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<blockquote data-quote="johncl" data-source="post: 44654" data-attributes="member: 19215">I have also built a htpc based on the mCubed case. Read all about it on my project pages:<a href="http://htpc.lonningdal.net" target="_blank">http://htpc.lonningdal.net</a>I have just installed the Borg 479 heatpipe cooler for the CPU and now the htpc is dead silent! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My CPU is idling at around 41 degrees when the HD is spin down. The HD seems to be the major heat generator in the setup, as it climbs to a whopping 50 degrees inside the vertical silence box. Seriously thinking of swapping it with a 2.5&quot; drive which will be more silent and generate less heat.Some day I will add a 6600gt card that is also going to be passively cooled with a Borg heatpipe thing. That will enable my rig for playing games besides tic-tac-toe. The onboard GPU is however more than enough for playing back 1080 lines WMVs.That i-Ram from Gigabyte sure looks like a beauty, and will definitely be a welcome addition to my htpc too some day. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Only problem is that you would then have to have all media as well as recording tv material to a network drive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johncl, post: 44654, member: 19215"] I have also built a htpc based on the mCubed case. Read all about it on my project pages: [url]http://htpc.lonningdal.net[/url] I have just installed the Borg 479 heatpipe cooler for the CPU and now the htpc is dead silent! :) My CPU is idling at around 41 degrees when the HD is spin down. The HD seems to be the major heat generator in the setup, as it climbs to a whopping 50 degrees inside the vertical silence box. Seriously thinking of swapping it with a 2.5" drive which will be more silent and generate less heat. Some day I will add a 6600gt card that is also going to be passively cooled with a Borg heatpipe thing. That will enable my rig for playing games besides tic-tac-toe. The onboard GPU is however more than enough for playing back 1080 lines WMVs. That i-Ram from Gigabyte sure looks like a beauty, and will definitely be a welcome addition to my htpc too some day. :) Only problem is that you would then have to have all media as well as recording tv material to a network drive. [/QUOTE]

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