and in a HTPC case, its the radiator thats gonna be the trouble installing, so a small one will be better.
the depth of the heatsink is irrelevant
build analysis please
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and in a HTPC case, its the radiator thats gonna be the trouble installing, so a small one will be better.
the depth of the heatsink is irrelevant
he don't want to use it anyway!
i think they aint a very good solution for a htpc case anway.
It comes out a bit more expensive but you could just build a gaming PC & have something like the Zotac Ion as a HTPC:
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied with Stalker & Stormrise Games*** £205.61
(£174.99) £205.61
(£174.99)
Zotac ZBOX Ion2 Mini PC £194.99
(£165.95) £194.99
(£165.95)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £88.11
(£74.99) £88.11
(£74.99)
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD153WI) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1156/1366) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
OCZ 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 6400C5 800MHz SODIMM (OCZ2M8002G) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Logitech K340 Wireless Keyboard (920-001979) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £10.99
(£9.35) £10.99
(£9.35)
Sub Total : £994.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £176.16
Total : £1,182.77
Install Linux with XBMC on the Zotac Ion & stream media to it from the main PC (this will give you hardware accelerated 1080p media playback due to the Nvidia chipset). You could even use XBMC Live on a flash drive and knock off the cost of the hard drive for the Zotac box.
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied with Stalker & Stormrise Games*** £205.61
(£174.99) £205.61
(£174.99)
Zotac ZBOX Ion2 Mini PC £194.99
(£165.95) £194.99
(£165.95)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £88.11
(£74.99) £88.11
(£74.99)
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD153WI) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1156/1366) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
OCZ 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 6400C5 800MHz SODIMM (OCZ2M8002G) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Logitech K340 Wireless Keyboard (920-001979) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £10.99
(£9.35) £10.99
(£9.35)
Sub Total : £994.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £176.16
Total : £1,182.77
Install Linux with XBMC on the Zotac Ion & stream media to it from the main PC (this will give you hardware accelerated 1080p media playback due to the Nvidia chipset). You could even use XBMC Live on a flash drive and knock off the cost of the hard drive for the Zotac box.