[Case Gallery] Custom HTPC + XBMC

[Jetster]

To view this case mod, go here.



Specs:
Silverstone Granada GD05 Case
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Socket 1156 Micro ATX
Intel Core i3-550
Crucial Ballistix sport 4GB 2x2GB DDR3 1333
Gigabyte Nvidia Gforce 240GT 1Gb Video Card
Crucial M4 64G Solid State SATA III Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4 Green 2 TB Drive
Xigmatek Mono Fan Controller
SIIG Wireless touchpad keyboard
Rosewill Green Series 430W Power Supply


Mods:
Not much modding but Cable management, Fan controller and XBMC open source media center. Very quiet all you can here is the CPU fan. Bitstreaming audio, Dolby Digital, DTS with the Yamaha RX-V571 Receiver
UPGRADE: 6670, Crucial Ballistix 2x2 1600

 

[Jetster]

I made a video
Click here

 

[Gtafan]

Hey, Like your build I'm installing 2 80 mm fans above the motherboard in the back tonight and will take pics of final product.. what temperatures are you getting?

 

[brandonwh64]

Nice HTPC jester!

 

[Jetster]

Hey, Like your build I'm installing 2 80 mm fans above the motherboard in the back tonight and will take pics of final product.. what temperatures are you getting?

At first I plugged the three fans straight into a molex and it was like a wind storm in there. Ran prime95 for hours and it never got over 52c. Put in a fan controller and turned the three fans down where i couldn't hear them. Im guessing about 600rpm and still 53c. So heat is not an issue

I also changed the skin in XBMC now so it looks totally diff and bought a new remote and wireless keyboard. I need to do a new video

Logitech Harmony 650 (915-000159) Universal Remote ----> turns everything to the right input to watch video or tv. Amazing

IOGEAR GKM571R Black USB RF Wireless Mini Keyboard...

 

[hylander86]

good stuff!

just done a very similar build using that case and mobo, i used the pentium g6950 and managed a 4.2ghz from 2.8ghz oc (stable) but had to leave out the cd drive to fit the heat sink with an addition of a gtx560ti its a good lil gamer! like what you done sweet build!