SFF Ncase M1 Build

[Sorenson]

I just finished my Ncase M1 build and am in love with this case. I was at first hesitant because of the price tag, but it is just insanely versatile and the cooling is insane. The only downside to this build is cable management takes forever. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-C14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$320.98 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$168.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$185.24 @ Amazon
Storage	Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$194.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue Mobile 2 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$75.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card	$549.99 @ Best Buy
Case	NCASE M1 Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply	Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$149.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A9 PWM 46.44 CFM 92 mm Fan	$16.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM 55.44 CFM 120 mm Fan	$19.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM 55.44 CFM 120 mm Fan	$19.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2107.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-19 18:40 EDT-0400

 

[Sorenson]

Also, the zipties on the heatsync are temporary. Just waiting for Noctua to send me the 120mm fan clips for the NH-C14s. 

[A1200]

Wow that is a tight fit - I wonder what the thermals/noise is like? With Noctua fans should be a quiet as fans can be - even at higher revs. Looks very smart.

[Sorenson]

2 hours ago, A1200 said:

Wow that is a tight fit - I wonder what the thermals/noise is like? With Noctua fans should be a quiet as fans can be - even at higher revs. Looks very smart.

It’s crazy quiet. In a quiet room you can barely hear the fans. In a gaming load it’s like barely louder since I have a manual fan curve set up.
 

The thermals are really good for the fan curve I set up. At idle the cpu is around 40c with spikes up to 50c. Under a gaming load (~30% utilization) the CPU gets to the mid 70s with occasional quick spikes to like 81c. When I loop all core cinebench the temps get to around 83c and then the CPU clocks drop by around 50mhz. 
 

Overall I’m really happy with the results given that ryzen 3000 CPUs run high internal temps.