http://benchmarkreviews.com/images/reviews/cases/nmedia_htpc8000/nmediapc_htpc-8000_front.jpg http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=331&Itemid=61 I think wood should be good for sound dampening. Unfortunately, the guy reviewed it didn't seem to assemble system in it....

ilovejedd, thank you for explanation, I understand now. Sorry, I made my post look like it was rather emotional which was unnecessary.

You want a case much smaller than ISK-300 and thus can't fit the kind of heatsink you'd need to cool a Celeron. At load, you are saving about 20W of heat with the Atom and in a very small case that is significant. Mobile of Desktop would also be a solution here, but if you don't need the processing...

Sorry, but aside from the heat issue as jessekopelman mentioned, it's not a guarantee that your 65W power supply will be able to support a build based on desktop parts even if total system power consumption maxes out at, say, 50W. There has been a review of ISK300 posted on this site. It was done w...

Finally, mini-ITX cases with crippled PSU like Antec ISK-300-65 will make sense when used with Zotac 9300 MB - this CPU would not have to push them to the limit. Just a little performance drop comparing to e5200, should be good for small HTPC. Considering paired with the said motheroard it will be c...

Ye gods, that cable job gives me the shivers... Otherwise I'd say its getting there, but do something with the cables! :) Yes, I know my cable management sucks. Sure I will fix it at some point. But now it would not help to silence my HDDs, would it? Sorry for unpleasant look, that wasn't a point o...

It`s looks good so far. It`s not necessary to have the newest parts in order to build a nice and quiet computer ;) It would be nice if we could see an overall shot of your computer. Thanks:) Here is one (I assume internal one because from outside it is regular P182 except tape on top vent which is ...

thepwner, If you have such hole you should see a warning printed on hard drive like "Don't cover this hole". Maybe all hard drives have such holes, I'm not sure. But experience tells that if there is no warning the hard drive can be safely put in enclosure. 2 HDDs have been working for a month now a...

There is one note that I think I have to make. There are reportedly some hard drives with so called "breathing hole". Reportedly enclosures like Logisis HD Silenser may cover that hole and then hard drive dies. My hard drives don't have that hole and I don't know which drives have it. For me Logisis...

What's with the ground wire on the HDDs?

I did not dig into this. It doesn't make much sense to me but it was in the instructions and it wasn't hard to do so I just connected the wire. I don't care even if it's useless. These Logisys are good pieces of hardware.

This is a build reusing some old and very old parts that I had so please don't judge it heavily. I will upgrade it at some point. Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro, 8GB 1066 DDR2. Back fan - Scythe Slipstream 1200 RPM Top fan Scythe S-Flex 1200 Front bottom fan Yate Loon 120x20 1200 All fans are undervolted ...

Hi, Bluefront and All I am looking for a PSU replacement for Shuttle KPC K45. After reading your thread and another one with KPC and Flex PSU I think I need buy Sparkle SPI220LE and possibly replace fan. I have Scythe mini-kaze 40x10 fan as well as Scythe mini-kaze ultra 40x20. KPC would have someth...

Failed to get help here I looked on other forums. Particulary here forums hexus net hexus-hardware/155475-antec-p182-lower-chamber-fan.html (can't post links before I posted 3 messages, thank you moderators) which led me to a video that inspired me www youtube com watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=fVl4jGm1hbs ...

Why bother with this when you can just install a 20mm thick fan, which is relatively easily available, and not have to mod the case irreversibly? Could anyone please tell how to do that? I don't want to do this mod, I have 20mm fan but I can't force it to go in place. Are there instructions or pict...