Silver Air-NCase M2 + RTX X080

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Silver Air-NCase M2 + RTX X080

Introduction

Coming from my Louqe Ghost S1 and still waiting for Ghost R1, i'm hyped to try out the NCase M2 for now. There are alot of new hardware components and it's a 90% new build with only keeping my RTX 3080 (until RTX 5080 is available) and my very reliable NVME from Samsung :)

I'll update the build in the next weeks with more details, fotos, benchmarks and so on...
(future build updates are probably case-fans, dust-filter and airduct for CPU-cooler)

First baseline benchmark CB23:
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[2024/12/02]
Ordered moar fans (92mm x 25mm and 140mm x 25mm) from Noctua - will probably update build next weekend and rerun some benchmarks :)

[2025/01/07]
CES 2025 Nvidia 5080 cards don't meet my whishes and i'll wait until a 24GB VRam version will be announced, if the card dimensions are similar to the Palit 5080 GamingPro card then this should be an instant buy :)

Stay tuned!

Fancontrol setup

I'm still using this great tool to fine tune noise levels and airflow, even though the Asus bios improved alot and also supports multiple sources for a fan header, but it's years behind fancontrol. My setup favors dead silent idle accoustics (idle, watching video, browsing etc), a mid range (ARPG gaming e.g. PoE 2) and a max performance (benchmarks, AAA games with full details e.g. CP2077). Airflow seems pretty solid now :)

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Color(s): Aluminum Black Silver
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: SFF
Type: General Build

Build Updates

Lift off for testsetup

Putting it all together - bye bye Ghost S1

2nd CPU-Fan and airduct + dust-filter prototypes

Final setup until new grafics card

Sidepanels sealed with "dustfilter"

Hardware

CPU
AMD - Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Socket: AM5
Cores: 8
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 299.00
ASUS - ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming (WiFi 6E)
Chipset: B650
CPU Socket: AM5
Size: Mini-ITX
Memory
$ 269.89
Kingston - Fury Beast (White/RGB)
Type: DDR5
Capacity: 64 GB
Graphics
EVGA - GeForce XC3 Ultra Gaming
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 3080
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 284.05
Samsung - 970 PRO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 199.99
Corsair - SF1000
Wattage: 1000
Form Factor: SFX
Efficiency: 80+ Platinum
Case
Ncases - M2 - Round
Type: Micro-ATX
Side Panel: Mesh
Cooling
$ 89.95
Noctua - NH-D12L
Type: Air Cooler
Size (WxHxD): 120 mm
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