Beer's M350 A6-3500

W/ small case and small CPU heatsink/fan, it'll run hotter than normal but you'll be fne with standard desktop tasks.....

Looks good with the 140mm fan! Now, get a fan guard on that before the cat gets in it .

lol, that case is so small that it looks like you mounted the htpc on a fan instead of the other way around

Yes I ordered a fan filter cover... I rather run it with the fan then with out.... the metal gets very hot with out.... with the fan no problems. It does not look bad.... but I think if your going HTPC silent... it will work but there are other cases with better ventilation.... like what Dougie Fresh sells....

Unless fallow what eskro said .... get a 120MM slim fan and take out akasa cooler fan and place on top inside the case....

But I am done testing.... I am happy how it performs... SSD is quick.... and it's quiet.

Cheers!

UPDATE

I don't need the extra 140MM fan...

I had my POWER in settings set to HIGH PERFORMANCE.... (I tested on high and forgot to set it back)

Witch meant all my hardware is on high voltages all all the time.


I noticed that my SSD was doing a humming sound (so I wen't online to figure out why and it's because of high performance)

Once I set it back to BALANCED (never shut off screen and never go to sleep) now my MHz idle at 798 and go up
when needed and it don't hum anymore even when it goes up.

So I tested once more and the computer idles at 36-38C...

Tested a 1080P video for an hour and it's a good 46C with the CPU fan never going up in RPM's...

The case is still a little warm but now I am more confident on it.

CHEERS!

(2012-06-14 19:13)Beer40oz Wrote:  UPDATE

I don't need the extra 140MM fan...

I had my POWER in settings set to HIGH PERFORMANCE.... (I tested on high and forgot to set it back)

Witch meant all my hardware is on high voltages all all the time.


I noticed that my SSD was doing a humming sound (so I wen't online to figure out why and it's because of high performance)

Once I set it back to BALANCED (never shut off screen and never go to sleep) now my MHz idle at 798 and go up
when needed and it don't hum anymore even when it goes up.

So I tested once more and the computer idles at 36-38C...

Tested a 1080P video for an hour and it's a good 46C with the CPU fan never going up in RPM's...

The case is still a little warm but now I am more confident on it.

CHEERS!

Doesn't it feel great when you solve your own problems. Especially one like you describe,..it's pretty hard to ask for help from others on something like this.
Great job! Something tells me you're going to enjoy your system even more.

So after hours and hours of research I think I have decided to build this box. I would like wifi and found the Asus F1A75-I DELUXE mobo for $140. Do you think I could replace the ASRock A75M-ITX you used?

Yes, you can definitely change to the Asus motherboard. I'd also suggest taking a look at this mini-itx case as Beer40oz suggests since it has seems to have better ventilation/run cooler. So far, no one that has used the mini-itx case has needed an additional case fan.