HTPC Build =)

I agree that the font of the case is Monstrously ugly, and whoever designed that needs shooting, But for me its function over form. It had to be that thin, that long, and fit M-ATX with atleast space for 4 possibly 5 hard drives, and it does it amazingly well for the price, Now I just have to buy a PSU, damned thing costs more than the case! :(
 
I have a Cit case too for my current HTPC. I must also say the standard psu was silly loud. Since fitting a picopsu all I have running is a single 80mm fan running at ~800rpm. Near silent except for the poor fixtures holding the hard drives.
 
Bezzaboy1234 said:
I agree that the font of the case is Monstrously ugly, and whoever designed that needs shooting, But for me its function over form. It had to be that thin, that long, and fit M-ATX with atleast space for 4 possibly 5 hard drives, and it does it amazingly well for the price, Now I just have to buy a PSU, damned thing costs more than the case! :(
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Good call for the cash tho man as you said function over form and you achieved that spending very little :) The OCUK PSU's look intriguing but as you said more expensive than the case :(
 
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Good call for the cash tho man as you said function over form and you achieved that spending very little :) The OCUK PSU's look intriguing but as you said more expensive than the case :(
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Thanks man :),

None of the OCUK PSU's actually work with this case, it requires SFX form factor, Like with ATX and Micro ATX Motherboards, It takes a tiny M-ATX PSU that OCUK don't sell. There really hard to find, from what I've found only 2 manufacturers make Decent quality ones that are quiet which are BeQuiet with a 300/350/400 and 450W SFX PSU's
And Silverstone with the Strider 400/450W SFX PSU

The BeQuiet 300W i've found for £38 which is OK, but then they hit silly money at like £60-80 Which you can pick up a full size good quality 800W modular for with braided cables, Its really not worth that gap. For the time being its got that Cheapo one which is terrible, I've resorted to replacing the fan and powering the new fan off the motherboard but the PSU it comes with has to go :/
 
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UPDATE:

Just ordered the BeQuiet for £38 from a competitor, It should arrive tommorow so I will do an unboxing and take pictures tommorow, I have also asked it 5UB could put in a request for SFX PSU's at OCUK, SFX PSU's are ridiculously small and its easy enough to get an ATX to M-ATX Adapter if you want to save space in a build.

Also the case features some speakers in the front that I didn't test, Have just tested them and for what they are they are bloody cracking. 2 40mm or 30mm drivers by the looks of things but they are great for when I don't have my Amp on it makes it easy to quickly test if a film has converted with the audio properly :). Smashing! :)
 
Update: PSU arrived today :), Looks to be of significantly better quality all round.

What comes in the box:
PSU (duh!)
Manual/Quick start guide
Zip ties x4
Black screws x4
3 pin power cable, of decent length

PSU cables:

1x24pin
1x4pin CPU
2xSATA
2xMOLEX
1xMOLEX + 1xFDD

PICS OF SHINIES :)

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Cat approves :p

Really nice PSU, Nice Matt finish on it, Good amount of cables, would have liked to see more SATA, which I believe the 350W version does as well as a PCI-E 6 pin.
The quality of the braid is actually not bad, you can't really see the cables through it. Would look really slick completely sleeved but at this price it is very unlikely.
Overall really impressed, Now to get it in the PC! :p
 
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PSU installed and I am impressed, whisper silent, im sure if I dumped a load of conversion on the chip it might spin faster but overall I am immediately impressed, the PSU is doing a great job, Will have to pop out and get a PSU tester/reader to see what the actual output is like but it definately worth the £38!

Hopefully this helps someone as well as me! :)
 
That's good to know it is a half decent psu there. Shame it isn't easy to find out the fans rpm to show the noise level of it.
 
Yeah I got a matt case for mine. Can't be having gloss, even got a 4gb xbox and added a Hdd cause it was matte

A lot tidier than mine!
 
saitrix said:
That's good to know it is a half decent psu there. Shame it isn't easy to find out the fans rpm to show the noise level of it.
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What tools do you think could possibly measure the noise of it?

I was thinking of comparing it to some other fans but I don't have any really good fans, Only the Corsair H100 fans and some NZXT ones, and they suck compared to it, bearing in mind it is an 80mm fan that is 16mm thick.
 
Silverstone GD06 m-atx case
MSI H61MA-E35 m-atx mobo [usb3/sata3]
Intel I3-2120 CPU Scythe Shuriken CPU cooler
4GB Kingston HyperX KHX1333C7D3K2 1333MHz Cl7
64GB Crucial M4 SSD
2TB samsung F4 Nvidia
3TB WD caviar green
1.5TB seagate u
Amd 6950 2gb
Corsair hx520W PSU
windows 7 - [media center for freeview hd tv]
TBS6280 dual freeview tuner
8x SL read 6X DL read blu ray drive.
Logitech MX air mouse
bluetooth microsoft 8000 entertainment wireless LED bluetooth keyboard
Use my touchpad running ics for remote desktop

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The case, with bits.. Note the massive gpu

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Here you can see where the gpu went.. Right over the ruler
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The case you can see in the top pic open, the hot swap Hdd spaces are useful
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Cool Cool, I have one thing to say.

CABLE MANAGEMENT D=

:p, Im guessing you use this as your main PC? a 6950 2GB should make easy work of most games? Cool little build though I must say :), Bit too big for my needs, All I needed was something to play blu-ray's back that fits on a small shelf and that can host a tekkit server and do some small conversion,

Otherwise good Job, just sort out the cables :p
 
threre is literally no room for the cables! Looks a bit better than that, but not ,much!

Its not actually my main PC, its TV only, but it is very capable, so much so I question the use f my main one!
 
You have a 6950 2GB in there and it only used for TV? :S Mad,

Mine is used for hosting minecraft servers via tekkit, XMBC, blu-ray play back, TV and some converting :p

All it has is a tidly little low profile 5570 1GB in it :p
 
Bezzaboy1234 said:
You have a 6950 2GB in there and it only used for TV? :S Mad,

Mine is used for hosting minecraft servers via tekkit, XMBC, blu-ray play back, TV and some converting :p

All it has is a tidly little low profile 5570 1GB in it :p
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No sorry I meant its only connected to tv so I use it for tv friendly games
 
Update: Simply cannot decide what operating system to use on the server, I have been using Windows 8 for a while now and its nice but its very clunky and has all these unneccesary metro features, and UPnP is not working properly because of the wierd sharing options, so I need a change of OS, my options are

Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Windows Server 2008
Windows home server 2011 (used before and wasn't great)
Windows Server 8

Any one like to chip in and help me pick, it really doesnt matter which OS, as long as it can handle 5 HDD's and run a tekkit server/stream movies/music :)
 
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