Mark1966
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As I posted in the November acquisitions thread I have just received a new case, PSU and Bluray player for my HTPC setup. So this begs the question - what do I have already?
Here is my HTPC build, done about 2 years ago:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
CPU Cooler: Scythe Shuriken SC-SCSK-1100
Motherboard: ZOTAC NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300 MATX
RAM: Kingston 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM (Model: KVR800D2N6K2/4G)
HDD 1: 3.5" Western Digital 320Gb (AV-GP Series, SATA II, INTELIPOWER, 32MB Cache)
HDD 2: 3.5" Western Digital 1TB (AV-GP Series, SATA II, INTELIPOWER, 32MB Cache)
Case: Inwin BL641 (with Power Supply)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-R8-1800 80mm Case Fan
IR/Receiver: Antec Veris Multimedia Station Basic Internal IR receiver and remote
GPU: (On-board Nvidia GeForce 9300 mGPU)
Optical Drive:Pioneer BDC-SO2 BluRay combo
TV Tuner: DigitalNow DNTV Live! Dual Digital PCI tuner card x 2
PSU: With Case
O/S: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64BIT OEM
The case was chose to fit a particular space in our TV unit. Because of overheating I've moved it from the original location and it now sits atop my Yamaha RX-V465 AV Receiver.
The problem is that the current case is completely the wrong dimensions for this and it really doesn't look good.
So I went looking for a new case with dimensions similar to the Receiver – (W x H x D = 435 x 151 x 364 mm) – although the height is obviously not critical and the depth less so than the width.
The case needed an external 5.25" slot for the Blu-ray and an external 3.5" slot (or 5.25 with adapter) for the Veris IR receiver.
This is where it has become difficult to find one I ended up with the Antec case with the built in IR.
So what does everybody else have out there?
Here is my HTPC build, done about 2 years ago:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
CPU Cooler: Scythe Shuriken SC-SCSK-1100
Motherboard: ZOTAC NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300 MATX
RAM: Kingston 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM (Model: KVR800D2N6K2/4G)
HDD 1: 3.5" Western Digital 320Gb (AV-GP Series, SATA II, INTELIPOWER, 32MB Cache)
HDD 2: 3.5" Western Digital 1TB (AV-GP Series, SATA II, INTELIPOWER, 32MB Cache)
Case: Inwin BL641 (with Power Supply)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-R8-1800 80mm Case Fan
IR/Receiver: Antec Veris Multimedia Station Basic Internal IR receiver and remote
GPU: (On-board Nvidia GeForce 9300 mGPU)
Optical Drive:Pioneer BDC-SO2 BluRay combo
TV Tuner: DigitalNow DNTV Live! Dual Digital PCI tuner card x 2
PSU: With Case
O/S: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64BIT OEM
The case was chose to fit a particular space in our TV unit. Because of overheating I've moved it from the original location and it now sits atop my Yamaha RX-V465 AV Receiver.
The problem is that the current case is completely the wrong dimensions for this and it really doesn't look good.
So I went looking for a new case with dimensions similar to the Receiver – (W x H x D = 435 x 151 x 364 mm) – although the height is obviously not critical and the depth less so than the width.
The case needed an external 5.25" slot for the Blu-ray and an external 3.5" slot (or 5.25 with adapter) for the Veris IR receiver.
This is where it has become difficult to find one I ended up with the Antec case with the built in IR.
So what does everybody else have out there?