Help me find a HTPC case with....

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Falcor

Discussion Starter · Nov 30, 2009

Hi, ive been looking for ages and cant find a case that truely appeals...

Im planning to make a HTPC:

Zotac Ion 330......i believe this is my best option for affordability?

What RAM would ppl recommend?

What im looking for is a case to take the above+ a slimline drive and must take a 3.5in hardisk.

Front usbs is fine, dont need front firewire , sound again usefulmaybe but not entirely necessary.

A built in card reader would be great...

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

This is as close to what i want i can find atm. But its ugly. I could also consider a plain case i could build a card reader into.

Promblem im finding is, the lian li silverstone alu cases are badly designed ive seen so far, they either take full size psus which is useless or have rediculous amounts of cooling holes all over with no thought of stopping dust....Id like it quiet as possible ofc because its a HTPC. Ideally aluminium but mainly black even plastic black maybe, id love a plainish box i can mod if needed as necessary. It doesnt havto be really small but not bis either, smaller than micro atx.

Budget anything upto Â£100 ish, really that should be plenty to get a simple plain case.Higher if im really tempted

gotta get this built for crimbo so plz help

thanks Ive looked on google loads, so after ideas i might not have found yet

Oh and im UK based

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Daney

· #2 · Nov 30, 2009

Take a look into this one: Antec ISK 300-65

It may not have a 3.5" hard drive bay but I'm sure you can find an adapter or something which converts 2x 2.5" bays into one 3.5" bay. They make the opposite, I'm sure.

The only thing about the case: 65W PSU is included and you may need more power (more Â£ needed to spend) and the PCI slot at the back is small so you will need a tiny graphics card, unless using onboard video?

Good luck

PS. Welcome to OCN!

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Falcor

Discussion Starter · #3 · Nov 30, 2009

http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prod...idproduct=5781

i just found this one, it ticks all my boxes i think, its neat black and has a card reader, any opinions?

I prefer the slim line ones to box shape

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Daney

· #4 · Nov 30, 2009

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Originally Posted by Falcor

Awesome case, has quite a few fans but 50mm is hard to come by, I think.

These fans look good if you find that the OEM ones are too loud or something.

Other than that, it looks great

A little bit too expensive for my liking, but it's your money.

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Falcor

Discussion Starter · #5 · Nov 30, 2009

well having looked and measured and ive decided its slightly too high still...so im abaonding that idea, and going for a cube case i can fit somewhere else...so need a decent cube case recommendation now

card reader isnt essential everything else applies, guess i can get a usb card reader...

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