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I really looked out for the ideal case for my HTPC a long time. And I think I found the perfect one. It was love at the first sight...:
Silverstone LC11 Silver-Edition
Why I choose this case?
* I love the design. It's not too big, but everything needed fits in there
* The well planned cooling concept, with 2 large case coolers and a quiet power supply
* 2 PCI & 1 AGP Riser-Card. So when my Graphics and TV-Cards are in, I am still free to choose another one
In this case I'm planning to build a HTPC with these components:
* AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton (I think the lowest-speed Barton)
* Asus A7V400-MX KM400A MicroATX Board with 5.1 Sound and 10/100 Lan on-board
* Sapphire Radeon 9250, 128 MB without an active cooler and DVI/VGA/S-Video (I just need the VGA-Port by now)
* 512 MB Infineon Chip Ram CL2.5 PC333
* Samsung 160 GB, 7200 u/min, 8 MB (Read a Review and should be very quiet)
* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T for DVB-T Receiption with Speaker-Cable-Antenna (yeah the expensive DVB-T Antenna didn't work...)
I think it's the perfect balance between performance (from time to time I like to do some 3D-Gaming) and a quiet system.
This HTPC will be connected to an 16:9 Panasonic Beamer. So I'll have to mod the Skin a littlebit. And I have to handle the ratio-issus when watching TV.
Additionally I have a very good IR-Receiver, which works around curves and at a very long distance, which I bought at eBays for about 3 Euros. And I have the Hauppauge Silver Remote. So I plan to get it to work with this usbuirt-Receiver.
Here is a photo of the case:
Silverstone LC11 Silver-Edition
Why I choose this case?
* I love the design. It's not too big, but everything needed fits in there
* The well planned cooling concept, with 2 large case coolers and a quiet power supply
* 2 PCI & 1 AGP Riser-Card. So when my Graphics and TV-Cards are in, I am still free to choose another one
In this case I'm planning to build a HTPC with these components:
* AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton (I think the lowest-speed Barton)
* Asus A7V400-MX KM400A MicroATX Board with 5.1 Sound and 10/100 Lan on-board
* Sapphire Radeon 9250, 128 MB without an active cooler and DVI/VGA/S-Video (I just need the VGA-Port by now)
* 512 MB Infineon Chip Ram CL2.5 PC333
* Samsung 160 GB, 7200 u/min, 8 MB (Read a Review and should be very quiet)
* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T for DVB-T Receiption with Speaker-Cable-Antenna (yeah the expensive DVB-T Antenna didn't work...)
I think it's the perfect balance between performance (from time to time I like to do some 3D-Gaming) and a quiet system.
This HTPC will be connected to an 16:9 Panasonic Beamer. So I'll have to mod the Skin a littlebit. And I have to handle the ratio-issus when watching TV.
Additionally I have a very good IR-Receiver, which works around curves and at a very long distance, which I bought at eBays for about 3 Euros. And I have the Hauppauge Silver Remote. So I plan to get it to work with this usbuirt-Receiver.
Here is a photo of the case:
