We finally dialed it in with two new finishes:

• Cool-Tone White (E White): Pristine, cool-toned, and completely seamless. Zero visual noise.
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Because achieving this level of color parity requires incredibly strict quality control, this is a limited production run.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the interest check and provided feedback. Pre-orders are now officially live. Order Now, Ship in Mid-August!

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• T1 V2.5 E White:Available Here

Let us know what you think of the new finishes below!

I decided to change cases while making a GPU upgrade to my rig. I couldn't be happier with the M3, it fits so much in that small package. I may have gone a little overboard with the fans, but at least she stays cool :) I still have a little cable management left to clean up, but the case swap is all done for the most part.

Build Details:
-NCASE M3 GRATER | Silver
-NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 FE
-Stock Air Cooler
-AMD Ryzen 9800 X3D
-Noctua NH-D15 G2 Air Cooler
-Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
-Corsair Vengeance 96GB 6000
-ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Motherboard
-Silverstone SX1000 Power supply

Hi everyone,

I'm in the middle of my first SFF build and could use some advice from anyone who's built in the NCASE M3, especially in the inverted layout.

Specs:

Case: NCASE M3

Motherboard: MSI MPG X870I Edge Ti WiFi

GPU: XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC

I've attached a few photos.

In the first photo you can see the GPU is resting on the motherboard's rear I/O heatsink. Even with that support, the card still sags slightly.

In the side photo you can see the GPU isn't level. If I lift it into the correct position, it's simply too heavy and drops back down by itself.

Since this is an inverted build, I can't use something like the Lian Li anti-sag bracket because the GPU is mounted at the top of the case instead of the bottom.

I'm trying to find the cleanest long-term solution.

Would you:

Suspend the GPU from the top panel using fishing line or thin steel wire?

Use a PCIe riser cable and vertically mount it somehow?

Fabricate or 3D print a custom bracket?

Attach some sort of support directly to the top frame of the M3?

Is there another solution I'm missing?

I'd really appreciate photos if anyone has solved this on an inverted M3 or another inverted SFF case.

Thanks!

My finished M3, downsized from a CH260, since I got an amazing deal on Amazon, a brand new B760i Strix for 100€. So I pulled the trigger before the new EU rules kicked in, and I’m in love with this case.
The possibilities, the finish, the overall quality is absolutely amazing.

I did the flipped config, and the temps are great, really a fun build to work with. Did my best on the cable management, but could be refined a bit in the future.

Parts list:

CPU: Intel i5-14600kf
MOBO: ASUS STRIX B760-i
GPU: ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 4070
MEM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB
PSU: Corsair SF750
COOL: Noctua NH-U12A
Samsung Evo 990 Plus 2 tb
Samsung Evo 990 Plus 2 tb

Ryzen 7 9700x
Ryzen xfx 9070xt oc

**Correction Most MATX boards + coolers that require a backplate will not the able to fit. Since most AM5 coolers use the stock backplate it will be fine.

Halfway through assembling my Ncase M2 build, realised that the cooler backplate on MATX boards WILL not allow you to mount the board. Because the CPU cooler mounting holes are at the same x-coordinate as the mounting rail of the case.

With longer motherboard standoffs the board will fit, but it will be a case redesign. Can't believe there's this design oversight while advertising MATX boards compatibility.

I guess on AM5 boards it's fine as most coolers use the stock AM5 backplate. But I guess this case eliminated all Intel MATX boards. Should I return the case and go for the Meshroom D? Or should I eat the cost and get a Z890I? *groan

Case: NCASE M3 Grater Silver
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 16GB
Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 280 (Swapped fans with Phanteks T30 140mm fans)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi
PSU: CORSAIR SF850 (2024) Fully Modular
RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 (2x16GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL36
Storage: Crucial P310 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen4

Undervolt:
CPU undervolt of -35 on curve optimiser
GPU undervolt to 890mV @ about 2800MHz

Temperatures on Battlefield 6:
(Default graphics settings)
Ambient Temp: 24° C
CPU: 50-55° C
GPU: 55-60° C

Additional:
This is the inverted configuration where the motherboard is flipped upside down resulting in the graphics card on top sucking in fresh air from the top panel (which comes with a dust filter). The AIO is set to intake, which means there is a large amount of positive pressure. Since this case is heavily perforated on all sides, I do not make use of additional case fans to exhaust the hot air.

