Completed The MI-6 Microtower Case: Performance in 6.7L
- Thread starter firewolfy
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In testing done last year the fan was used to supply cool air to the case. It did not help the cpu or gpu but helped reduce temps of mounted hdds. The testing was posted in this thread.
Then you'll be real unhappy with the 90C I rountinely get on my 8700 non-k which is TDP limited to 65 watts. The L9i is not a good cooler choice. I plan to move my system from the A4-SFX to the MI-6 and put in a better cooler.
When I get my mother board I am going to install it in my Ncase initially, I have a Dark Rock TF I use with that. The Dark Rock is a 220w TDP cooler so I think it should handle it ok. Depending on what kind of temps I get I may have to leave it in the Ncase and put my 6600k in the MI-6, only time will tell.
If temps are too unreasonable I had my Ncase fully water cooled for a year and still have all the parts, makes it a pain to get at anything but I will switch back to water cooling if that is what it takes to get temps under control.
The NCASE should be fine with the Dark Rock. I have a 6700K OCed to 4.6GHZ in an NCASE with a C1 cooler and it's fine.
I think at 65mm of clearance you'll be ok in the MI-6. It may run high 70s to low 80s.
Hi Fire.
Thank you for your usual hard work.
Well, I made some preparations before a nice case arrives.
PSU : CORSAIR SF600
PSU cable : CORSAIR CP-8920202 (sleeved short)
CPU Cooler : DEEPCOOL Gabriel (heatsink 40mm)
CPU Cooler Fan : Noctua NF-F12 PWM (120x120x25mm)
Case Fan : Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM (92x92x14mm)
I'm waiting at the other side of the sea.
It may be the time when waiting is the happiest time.
See you.
Thank you for your usual hard work.
Well, I made some preparations before a nice case arrives.
PSU : CORSAIR SF600
PSU cable : CORSAIR CP-8920202 (sleeved short)
CPU Cooler : DEEPCOOL Gabriel (heatsink 40mm)
CPU Cooler Fan : Noctua NF-F12 PWM (120x120x25mm)
Case Fan : Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM (92x92x14mm)
I'm waiting at the other side of the sea.
It may be the time when waiting is the happiest time.
See you.
Hi Fire.
Thank you for your usual hard work.
Well, I made some preparations before a nice case arrives.
PSU : CORSAIR SF600
PSU cable : CORSAIR CP-8920202 (sleeved short)
CPU Cooler : DEEPCOOL Gabriel (heatsink 40mm)
CPU Cooler Fan : Noctua NF-F12 PWM (120x120x25mm)
Case Fan : Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM (92x92x14mm)
I'm waiting at the other side of the sea.
It may be the time when waiting is the happiest time.
See you.
Nice collection! You know, I haven't tried that Gabriel, but it looks sweet -and it is asymmetric so you can mount it whichever way will work best.
While I'm waiting for the samples to be built, it might be a good time to verify I have everyone's correct contact information (for the 63 pre-orders so far).
Everyone who has signed up on the pre-order form should have received a confirmation email from me within a few days after you placed your pre-order.
I only got 1 bounce back for an invalid email addy (a David B from Sweden), so if you are David B from Sweden or not sure you received my confirmation, please go ahead and send me a PM. Then I can check into it and make sure everything is peachy.
Thanks
Everyone who has signed up on the pre-order form should have received a confirmation email from me within a few days after you placed your pre-order.
I only got 1 bounce back for an invalid email addy (a David B from Sweden), so if you are David B from Sweden or not sure you received my confirmation, please go ahead and send me a PM. Then I can check into it and make sure everything is peachy.
Thanks
Did you go with the DEEPCOOL Gabriel because you can stack a 25mm thick fan on top of it?
Hi Fire.
Thank you for your usual hard work.
Well, I made some preparations before a nice case arrives.
PSU : CORSAIR SF600
PSU cable : CORSAIR CP-8920202 (sleeved short)
CPU Cooler : DEEPCOOL Gabriel (heatsink 40mm)
CPU Cooler Fan : Noctua NF-F12 PWM (120x120x25mm)
Case Fan : Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM (92x92x14mm)
I'm waiting at the other side of the sea.
It may be the time when waiting is the happiest time.
See you.
Update on timing and payment handling:
Payment collection will be kicked off about a week after I receive the pre-production samples, when I've had a chance to review them, do a build and get pics up on the webpage and forums. I'm still waiting on the fabricator to get the pre-production parts done, so we are a minimum of probably 1 1/2 weeks away from being ready to take payments.
When payment collection is ready to start, I'll first email everyone who made a pre-order that they can make their payment, so they will have a head start to finish up their order. Then I'll publicize it and take any additional orders. I don't think there will be any availability issues, since the production qty will be flexible, but I owe it to everyone who pre-ordered to help make it a stress-free process.
I'll be taking payments and shipping info thru the casebycasedesign.com webpage. Credit card and paypal will be both be available, and the webpage will automatically calculate shipping for your location. The payment window will be open for a set number of days. I don't know exactly how long, but I'm leaning toward a 7 day window, then kick off the production batch.
Sorry about the sample run taking so long. The parts should have been in my hands a couple weeks ago. This sample run is taking so long, I wonder if the big guy is trying to teach me patience, lol.
Take care,
Fire
Payment collection will be kicked off about a week after I receive the pre-production samples, when I've had a chance to review them, do a build and get pics up on the webpage and forums. I'm still waiting on the fabricator to get the pre-production parts done, so we are a minimum of probably 1 1/2 weeks away from being ready to take payments.
When payment collection is ready to start, I'll first email everyone who made a pre-order that they can make their payment, so they will have a head start to finish up their order. Then I'll publicize it and take any additional orders. I don't think there will be any availability issues, since the production qty will be flexible, but I owe it to everyone who pre-ordered to help make it a stress-free process.
I'll be taking payments and shipping info thru the casebycasedesign.com webpage. Credit card and paypal will be both be available, and the webpage will automatically calculate shipping for your location. The payment window will be open for a set number of days. I don't know exactly how long, but I'm leaning toward a 7 day window, then kick off the production batch.
Sorry about the sample run taking so long. The parts should have been in my hands a couple weeks ago. This sample run is taking so long, I wonder if the big guy is trying to teach me patience, lol.
Take care,
Fire
LOL then the big guy -at the same time- is also trying to teach us patience.
Yeah I have to agree, I was ready at the beginning of Oct to make payment and hoping this case would be ready to ship in Dec. Guess I will just hope it comes soon in the new year.
Thanks for the update Fire, can't wait to see the prototype.
Thanks for the update Fire, can't wait to see the prototype.
Fire...
Take your time and do it right. We all can wait a little extra time to make sure things are correct. ^_^
Thanks for the update.
Take your time and do it right. We all can wait a little extra time to make sure things are correct. ^_^
Thanks for the update.
Thank you for the update! Although I am very anxious to start my next build, I definitely don't want a rushed final product. Also...maybe the RX Vega Nano will drop around the same time the case is ready to ship.
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Even if it does, I'm betting it'll cost way too much and put out way too much heat. Probably better off with a 1080 mini from Gigabyte :/
I have the same concern. As much as I want to support AMD (for competition sake), historically their GPUs use much more power & dump more heat.
Edit: my last AMD GPU was Sapphire Radeon HD 7770. Damn cool & quiet, but that's only because it's a low end GPU, and Sapphire put a big a$$ cooler on it.
Well the space there is 125mm wide by 190 deep. If you have the front I/O, it takes away some depth and you get about 140.
You'd have to check the radiator dims, I think double radiators tend to be more than 190 deep. I saw a single 120mm radiator by Alphacool that will ft.
