Good htpc cases?

Energize · 30 May 2007 at 20:59

I've specced a htpc for someone, but I need to find a decent case. The ones ocuk sell are crap as they are practically full size atx cases.

Samsung SpinPoint T HD320LD 320GB ATA-100 8MB Cache
£44.99
OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£19.99
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T-500 Dual Freeview TV Tuner
£46.99
Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD ATI Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard
£61.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB)
£54.99
Pioneer BDC-202BK 5x BD-ROM + 12x12 DVD±RW Serial ATA
£131.99

Shipping : £9.95
VAT : £64.91
Total : £435.80

So far I have this. It will be running linux with a media center front end.

squiffy · 30 May 2007 at 21:04

What's wrong with the Antec Fusion? Plenty of space for PSU, PCI cards, CPU cooling and hard drives. Unlike MATX Cube. It fits right next to other components.

Unless you want slimline, but that kinda borfs up PCI slots, they bake, take non standard PSU's, and can't upgrade graphics.

jaykay · 30 May 2007 at 21:11

silverstone sugo 1,2,3 are good.
or maybe a qpack??

squiffy · 30 May 2007 at 21:12

qpack??

eh, nothing brilliant. Antec NSK2400 is much much nicer to work in. Qpack has medicore build, and is cramped.

Energize · 30 May 2007 at 22:02

The gpu the pc has is the onboard one with hdmi, it won't be used for games, and the only pci card is the tv tuner which is a slimline height one, so while I don't need a 5cm slimline case, I don't want one with the height of a normal atx case because they look huge and the space isn't needed. A 14cm case is too big, I've seen some matx 9.5cm ones from aopen with psu included which is a much better size and the Antec Minuet looks great too.