Hi, it's my first time building a PC and I went with the M2 Grater. The default case feet are too short for airflow and the lack of front IO options was a bit annoying but then I saw the 3D printed case feet option in the Ncase website and I decided to print it out. However I am wondering how to mount it to the case? When you remove the bottom panel, you screw and unscrew from the bottom but if I install this case feet, then it would block the screw holes for that. How am I supposed to install this?

IT FITS !!

This one is for the bros

Side mount.

Yall calm down with the temp questions. I'm not a pro tester. Just a dumb nerd with expensive hobbies building a super expensive computer I likely will never game on despite my 300+ steam library games.
Just like every late thirties dude that thought he would be different and special in his twenties and actually isn't.

I also bought a stainless steel pan recently. Okay ?

So.

I'm in europe and built this 3 days ago at the peak of the heat wave. Office in the rooftops, 38 outside, basically melting inside. Launched an hour of Diablo IV (late thirties I told ya) at absolute full max ray tracing path tracing, Jesus tracing the whole divine suite okay. Only DLSS on quality, that's all. GPU at 99%, CPU at 11%. After an hour temps of CPU never went over 75, often around 70 and gpu around 65 rarely over 70.

Sound is absolute silence idle, and at full load, perfectly manageable. Like yes, I hear that there are fans. Of course. And that's having the pc on the desk 15cm on my right (could probably hear less by putting it underneath on a shelf, etc.)

No undervolting or optimization of any kind (aside setting things in the bios per noctuas instructions, PWM or something)

GPU 5080 (will be getting a 5090 soon beacuse I am stupid)

CPU 9950X3D

64GB DDR5 RAM 6 billion Megahurts blabla

Rog strix X870 I Gaming WIFI

T705 4TB Crucial

Loki 1200W

Ncase M2 non grater

Maybe I'll update with some cinebench test on the cpu, maybe not if I'm lazy (highly likely thereoff)

Peace bros.

P.S: don't forget to take your daily cialis, bros, love yall.

My M2 Round is arriving soon. Planning to go for a PA120 Mini setup and saw the Silverstone SF160B with 140mm mounting holes. Wondering anyone here ever tried mounting it on the side panel mounting.

This is the M2 case.

As we all know, the provided 3d print covers (PCIe) are terrible.

So I made my own instead. Also the round cover, or the rectangular cover (why do we only get one, when there are two holes left?)

Plus I also made custom feet, since the original are tiny.

You can find all my models available for free on makerworld (I'll link in comments)

Moved from A4-H2O to M3. Overall felt like organized build vs smashing it in. Like how it turned out. Looks huge but still good size on desk. Still trying to get all Noctua fans and larger case feet on the M3. Even with mismatched fans temps slightly better and quieter.

Specs:

• Case: NCASE M3 Grater, inverted layout, glass side panel
• CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• Cooler: Thermalright dual-tower LCD air cooler
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B850-I Gaming WIFI
• RAM: Micron DDR5 32GB 6000MT/s
• GPU: Colorful iGame RTX 5080 Advanced OC
• PSU: Lian Li SP1000 SFX
• Fans: Lian Li UNI FAN TL Wireless

Airflow:

• Rear intake
• Front exhaust
• Bottom light exhaust

The rear intake works surprisingly well in this layout. It feeds fresh air almost directly into the CPU cooler.

I also raised the case slightly with 8mm acrylic bars under the feet, which helped the bottom exhaust breathe better.

Current Time Spy result with a 950mV GPU profile:

• Overall: 27,546
• Graphics: 33,020
• CPU: 14,204
• GPU max: around 60°C
• GPU hotspot: around 62°C
• GPU memory junction: mid-50°C range
• CPU Tctl/Tdie: around 72°C
• PCIe errors: 0

Still planning to clean up the GPU power cable with a custom 12V-2x6 direct cable, but overall I’m really happy with how this turned out.