Posts by chriscos

because the stock heatsink and the APEX MI-100BK case (clearance between the psu and the heatsink fan was too close, which made an awful sound). I decided to go to my local computer store and buy an Antec Kuhler 620 and a slim 12mm fan,...

so it turns out that there is no clearance between my PSU and my cpu fan. Not too sure how to proceed, should I either a. try to find a cheap smaller psu (current one is 65mm) or b. try to find a smaller fan for my cpu heatsink (fan is...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ironman517 Completely understandable, the only problem is scalability. You will not be able to add too many more HDDs for movies unless you grab a pretty big case.You could always get one of those little...

Thanks for the tip guffer, I will look into getting a sataIII drive. Iron Man, I forgot to mention that I just bought another tv and need a streaming device like boxee box so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone with a htpc that...

also forgot to add in: I might try to find a cheap SSD to run the OS and use the 1TD harddrive just for data. Is this overkill?

I am relatively new to building computers and I wanted to start off with a HTPC. could you guys take a look at my build and give me some tips. Ideally i want it to be used as a fileshare server for my house and be able to watch...