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Message: <blockquote data-quote="foxbenw" data-source="post: 890518" data-attributes="member: 115475">I have the fc8 evo. I like it a lot. There's no built in ir receiver. That's why Streacom sell a separate one. It comes with a board that screws on to the front by the little window in the case, and plugs into a USB header on your board. But it doesn't work properly 'out of the box', which is why I ordered one of the ones above.I have the asrock z77E-itx board, which I chose because it has a cir header and therefore provided a backup plan if the remote didn't work.I am hoping that the mounting bracket will make it easy to fit onto the front of the case without any extra modifications. But I haven't received it yet so I cannot say.I have only fitted one ssd into the case so can't comment on more drives.One very mild negative for the board would be that the USB headers end up being directly below the heat sink pipes, and I fitted the heat sink first which made it awkward to get the USB cables attached afterwards. It's not a problem and next time I would just make sure I plug the USB headers in first. And looking at other itx boards I think this would be common anyway.However I also found that the second ram slot is a bit close to the mobo power slot. The pico psu has some circuitry above it so it is actually touching the ram slightly. I figured this might be bad but have done it anyway for the time being, as I won't be leaving it powered on unless I am using it. I guess I could get some kind of 24 pin extension cable which would remove the issue.There is also a h77 board from asrock with a cir header, which has the 24 pin power in a different place. If anyone is thinking about a different board for the fc8 evo feel free to ask me to have a look for any issues like those above. Can't guarantee I'll be right of course but it can't hurt.</blockquote>

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