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<blockquote data-quote="CHli" data-source="post: 22708" data-attributes="member: 13587">I've got a LC11m too here are my comments :Since my htpc is in the room where I sleep I had to change all the fans (including PSU's one). For me they where far to noisy. Now I can sleep without any trouble since my HTPC is running sooooo quietly.Main problem with LC11m is the mainboard. You don't have many choices with micro-ATX. When I bought and build my HTPC I took an A7n8x-VM 400 with GeForce 4 MX on-board, LAN and Sound. Certainly not the best choice I made in my life ^_^. (OnBoard GPU is not enough for MP, at least for me... and at that time I could'nt configure 5.1 DD over SPD/IF like I do on my A7N8X-Deluxe for all window sound, soundstorm power !)Since you only have 1 AGP and 2 PCI free, you're quit rapidly stuck. Cause now I bought a 5200 FX to put in the AGP slot, I've got the TV-Card in one of the PCI and the other PCI slot is covered by the &quot;sound output panel&quot;. My plan is now&nbsp; to buy a Sound Card... but the system is running quite hot now with all these cards in it :-P So take care of choosing a good motherboard... but as I said the choice is very small (2 or 3 models I mean)... And I blame Silverstone for not listing them on their website !Amen</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CHli, post: 22708, member: 13587"] I've got a LC11m too here are my comments : Since my htpc is in the room where I sleep I had to change all the fans (including PSU's one). For me they where far to noisy. Now I can sleep without any trouble since my HTPC is running sooooo quietly. Main problem with LC11m is the mainboard. You don't have many choices with micro-ATX. When I bought and build my HTPC I took an A7n8x-VM 400 with GeForce 4 MX on-board, LAN and Sound. Certainly not the best choice I made in my life ^_^. (OnBoard GPU is not enough for MP, at least for me... and at that time I could'nt configure 5.1 DD over SPD/IF like I do on my A7N8X-Deluxe for all window sound, soundstorm power !) Since you only have 1 AGP and 2 PCI free, you're quit rapidly stuck. Cause now I bought a 5200 FX to put in the AGP slot, I've got the TV-Card in one of the PCI and the other PCI slot is covered by the "sound output panel". My plan is now to buy a Sound Card... but the system is running quite hot now with all these cards in it :-P So take care of choosing a good motherboard... but as I said the choice is very small (2 or 3 models I mean)... And I blame Silverstone for not listing them on their website ! Amen [/QUOTE]

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