Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media serv

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davecraze
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Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media serv

Post by davecraze » Sun May 01, 2016 7:29 am

Hi guys, first time poster here.

I am rebuilding my media server to be quiet and fanless as I am moving it into my theater room. It's just the server head end and no real high power usage components in it.

Can you please recommend:

(1) fanless micro ATX case that can accept a dvd burner
(2) fanless cpu cooler for 65 watt cpu
(3) fanless power supply (around 400 watts)

I am fine if the pc runs warm to hot - I just want it silent and completely fanless. I don't punish the server much - it mostly runs airvideo (some light transcoding) and YAMJ for my media streamers.

Components:
Intel Core i7-3770S (65 watt max TDP)
No video card
BIOSTAR H77MU3 LGA1155/ Intel H77/ DDR3/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ MicroATX Motherboard
16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600MHz (PC3 12800) Dual Channel
SANDISK 120GB Solid State Drive SATA III
24X DUAL LAYER DVD-RW
4-Port USB 3.0 PCI-Express x1 Card

Thanks for any recommendations.

Abula
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Re: Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media

Post by Abula » Sun May 01, 2016 8:38 am

Welcome to SPCR davecraze,

I personally don't recommend going fully fanless, as the difference of a fan or two is dramatic on the temp you will have, and careful planing you can end up with an inaudible setup.

But if you want to go fanless, the first recommendation is to consider cases from the manufacturers that have done good design and all in one solution, places you should check are like Steacom and HDPLex.

Here are an reviews from SPCR
HDPLEX H10.ODD Fanless microATX Case
HDPLEX H5.TODD Fanless HTPC Case
Streacom FC5 OD Fanless HTPC Case

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Re: Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media

Post by quest_for_silence » Sun May 01, 2016 9:30 am

davecraze wrote:(1) fanless micro ATX case that can accept a dvd burner
(2) fanless cpu cooler for 65 watt cpu
(3) fanless power supply (around 400 watts)
(1) InWin Dragon Slayer
(2) NoFan CR-95C
(3) Super Flower Golden Silent 430W

Said that, I agree with Abula.

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Re: Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media

Post by CA_Steve » Sun May 01, 2016 10:30 am

There's a couple of recent HDPlex builds in the Gallery as well.

davecraze
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Re: Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media

Post by davecraze » Sun May 01, 2016 12:52 pm

Thanks, guys!

What do you think about the Nofan CS-70 case and the NoFan P400 power supply?

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Re: Please recommend a fanless case/psu/cooler for my media

Post by quest_for_silence » Mon May 02, 2016 1:25 am

davecraze wrote:What do you think about the Nofan CS-70 case

I don't like it (but it could work).

davecraze wrote:and the NoFan P400 power supply?

Did you mean the NoFan P-400A? It's an outdated 80 Plus Bronze platform, I wouldn't dare to buy it, and at any rate it doesn't worth over Seasonic/Super Flower fanless units.

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