Silverstone ML05 and Celeron 1037u build

[Scottland]

Hi,

Just thought I'd post this as a few people might be interested. Spec is as follows:

Silverstone ML05
Biostar NM70I-1037u ITX motherboard
4gb DDR3 1333
Adata 64gb SSD
TBS PCIe Dual DVB-S tuner
PicoPSU 120

I had to add a hole for the DC power, as you can see in the last picture - it looks pretty neat. I've got intentions to place a 120mm fan directly above the CPU and put a passive heatsink on instead, it's a little noisy as it is currently.

By all accounts the case is much bigger than I need, but it was the smallest case at a reasonable price that allowed a PCIe card to be installed - the Streacoms looks nicer but were over twice the price.

 

[Scottland]

Case - £ 35
Motherboard - £55
PSU - £30
Power Brick - £20
RAM - £30
DVB Tuner - £60 (2nd hand)


I already had the Hard drive, but they're about 40-50 for a small SSD these days.


I've installed a 'bequiet' 120mm fan now, 800rpm version. It's much quieter now, and I've removed the standard 40mm fan so it's blowing directly onto the heatsink. Temperatures are topping out around 65°C, which is a little high but par for the course for a small system like this I think. I've got a larger Zalman heatsink on it's way now, that should help.

The fan grill that the 120mm fan attaches to seems to add a bit of noise when the lid is put on, so I'll have to investigate.

 

[Scottland]

Yeah it's for XBMC. It plays 1080p and live TV (HD) fine with no issues. There's a certain argument that AMD APU's are better for video acceleration, but this is fine for me and it's a much quicker CPU than an E350 for instance.