Reception of the IR in my recently build antec black is awful. It was never going to be an issue because I'm using
somesort of extension device.
Another bad thing is the lack of 2 SATA power cables. You can either connect the sata hdd or the sata dvd but not both. Unless you have the molex/satapower convertor lying around, like most us have. But it does not come with case/mainboard
As of yet I have not had time to fine tune my htpc. Although I already did make it wife friendly. Used the 555 remote and 5000+ CPUs. Also hooked up the power on by remote. I'm going to use your thread as reference for the fine tuning. And interesting for you is the fact that I already have the onkyo connected to it. No complaints there!
HDMI looks awful at the moment (sony bravia 1360x768) I'm going to try 1280 when I get the chance. (it's now connected to both vga and hdmi)