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nice case looks like a guitar amp?? hmmm maybe a mod idea?............

Thanks,
heheh yeah, It reminded me too of a lunch box and guitar amp when I first saw it.

There are some really strong builds here! If you guys are running 680's in your htpc, I can't imagine what your desktop runs

I finished mine recently. Sorry, don't have any good pics since this was needed to replace my dying htpc that we use for our main tv. I can only get it out when there is nothing recording Anyways, it's nothing stunning, but I did make a build log just for kicks. I'll finish the log when I can get some decent pictures.

I had to finally put the feet on the case this weekend, so I snapped a couple crappy photos.





And here's what's in it, but this was before I had it finished.


Asrock fm2a74 pro4
amd a6-5400k
8gigs samsung memory
90gb vertex 3
1gb black (recorded tv) - getting 3gb drive soon
ceton infinitv4
kuhler 620 with ap-15

I was going for low power draw, yet powerful enough for everthing i do and this thing is solid. This is my first apu build, so I was a bit skeptical, not knowing If it would play everything smoothly. But when the specs on the fm2's came out, I knew I wanted to try one. My old pc had a Q9550 and at first a 5450 vid card. The 5450 would choke a little when I was browsing my movie collection in mediabrowser, so I had to upgrade that to a 6750. That took care of the lag, but then I had more heat in the little case I had. So my goal with this case was to make it quieter and cooler. Also wanted to make it a little nicer of course.

Anyways, this amd chip is the bees knees I highly recommend it to anyone with similar goals. It has not given me even an instant of lag, even flying through my little library of 450 movies in xbmc with aeon mq4 skin. And of course it plays 1080p bluray's with hd audio without a hitch.

Edit: I forgot to mention my system draws about 68w while watching HDTV or playing a bluray. Haven't messed with anything in the bios. May try to undervolt/underclock and see how low I can get it.
Edited by bandook - 10/29/12 at 6:36pm

Awesome scratch build, I really like the exterior finish on the wood.

Wow! nice custom case build. Very clean dovetail joints and router work.

Recently upgraded:

Hi guys, here's an HTPC I built.

here's my setup

HTPC
AMD A6-3650 @ 2.8GHz
Biostar TA75m
4GB GSkill DDR3 1600 @ ~1776
XFX 6570 in Dual Graphics mode
OCZ ModXtreme 700w
OCZ Agility 3 64GB SSD
Samsun 1.5TB (movies)
WD Black 640GB (data / TV Shows)
nmediapc 6000b Case
nmediapc pro-lcd

Control
Mini Wireless Keyboard w/ Touch Pad
Logitech Harmony 650
2 Wii Controllers + Nunchucks
Flirc IR Reciever

Software
Windows 7 64bit
XBMC
Dolphin
Sabnzbd
Couchpotato
Sickbeard

The rest of the theater
Zenith 42" Plasma (got for free)
Phillips HTS3555 (been wanting to replace this for years but it just won't die, lol)
Netgear WRNL3500 router to handle the network and wifi
Uverse Gateway

Everything else my HTPC streams to
Frankenstein HTPC in kid's playroom
Acer laptop in my 10 y/o son's room
WDTV live in my daughters room
All of our phones and tablets throughout the house.

This HTPC has been the sole provider of our digital entertainment. Kids play wii on it, movies, tv, music, giant digital picture frame when we're not using it. We no longer have any cable, satellite or even OTA signal coming into our house anymore.

90% done, from my build log.

That gentlemen is a Thinkpad edge 325 with an E-450 cpu. Top of the line my friends.
Upgraded from 2 to 8gb ram, the kit was as cheap as the 4gb kit and well cheaper than another stick of Lenovo branded ram.
Originial 320 gb HDD.
Running windows live and VLC
And well thats it for specs.

Also in pic
The USB drive is my network, instead of getting a router for my summerhouse (right now winterhouse) i Bought a 16gb stick
3m HDMI cable, good when lethargia strikes.
20cm Mora knife, good for everything, in this case mostly for poking.
Grundig 32 inch tv, I like the remote. Feels sturdy.

Well i Don't love my system but it's handy. Bought the edge to use it as a typewriter, damn good at it. Still comes in handy.
As you might have realized, I settle for a bare minimum, no fancy soundcard, no fancy nothing. Point is that i really don't care much for it, not big on movies or digital music. Mostly i watch Tv-series on it, digitalize with the desktop then USB em over to the Edge.

(my audiosystem is awesome, no one realizes that though. going on 30 years plus, the newest part is the 18 year old cd player.)

edit: apparently I can't write.
Edited by Huzzbutt - 12/13/12 at 4:58am