Best HTPC cases?! (Tenor) (2 Viewers)

[Edelct]

It all depends on how much you are willing to spend. I have gone through several cases which I tried to make do with but I was never 100% happy.

In the end i did lots of research and saved my pennies. I have bought this case from Uneed. It is expensive but what more could you want from a case! Unfortunately it is on back order with 3 week wait.

Indeed! I liked the touch screen, but where I was going to have my HTPC I did not have that much space avaliable, and ended up with the ultimate favorite slim one, which actually is -not- low profile.

here is the a link to my case:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13596&vpn=SST-LC11B&manufacture=Silverstone Technology

 

[fathead]

It all depends on how much you are willing to spend. I have gone through several cases which I tried to make do with but I was never 100% happy.

In the end i did lots of research and saved my pennies. I have bought this case from Uneed. It is expensive but what more could you want from a case! Unfortunately it is on back order with 3 week wait.

Indeed! I liked the touch screen, but where I was going to have my HTPC I did not have that much space avaliable, and ended up with the ultimate favorite slim one, which actually is -not- low profile.

here is the a link to my case:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13596&vpn=SST-LC11B&manufacture=Silverstone Technology

The LC11 is indeed a very nice case. I personally prefer the LC11SM+ e.g. the silver version with VFD screen as standard. Built a few machines around this case & was very impressed overall. My two issues with it were the the lack of airflow & limited upgrade options.

 

[ssheere01]

Go for the Shuttle XPC SB61G2, its sweet man !! and tiny !

 

[warped6]

Just to reitterate, the flap is not for optical drive use. Its designed to hide the VFD kit which can be bought as an extra.

THAT'S what goes there. I thought I was going to have to go find a short DVD drive. Good thing I didn't spend much time doing that. So yeah where do you get the VFD kit they speak of?

I get some noise from it but I think it's the PSU or CPU rather than the case fans.

Most people who see it go "That's a computer?!?" and are quite impressed.

 

[madmonkeyman]

Did a huge amount of research on the case I bought - SilverStone LC11m. Needed to make sure the money was well spent and I have to say the LC11m has surpassed my expectations. Very quiet system fans and is barely audible even with the standard AMD fan.

Fair enought that the case is a bit expensive but you are getting a good quality remote and VFD. The remote is very customisable which is a bonus and all tasks can be carried out through it.

Personally, upgrade wise, it depends what you want the machine to do. Two PCI slots and a PCIe graphics slot are enough for me. One PCI used for the TV card, one spare for something I can't think of right now and one for a high end PCIe graphics card (future purchase!). Not sure, but I think this is one of the only cases of this height that you can get a PCIe riser card for as well.

Anyway that's enough waffling from me. Buy the case, its great.

 

[Lyxalig]

I'm quiet desperate to get hold of the VFD kit from somewhere, but haven't found a supplier yet.

That VFD is the iMON vfd...

Start looking for a supplyer :wink:

 

[gds]

I'm in Italy and I bought some iMon kits for my company from Vendur in Norvay (www.vendur.no). Got them fast without any problem. I've been very pleased with their service.
Hope it helps...
Bye
GDS

 

[fathead]

I'm quiet desperate to get hold of the VFD kit from somewhere, but haven't found a supplier yet.

That VFD is the iMON vfd...

Start looking for a supplyer :wink:

@ £90 its double the price of the case!!!!! :shock:

 

[fathead]

Mad monkey where did you buy the case, and where did you get the PCI-E riser?

 

[madmonkeyman]

Hi Fathead!

Bought the case from www.scan.co.uk. Didn't buy the PCI-e riser as didn't have enough pennies to buy a nice card :-(

Have checked scan.co.uk and they don't sell the riser card. Will check out some other sites and see if I can find one for you.

Monkey.