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Remarkably like my previous £5 HTPC machine(s), most of mine were/are P3 866MHz.

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Originally posted by creaky:

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HTPC's are impractical for me too, but only in the hard drive side of things, they just don't make large enough hard drives (yet) :p

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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NZXT Alpha? That's only 70 dollars and is overall a pretty decent case.

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When I said HTPC/desktop, I meant more of a laying down kinda case :)
Must admit, that does look like a VERY good case though. Here is an example of the cases im looking at. (Linky)


And only 50$ Not a bad lookin case. Plain but works, CROWDED, cooling could be a thing!

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Impractical? The reason I wanna do this in a nut shell...
Computers are the way (the future), I dont want another dvd player (sick of them giving up), Optical pc drives are FAR cheaper to replace, Towers are too large for an entertainment stand, need I go on?

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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That is pretty sharp man. Thanks for the tidbit. REALLY dont wanna spend alot on the first one though. :)

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Well put! I think you just sold me bud. However gonna have to save some funds. Been on vacation for a week now, Won't see another check for close to 2 weeks! What I really need to do is get to writing a book! Its my life long dream :D

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Antec's SFF PSUs have been pretty poor in the past, far from the quality of their Earthwatts units.

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Originally posted by greensman:

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Like my input means anything but these are my picks for a HTPC case. ;)

Lian Li PC-V800B

a few microATX desktop cases

I'm not a fan of a case coming with a PSU but Antec's psu's aren't to bad. Make sure you look up that particular psu and I would want a standard size psu as well. ;) Makes it easier if something goes wrong with the psu or you just want a bigger one. ;)

My pick is the Lian Li... me likes that case and the GM puts it on notice for a future HTPC build. :)

....gm

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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My concern about the case you posted, like Russ, is the non-standard PSU. PSUs that come with cases are universally deathtraps

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Originally posted by greensman:

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I'm not a fan of a case coming with a PSU but Antec's psu's aren't to bad

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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My concern about the case you posted, like Russ, is the non-standard PSU. PSUs that come with cases are universally deathtraps

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Originally posted by greensman:

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I'm not a fan of a case coming with a PSU but Antec's psu's aren't to bad

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LOL, Funny you should mention that. My barebone came with one, I took one look at it and I was like NO, Ah no. However I didnt hestiate to put it in another build. A build thats not power hungry.
Well... It gave up anyway! System started to hang, Virtually every component would hiccup, so to speak. I slapped my old thermaltake 430W in it. Smooth sailing now :D Now im running whats in my sig. VERY VERY nice. Not very loud either. Now.. I suppose if I demand of it, it might get noisier. Believe me, Im well aware of PSU's going out(specially in my area). I only trust certain manufacturers.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Omegaman: For output stability reasons (regular pulses of ripple in the output, which OCZ to this day can't explain), OCZ GameXStream units aren't on my recommended PSU lists, and they usually have faulty fan controllers which is worrying as they could overheat if stressed. However, they are FSP units underneath, which aren't known to be troublesome electrically.

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