Media PC - Small formfactor passive cooled

[Tass]

I want to upgrade my current media pc. my shuttle XS35V3 is not exactly up to standard any more.

 

I kinda want a NUC but i am having a hard time finding one that suits my requirements.

 

What i want:

Small formfactor (very much like NUC)

Passive cooling (An absolute must, complete silence)

room for an ssd

gigabit lan

HDMI out

 

all current I3 CPU's and up should do just fine. HD playback and probably internet based television sometime in the future.

 

Can anyone help?

I can find lots of barebones that would Work just fine, but every time with a cooling fan :angry:

 

Ps. could not find a more suitable place for this, not exactly a build log as of now.....

 

 

Edit

allmost forgot, HDMI out of course.........

[gazabi]

I want to upgrade my current media pc. my shuttle XS35V3 is not exactly up to standard any more.

 

I kinda want a NUC but i am having a hard time finding one that suits my requirements.

 

What i want:

Small formfactor (very much like NUC)

Passive cooling (An absolute must, complete silence)

room for an ssd

gigabit lan

HDMI out

 

all current I3 CPU's and up should do just fine. HD playback and probably internet based television sometime in the future.

 

Can anyone help?

I can find lots of barebones that would Work just fine, but every time with a cooling fan :angry:

 

Ps. could not find a more suitable place for this, not exactly a build log as of now.....

 

 

Edit

allmost forgot, HDMI out of course.........

Do you have a budget? I found some passively cooled i3 ones that have space for an ssd, but are pretty expensive.

[Tass]

Do you have a budget? I found some passively cooled i3 ones that have space for an ssd, but are pretty expensive.

nothing specific at the moment, trying to find out if i should upgrade nowish or wait a bit longer.

[cheeze_tartz]

[gazabi]

nothing specific at the moment, trying to find out if i should upgrade nowish or wait a bit longer.

Well i found one site selling passive nucs, the one i linked has an i3 and 2gb of ram with an option of solid state storage. It costs $530.

http://www.logicsupply.com/ml100g-30/#overview

[gazabi]

Thats not exactly nuc sized.

[Tass]

Well i found one site selling passive nucs, the one i linked has an i3 and 2gb of ram with an option of solid state storage. It costs $530.

http://www.logicsupply.com/ml100g-30/#overview

Sadly it will be more like 800$ by the time it's arrived in my country. but i will look for it in europe, thank you.

[gazabi]

Sadly it will be more like 800$ by the time it's arrived in my country. but i will look for it in europe, thank you.

Well I found a UK based passive NUC seller, its slightly more expensive than the other one but less than the $800 you would have to spend.

http://www.tranquilpcshop.co.uk/abel-h22-custom-build/

[Tass]

Well I found a UK based passive NUC seller, its slightly more expensive than the other one but less than the $800 you would have to spend.

http://www.tranquilpcshop.co.uk/abel-h22-custom-build/

 

There are some pretty good options, found a couple new sites aswell with more fanless systems. But it seems still to be a bit premature. Either i have to wait a while longer, or get a NUC with fan, and mod it if it is too noisy.

I had hoped to use both ram and ssd from my current setup, but it seems ddr3L is used in pretty much all micro factor systems.

 

thank you for your help