http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5993A new system case from Silverstone was announced today, capabable of accommodating a uATX motherboard and a number of other components in a tiny space.
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5993A new system case from Silverstone was announced today, capabable of accommodating a uATX motherboard and a number of other components in a tiny space.
HTPC ->
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it's still 50% larger by volume compaired to this http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=3#p1146
6,153,300mm/cu compaired with 9,228,960mm/cu
EDIT: does look sleek though
AS long as you build it with a gigabit network controller, the you only need 1 hard drive in it - build yourself a media server, much more durable as it can be built with Raid sets for data protection. That way you can also have a few of these dotted around the house and they dont need large hard disks in each of them![]()
if you throw an EPIA board in them then you can network boot if you set up a PXE server. Seen this done with Linux, don't know if it is possible with windows (probably not). if/when i set up a big MythTV setup this is what i'll be doing. Diskless front ends, and perhaps fanless silent front ends are the future
And if the MPEG-4 hardware accelerators on the new EPIA boards gets driver support under linux HD TV should be possible too.
Any idea what the price should be? http://www.x-case.co.uk supposedly have them in stock for £155 but similar hipermedia case is only £50.
The 40mm fans are rather offputting when no-one knows how load they are.
i love to build one of these systems with:
SFFee X2 3800+,
7600GS
2x 512MB PC8000
nForce5 mATX board
320GB Seagate 7200.10
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