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Hi all, This is my 1st post on the forum I am after some advice really on what kind of CPU I need for a project, however this computer build is not straight forward... I am building a portable pc capable of LAN parties for my Uni days, and so am using a 50cal ammo box for a case...

Hi all, as the title may suggest I am planning to turn my Tivo UK box into a HTPC, the Tivo already has a hard drive in there for storing recorded TV and a HD capable tuner card, so that just leaves the "guts" of the machine I am planning to take out the mainboard and drop a intel board...

ok, I think I have it, I have 1 80mm turbine from coolmaster bringing in 35cfm at 800rpm offset with only 14db of noise... and my exhaust is a blower pumping out 35cfm at 2,000rpm for 25db not sure if this will be good enough, and looking at the numbers might be better off just getting 2...

this is true, and the case is steel, not exactly the best heat sink material available... maybe 1 turbo fan and an 80 mm fan.. is it better to have a + or - air pressure in the case?

nice idea, i didn't think of that, the entire case is of metal construction, if I run heat pipes from the CPU to the case shell the outside air would cool the case and the cooling system would be entirely internal and silent. does anyone know what the best layout or how many heat pipes I would...

I don't mind a little noise but then I don't want it to sound like a scramjet trying to take off either, my biggest worry is, because the machine will be portable, the fans becoming out of sink during the movement of machine from place to place, I was thinking of putting a heat sink on the...

I was looking around at small case cooling solutions and found these, would a couple of these do the job with a single 80mm intake fan? http://www.dabs.com/products/akasa-exhaust-system-blower----------303C.html?src=3

@king icewind, it going to be running windows 8 pro 64 bit (20Gb), ms office google chrome and 1 maybe 2 games, most of the games I play are browser based so no storage required

ok here are the new images, I hope they help... inside look at case: look from the outside:

my hardware is as follows... intel i5 4570 (3.2ghz) Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI corsair 4gb vengence ddr3 RAM at 1600mhz SanDisk 64GB sata 3 SSD Liteon slim slot dvd drive Removing the rubber is a good idea, however I was planning to put an aluminium panel over the top of the case so it was enclosed...

ok, here is the inside of the case, the big object at the back is the mobo, the object on the left is a 64GB SSD and on the right is a slim, slot style dvd drive, the whole thing is being powerd by a picopsu and so no need for a massive unit... the big rectangle in the foreground is a perspex...

I would, however I can not for the life of me find the options to add images to my posts, I read the FaQ and still the option does not appear at the bottom of the reply page, does anyone know how I rectify this? figured it out all on my own, I do not have access to put attachments in my posts...

Hi all, I have been looking at building a PC inside an old army ammo case, the dimensions of which are; 11" long x 5.5" wide x 7" high I have managed to build a virtual 3D model using sketchup 8 and all the components fit into the case, now however my attention turns to cooling the case...

The psu is dc to dc so the psu should... take care of the 12V 120V conversion, and the 15" LCD has been scrapped, I am looing now at running a lenovo portable monitor, it draws its power from USB, meaning only 3.7v though I take the point about the sun and clouds... my PSU will however allow...

Hi all, I have just finished the maths and finding relevant components to build a PC with HD gaming capacity that can be solar powerd... and it all fits into a briefcase... the PC I will be running is via tomshardware.co.uk kicking out only 25W needed when under full load I have found...