NCASE M1 Mini-ITX PC Case - A Space Saver Without Compromises?

Did the folks over at NCASE knock this whole PC case thing out of the park on their first try with the M1? Let's find out...
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[@TheStaticable]

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[@shahreza37]

Love me some tiny fe.. I mean chassis. Love me some tiny chassis!

[@TheStaticable]

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[@samuelmyles3102]

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[@DIYPerks]

Wow, beautiful case!

[@hompalai]

I didnt expect you here

[@JazzManMilan]

hompalai I know right? Also this case is overpriced holy shit.

[@hompalai]

JazzManMilan Yus, i got the Define R5

[@JazzManMilan]

Yeah.. I got the same for my desktop. Just looking for a micro atx case atm.

[@kNo1bdy]

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[@MushroomKidable]

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[@reguluscaius4636]

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[@carfreak223]

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[@LasermanSteam]

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[@rickonami]

Dear Linus.... Can u make a video on Rendering comparisons on regular Nvidia GTX vs Quadro cards? Render under 3D MAX or other 3D programs? Or perhaps is it possible to overclock the GPU for Quadro cards?

[@TheStaticable]

Dude I love your vids

[@vinercent215]

That would actually be something good to know, there is literally no documentation on that

[@maxmustermann194]

Viner Cent just compare the number of cuda cores ;) pricewise there's no point in titans/quadros because dual gtx 970/980 outperform a single quadro easily while costing less. Unless you need double precision it's not worth it. I have seen some cuda performance graphs from nvidia, it was basically the cuda cores numbers.

[@benjamen007]

Great idea, something very useful for video makers.

[@Dubsys]

there's tonnes of info on this already, it doesn't matter. quadro cards are made for cad, not rendering videos.

[@gazmodo1192]

I really love how often you guys use Monstercat produced music in your videos - It started in your build guides, and now it's in the intro - It's fantastic to see a channel like you guys (who started small and have worked your way up to the 1.3 million subs you're at so far) support up-and-coming artists who produce awesome music. I love this channel so much.

[@SaffatBokul]

Love the intro animation. The combination of that music makes it perfect !

[@T0BBi94]

Wow that case looks amazing! I have also been a fan of this rout with really compact pc:s. Every case always have some drawbacks but this case have nailed everything! It is really impresive and even the design is something I would guess more people than myself find elegant

[@LorelynF]

That looks very minimal and cute. :) I honestly had to replay your intro because I thought I misread something then poop - "We Have No Slogan!" Love it. HAHA! Best Slogan 2015. Great review LinusTechTips BTW.

[@IllusiveManJr]

Couldn't agree more

[@th3broffesiona121]

Hello *****

[@LorelynF]

Th3Broffesiona1 : Ohai! =)

[@nikosgevre2821]

This case doesnt look cute to me..

[@exyia3404]

#BestSlogan2015

[@Spectrum184]

You of all people should know that not all non-reference design cards vent to the inside of the case. I have an evga card that has better cooling than stock and vents out the back of the case. This is the first compact case that I have seen you review that I would actually buy.

[@error2k2]

Which evga card vents out?

[@JayJapanB]

error2k2 I think some of the old 7xxs did. The non ACX ones.

[@xxstrawberries5833]

If ur case venting card has a rear exhaust also. Just put duct tape around the inside of the card so it only goes out the back,problem solved

[@error2k2]

Erm. That would work but you would have to lower fan speeds as the pressure would get a little high and ad resistance to the fan.

[@NanoMine]

"We have no slogans" FTW!! The best one ever!!

[@vojtasTS29]

ITX elite 110 user here... :D Love small cases!

[@JensLarsson]

Love the mini pc case reviews, keep them coming

[@jirehjohng.arafol3939]

By the way, I like your how to's, build guides, and unboxings and reviews video! Keep it up :)

[@de_stroyed]

Wow I love this case. Just so happend to be looking for a in-home PC that will be streaming off of my gaming PC. Going to try to get this one.

[@mini-_]

"We have no slogan". Winning!

[@WarriorsPhoto]

That is a very beautiful case. Thank you Linus.

[@ArturRybak1994]

"We have no slogan" I love you guys.

[@RichardWenborn]

Very nice case! and excellent first entry from NCASE

[@kingobscuritycf]

ive been waiting for this, i love my m1

[@GiannisTsolakidis]

That new Intro is so nice, smooth, creative, and.. Material design ! :D

[@UniCrafter]

This case is amazing. The most compact full case I have ever seen. I would live to get one of these with a Z97 impact, 4790k, titan Z (for lolz) and somehow fit a decent enough PSU into this to run the thing. I would then have hoses come out the back and go to a dedicated radiator+pump+res unit, and sit the computer itself on my desk, with only the main ingredients and the blocks contained within.

[@ledzeppeman]

This is the best channel on KZbin, TV, or anything else. This shit is just so great. I love these videos.

[@Minion123]

Another great review Thumbs up

[@Alexdengmusic]

Linus, you say plower supply instead of power supply. I can't unhear this.

[@RapperRank]

One of my favourite things about building pc, every case has its own challenge and figuring out how to mount everything for best airflow and cable management is worth it

[@chillz28]

Woha that is an awesome case!

