[assassin]

SSD Crucial m4 SSD 2,5" 64GB (After reading a bit about SSD, everyone seems to recommend this)

Noooooooo..... Go with 120G+ for the SSD. I know it's a little more money, but at 64G you'll be forever fighting to manage that last 10G of space. Also, the more free space on the SSD, the longer the lifetime. It's definitely worth the investment, more so than the i7 vs the i5.

BTW: Has anyone see an i7-3770t for sale yet? I still can't find one.


mp

64GB is just fine. I have one in all my HTPCs.

[bluray]

SSD Crucial m4 SSD 2,5" 64GB (After reading a bit about SSD, everyone seems to recommend this)

Noooooooo..... Go with 120G+ for the SSD. I know it's a little more money, but at 64G you'll be forever fighting to manage that last 10G of space. Also, the more free space on the SSD, the longer the lifetime. It's definitely worth the investment, more so than the i7 vs the i5.

BTW: Has anyone see an i7-3770t for sale yet? I still can't find one.


mp

64GB is just fine. I have one in all my HTPCs.

I cannot afford 64GB, and I'm running W7+XBMC on 32GB for nearly 2 years now.......

[assassin]

Noooooooo..... Go with 120G+ for the SSD. I know it's a little more money, but at 64G you'll be forever fighting to manage that last 10G of space. Also, the more free space on the SSD, the longer the lifetime. It's definitely worth the investment, more so than the i7 vs the i5.

BTW: Has anyone see an i7-3770t for sale yet? I still can't find one.


mp

64GB is just fine. I have one in all my HTPCs.

I cannot afford 64GB, and I'm running W7+XBMC on 32GB for nearly 2 years now.......

32GB is SATAII speed and often not much more than 64GB nowadays.

[eskro]

there's nothing wrong with 32GB SSD's when using Windows7 and XBMC.

[assassin]

there's nothing wrong with 32GB SSD's when using Windows7 and XBMC.

Well, except that it barely fits after all the updates. And as I mentioned its SATAII (instead of SATAIII) for not a whole lot less than 60-64GB price. And if you want to have a little room to add or use other programs you are out of luck.

[brannrev]

Everything is now set up and I'm happy with it, although i went a little over budget! Got the 128gb ssd, not that big price difference when I spent so much on everything else. And now I have enough space for endless future windows updates, haha!

The case in front of the tv. Forgot to close the lid properly!




Here's the inside of the case. Not quite happy with the cabling yet, but I'll fix it soon.



Here's the IR device from Inteset (ebay) with possibility to turn the computer on from completely off. (Thanks to Eskro for the IR guide and all the other guides!)


Here's the hole I had to drill in the case to fit the IR. I never used the two holes on both sides, just glued a bracket on.


Thanks to everyone for helping me choose the components! (Updated my first post with the final set up)

The only thing I'm struggling with is the IR and the harmony one remote. I've set it as a MCE remote but i can't figure out how I would like it to work. How do you guys set it up? I know it's about preferences, but I just can't get started with it.

[DavidT99]

32gb SSD for windows7 is the bear minimum and can be made to work with some effort or for just a small increase in cost you can get a 64gb SSD and load windows7 without much effort or worrying about running out of space. 128gb SSD's are now the same price 64gb SSD's were just a few months ago but not rally needed in a htpc.

David

[brannrev]

Not really my best photographic work, but I'll blame it on my phone

[DavidT99]

How are you running the 3 chassis fans? Off the mobo or the psu?

David

[brannrev]

I'm running them from the mobo, 2 from the front output on the mobo with one fan controller and 2 from the rear output on the mobo with another fan controller. Didn't think about if the mobo would be destroyed by it, before I installed it, but it seems to be working.

[DavidT99]

I'm running them from the mobo, 2 from the front output on the mobo with one fan controller and 2 from the rear output on the mobo with another fan controller. Didn't think about if the mobo would be destroyed by it, before I installed it, but it seems to be working.

I have the same case and run all 3 fans at 5volts straight off the psu. The case cooling works by creating positive pressure within the case which is most efficient by having all the fans running at the same speed. At 5volts the fans are inaudible at more than a foot away.

David

[brannrev]

I've heard about the possitive pressure airflow in this case. Do you need another plug between then fan and the PSU for that, or how did you do it?

[DavidT99]

I've heard about the possitive pressure airflow in this case. Do you need another plug between then fan and the PSU for that, or how did you do it?

Did you buy the case new? If you did then there will be an adapter cable supplied that has a molex connector on one end and 3 fan connectors at the other end. Then just mod the molex for 5 volts following Assassins guide over at avsforums.com

David

[Hail.ceasar]

can you use Speedfan to set the fans to 5v as well ? i just picked up a used Silverstone GD04 and dont have this connector you mentioned

I've heard about the possitive pressure airflow in this case. Do you need another plug between then fan and the PSU for that, or how did you do it?

Did you buy the case new? If you did then there will be an adapter cable supplied that has a molex connector on one end and 3 fan connectors at the other end. Then just mod the molex for 5 volts following Assassins guide over at avsforums.com

David

[brannrev]

Yes I found it in the box now David. 5v provides enough cooling? What type of setup do you have?