Case is decent and looks and feels premium. Cables are nicely routed for the most part. Pcie riser gets sandwiched between the motherboard and side panel, however. AIO cooler seems quiet and efficient.Major issue with this case is the garbage power supply. The coil whine that it emits is horrendous and some of the worst I’ve heard. It is audible from another room. Tossed it and put in an Asus SFX-L and now everything is whisper quiet. Cooler master support is rude and refused to address the problem. They will make it difficult to obtain any RMA/after sales process.

NCORE 100 MAX, dark grayThe case is great. It has a very small footprint, looks nice, fits a high end graphics card and motherboard, and is reasonably portable. It seems expensive at first glance, but isn't if you value the inclusion of a power supply and CPU liquid cooler. I’m giving this 5 stars, but it does have room for improvement in the areas below. Please keep in mind that I’m not enumerating the many positives as the 5 stars are indication that overall, this is a great case (and PSU and liquid CPU cooler).First, the cables that attach the “custom PCIe 4.0 riser” to the motherboard has to be twisted 180 degrees to plug into the PCIe slot on the motherboard. This places a lot of strain on the cables + connector and wastes space between the motherboard and the 2.5” drive mount. It really doesn’t feel very custom.Next, the supplied SATA cables are right angle on one end, but there’s no room for the 90 degree bend on most (if not all) mini ITX motherboards and the 90 degree bend is backward for what is needed to work with the 2.5” drive mount location. Because of the issue mentioned above with the twist in the PCIe riser cable, I ended up just wedging the 2.5” drive upside down between the case and the PCIe riser cables rather than screwing it into the proper location. I probably should have used a different SATA cable, but the PCIe cables seem to hold the drive in place without putting too much strain on the cable.Another cabling issue is that the 12V connector for the GPU has a right angle connector on the GPU card end, but there’s really not sufficient room for the right angle connector to connect to a right angle power connector on the GPU circuit board. However, if a straight cable had been supplied, there would be enough room for the cable to connect to both a right angle or vertical connector on a GPU circuit board. I did end up using the 12V connector, but there’s a lot of strain on that cable and more than I’d like on the graphics card.The next two areas of improvement are related to portability. I acknowledge I was aware this case wasn’t really designed for portability, but it is something I think should be integral to the design of a mini-ITX case. It would have been really nice if the manufacturer had included a handle on the back of the case. I think I can probably 3d print a replacement top for the case with a handle and still preserve the exhaust airflow, but it will need to attach a little differently than the supplied press-fit top.Again, wanting this to be portable and with the graphics connectors being on the bottom of the case, I’ll likely use short HDMI / Display Port extension cables to simplify disconnecting monitors. It would have been great if the manufacturer had added some form of cable retention for the display cables, but they didn’t. I can probably figure out something with zip ties.Finally, keep in mind that the finish can scratch. Pulling off the side panels is pretty simple, but it’s also easy to scratch the case if you’re wearing rings. It’s best to take off any rings before removing or attaching the side panels.In summary, this is a great case and the issues I list above are minor annoyances overall.

Super easy build,Currently5070ti9800x3dThermals are always below 70c even without PBI on the CPU.Noise is fine, maybe not “silent” but nothing to complain aboutReally could not have an easier build process for a PC, almost everything is right where you need it already.

…das Netzeil. Es ist leider sehr Laut bei Grafikintensiven Anwendungen. Selbst wenn keine Last mehr anliegt, ist der Netzteillüfter der einzige den man hören kann (und das sehr laut!).Das restliche Gehäuse ist ansonsten sehr gut.Und es ist etwas größer als erwartet.

In summary, I love it! The NCORE 100 Max is a great case for a small form factor (SFF) build. I've been building my own computers for over 15 years and if this is your first SFF build like me and you need the smaller components then the price tag isn't excessive for what you get. If it goes on sale for $350 or lower it would be a great value. If your gaming like me, you'll probably want to do some stuff to bring overall system temps down, if not this system is good to go as is. Fits my full size Gigabyte RTX 4080 Gaming OC. 10 out of 10 would buy again. Read on for more detail.I really love aesthetic and functionality of this case and have put a lot of effort into improving it without modifying the case physically.That out of the way there are a few issues I noticed and have seen others complain about. The fans are a little noisy at higher speeds and if you are doing anything intensive they will need to spin up, but easy to upgrade if you want. I replaced all the fans including the PSU fan and now it's super quiet and temps are even better, do the PSU at your own risk though cause that will void the PSU warranty. AIO pump is also a little noisy above 50%, maybe I was just unlucky there.The other issue I had was with temperatures during high demand games like Cyberpunk and Avatar. Is it safe, maybe, but I have concerns for longevity. My reported system temps read like they were acceptable, 7800X3D was in the mid 70 C range. That thick 120mm AIO does a pretty good job. However, I touched the case and back of the MOBO and it was hotter than I am comfortable with. I would guess the case and MOBO was sitting in the 90-100 F range.The problem is the air flow over the MOBO and GPU is subpar because the case relies on the exhaust fan to pull air in and due to the holes being all over the income air is not coming in over the MOBO like it should. If you don't want to try and figure out how to get more fans on this thing I bet you could improve air flow vastly by blocking the all vent holes on the upper half of the case above the MOBO (except over the PSU). Air would then pull in from the bottom and move up and out. My solution was to add an external 140mm fan over the MOBO (no more room for any fans inside) and now my temps are perfect, GPU side is still a bit warm but acceptable.