New HTPC build

Subliminal Aura · 1 Mar 2011 at 14:22

Just built this and tbh I like it... The fitting is precise with no engineering faults

Temperatures open bench vs in case with the stock fan disconnected

Temperatures - installed Scythe Mini Kaze / cpu fan reduced to quiet

Temperatures overnight look much better, includes a load test just before 4am

The hard drive is under the motherboard

All the stuff was sourced off the bay and the memory from MM.

Specs

pico PSU - 120W
power brick - 60W
Memory - 1Gig ddr3
IONITX-P-E - Celeron [email protected] (faster than an atom, lower on power)
Case - LCDmod Kit C0AA-S1

Total price £130inc exc hard drive

Obviously I'm going to tidy up inside - New flat uv sata cables + the new Ballistix smart tracer

Participant · 1 Mar 2011 at 14:45

Cool

. Have you got a build guide anywhere? I'm sure people would be interested in exactly how you constructed it, materials used etc.

Subliminal Aura · 1 Mar 2011 at 14:56

Well the case itself came flat packed and is easy to build.

I'll probably put a build log up after I've done some testing and applied some mods (temps have gone up as I'm not using their supplied fan)

vanandjuanunited · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:08

Will this take a 3.5in HDD or is it limited to laptop drives

Participant · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:08

Subliminal Aura said:
Well the case itself came flat packed and is easy to build.

Oh

. Assumed it was self-built for some reason, duh me.

Subliminal Aura · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:46

vanandjuanunited said:
Will this take a 3.5in HDD or is it limited to laptop drives

It's got space for 2 x 2.5" sata drives... However I'm going to route the sata cables out of the case for a couple of 3.5" drives powered by an external brick.

I've uploaded a pic see the OP

Robbie G said:
Oh . Assumed it was self-built for some reason, duh me.

Easy mistake, I too considered building this from scratch for many years which never happened. Thank god for this kit

koolpc · 1 Mar 2011 at 18:35

Awesome!!!!!

sarge78 · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:03

Brilliant!! The case looks real nice.

gropingmantis · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:48

That looks great. I love being able to see everything inside.

RJC · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:50

Nice system

anemos101 · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:53

Zomg I want one!

DragonWoLf · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:57

anemos101 said:
Zomg I want one!

Subliminal Aura · 2 Mar 2011 at 09:25

Updated the OP with temperature figures.

As expected the temperatures rocket to same as a Acer Revo or Zotac Zbox but nothing a fan mod can't help with

koolpc · 2 Mar 2011 at 18:51

Lovely jubbly case!!

powelly · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:39

how long did it take for the case to come? on the bay it says 1-4 weeks

Subliminal Aura · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:30

powelly2010 said:
how long did it take for the case to come? on the bay it says 1-4 weeks

It came over quicker than I had expected - around about 5 working dates, maybe I got lucky

bugeyewrx · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:34

Mine took 12 days .....

Subliminal Aura · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:36

bugeyewrx said:
Mine took 12 days .....

Nice one - any pics or details of your build ? :cool:

bugeyewrx · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:49

My build log is here , you even get a credit

Final pretty pictures are in the thread called ZOTAC HTPC in here .

Mine turned out a bit different thought

OCChew · 24 Apr 2011 at 03:09

Neat. If I have time I will build one too ...