HTPC Case

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

Hi folks

 

I'm looking for a HTPC case that supports a full ATX board.

 

Required:

- Should be around the usual 43cm in width like other HiFi components.

- Price up to 200€.

- black! not white and definitely not silver

 

Any suggestions are welcome.

[TheRandomness]

Have a look at the Grandia series from Silverstone, you should find something there.

[it_dont_work]

Using this : http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=283&area=en

 

Next time Will probably use something like this : http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=331&area=en

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

Hmm Silverstone - not bad - While searching for it this popped up: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/node-series/node-605

looks good two.

[it_dont_work]

That looks good to, always like the fractral stuff. no OD though if bluray is a thing for you. Airflow path looks cleaner on the other hand in the 605 which might help keep the noise down with low speed fans.

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

5 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

no OD though if bluray is a thing for you.

By OD you mean Optical Drive I guess.

That would be a slim version in the fractal 605 from what I know so far but only with mATX boards:

"1x 12.7mm slim/slimline ODD (only supported with mATX or smaller motherboards)"

The board I will use is one I got left over but it's an ATX. But an Optical Drive is not needed anyway.

[it_dont_work]

1 minute ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

By OD you mean Optical Drive I guess.

That would be a slim version in the fractal 605 from what I know so far but only with mATX boards:

"1x 12.7mm slim/slimline ODD (only supported with mATX or smaller motherboards)"

The board I will use is one I got left over but it's an ATX. But an Optical Drive is not needed anyway.

Must of missed that bit. Case looks good though, I made the mistake of going with something that doesn't fit a decent cooler the first time. I'd rather a crap looking htpc that I can't here verses a good looking loud thing.

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

14 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Must of missed that bit. Case looks good though, I made the mistake of going with something that doesn't fit a decent cooler the first time. I'd rather a crap looking htpc that I can't here verses a good looking loud thing.

I'm starting to get my head around the fractal, from all the cases I looked at so far that thing simply looks porn. in addition it got the same hight (with feet) as my center speaker and my DAC which on the shelf will be positioned like this:

HTPC --------- CENTER ----------- DAC

|------------------SHELF-------------------|

 

cooling is a thing now. I got an old AMD 6 core lying around along with a bad asrock board and some random RAM.

Will need to buy a SSD (evo 850 128GB) and PSU (evga g2 550) and a cooler that fits the case.

 

Cooler according to specs:

"CPU cooler compatibility: Approx 125mm with side-mounted fans - For coolers with top-mounted fans, Fractal Design recommends that you add at least 30 mm clearance for decent airflow"

 

Will sth. like this here do? --> http://pcpartpicker.com/product/d2yFf7/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrg52418pkr1

[it_dont_work]

15 hours ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

ooler according to specs:

"CPU cooler compatibility: Approx 125mm with side-mounted fans - For coolers with top-mounted fans, Fractal Design recommends that you add at least 30 mm clearance for decent airflow"

 

Will sth. like this here do? --> http://pcpartpicker.com/product/d2yFf7/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrg52418pkr1

Sorry must of missed this yesterday. Yeah that looks like a reasonable sized downdraft cooler which will help keep the chipset on the fx platform cool as well. what I kinda the one thing I like about the silverstone cases is most have an open vent above the cpu socket.

 

can always underclock or undervolt the amd 6 core, if thermals are really a problem. Though I think you should be fine plenty of flow for the fractal, my fx-6100 oc to 4.1ghz is pretty cool at idle (the frio heatsink on it can run passive) and in general a htpc doesn't tax the system very much.

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

11 hours ago, it_dont_work said:

Sorry must of missed this yesterday. Yeah that looks like a reasonable sized downdraft cooler which will help keep the chipset on the fx platform cool as well. what I kinda the one thing I like about the silverstone cases is most have an open vent above the cpu socket.

 

can always underclock or undervolt the amd 6 core, if thermals are really a problem. Though I think you should be fine plenty of flow for the fractal, my fx-6100 oc to 4.1ghz is pretty cool at idle (the frio heatsink on it can run passive) and in general a htpc doesn't tax the system very much.

thanks pal! will make a build list as soon as I could be bothered to figure what those old shoebox components are I got laying around :-)

[the crunchiumo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352028

check out this case you might like it. 

 

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

2 hours ago, the crunchiumo said:

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wel hmmm thanks :-) We've been talking about that case since post #4 :-)

but I still like it :-)