires U.2 at the moment that I'm aware of (Intel 750 2.5").
The Skylake platform offers 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes for the GPU and 20 (!) PCIe 3.0 lanes for peripherals. That's basically 4 U.2 ports, audio, Gbit LAN, WiFi and room to spare.Main problem is lack of available PCIe lanes on mainstream CPUs. Either way they also don't want to limit boards to just U.2 SSDs when an M.2 slot supports it as well with an adapter (but not the other way around). The average user is far more likely to wind up using an M.2 SSD after all due to cost too. Very little incentive for them to do that. Get the ASRock X99 board if you need it. It's what I did.
Is it smart/necessary to have a intake 120mm fan on the floor of the case, pointing directly into a reference GTX 980's blower fan? I'm not sure about this.
The main reason will be, like most of the time, the chicken and the egg problem. With only the Intel 750 as an option (for now), there is little incentive to start replacing SATA connectors yet. But I do expect a Skylake board or two having atleast one U.2 port in the near future.
Nevermind. Amazon came through! Package left at 3am and it's already out for delivery! I'll be transplanting my current rig guts to my shiny V4 over the weekend!I got mine today! I was not expecting it till tomorrow or even next week.
I was very surprised with how light it is. Also, build quality is crazy. First case I spend more than 50 bucks on. Unfortunately, amazon is letting me down and my cooler master s524 v2 may not get delivered tomorrow ... I ordered Tue, but it only shipped today! Can't believe of all the things I ordered from amazon, this package would be the one they screw up!
The motherboard standoffs are 8.5mm tall, while the CPU cutout allow for another 3mm. The Hyper Kit is 15mm thick, and that doesn't include clearance from the back of the motherboard. So the answer is no.
That will all fit, just be aware that you're using pretty much every available inch and it will be quite cramped. You're right to be concerned about HDD temps, but with a blower card they'll probably be fine. If it's an option, I'd recommend 2.5" HDDs as an alternative. Much smaller and easier to deal with.So I'd like to ask you guys about if the following proposal would work with the Ncase M1:
- Asus ITX motherboard (I think it was a Z97)
- 2x 3.5" platter drives setup with the cage on the side panel beside the radiator/fan
- 2x 2.5" SSD's setup on the front and back of the front panel
- 1x 120MM & radiator AIO water cooler setup on the side of the case as an exhaust (bad idea?)
- 2x 120MM intake fans at the bottom of the case
- Obviously will go with an SFX power supply as a full length GPU will be used
I believe the components *should* fit based on my research, but my biggest concern is the platter drives getting heat soaked as the GPU would in theory be blocking the intake from the bottom of the case. And with the placement of the single 120mm radiator, the platter drives wouldn't be getting much if any airflow sitting beside them.
There's only space for a single 3.5" HDD on the bottom, and it only leaves enough room for a 92mm fan (i.e., no bottom 120mm). With a blower GPU it's also worse heat-wise than using the cage, since they tend to leak hot exhaust towards the rear of the case, where the the drive is. Really, the bottom 3.5" mount is there mainly for people who are doing a custom loop with a 240 rad, or using lower powered/no GPU.Definitely open to any counter-proposals, (ie, mounting the drives instead to the bottom of the case and going with a 240mm radiator?).
Let me help you out:I've got a question about using the GEMINII S524 ver 2 cooler with the SFX - 600 PSU from silverstone. I'm trying to see if it would clear the PSU, which is 63.5mm tall. My calculations are here:
That will all fit, just be aware that you're using pretty much every available inch and it will be quite cramped. You're right to be concerned about HDD temps, but with a blower card they'll probably be fine. If it's an option, I'd recommend 2.5" HDDs as an alternative. Much smaller and easier to deal with.
There's only space for a single 3.5" HDD on the bottom, and it only leaves enough room for a 92mm fan (i.e., no bottom 120mm). With a blower GPU it's also worse heat-wise than using the cage, since they tend to leak hot exhaust towards the rear of the case, where the the drive is. Really, the bottom 3.5" mount is there mainly for people who are doing a custom loop with a 240 rad, or using lower powered/no GPU.
Sooooo are the motherboard standoffs replaceable? I can't get the screws to go in AT ALL. Even without a board, just screwing the screws directly into the standoffs.
Just double checking, are you using the correct screws? Try all of the screws that comes with the case first.
1) after doing watercooling followed by aircooling, I feel aircooling is the way to go for most builds in the Ncase if noise is of more concern than the lowest possible temperature. If your CPU is 50°C or 70°C during load won't matter except in noise and price. A really good watercooling setup costs more than a few hundred dollar and it's still a lot more dependant on perfect installation and higher difficulty in planning than aircooling.1) is a 120mm AIO worth it, or should my choice be 240mm or air cooling?
2) For answer to 1), what are good options?
3) 3.5" or 2.5" for bulk storage? Is the 2.5" performance drop-off noticable (this is for game backups, photos and video storage)
4) For answer 3), where would you place the drive?
5) current comp is a P8Z77 3570k with a 5850 and 3 1.5TB 7200 rpm drives; would it be worth it to try and convert this to a home server unit (either windows server or something like FreeNAS)?
Hi guys. Sorry I have another beginner question! Still figuring out how this all works as I go! I will have 5 case fans in total. 1x Noctua NF-A9x14 in the rear, 2x Corsair SP120 on the side panel, and 2x Corsair SP120 on the bottom.
My motherboard is the Z97I-PLUS. Power supply is the SX600-G. RAM is low profile HyperX Savage. Graphics card is a GTX 980 reference. I have a 2.5 SSD and one 3.5 HDD. Lastly I also purchased the Silverstone PP05-E short cable set. All these parts are here except for the cable set and case.
Right now I just have a few questions.
1. I saw today that the motherboard specifications lists there is 1x4 pin connector for the CPU fan and 2x4 pin connectors for the case fans. That takes care of 2 case fans out of 5. How do I manage to power the rest of the fans while retaining their PWM functionality (all the fans are PWM)?
2. I will be using the HDD bracket to place my single 3.5 drive there. Can I also place a 2.5 inch drive in that bracket? Just wondering because my current case HDD bracket allows for that.
3. Does anybody have any recommendations for a CPU cooler that won't require losing a feature like the HDD bracket or side fans that I already have? I have been looking at the NH-U9S but am not sure if two fans on that can fit.
Thank you for the help so far guys! Really excited to build my first computer.