What HTPC case?

[kingpotnoodle]

That Silverstone ^ is huge. It wouldn't fit where my current Antec 2480 lives.

For the Antec Fusion, it has a VFD which silentpcreview found to be (of course) crap - bad software, volume control is useless, and a weird problem with S/PDIF. It also has a rotating CD/DVD/BD tray cover, which I found to get a bit crap after a year or two on my old Silverstone LC16M. The tray button would also get annoying sometimes if it doesn't line up well with the button on the drive. tomshardware said "VFD text is too small for viewing past eight or nine feet". So, if you don't mind a Fusion but with a broken volume knob and pointless VFD, go for it.

I use the software but switch it to displaying the time as default, and it displays info from Media Player and Media Centre... nothing I can't get from the OSD though, so it's really just for oooh factor (which is limited on a 2 line green text display) but it's not useless. If it would display a message when recording that'd be great... sadly not.

I never really use the knob cos it's under the TV and I'm on the sofa 10ft away... but AFAIK it does adjust the volume as planned in my setup...

Fusion isn't pants, but the features aren't really worth the money over the plainer version of the case.

The cooling is EXCELLENT though, 2x120mm fan mounts along the top edge of the motherboard, I use a Scythe Mini-Ninja passively, and the fans can be on low speed in a cool running media PC. It's quiet, I can barely hear it's on unless I go in the living room at 3am and get nice n close...

[b0redom]

Hey Smargh,

The NSK-2480 case, could it take something like a scythe ninja, or is the case a bit tight on the CPU cooler front? What do you use?

[smargh]

Scythe Mini Ninja.