You know it does seem like it to those who overclock. But to some people they see that it can just keep the cpu cooler and in actuality that is just as good! If it runs cool it can potentially lengthen the lifespan of the cpu.

"I had always wanted to build a PC from scratch and have something that would play all the games I wanted but also be portable enough to take to lan parties."

I chose to do a mini because I wanted something that was small enough to place on my desk and small/portable enough that I could take to a buddies house for lan parties yet not compromise much in gaming performance. This fit the bill since it only weighs around 15 pounds.

Thanks! Ya the water cooling cut the noise big time. Under super heavy load (Ran firestrike and tomb raider bench marks) it got to around I would say 25dBA at most, so basically a really light whirring sound, most of it from the 1070s on board fans, unnoticeable with any in game noise going on.

I may upgrade to a 6600k in the future but not currently planning on it. Considered a z170 board but really had no need since I wasn't overclocking which is essentially the only feature that board had over the one I chose for over 80 dollars more which would have pushed me over my budget. I got the excellent cooler for two reasons one to keep noise levels down (after installing new fans my pc is virtually silent under full stress loads) and also to increase the longitivtiy of this cpu since it will always be under heavy load during most applications I use.

You can see you logo if you look at it from a left angle but straight on the cover is over the top of the asus strix logo. You can remove the cover but I kept it because I wanted to have one of my ssds mounted there. The logo does give off a cool glow that shows through that cover because it has vents in it.

Temps have been pretty good for me so far. Under heaviest loads my cpu sits between 23C and 28C, my motherboard between 30C and 40C and the 1070 between 50C and 60C at its hottest while playing Rise of the Tomb Raider completely maxed out. I have one huge 200mm fan at the front of the case pushing, then 2 120mm on top pulling into the radiator and finally one 120mm at the rear for exhaust. This particular Asus card has excellent built in cooling to begin with as well. Hopefully that helped!

yes you can in the Bios and downloadable toolkit.

The side window has been great actually. Scratches were something I was worried about as well at first but it has not been an issue. I have taken it off several times to both add additional SSD's, clean it, and to add new case fans and I still have no visible scratches. I have also transported to several LAN parties. My PC does sit on my desk which helps I think.