Completed The MI-6 Microtower Case: Performance in 6.7L

[rfarmer]

Added a few pics of my build. I need to do some more cablegami, but so far so good. Did anyone order cable mods?I’ll post the pics up in the morning.

Build looks great, love the way the MSI Aero looks in there. I really wish I had ordered one before Christmas.

 

[Revenant]

Build looks great, love the way the MSI Aero looks in there. I really wish I had ordered one before Christmas.

Thanks! I got lucky with my 1070. Alt coins really did a number on the whole industry.

UPDATE ON TEMPS!

While playing BF1 for a couple hours I saw spikes into the mid 90s. After some further testing, I discovered that my Asus Strix Z370i was spiking the CPU voltage to as high as 1.4. Now this is on a 8700 not 8700K. Overclocking most people don't above 1.3 on these CPUs. Clearly a BIOS issue.

I manually set my Bios to 1.175 CPU CORE and temps dropped substantially. I upped the max long term power to 75 watts. BF1 now is in the 70s. I'm still seeing a full 6 core 4.3 GHZ turbo on non-synthetic loads.

 

[LeMoNH3aD]

I received it so I will introduce it.
My goal is almost impossible to say that it is high power and small and quiet.
But I did it.

CPU : i7-7700K (Delid thermal grizzly)
CPU Cooler : Gabriel + NF-F12
GPU : GeForce GTX 1080 ITX

CPU:24-60C
GPU:28-59C


Great Thanks Fire!!

I'm really digging the Gamer Storm Gabriel and Noctua NF-F12 combo! May just be the best current setup for our case.

 

[firewolfy]

Repost from over on H --

I received a sample cover and top plate, and some small sample pieces today with black powder coat. It is a matte, low texture coating.
It is pretty flat but has a slight texture and color variation depending on the lighting angle. I'm thinking to do this for the next production run.

I'm going to offer it to those still waiting for their MI-6, if they prefer it over the brushed black anodized cover that are being remade now.

Fire

 

[ignsvn]

I kinda like it. Look stealth-y.

Too bad mine is already on the way..

 

[firewolfy]

Here are some pics of a case with that powdercoat cover and top plate. Sorry about the camera. My 'good' DSLR actually stinks worse than my phone. I'm sure it's not user error(s)...

 

[rfarmer]

Case looks great.

 

[ignsvn]

 

[rfarmer]

You and me both buddy.

 

[ignsvn]

You and me both buddy.

I never thought visiting & refreshing USPS tracking website can be so addictive..

 

[rfarmer]

Check this out at 10:14, looks like an interesting case coming up for review.

 

[LeMoNH3aD]

Ooooh man!

 

[Nosuchthing]

I've been following along and I'm glad to see this is all going so well. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the build logs!

 

[Revenant]

Check this out at 10:14, looks like an interesting case coming up for review.

One of my favorite reviewers! Can’t wait!

 

[firewolfy]

Yeah I talked to Jay at TekEverything a while back and he offered to do a review of the MI-6. So it will be great to see what he thinks!

 

[ignsvn]

(There's a slight dent on one edge. Hope the content is OK)

 

[rfarmer]

Oh nice, let us know how the contents are.

 

[ChinStrap]

I'm pleased w/ the powdercoat sample. I'll be answering the email tonight and requesting that finish.

 

[rfarmer]

I'm pleased w/ the powdercoat sample. I'll be answering the email tonight and requesting that finish.

Yeah I was really pleased with the sample, thought it looked really good. I also requested that finish.

 

[ignsvn]

She's beautiful


(There's a very slight anodizing imperfection above the front audio jack. Almost invisible. And I don't care. My opinion above stays)