Frankenstein HTPC

[bbbearrr]

Hi All,

I recently inherited an old HTPC from a friend that had been collecting dust since he got a Lenovo q180 a few months before christmas.

He has kindly given me the this htpc but wants me to sell the case for him if i can.. (its an origen ae s14v)

So, i need a new case... however.

There is also a massive heatsink on the cpu which I think isn't really nessecary and its quote loud.

could anyone recommend a nice quite cpu cooler and as small poss micro atx case.

this pc will be used mainly to run xbmc and the occasional web browse now and then.

specs i know at the moment...

Motherboard : lanparty jr gf 9400 (micro ATX)
CPU: Intel core 2 duo e7400 775
RAM: 8gb of something. its ddr2.
PSU: not sure on the wattage but its modular.

Thanks for the advice anyone can offer thanks.

 

[Begbie]

WHy don't you buy the case off him?

Looks very pretty to be sat underneath a TV.

 

[chaparral]

could anyone recommend a nice quite cpu cooler and as small poss micro atx case..

I highly recommend these Silverstone cases...

Silverstone Grandia GD02
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-155-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092&subcat=

Silverstone Grandia GD04
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-112-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092&subcat=

Silverstone Grandia GD05
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-194-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092&subcat=

Silverstone Grandia GD06
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-195-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092&subcat=


Reason being is that they can like 10.5" GPU cards which may come in very handy if you want to upgrade sometime later...