- December 11, 2008
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After failing with various HTPC set-ups on my Travla 1U rackmount case (which now will be recycled as a home server), I finally decided to move on to full ATX things
Case: modded Thermaltake Bach, black (recycled from my brother's HTPC)
CPU: Intel E5200 taken out from the rack system
CPU cooler: strictly D.I.Y.!
System memory: 4096 MB
Mobo: Asus P5Q TURBO (iP45), decent price and decent performances
Graphics: ATI HD4350 silenced&cooled
HDDs: the same I had on the rack system, connected to the good old Marvell 88SE6145 PCI-E card
Digital terrestrial TV card: Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT PCI-E (I had it laying around since I took it out from my video workstation)
Digital satellite TV card: Terratec Cinergy S2 HD (DVB-S2)
Optical drive: LG GGC-H20L combo BD-ROM/HDDVD-ROM/DVD-Recorder)
Power supply: recycled Enermax MODU82+ (425W)
Small video device: Samsung T220HD connected via ATI native HDMI
Cinema video device: Panasonic AE3000 full-HD projector
Audio: onboard VIA disabled, using ATI onboard HDMI for TV device
HD Audio device: Asus Xonar HDAV Slimline
Remote: Terratec standard IR jack-receiver inserted into the case
HDMI daisy chaining: ATI DVI->Xonar DVI IN->Xonar HDMI OUT->Onkyo TX-SR806->Panasonic AE3000
Now here we go
Let's unpack & check the new components
Fitting an Intel Q6600 heatsink, without the stock fan (which can be removed without breaking anything - retention pins are planted to the metal cross beneath the HS)
A piece of ducting pipe, with a little cutting, can become a very good cooling solution for this case
Fitting some PSU cables and the first two WD10EADS drives, with modified Scythe Silencer II dampeners, in the bottom 5.25" slots
On with some memory banks
Now that's a heatsink see, I had a Thermalright V2 copper cooler laying around...
But we have to see if the card fits into the case...
Drilling of the internal 3.5" cage to accomodate some 2.5" drives "suspended"
Tidying up the front panel cables
Fitting the remaining 3.5" drives on the suspended HDD cage
Cabling up the RAID controller card and the other SATA connections
I had some 7" SATA cables laying around...
Bringing power to all this storage equipment
Adding some ICH10R eSATA connections
Mounting the IR receiver on a piece of PCB and then hiding it behind the VFD front window (VFD not present)
Fixing the middle reinforcement plate
I didn't test it, but I think the suspended HDD cage is removable without breaking the cable ties I use to keep the molex connectors firmly collected
Of course I had to modify the mains cable with a 90 degrees plug to make it fit this deep HTPC
First tests
The combo drive has finally arrived!
And so did the Xonar HDAV card
And you never know, let's provide some easy-reach "local console" connections behind the TV
That's all folks
Case: modded Thermaltake Bach, black (recycled from my brother's HTPC)
CPU: Intel E5200 taken out from the rack system
CPU cooler: strictly D.I.Y.!
System memory: 4096 MB
Mobo: Asus P5Q TURBO (iP45), decent price and decent performances
Graphics: ATI HD4350 silenced&cooled
HDDs: the same I had on the rack system, connected to the good old Marvell 88SE6145 PCI-E card
Digital terrestrial TV card: Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT PCI-E (I had it laying around since I took it out from my video workstation)
Digital satellite TV card: Terratec Cinergy S2 HD (DVB-S2)
Optical drive: LG GGC-H20L combo BD-ROM/HDDVD-ROM/DVD-Recorder)
Power supply: recycled Enermax MODU82+ (425W)
Small video device: Samsung T220HD connected via ATI native HDMI
Cinema video device: Panasonic AE3000 full-HD projector
Audio: onboard VIA disabled, using ATI onboard HDMI for TV device
HD Audio device: Asus Xonar HDAV Slimline
Remote: Terratec standard IR jack-receiver inserted into the case
HDMI daisy chaining: ATI DVI->Xonar DVI IN->Xonar HDMI OUT->Onkyo TX-SR806->Panasonic AE3000
Now here we go
Let's unpack & check the new components
Fitting an Intel Q6600 heatsink, without the stock fan (which can be removed without breaking anything - retention pins are planted to the metal cross beneath the HS)
A piece of ducting pipe, with a little cutting, can become a very good cooling solution for this case
Fitting some PSU cables and the first two WD10EADS drives, with modified Scythe Silencer II dampeners, in the bottom 5.25" slots
On with some memory banks
Now that's a heatsink see, I had a Thermalright V2 copper cooler laying around...
But we have to see if the card fits into the case...
Drilling of the internal 3.5" cage to accomodate some 2.5" drives "suspended"
Tidying up the front panel cables
Fitting the remaining 3.5" drives on the suspended HDD cage
Cabling up the RAID controller card and the other SATA connections
I had some 7" SATA cables laying around...
Bringing power to all this storage equipment
Adding some ICH10R eSATA connections
Mounting the IR receiver on a piece of PCB and then hiding it behind the VFD front window (VFD not present)
Fixing the middle reinforcement plate
I didn't test it, but I think the suspended HDD cage is removable without breaking the cable ties I use to keep the molex connectors firmly collected
Of course I had to modify the mains cable with a 90 degrees plug to make it fit this deep HTPC
First tests
The combo drive has finally arrived!
And so did the Xonar HDAV card
And you never know, let's provide some easy-reach "local console" connections behind the TV
That's all folks