Completed Bedroom HTPC built using recycled leftovers (1 Viewer)

[SweMart]

Just finished building my bedroom HTPC / server. All parts except MB, DVD and PSU were recycled from my HTPC adventures of the past 3 years(+ some other junk just collecting dust in my basement).

Hardware:
- Apevia X-QPACK case
- AMD64 3000+ (Socket 754)
- ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA (motherboard)
- Zalman 600HP (PSU)
- Arctic Cooling Ultra 64 TC (CPU fan)
- Club 3D HD 2400(Passively cooled GPU)
- 1024MB DDR400 RAM
- 2 * 320GB Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA
- Lite-On 18X DVD-+RW SATA
- TechnoTrend C-1500 DVB-C (excl CI)
- MCE 2005 Remote
- Some MDAPI related stuff ...

Notice on the images how tight the fit between the PSU and the DVD is.

Software:
- XP MCE 2005
- MP 0.2.2 using TVE2
- PowerDVD 7.3
- Agarwals MDAPI filter + *censored* + *censored* + *censored*

Everything works really well and is super quiet, CPU never goes above 800RPM. Only thing left to do, fix all the messy cables.

Changelog:
- 070824: Replaced my old and tired 6600LE with an ATI HD 2400

 

[sgtsloth]

The PSU and DVD really are jammed in there! Thanks for all the product links, too. Very helpful!

 

[illStyle]

Doesn't it get a litte hot in there?


Regards,
Simon

 

[SweMart]

Doesn't it get a litte hot in there?


Regards,
Simon

Nah, CPU is something like 44C which isn't to bad for an AMD64 socket 754 It's actually even cooler now since I replaced my full size 6600LE with a low profile HD 2400.