Anyone using case - Antec Fusion Remote? (1 Viewer)

[0ldfart]

1. Drive bays - fitting an extra 3.5" drive
The specs state 2x 3.5" and 1x 5.25" bays. From the photos ive seen of the inside of the case it looks like theres actually space for two 5.25" drives, but only one opening at the front of the case. Is there space under the top 5.25" drive bay to mount a 3.5" drive using adapter brackets?

2. passive cooling
Ive seen posts around about using a large heatsync and the airflow from the two side case fans as the cooling for the machine. I wanted to know how people who have done this have gone during warmer weather. I am thinking of a 5050e and a Scythe Ninja mini with the two side case fans set on low. Can anyone confirm that this config works?

 

[F3NG3R]

I cannot answer your first question. But I know that the LCD is mounted in the end of the upper 5.25" drive bay, and you might be able to fit an extra HDD depending on the brackets you use.

I have a 5050e with the Scythe Ninja Mini cooler and the two side fans on low, and my system has been running stable since april... I have not done very much testing or temperaturmonitoring, but when I write this my systems idle temps according to SpeedFan are:

GPU: 59C
Temp1: 36C
Temp2: 32C
Temp3: -128C
HD0: 29C
HD1: 29C
Core: 6C
Core: 59C

I find the two side fans a little noisy so I have just ordered two arctic F12 Pro TC fans which I hope will keep my computer quiet most of the time.

 

[RubenK]

My HTPC is housed in an Antec Fusion and I can confirm it works like a charm with only the side case fans on 'low'. I'm using an AMD X2 5000+ Black Edition - so my CPU has nearly twice the Thermal Design Power than the 5050e - and still never had any problems with the temperature. The CPU cooler is an Scythe Mini Ninja without a fan (not-so-mini in this case ). Also present in the case is an ATI Radeon 2600 from Sapphire, also passively cooled. That one does have a tendency to reach higher temperatures, but still nothing to worry about!

The extra HDD in the 5,25" compartment -- I think it will fit with the right adaptor (i.e.: Nexus DiskTwin), the mounting holes are there, and there's ample room to fit a 3,5" HDD. The only thing you should keep in mind is that there will be practically no airflow in the 5.25" compartment, so you better pick an HDD which doesn't get hot.

 

[Gusete]

1. Same configuration as the above with the Ninja Mini fanless and the two case fans in low setting: Runs cool and quite silent. I have the case quite far away though so maybe getting two Noctuas or another silent fans can help if you are close to the box.

2. Regarding the hard discs i have 4 Western Digital Green series in my setup. One below the drive bay and another one that seats just above the PSU with a simple piece of cork as insulator in between them... they do not get hot even during summer time, and I live in Spain. The system has been running Media Portal without a single hardware problem for almost two years with the onboard HD3200 that came with my asus 780g and it is up for about 10 hours a day.

 

[wonkyd]

I have the same case, replaced all the fans with Noctua ones as they are MUCH quieter than the antec ones. Also I have a seagate 80GB 3.5in HDD fitted in the 5.25 slot behind the VFD and its been fine. I use it as the OS disk with my two other disks for storage and timeshifting/recording.

I would recommend if you do go with one to got in the 5.25 slot, get a 2.5in notebook drive as they are so much quieter.

 

[Schnapper]

Have any of you mapped out the remote to work with Mediaportal?

 

[eleknader]

Have any of you mapped out the remote to work with Mediaportal?

I have the remote working completely. There was nothing special to do: I updated iMon software, the first update was a downloadable zip file. I had to remove the iMon version delivered with Antec case first, then installed the newer version.

iMon updated automatically (I set the updates on) to the newest version.

Open iMon manager after updates,
Program commands->Add application (did find Mediaportal automatically)

Everything works as expected.

The problem for me is that I can't get the Front display to work. I don't even know the type, got it blinking
but that's it. Anyone who could help on that?

My case is ANTEC FUSION REMOTE-EU

Cheers, Eleknader

The problem for me is that I can't get the Front display to work.

Shamelessly speaking to myself, but I actually got the Frontview to work with Mediaportal! Too bad I lost
the remote control mappings while doing it, but the remote works so I just need to find a way to restore
the mappings or to manually correct them in iMon manager.

This is how I did it:

Downloaded iMon version 7.20 (I read somewhere that newer versions do not support MP, don't know if this is true

Removed newer version of iMon, installed 7.20. Unchecked all frontview message options, otherwise iMon steals the
display from MP.