Help finding media center case

durbs

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I've got a spare Opty 148 skt939 proc and X800 GTO card so am building a media center PC primarily to record telly.

Cant work out what case to go for at all! I really want something the same'ish dimensions of the DVD recorder that it'll be replacing but keep seeing nice cases only to find they only fit half height cards or fall short in some other area such as mobo requirements.

My criteria are:

- Looks slick, preferably shiny black
- Same dimensions (or near enough) to a standard home dvd player
- Will take a normal ATX skt 939 mobo
- Will take a full height PCI-E card and dual TV tuner.

Has anyone here built a media center PC? and if so do they have any recommendations/cases to steer clear of?

Is something like the one at the bottom of: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Antec_Cases.html the sort of thing i'm after?

Ta.
 
Forgot to add 'very very quiet' to the criteria above.

Just noticed that the case id linked above uses micro ATX - How do i know whether it will take my X800 card or not?

Cheers.
 
durbs said:
Forgot to add 'very very quiet' to the criteria above.

Just noticed that the case id linked above uses micro ATX - How do i know whether it will take my X800 card or not?

Cheers.
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mATX is the motherboard size so it's more a case of your motherboard fitting.

The case has 2 x 120mm fans on the side so i'd assume it would be tall enough to fit fullsize PCI cards. Sorry not really upto date on these things.

That case also look more like a hi-fi component that a media centre component, have you looked at the silverstone lascal cases and the cooler master cases?
 
Cheers folks, hadnt looked at Silverstone (didnt recognise the make) but they look really good. Looks like a nightmare with all those riser cards but i suppose its got to be done to get a slim case.
 
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