Completed BELzEBUB's HTPC (1 Viewer)

[BELzEBUB]

I've just finished building my HomeTheater-PC.

Hardware:
Case: SilverStone Grandia GD02
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4850e AM2
RAM: 2048MB DDR2 Corsair TwinX CL 4, PC6400/800
Power Supply: be quiet Straight Power 350W ATX
HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB 32MB SATA II
Blu-Ray: Pioneer BDC-202 SATA
Floppy/Cardreader: TEAC FD-CR7, Floppy 1.44MB with 7in1 Cardreader
CPU-Cooler: Scythe Shuriken
Fan: 2x be quiet Silent Wings, 80x80x25m
Remote: Mircosoft MCE Remote Control

Description:
The motherboard is microATX because i think it's enough for an HTPC and it has everything i need: a build-in hardware decoder for H.264 and 3 video outputs (VGA/DVI and HDMI with Audio). I replaced the AMD CPU-Fan by an Scythe Shuriken because the Blu-Ray drive is above the CPU and the Case isn't very high, there a about 2mm free space between the drive and the CPU. I also replaced the two 80mm fans at the back of the case because i read many comments in which was written that they a very noise (haven't tested them yet).
Last thing i did to the hardware was playing around with the BIOS to get everything wort fine for me.

Info:
For all Germans you can buy the whole system (expect the M$ Remote) at Atelco

Pictures:

 

[SMa]

And how is the noise?

 

[BELzEBUB]

its very quiet

 

[Kryspy]

Does the Silverstone GD02 have a built in IR receiver ? I called Silverstone USA and they said no ?!?

Kryspy

 

[BELzEBUB]

no the GD02 doesnt have a buildin IR receiver but the GD02MT has one.

 

[sloty32]

hi,

have the same case, still stock amd cooler and fan. and also the stock case fans.
with speedfan low noise.
what high has your drive? i think 64mm like your cooler could be to much with my drive.

 

[BELzEBUB]

My drive has the default hight of a 5,25" drive and as i wrote there are about 2 mm freespace between cpu cooler and the BD-Drive at one position (2-3 cm).

 

[Kryspy]

Picked this case up yesterday and am just about to install software. Still teetering between Vista MC and Mediaportal. Anyways I found I needed to put 2 washers underneath the front lip of the optical drive cage to line up the buttons for the drive door.

Kryspy

 

[mr viggo]

And how is the noise?

Awful, picked up this case yesterday and it's hard to keep cool and hdd's are noisy as hell. I'm having noctua fans, 45W CPU, the NT01 evo cooler and a WD caviar green but I'm disappointed.

I'm considering reverting to my old home made case, couldn't tell if it were on or off unless I put my ear to it.

 

[Kossu]

And how is the noise?

Awful, picked up this case yesterday and it's hard to keep cool and hdd's are noisy as hell. I'm having noctua fans, 45W CPU, the NT01 evo cooler and a WD caviar green but I'm disappointed.

I'm considering reverting to my old home made case, couldn't tell if it were on or off unless I put my ear to it.

Try ramming in some noise insulation into the case as it seems to have quite a bit of spare room.