My fanless HTPC (thanks everyone!)
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:48 am
Hey folks...
I want to thank everyone here who participated in the several threads I started on the topic of creating a silent, fanless PC to use in my home theater.
I ended up with a rather expensive option, but a good one:
http://www.atechfabrication.com/product ... Client.htm
The guy created the case (with a few mods from the stock case he makes), and installed motherboard, memory and M.2 drive.
I got it yesterday, installed more drives, and got it up and running with Windows 10. It's sitting under my TV now.
Had a problem at first with HDMI audio, but found it was due to an unclear bios setting.
Anyway, I highly recommend the above company. Small company in Southern California, I think just 2 guys running it. High quality work. In speaking with one of them (Glenn), he told me that these sorts of fanless designs didn't much exist when he came up with his first cases, but just a couple of years after he started selling them, similar cases started appearing from Chinese companies - he suspects they stole his ideas. Anyway, if you want something made here in the US and top quality, he's your man.
- Tim
I want to thank everyone here who participated in the several threads I started on the topic of creating a silent, fanless PC to use in my home theater.
I ended up with a rather expensive option, but a good one:
http://www.atechfabrication.com/product ... Client.htm
The guy created the case (with a few mods from the stock case he makes), and installed motherboard, memory and M.2 drive.
I got it yesterday, installed more drives, and got it up and running with Windows 10. It's sitting under my TV now.
Had a problem at first with HDMI audio, but found it was due to an unclear bios setting.
Anyway, I highly recommend the above company. Small company in Southern California, I think just 2 guys running it. High quality work. In speaking with one of them (Glenn), he told me that these sorts of fanless designs didn't much exist when he came up with his first cases, but just a couple of years after he started selling them, similar cases started appearing from Chinese companies - he suspects they stole his ideas. Anyway, if you want something made here in the US and top quality, he's your man.
- Tim