[@yoloswag5851]

Can you do another review on the v6 version of this case with current hardware?

[@luke7542]

id like to see a full custom loop as well with that lol

[@oshaugh143]

Love these

[@touchainzentertainment]

Yay I've been waiting for this!!!

[@eyedavis]

Linus please do a Build Guide of that System

[@jerhms]

i'd love that!

[@ldragopegasis2]

***** I 5th That! I would love a Mini ITX system!

[@eyedavis]

Never thought so many people would like to see that !!

[@jerhms]

Davis N. I guess great minds think alike :P

[@DeivMab]

2 years later and... ☹️

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

That is a very nice little case.

[@user_23165]

Hell yeah! Kudos!

[@Zekraas]

great vid yet again love it

[@MattStephensRich]

Love the new Linus tech tips Intro, even without a slogan. ;)

[@hellssephiroth]

Just ordered one of these, I was hoping Caselabs would do something tiny but I'll try this out.

[@Halofan4001]

Linus HAPPY NEW YEAR

[@kaburan1441]

I miss the old intro (idk it got me hyped) :D

[@ImDoneKilling]

same here

[@iosxbetax]

Me too!! Whenever I heard it I instantly got super excited! I was so shocked when I heard the new intro. It´s not even close as amazing... :(

[@guy990]

I can't believe that people are whining over a fucking intro

[@kaburan1441]

how about you shut your mouth keyboard warrior its called a comment section for a reason to give thoughts about the video

[@spapbp]

The old one's words went too fast for me to read (maybe I'm slow reader) but the new one uses pictures to give the viewer a clear understanding of what this channel is about

[@Draelren]

Had one of these for quite some time, will be using it at PDXLAN tomorrow. :)

[@MisterGutsy108]

Wow, seeing that ssd take up almost half of the front of the case really gave an idea of how small this case is. Sometimes I find it hard to gauge the size of cases on video.

[@groovyhippie1165]

I'd like to see cables shrink in size too. Imagine if you could run everything threw 7mm or smaller cables, power included. I know you can make your own and shrink wrap them but they can still bulk up in a small case. Nice case though and great review!

[@michelsbmx]

"We Have No Slogan" Love it!

[@untuchaball9611]

Wow, what a coincidence. Just yesterday I was saying why linus hasn't reviewed this case. Now finally it has come!

[@mattyl2413]

"we have no slogan" LOL that was hilarious! and ofc a good review!

[@danermanerkider]

Jesus, this is the best looking and tiniest case I've seen besides maybe the Node 304. I'm considering leaving my ATX build plan and going with ITX again with this as the case. It even has a slim ODD slot, triple expansion slots, and room for a 240 rad, sounds perfect.

[@RubinRahman]

HOLY CRAP Massdrop is a really smart service, I don't usually say this but thanks for advertising them x)

[@KameshSS]

Atleast put the "We tech things seriously" instead We have no slogan. We tech things seriously or Do as we say, not as we do.. are good..

[@mini-_]

There were a lot of people complaining about both.. Maybe that's why they did this

[@Mawson6492]

It changes daily lol

[@trevorrobb8436]

On the last live stream they mentioned that they're just using a bunch of random, stupid slogans. I personally love it!

[@therealr0bert]

Do as we say, not as we do. I feel that this isn't great slogan because it's already a common saying. Being a person that has been working on cars for literally as long as I can remember (seriously my absolute earliest memory is my father teaching me how an ignition switch works), I honestly couldn't even begin to count how many times I've heard that or a variation of that.

[@gla3dr]

woosh

[@levyroth]

best case ever! love mine!

[@KazuUnix9]

This is amazingly small... But please do a video on one of my favorite smaller land PC cases. The Lian li tu100. Please oh please do a review of it Linus.

[@paszmaty]

I like it. Looks nice.

[@IkaXpleZ]

I got this case it's amazing, the only difficult part was mounting the radiator, the screws were too small for the filters given with the case, so I had to buy 1.5mm filters

[@murdergames9684]

Once again a great product for anyone building a pc for university

[@deadlemon]

Love my m1! Though I think you could have covered compatibility a bit better, maybe showing an ATX psu in the case for comparisons sake, or showing different fan configs.

[@alexvazquez1268]

"We have no slogan" That touched my heart

[@videokompuuter]

Case that has the absolute best heat managemant is Origin Millennium, review on that would be nice because with components side by side (motherboard rotated 90 degrees) they don't drop heat on each other but with this case it makes now sence to add big fan in the bottom (use hot air natural moving and bottom because it makes less sound than on top) and cpu with custom air cooling would lead hot air out of the back without any additional fans-most silent case probably.

[@CaveyMoth]

Mmmmmm...Classic Linus! Much better! 2:00 LOL..optical drive. Those were the days.

[@JerryNeutron]

I'd love to build something in this case

[@nathanb316]

"THIS HERE SHOW WE GOT HERE JOSH DARN IT!!!!!" LoL Love it!

