Ongoing HTPC: Intel BOXDQ45EK LGA 775 Intel Q45 (based) (1 Viewer)

[dman0285]

Intel C2D 6750 (2.66 Ghz) LGA 775 [had laying around]
2GB of DDR2 PC2-5300 (667 MHz) [had laying around]
Seagate 80gb SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) [OS - had laying around]
SILVERSTONE SG05-B Black SECC Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case SFX 300W 80Plus Power Supply - Retail
LITE-ON Slim 8X DVD Burner Black SATA Model DS-8A2S-A01 - OEM
Intel BOXDQ45EK LGA 775 Intel Q45 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Zonet ZEW2500P MINI USB / USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter - Retail
ASUS V72 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail (no sure if I'll need it, but I bought just in case...going to use passive heatsink cooling first)

I'll be posting pictures and try to keep everyone up-to-date on the progress of this build and most importantly...performance.

 

[dcwp]

Looks like a fun build. I'll be interested to see if you can get away with all passive cooling. It's a tiny case for that, but looks like it's very well ventilated. I'm also curious about the onboard graphics there.

 

[dman0285]

well, I didn't mean to order that motherboard. So, I'll be delayed on my build. I meant to order the "FC" model.

The boards a very close, but there are slight differences. Plus, when I went to order, I saw a combo deal for the case I wanted and a similar board, but I didn't look closely enough...so now I have to delay my build due to my overzealous buying.

 

[dman0285]

Here the finished product:

i ended up having to rotate the heatsink in order to fit in the case

i had initially done a bench test, then put it together; hence the full size SATA DVD drive on the table.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7xMLSmZZJY

 

[BlackHawk09]

Looks like a nice setup.