Finally building my HTPC

arekisu · 14 Mar 2011 at 19:45

I bought a Coolermaster Cavalier 4 case a few years ago with the intention of moving from desktop to HTPC but never got around to it.

Now I have the money I intend to complete the project but the case has a propriety 350W psu (D155x W85x H120mm) which means I can't buy a different ATX psu that will fit.

My question is this: Should I buy a microATX mobo and psu so that they will fit, buy a standard ATX psu a find another place to locate it in the case or swallow my pride and buy a new case and psu.

The specs I'm going for is as follows.
AMD Phenom X6.
Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H.
Corsair Hydro H50.
G.Skill Ripjaw 4Gb.
OCZ Vertex 2E 60Gb 2.5" SSD.
Seagate Barracuda Green 2Tb HDD.
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP Blu-ray drive.

Thanks for any advice.

arekisu · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:34

After much searching I decided to buy a new case and revise some of the other bits.

Could a mod please delete this thread please.

koolpc · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:37

arekisu said:
After much searching I decided to buy a new case and revise some of the other bits.

Could a mod please delete this thread please.

What case did you go for?

arekisu · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:55

Silverstone Sugo SG01B.

Rest of the specs are:
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II SSHD
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR5 ICEQ PCI-Express Graphics Card
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G microATX MOtherboard
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive
Keysonic KSK-3201RF Extremely Flat Wireless Super-Mini Keyboard
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
Silverstone NT06-E v3 x5 Copper Heatsink