2012-04-22, 20:41
Hi Folks,
I'm in the middle of my first HTPC build so please be gentle with me...
After much reading (mainly here!) I'm now the proud owner of an ASRock A75M-ITX motherboard, an A6 3500 APU, a PatriotTorqx 2 32G SSD drive and 4G of DDR3 RAM. I have an Interset CIR module on the way (and a new header waiting for it) and am considering a TBS 6981 DVB-S2 card of Freesat here in the UK. (I haven't made my mind up about a DVD/Blu Ray drive yet but it's probably going to be low profile). I'm planning to pop this little lot (running XBMCbuntu) under the "telly" to play with my two ReadyNAS 1100's (in the loft).
Unfortunately SWMBO insists I put it in a case!
I've been looking for a couple of days now and can't find anything really suitable...
Then I thought "I'll ask the people who'll know" - hence this post!
So, Im looking for a low(ish) profile Mini-ITX case (preferably black but if not I can buy some paint!), that'll take the kit listed above, with enough space to let me mod for the internal remote receiver.
I’m not particularly bothered by the whole ATX/PICO power supply thing, I'll go with whatever fits, though I would guess I'm looking for something fairly quiet around 150W, but I'm having a great deal of trouble finding something that'll play nicely with everything that isn't what I'm told (SWMBO again!) looks like an "ugly cube".
Any help/advice gratefully received...
Couch
I'm in the middle of my first HTPC build so please be gentle with me...
After much reading (mainly here!) I'm now the proud owner of an ASRock A75M-ITX motherboard, an A6 3500 APU, a PatriotTorqx 2 32G SSD drive and 4G of DDR3 RAM. I have an Interset CIR module on the way (and a new header waiting for it) and am considering a TBS 6981 DVB-S2 card of Freesat here in the UK. (I haven't made my mind up about a DVD/Blu Ray drive yet but it's probably going to be low profile). I'm planning to pop this little lot (running XBMCbuntu) under the "telly" to play with my two ReadyNAS 1100's (in the loft).
Unfortunately SWMBO insists I put it in a case!
I've been looking for a couple of days now and can't find anything really suitable...
Then I thought "I'll ask the people who'll know" - hence this post!
So, Im looking for a low(ish) profile Mini-ITX case (preferably black but if not I can buy some paint!), that'll take the kit listed above, with enough space to let me mod for the internal remote receiver.
I’m not particularly bothered by the whole ATX/PICO power supply thing, I'll go with whatever fits, though I would guess I'm looking for something fairly quiet around 150W, but I'm having a great deal of trouble finding something that'll play nicely with everything that isn't what I'm told (SWMBO again!) looks like an "ugly cube".
Any help/advice gratefully received...
Couch