What is the most beautiful HTPC case?

publicENEMY · 2011-12-23 11:51

What is the most beautiful HTPC case? Do disregard other factor other than looks(mini psu, useless vfd, runs hot, extremely high price).

In my opinion, Moneual 320 is the most beautiful HTPC case.
Others (sorted in rank)

Moneual 312
Origen AE H6
Origen AE M10
Lian Li PC-C36
Silverstone LC-02

What do you think is the most beautiful HTPC case.

Thanks.

lucv13 · 2011-12-23 12:06

I like my Nmedia HTPC-8000

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I also have a Silverstone LC-10 from a previous build kicking around

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**joethefox** · 2011-12-23 12:46

Origen AE H6 Vs Moneual 320 is a head to head for my liking. Perhaps the origen wins because there is more room for ventilation.

baldmosher · 2011-12-23 13:01

lucv13 Wrote:I like my Nmedia HTPC-8000

That is utterly hideous! Laugh

This thread is moderately useless without pics though, so well done for saving us the effort googling Smile

I suppose you could easily mod any piece of furniture to house a HTPC so it's a good idea.

baldmosher · 2011-12-23 13:03

Designing & building your own is undoubtedly the most beautiful possibility as then you will be sure it is aesthetically pleasing to YOU.

I have a friend with a wood lathe and my wife is a mechanical engineer with access to various metal lathes and milling machines, so I will at some point make use of their skills and build my own case. For now I'm sticking to cheap crappy looking ones Wink

Not beautiful, exactly, but it could be. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article644-page1.html

lucv13 · 2011-12-23 13:20

baldmosher Wrote:That is utterly hideous!

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, cause I think it's [Image: cool-3854.gif]

baldmosher · 2011-12-23 14:12

I am not a fan of gold or rosewood or Elvis Wink

PS that LoL smiley looks like a yoyo.... the mind boggles

brendch06 · 2011-12-23 18:39

I'm personally into the industrial look, and really like the simple, small mini-box case.

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bluray · 2011-12-23 19:02

lucv13 Wrote:I like my Nmedia HTPC-8000

Beautiful! Smile

bluray · 2011-12-23 19:05

publicENEMY Senior Member Posts: 298 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-12-23 11:51 Post: #1 What is the most beautiful HTPC case? Do disregard other factor other than looks(mini psu, useless vfd, runs hot, extremely high price). In my opinion, Moneual 320 is the most beautiful HTPC case. Others (sorted in rank) Moneual 312 Origen AE H6 Origen AE M10 Lian Li PC-C36 Silverstone LC-02 What do you think is the most beautiful HTPC case. Thanks.
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lucv13 Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Dec 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: London ON Canada	2011-12-23 12:06 Post: #2 I like my Nmedia HTPC-8000 I also have a Silverstone LC-10 from a previous build kicking around
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joethefox Team-XBMC Member Posts: 930 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 15	2011-12-23 12:46 Post: #3 Origen AE H6 Vs Moneual 320 is a head to head for my liking. Perhaps the origen wins because there is more room for ventilation.
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lucv13 Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Dec 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: London ON Canada	2011-12-23 13:20 Post: #6 baldmosher Wrote:That is utterly hideous! I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, cause I think it's
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brendch06 Member Posts: 78 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Canada	2011-12-23 18:39 Post: #8 I'm personally into the industrial look, and really like the simple, small mini-box case.
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bluray Posting Freak Posts: 7,575 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 139	2011-12-23 19:02 Post: #9 lucv13 Wrote:I like my Nmedia HTPC-8000 Beautiful! >Alienware X51- do it all HTPC >Simplify XBMC configurations >HOW-TO Bitstreaming using XBMC I refused to watch movie without bitstreaming HD audio!
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bluray Posting Freak Posts: 7,575 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 139	2011-12-23 19:05 Post: #10 >Alienware X51- do it all HTPC >Simplify XBMC configurations >HOW-TO Bitstreaming using XBMC I refused to watch movie without bitstreaming HD audio!
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