Migration to M1 build log

[johnnyaghands]

Hi folks, so my NCase M1 finally came in this week. Join me as I migrate from a mid-tower Corsair into the M1.

I'm breaking the build down in to a couple days so I have something fun to do for the next couple days ^__^

So Day 1. General mock up of components, see if I have any major problems. So far so good, I did make sure
ahead of time I would be okay -- but you never know. The GPU just makes it

Day 1 Images:


Strix B450; 3600; Strix 1070 GTX


Man this GPU support bracket is a life saver! The sag without it was driving me nuts!



Mock up of the H100i (240mm) on the side fan bracket.


Day 2: I'm planning on grabbing a 92mm fan from CC and a 1TB SSD -- contemplating another m.2 to
pop on the back but we'll $ee. Might setup the CPU cooling and try booting up. Will post updates on the
thread! I plan to do the cable management and noise/temp testing after that. \

Recommendations for 92mm rear exhaust fan? ?

 

[MultiDoc]

If you can swap the fans on the radiator to pull instead of push, better performance and less noise.

 

[paulesko]

I´ve tried that thing of pull vs pull several times and for me it´s just the opposite. It´s not a big difference though, but I get consistent results. I don´t know whether I´m doing something wrong or that this is not an asusmption you can make for all kind of rads/fans combinations.

 

[johnnyaghands]

Ah so things got a bit hectic during covid-19 outbreak around here -- but was finally able to get home... I just finished it


The cable mangement is pretty not great and I've yet to do decent thermal testing (avg around 55C CPU temp during gaming). Not too worried -- eventually I need to replace all the fans and add another .m2 anyway. Just glad its up and running!