Cubitek mini center is one of few, similar to jonsbo/cooltek coolcube or lian li Q01. Cubitek is the smallest (10,0l), but all these cases are comparable.
I wanted system that is power efficient, powerful enough for my needs (not interested in newest games), and most importantly silent both in idle and under load.
Goal was achieved, after several modifications, swapping fans and cooler, sealing airflow with paper air duct, the way that psu pulls air only directly through cpu cooler, I'm finally happy with temperatures.
There was another issue with psu whine. Initially I wanted to use my old seasonic s12ii 500w, which I already owned stashed somwhere from previous builds. Coil whine was unfortunately too much for me. Coolermaster V550S psu was my choice, as it is very compact (14cm), and extremely efficient under low loads. According to reviews 93% @ 100w, and similar at even lower loads down to 30-40w. And it happens to be completely silent in terms of any electronic sounds, no whining. Of course stock fan is audiable, low rpm is not everything, you can hear the motor, so it was replaced.
Everything is running stock, cpu hits 60ish max, gpu 60~, fan ramps up to 1k rpm when needed, but still not audiable from 1m.
Someone might ask that getting such expensive cpu cooler for i3 is overkill. Indeed looking at price tags it might seem this way, but all components of this build, were purchased on forums or auctions, so it was put together for fraction of normal price (less than half).
Specs:
i3 4360 @ cryorig c1 + noiseblocker xl1 600rpm
msi h81i
2x4gb 1600mhz
gtx750ti gigabyte + zalman vf900 radiator + noiseblocker xl1 600rpm
ssd 500gb
psu cm v550s (fanswap noiseblocker @ 600rpm)
cubitek mini center
Whole setup:
Quite painful assembly.
For example power button/led wires must be connected before installi cpu heatsink
Modded air intake for gpu
Good old zalman vf900, replaced fan ghetto mod
Bonus:
And size reference tj07 (70l) vs cubitek 10l
