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nukem
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built this about a month ago its running Windows 7 x64 & XBMC with NPVR integrated.

sorry for the sub par picture quality, except for the last 3 photos the others were taken with my Nexus S.

 

Parts List

 

Silverstone GD05 Black HTPC Case

Corsair VS350 350W PSU

AsRock FM2A75-PRO4-M Mainboard

AMD A6 5400K

Noctua NH-L9A Low Profile CPU Cooler

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600 DDR3

Samsung 840 Series 128GB SSD

W.D Green 3TB (Changed to 2x4TB W.D Black)

LiteOn Bluray/DVD-R Combo Drive

Leadtek Winfast DTV200DS TV Tuner

OEM Microsoft MCE Remote control

 

Ghetto Test Benching

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Some Assembly pics (pretty self explanatory)
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PC: Corsair 900D | Corsair AX860 | Maxmius VI Hero | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133 | Sapphire Radeon 7950 | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | Win7 X64

HTPC: Silverstone GD05 Black | Corsair VS350W | AMD A6 5400K | AsRock FM2A75-PRO4-M | Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600 | Samsung 840 128GB | WD Black 4TBx2 | Leadtek Winfast DTV2000DS | LiteOn BD\DVD-RW Combo | WIN7 x64/XBMC

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Pics are broken for me.

hmm i dont know why =/ i also have no idea which image hosting site to use? suggestions would b good lol

Why 16 gb ram? Other than that I like your case

was a typo its 2x4gb.. yeah still overkill i know..

 

The GD05 really does look nice in a living room setup. Nice one mate :) Nice little htpc you got there.

thanks! i love the case too so sleek =)

PC: Corsair 900D | Corsair AX860 | Maxmius VI Hero | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133 | Sapphire Radeon 7950 | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | Win7 X64

HTPC: Silverstone GD05 Black | Corsair VS350W | AMD A6 5400K | AsRock FM2A75-PRO4-M | Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600 | Samsung 840 128GB | WD Black 4TBx2 | Leadtek Winfast DTV2000DS | LiteOn BD\DVD-RW Combo | WIN7 x64/XBMC

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Nice, I really like the case, any chance you can stealth the drive?

thanks!, yea it would be nice to do that, its really the only thing that spoils it

PC: Corsair 900D | Corsair AX860 | Maxmius VI Hero | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133 | Sapphire Radeon 7950 | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | Win7 X64

HTPC: Silverstone GD05 Black | Corsair VS350W | AMD A6 5400K | AsRock FM2A75-PRO4-M | Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600 | Samsung 840 128GB | WD Black 4TBx2 | Leadtek Winfast DTV2000DS | LiteOn BD\DVD-RW Combo | WIN7 x64/XBMC

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thanks!, yea it would be nice to do that, its really the only thing that spoils it

 

You could have sprung for the GD07, hides all front I/O and drive bays.

 

Nice build though! I have GD08 myself, great looking cases these are.

[Case] Phanteks Eclipse P400S TG (Air Mesh) || [CPU] Ryzen 7 5800X || [Cooler] Dark Rock Slim || [Mobo] ROG STRIX B550-F || [RAM] 32GB Trident Z RGB 3600MHz CL16

[GPU] XFX MERC319 Radeon RX 6950XT || [SSD] 1TB WD SN550 M.2 NVME || [HDD] 6TB Seagate IronWolf 7200 || [PSU] Corsair AX850

[Display] LG 27GL850 @ 2560x1440 - 144Hz || [Mouse] ROG Gladius II || [Keyboard] ROG Strix Flare (Cherry MX Red) || [Speakers] 2.1 Logitech Z-3 || [Fans] 6x 120mm Corsair LL RGB

 

Theater Room - My 11.1 Home Theater

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You could have sprung for the GD07, hides all front I/O and drive bays.

 

Nice build though! I have GD08 myself, great looking cases these are.

yeah i don't like the whole "flip up cover" thing or the key-lock on the front, the gd08 looks really nice too tho

PC: Corsair 900D | Corsair AX860 | Maxmius VI Hero | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133 | Sapphire Radeon 7950 | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | Win7 X64

HTPC: Silverstone GD05 Black | Corsair VS350W | AMD A6 5400K | AsRock FM2A75-PRO4-M | Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600 | Samsung 840 128GB | WD Black 4TBx2 | Leadtek Winfast DTV2000DS | LiteOn BD\DVD-RW Combo | WIN7 x64/XBMC

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