2012-05-21, 04:36
First off, I was hoping for some ideas on cool cases. The HTPC will be put into my home theater stand and I have to fit it into a cabinet that is 15.5 wide by 7 inches high. The HTPC will be in an enclosed area in the cabinet so heat management is important.
This is what I'm considering:
AMD A8-3850 APU Quad-Core Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) - AMD
Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB SATA III 64 MB Cache Bare/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD30EZRX -
Kingston Technology HyperX Blu 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX
Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2
Scythe BIG SHURIKEN 2 Rev B. 5-Heatpipe Universal Low Profile CPU Cooler (SCBSK-2100) -
ASRock Socket FM1/AMD A75 FCH/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/Mini-ITX Motherboard A75M-ITX
I'm not dead set on either Mini or Micro ATX and actually don't know much of the pros/cons of either. Anything I'm missing in the above?
This is what I'm considering:
AMD A8-3850 APU Quad-Core Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) - AMD
Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB SATA III 64 MB Cache Bare/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD30EZRX -
Kingston Technology HyperX Blu 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX
Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2
Scythe BIG SHURIKEN 2 Rev B. 5-Heatpipe Universal Low Profile CPU Cooler (SCBSK-2100) -
ASRock Socket FM1/AMD A75 FCH/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/Mini-ITX Motherboard A75M-ITX
I'm not dead set on either Mini or Micro ATX and actually don't know much of the pros/cons of either. Anything I'm missing in the above?