Very nicely done!!!

Alrighty, did the Furmark + Prime95 (had to reduce the threads on the Prime95 by 1 to get Furmark to run). The two of them running together DO cause the PSU fan to start up. It is not immediate, but after a few minutes it starts up. Unfortunately, by the time it starts up, the GPU fan is already at ...

Thank you! Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who's struggled with an I/O shield! Good idea on putting in on the outside, I think I'll do that. I was also surprised that the PSU fan didn't start up, though from memory, I think I recall a few people on the Ncase hardforum thread also experiencing...

Ah thanks, and good point! I actually took off the side panels a couple of times to check to see if the fans were spinning - so totally makes sense heh.

As a very belated update on this, real life got in the way but I finally got around to buying the parts and building the PC this week! Was a highly inefficient process as this was my first time doing it and its a pretty small case, but got there in the end (after having to take it apart a few times)...

Awesome, thanks! You guys rock! Shockingly, I think I might temporarily be out of questions XD

According to Ncase, the case should be shipping very soon!

Awesome, thanks guys! Makes a lot of sense.

Going back to the CPU cooler for a sec, Fire-Flare had suggested the NH-L12 or Samuel 17 instead of the CH-14. Both those options look good to me. However, out of curiosity, was the reason for this small space / fit issues or something else?

Thanks folks, very helpful! - Good idea on the scale diagrams. I've been using a combination of dimensions from specifications, pictures where i can find them, and searching the Ncase build thread on hardforum to figure out if things will fit. Still need to do a bit more figuring but getting there. ...

Thanks! That's really interesting! A couple of follow ups: 1) If I was to use the Twin Turbo but not use the backplate to get more PSU room, then would it matter if I had a short card vs a regular length one (e.g. does the fact that its a smaller card mean componets are closer together and therefore...

Thanks, much appreciated! All that makes a lot of sense. There does seem to be more love for Asus than Asrock so I'll probably go with the Asus Z170i Pro Gaming motherboard. However, if someone has experience with both Asrock and Asus motherboards and has a view between the two, would be great to he...

This link may help: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options I'm not an expert and I don't know what is causing your issues. However, I'll throw out a few thoughts: - Could you have some programs loaded onto your PC that are not compatible with Windows 10 (and may b...

tl;dr: What parts should I get for my first PC build? Would like to use an Ncase M1 and use air cooling. Any advice would be appreciated! Hi, I'm looking to put together my first PC. My priorities with the build are 1) Small; 2) Quiet; 3) Powerful, roughly in that order (though this isn't a "strict...