New HTPC Case Omaura TF8

[ryan20021982]

Well I decided to get a new HTPC case I saw this on ebay and had to get it I love the clean look to it.

First I had to remove everything from the old case and get it all ready to go in the new case.

Then I took replaced the cpu cooler with this Silverstone one
Newegg.com - SILVERSTONE NT07-AM2 80mm CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks

I replaced the fan it came with to a Silenx fan
The two case fans were already Silenx fans when I got it
Then I replaced the 120mm fan in the psu to a Silenx



I had to find a good way to mount the hdd since I use a 2.5" IDE and my dvd burner
is also IDE and there was no slot under the dvd drive for a hdd so I had to improvise
since the IDE cable wont reach over to the hdd bays which I removed anyways.

I hooked the hdd to the bottom of the dvd drive mount with a zip tie and put some foam
inbetween just so nothing vibrated



I had a usb IR receiver and I wanted to mount it in the case and since this case
is made to take a OLED screen in the front it had a piece of clear plastic already
in it, so I took my usb receiver and poped the cover off and mounted it in the case
right behind the window




Then of course I had to neaten up all the wires so it looked nice



System specs are

Omaura TF8 case
Biostar 7050PV/nForce 630a AM2 mobo
AMD 4850e 45w cpu
Leadtek 8500GT Silent Edition Low Profile HDMI
4 GB DDR2 800 ram ( it was cheap)
120GB Samsung 2.5" hdd
Lite-on dvd burner
Sunbeam Hush 550W psu

Here are some pics of the front and back

[Anthraxdk]

Wow great looking and a very sleek setup

How much did you pay for that case?

[ryan20021982]

Got it for right around $150 shipped but there hard to find , the company went under awhile back

[pilehave]

Too bad the OLED never got to work under MediaPortal, I would have bought one of those cases myself if it worked, but now it's all in the past. Let's hope that better displays comes around - I'm already tired of my 2x16 VFD

[karu]

i'm so upset, that dell stopped selling these. I bought like every accessory, got the case, but then i get an e-mail that they are no longer selling omauras...so the remote, LCD, was a no go. and no other US seller has them >.< i want to cry

[wolfi_b]

Originally Posted by ryan20021982

I had a usb IR receiver and I wanted to mount it in the case and since this case
is made to take a OLED screen in the front it had a piece of clear plastic already
in it, so I took my usb receiver and poped the cover off and mounted it in the case
right behind the window

wich one is this?

[ryan20021982]

Originally Posted by wolfi_b

wich one is this?

Its actually one that came with a Aver Media tv tuner I had but it was in a little case
and I took it out of the case, could do the same with any usb ir receiver.