"Remora" Mini-ITX Media Portal Project

I'm not going to get too wordy, but this is an evolving project I've been working on for the past 2 weeks. Here's how it started.

With this case:

# Dimensions: 10.24"(D) x 5.31"(W) x 11.75"(H)

The Hardware
+ Pentium 4 2.4c
+ Commell LV-670LVDS (onboard TV-Out)
+ 512mb PC2700 DDR RAM
+ 40gb main Hard drive
+ 250gb secondary drive (for just video)
+ Zonet 802.11g USB2
+ Hauppauge Win-TV PVR-150-MCE l.p.
+ X10 MP3/DVD RF remote w/ MR26A receiver

I went through several different cooling experiments with this project so keep an eye on how that develops. The end-plan is to have an extremely quiet machine that can record, playback, and serve video over my home network so that I can archive certain shows and compress them for playback on PDAs.

First fan selected for CPU cooling (Evercool PCAC cross-flow fan)


Rear mesh I/O cover








Front intake


MR26A RF remote receiver integrated into front bezel

Lighting added







Power LED "eye"




Adding Signal LED indicator porthole to RF mouse


Side panel emblem


Cross-flow fan replaced with 120mm fan on custom clear plastic mount