[@Nicktrance1]

Looks like an awesome case very tiny and beautiful and yet less compromises than even some small cases by bigger companies. I'd really just stick to SSDs for such small builds, put one or two in the front and leave the bottom as an intake with a filter for a large GPU cooler.

[@techfulltv7864]

HELLO DUCKY

[@mmavcanuck]

This video is exactly what I'd like to see in LTT video in 2017

[@greenboy2304]

Love the new Intro!

[@mcmaximax]

This is actually the first time I got exited about a tease.

[@gillo2011]

Every night I dream of the day that Linus will reply to my comment? Will it be today or is tonight going to be tearful yet again...

[@gillo2011]

Not sleeping well either mate? Maybe Linus will one day reply to your comment and allow you to sleep better and get rid of your grumpy mood.

[@2987ms]

Ask him a question on twitter.

[@mobertlawl]

visualdragon lol

[@melifeendshere]

not happening.

[@bobjames1521]

post a comment correcting him or criticizing one of his design choices in a build. He'll reply with a rebuttal.

[@TheOmegajimes]

A build video of this would have been really really cool.

[@teamnitrogen210]

Wow, Linustechtips is almost at 1,400,00 subscribers. I remember when it only had 300,000!

[@toastbrosfols]

I wasn't ready for that intro

[@RaphaelGP]

2:24 "BUTTER !"

[@garywalsh5740]

Just bought this case...stunning esthetics!! Core i5 4690K, 8gb Ram, gtx 770, h100i, Silverstone 450 watt SFX PSU

[@mehfff]

This case looks a lot like the Cooltek W1 and W2 cases. They're a bit bigger than the NCASE, but I seriously urge you to check these cases out, and even there other cases. I'm not sure about it's availability in North America, but I think Cooltek is re-branded as Rosewill there. Anyways good review. Keep it up :)

[@mfjaages]

nice little unit.

[@zonlymachine]

5 years later, still the only video i can find showing a HDD on the bottom

[@andrestadelmann]

Hahaha, "We have no slogan." good one Linus!

[@Goofffi123]

woah linus! You look like a giant beside the case!

[@mrfarkyhars9192]

Still the king of ITX. Absolute design classic.

[@MsNIKITA]

Yea.. So good I bought two of them. One of them contains a FE RTX 3090 and fall water cooling.

[@glimpsetheinfallible7203]

Sweet case! I would like to see an option for a window though. But then I would need/want custom cabling. But it is pretty awesome for a first try.

[@M1.Designer]

There's no place for a window with the side intake fans in this layout. Accommodating a window would necessarily either make the case larger, or give up some features (e.g., radiator support).

[@tacoburger5]

i love the intro xD "we have no slogan"

[@laurentiudll]

nice material design @ intro

[@dune_tech]

waited so long... funny enough tho, you posted this right after I finish my build with prodigy.

[@MadOliveGaming]

This case makes me cry.. I didnt know about it so I bought a hadron air yet this is so much cooler :(

[@worstenbroodje6832]

'We have no slogan' Awesome intro xD

[@chinmayshalaw]

Hey linus why is the offline watch option is disabled for LTT videos??

[@andrewtimms4299]

sfx is a great idea for a small form factor pc. I wish more case manufacturers eg Coolermaster would think of sfx power supplies

[@JesseCombsTwiZtedCheese]

I like the editing in these videos. Just looks more professional.

[@SaraKayTech]

Very minimal and cute. I like it. :)

[@larrylitmanen9877]

wow what a case.

[@iamsioth]

RIP N1 classic. Weird as all hell seeing a younger Linus lol.

[@jeffreylopezjl]

XD that intro tho good job +1

[@bonsaiman101]

love your work Linus, as a console gamer wanting join the PC gamers it would be awesome if you could do a gaming PC build on a 2grand budget

[@MichaelK12]

Looks to be perfect! Why didn't you mention your temps? That is very concerning.

[@faza6855]

it's so beautiful...

[@darthplagueisthewise6832]

I feel like with every video, Linus is slowly but surely going insane.

[@98karlh]

Absolute perfection, dowant... the computer as well ;-* also. purple seagate ?

[@AndreVautour]

I really like this

[@NinjahCowboy]

Why could you not have done this review before Christmas i want this case

[@jsan9791]

Love the new intro

[@bananarama880]

Gold

[@georgelucas8287]

thanks to the linus media group Im watching linustechtips for the first time on my custom built pc specs: i5 4690k PNY GTX 970 8GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE 1TB SSHD seagate 7200rpm 64MB cache gigabyte ga z97mx 400w EVGA psu 80+ bronze corsair 240 air just need windows, using ubuntu, but i built this for gaming and you lose fps when in ubuntu

[@Minion123]

Linus, did you notice, the last couple of your videos have brightness set to hi. I checked my monitor and my settings are ok.

[@ewuldoer]

You said "couple" - I'm holding you to that!

[@Emerald13]

Damn I think this would just be a nightmare to build in. I have a CM Elite 120 and I thought that was already a pain, scrunching wires into the optical bay area so I could get at least some amount of airflow.

[@bobmamipoko]

i have the case. its absolutely beautiful. the only downside i have with it is there isn't a manufacture that makes socket 2011 itx motherboards.