New HTPC build

Subliminal Aura

Subliminal Aura

Subliminal Aura

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Just built this and tbh I like it... The fitting is precise with no engineering faults

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Temperatures open bench vs in case with the stock fan disconnected

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Temperatures - installed Scythe Mini Kaze / cpu fan reduced to quiet

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Temperatures overnight look much better, includes a load test just before 4am

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The hard drive is under the motherboard

All the stuff was sourced off the bay and the memory from MM.

Specs

pico PSU - 120W
power brick - 60W
Memory - 1Gig ddr3
IONITX-P-E - Celeron [email protected] (faster than an atom, lower on power)
Case - LCDmod Kit C0AA-S1

Total price £130inc exc hard drive :D

Obviously I'm going to tidy up inside - New flat uv sata cables + the new Ballistix smart tracer
 
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vanandjuanunited said:
Will this take a 3.5in HDD or is it limited to laptop drives
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It's got space for 2 x 2.5" sata drives... However I'm going to route the sata cables out of the case for a couple of 3.5" drives powered by an external brick.

I've uploaded a pic see the OP

Robbie G said:
Oh :o. Assumed it was self-built for some reason, duh me.
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Easy mistake, I too considered building this from scratch for many years which never happened. Thank god for this kit :)
 
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Antelopethy said:
Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but I'm thinking of a similar build as a box for fiddling around in linux - what kind of power brick do you need for those pico PSUs? Should I just buy a universal 12v one?
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Depends on how much power you need to supply.... so for 60Watts you'll need 12V * 5A = 60W

ie your 12V brick must be rated at 5 amps in other to supply 60W

So if you need more wattage you'll need more amperage
 
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