Monday, August 19th 2013
Enthusiast Mini-ITX Case From NCASE Successfully Funded
NCASE Design today announced the complete success of its crowdfunding campaign to mass produce the innovative all-aluminum "M1" mini-ITX PC enclosure.
The campaign was created on IndieGoGo and launched on August 10th. The original goal of $67,500 was reached within 24 hours. Six hundred units of the case were made available for purchase. Within seven days all enclosures were claimed and over $135,000 was raised.
Due to high demand and accidental duplicate orders, a limited amount of additional M1 cases are immediately available for preorder via NCASE's website. Preorders will be accepted until midnight September 1st, 2013. The NCASE team is a two-man, grassroots effort born out of a shared appreciation for quality design and a desire to push the envelope for small form-factor enthusiast PCs.
The campaign was created on IndieGoGo and launched on August 10th. The original goal of $67,500 was reached within 24 hours. Six hundred units of the case were made available for purchase. Within seven days all enclosures were claimed and over $135,000 was raised.
Due to high demand and accidental duplicate orders, a limited amount of additional M1 cases are immediately available for preorder via NCASE's website. Preorders will be accepted until midnight September 1st, 2013. The NCASE team is a two-man, grassroots effort born out of a shared appreciation for quality design and a desire to push the envelope for small form-factor enthusiast PCs.
9 Comments on Enthusiast Mini-ITX Case From NCASE Successfully Funded
But i love the design.
The pictures on ncases.com with hardware installed don't show any wires form the power supply to any of the components - making it look neater than with everything plugged in. You can't call this an enthusiast's case if a standard ATX power supply can't fit, or one with more than 400W, which is needed for a high end GPU. They should have made it a little wider.
Water:
Furmark, 1 hour
22C ambient
2x120 side fans in @1800RPM, 1x92mm bottom fan in @1500RPM, pump @1975RPM
7970@stock: ~77C GPU, ~103C VRMs
CPU: ~51C
As with the Accelero, I used Heaven to get overclocked temp readings:
Heaven, 30 minutues
22C ambient
2x120 side fans in @1800RPM, 1x92mm bottom fan in @1500RPM, pump @1975RPM
7970@1125/1575: ~67C GPU, ~80C VRMs
CPU: ~49C
Heaven + Prime95, 30 minutues
22C ambient
2x120 side fans in @1800RPM, 1x92mm bottom fan in @1500RPM, pump @1975RPM
7970@1125/1575: ~71C GPU, ~79C VRMs
CPU: ~74C
Under gaming loads I was able to turn down the fans and pump while maintaining reasonable temperatures:
Gaming
22.5C ambient
2x120 side fans in @1550RPM, 1x92mm bottom fan in @1500RPM, pump @1475RPM
7970@1125/1575: ~64-68C GPU, ~72-77C VRMs
CPU: ~56-59C
AIO Water:
Furmark
7970@1100/1500
21C ambient
88C GPU after 20min, 55% fan
Furmark + Prime95
7970@1125/1575
21C ambient
88-90C GPU after 40min, 57% fan
CPU max 67/71/63/67C
Air:
Furmark
7970@1100/1500
21C ambient
88C GPU after 20min, 55% fan
Furmark + Prime95
7970@1125/1575
21C ambient
88-90C GPU after 40min, 57% fan
CPU max 67/71/63/67CUm most case manufactures I believe do not show cables either. In the pics I show above they have cables. You just have to look for them.