Sadly, after testing a little bit with easy tune and only going into BIOS gui one or two times, I really cannot tell for sure, but I wasn't able to set the CPU Fan speed (I have none PWM fans!). So PWM might be necessary. For my taste, with the ULN adapter, it is pretty quite, but far away from REAL...

WoW, I knew that this assambley would be hard and would take some time, but 5 hours... and it is far from perfect (cable management). I have been too confused by the 50+ screws and stuff Lian Li sent with the Ncase + a lot of (for me) unnecessary things were installed which i had to uninstall in the...

I kind of did. At least Noctua wrote: Some mainboards (e.g. current Gigabyte models) are capable of controlling fans not only via PWM, but also by adjusting the supplied voltage. I think i don't need a PWM, since the C14 isn't available without fans, and the ULNA ("ultra low noise adapter") should b...

Yeah, probably within a week I will be able to deliver some imformations about the PSU und fan control. But as stated, the CPU fan(s) is (are) 3 pin voltage controlled, not pulse signal controlled; since I dont't have ANY experiance with fan controls, I dont't know if that does many anything at the ...

The Ncase M1 has arrived and the electrical components should be delivered on tuesday or wednesday. So if anybody is still interested in this "journey-of hardware-decision": CPU: Intel Core i5-4590S - No need for OC, 65W TDP, i like it. CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 - I will first try the 3 pin fans. If...

[...]Both have the M.2 slot on the bottom of the motherboard, so depending on your needs for storage, you could even place fans on the bottom. The thread is always open in my browser tabs. Asus (or ASRock) since of the placement as stated, yes. I read about the M.2 slot, but it is more or less unsu...

Yo, hello again after some... days :P It is kind of embaressing, but you have been so right! Well, now it really is in the closing stages! :D Why am I not entirely convinced that it is really in the closing stage? The upcoming Hashwell refresh ( also posted in this thread ) and the need not to buy t...

With reference to that point, I think the question isn't really the expectations, but some experience: so I adviced you at the best of my little experience, not just according to my expectations about "what is quiet enough". Yes, i forgot to write about the experience, too. Experience ⇔ expectation...

Ok, I am not ordering today but probably/hopefully/realistically/... tomorrow, waiting if there is anything to add or change there. :D I think it would be very satisfying in terms of quietness for me: CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S GPU: MSI N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC Twin Frozr Gaming RA...

@ quest_for_silence, I really appreciate your advices but I think we just have different views on "what is quiet enough?" , since I only have expirience with OEM computer systems I will be excited about the quietness of the upcomming one. If I am wrong I will strongly consider your modding choice an...

I don't understand/agree with your (semi)final choices: IMVHO you're taking the risk of a not so quiet and hot system for a considerable amount of money with those parts. But it's your money and it's your call, so I hope to be wrong (my thought is simple, you know: to run quietly, you need relative...

I'm sorry for my rather terse answer without any pointers. To make the long story short, Asrock motherboards for Haswell CPUs provide fully functional and unprecedently fine-grained BIOS fan control. To grasp what I'm saying, you will have to peruse the following thread. "Quiet gaming setup" As far...

Ok so let's do this: CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S Alternative: Prolimatech Megahalems with a Noctua NF-S12A PWM Fan Thermal Compound: Coolaboratory Liquid Pro I might delide the CPU and apply some of this liquid metal as well as on the IHS of the CPU. I am sure I can handle t...

I will not quote everything, because then this post would become enormous. Allright, I will go for CL9 then. It is the cheapes low-profile RAM I can find. Corsair RM450, Seasonic G360 and be quiet! Straight Power E9 are PSUs I will look into. Fanless seems kind of risky to me, too. Semi passive shou...

Ok, Ok. I made a decision... well, nearly :D My list so far: CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K GPU: MSI N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC Twin Frozr Gaming R9 270X consuming up to 150W and GTX 760 200W, wow! Let's face it: overkill, overheat, I take the GTX 750 TI. If it's really not enough, I will get another card. RAM: Cr...

You know the trade off: you can't have silence, power and small form factor all together, but with a 750 you can shrink the overall dimensions more easily, and probably you might lower the noise. So the raw power is not on par with other candidates, but still plentyful for DoTA 2 at 60fps. Speaking...

It all depends on the CPU, of course. I don't think it will be a problem with a 4670 that uses maybe 40 W at most. For instance, the AXP-200 is only 60 mm tall but works very well . As soon as you add a 760 (160 W) or a 290X (260 W) you may run into heat issues. I would make two chambers for a smal...

[...] Mats, even if the Lian Li TU-series is probably a stylish, sub-par choice, any cube - I guess - is not an option: ...I would like a mITX case more tower style or desktop style than cubic style, which, sadly, most of them are... [/b] In the end it seems, I cannot go around cubes... anything cl...

[..] Unless you are going to consider "tower" the smallest Lian-Li and Cooltek/Jonsbo/Rosewill mITX offerings, I'm sorry, but I'm not aware of such a design: the only mITX tower enclosures reasonably sized are the already quoted Ncase M1 and Evga Hadron; I would add the Inwin 901 but it's pretty ra...

@ Abula Awesome! A realtivly new benchmark, perfect. :) @ edh Yes, sadly it is unavailable at the moment, some kind of pricy and the shipping will take a lot of time I think :( Maybe a future option, still, a very beautiful case. @ quest_for_silence I checked and you are absolutely right, MatLab doe...

@ Abdula The GTX 780 would cost me freaking 580€ here; I was nearly chocking, as i was ready to pay 366€ for the "most quiet" R9 290. 3k+ hours on DotA2 and maybe 40 hours of other games (and the fact that I am getting older -> less interest in (other) games) just seems to close the page, whether I ...

Yes, still i opend this thread because the OP of the other one changed his mind to a µATX case which opens up space with all its benefits. :) Well, a quad slot solution which means about 100€ more in cash, losing the warranty and... giving up 4 slots is kinda insane in my option/for my purpouse. So ...

This thread was originally called the idea of mITX and a huge GPU , but this idea partially changed after some posts, ideas and getting to reason. :) Now it is a midrange build, with an Intel i5 as CPU and something, ranging from R7 265 - R9 270X oder GTX 750Ti to GTX 760 as GPU. ( At least 60fps @ ...