Completed Marv first HTPC (1 Viewer)

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Construction took about six months.

Technical specifications:
- Motherboard model : Intel® Desktop Board DH57JG visit on page
- Processor model : Intel® Core® i3 Processor 540 (73W) (This was not a good choice ) visit on page
- Ram memory : A-DATA DDR3 4GB 1333 (2 x 2 Gb kit)
- SSD Disk : 64 Gb SSDNow V100 visit on page
- Case : Inwin BP655 Black Mini ITX visit on page with less tuning
- Power Supply : PicoPSU-150-XT 12V Plug-in DC-DC ATX PSU with Mini-Fit visit on page
- AC-DC Adapter : Wesena 12v 10a 120W PICO PSU visit on page
- LCD : iMON UltraBay visit on page
- CPU Fan : Passiv from Scythe "SAMURAI-ZZ" 3Heat Pipes CPU Cooler visit on page
Fan Scythe "KAZE JYU SLIM" 100mm case fan visit on page
- Case Fans : Front case Scythe "KAMA FLOW 2" 80mm Case Fan model SP0825FDB12L
Back case AIREN Red Wings 70 visit on page (Reduce by Speedfan about 60%)
- Remote : Logitech Harmony® One+ visit on page
- HTPC Keyboard : Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 visit on page
- Acoustic Silence Kits : PaxMate Plus visit on page
PC Noise Reduction Kit visit on page

This set is very quiet in operation (about 12 decibels), the temperature when playing HD content is around 43 degrees Celsius, in the SD around the 42. At full load the CPU is capable of cooling to keep the assembly at 52 degrees to 17.5 decibel noise. In the future, i would like buy the Soundcard Asus Xonar DX visit on page.

Cooling
Front cooler sucks air into the case to the SSD. The fan is located above the passive CPU cooler sucks air into the case and blows on a passive cooler. The back fan sucks hot air out of the case. The front and top fan is not controlled by velocity. Back fan is reduced by using SpeedFan temperature sensor based on CPU. Speeds is set so that when playing HD content fan running at 60% speed.

Price
- Motherboard - around $241 with 3 years warranty
- Processor - around $88 with 2 years warranty
- Ram - around $25 with a lifetime warranty
- SSD - around $104 with 2 years warranty
- Case - around $45 with 2 years warranty
- Pico PSU - around $38 with 3 years warranty
- AC-DC adapter - around $50 with 3 years warranty
- LCD around $69 with 2 years warranty
- Remote around $120 with 2 years warranty
- Keyboard around $49 with 2 years warranty
- CPU Fan around $29 with 2 years warranty
- Fans around $6, $9, $6 with 2 years warranty
- Acoustic Silence Kits around $23, $6 with 2 years warranty

Finally price around $908

I apologize for my English. I'm learning it only a year.