Help with small HTPC case
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:45 am
Dear TRs,
My son is growing (which is good) but that also means that he can reach higher up (which is good as well, but also bad for whatever fragile object he gets his hands on). So I want to move my HTPC/file server/Web server higher up because I got some critical stuff running on there and can't have him bother with that machine. In order to do that, I would really like to shrink the case from what is currently a big and airy Silverstone. But I haven't found the perfect replacement yet, so I thought I'd ask you folks for help.
What's important is that I need 1x2.5" (SSD) and 2x3.5" (redundant storage) bays, no more, no less (meaning no optical drive). The current board is microATX and the CPU an undervolted dual-core Sandy Bridge. I use a picoPSU for silence and efficiency. So I'm looking for the smallest case I can fit that hardware into and cool it silently (full system power at load is < 70W on the outlet). If anybody has an idea, it would be highly appreciated.
cheers!
My son is growing (which is good) but that also means that he can reach higher up (which is good as well, but also bad for whatever fragile object he gets his hands on). So I want to move my HTPC/file server/Web server higher up because I got some critical stuff running on there and can't have him bother with that machine. In order to do that, I would really like to shrink the case from what is currently a big and airy Silverstone. But I haven't found the perfect replacement yet, so I thought I'd ask you folks for help.
What's important is that I need 1x2.5" (SSD) and 2x3.5" (redundant storage) bays, no more, no less (meaning no optical drive). The current board is microATX and the CPU an undervolted dual-core Sandy Bridge. I use a picoPSU for silence and efficiency. So I'm looking for the smallest case I can fit that hardware into and cool it silently (full system power at load is < 70W on the outlet). If anybody has an idea, it would be highly appreciated.
cheers!