Spec me a VERY quiet if not silent M-ITX build

wiiija · 10 May 2012 at 21:23

Hi all,

I'm looking to build an m-itx system, primarily for xbmc use, I have no real clue about self building these little systems (I've just purchased nettops in the past but never found them to be quiet enough).

I have a budget of around 500, give or take, only requirement is a nice case and a small SSD for the OS and large mechanical for storage.

Any help is appreciated, I have no idea what to go for,

Bigsy · 10 May 2012 at 21:43

My silent suggestion: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18360592

It's worked out very nice for me. It's not pictured but the case will also fit a large mechanical drive under the tray that gets slotted in.

wiiija · 10 May 2012 at 22:00

Looks lovely, gives me a starting point, though the mobo doesn't seem easy to get hold of now so may have to find an alternative.

Bigsy · 10 May 2012 at 22:04

Indeed, I wasn't even really suggesting a llano, in fact i3 core has advantages depending on what you want. Plus amd Trinity is virtually upon us and ivy bridge is here....

It was more that the case + pico psu is really the winning combo here.

mikejasonsmith · 10 May 2012 at 22:23

Bigsy said:
My silent suggestion: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18360592

It's worked out very nice for me. It's not pictured but the case will also fit a large mechanical drive under the tray that gets slotted in.

Hi mate,

Just read your thread and the build is awesome...could you list your settings for your overclockers? I'm not great at it but want to replicate your build.

Thanks
Mike

gropingmantis · 10 May 2012 at 22:41

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-074-OP&groupid=43&catid=2251&subcat=

is basically what I have but in a nicer case. Very capable, infact perhaps a touch too capable for an HTPC I am using it right now as my main PC is down and the only thing I cant do as well is game on it.

ltnmzh · 17 May 2012 at 18:58

I built one late last year with similar budget - Core i3, 4G mem, H67 motherboard, GTX550Ti, case SG05BB450.

Arthur17 · 26 May 2012 at 16:00

Streacom make some very nice fanless HTPC cases (as Bigsy has already mentioned). The FC9 & FC10 are released early next month. The former supports miniITX and mATX motherboards, while the latter adds support for ATX.

lsg1r · 27 May 2012 at 00:43

Arthur17 said:
Streacom make some very nice fanless HTPC cases (as Bigsy has already mentioned). The FC9 & FC10 are released early next month. The former supports miniITX and mATX motherboards, while the latter adds support for ATX.

oooohhh pretty, shame the cpu cooler doesn't support s939, that FC9 would have made a lovely little case for my old rig

Anyways I was going to suggest streacom too...

Bezzaboy1234 · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:12

Shame about the price of these things for what they are, If it were more in a respectable region of between £50-100 I would snap one of these cases up straight away