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Yeah, trying to control an HTPC with just a controller/remote is a nightmare. I spent a lot of time to get XBMC set up as my UI on windows, but it required lots of joy2key and autoit scripts to incorporate things like netflix and older PC games. It'd be great to have an official netflix/HBO...

One of the features of SteamOS is going to be streaming gameplay from another machine. So say I have steam running on my desktop, but I want to play in the living room on the TV. Instead of physically connecting the desktop to the TV, which may not always be practical, I can use something small...

Awesome, been wanting to test this out. I'm really hoping netflix makes a controller/remote friendly app so it can take over as my HTPC OS.

I'd go ahead and answer the questions in the sticky at the top of the forum. Depending on your budget and your needs, you could go much smaller than any ATX case will get you.

This. 10 games for $4.82. 100% This.

Not to mention benchmark numbers are much more scarce. I'd love to see more comparative benchmarks for entry to mid level hardware.

The most accurate audio in Dolphin is had using DSP LLE. More info here. Anyone using these emulators who also uses XBMC should check out XBMC's advanced launcher addon, it's pretty awesome.

Yeah, I was wondering because I didnt know if you had looked into cooler clearance with a 2.5" drive installed in this case. I was looking to go msata to avoid the problem.

I was thinking of doing something similar. Are you going msata for storage?

You could just install gigabytes App Center program as well as their bios app. It can automatically pull the f7 BIOS from their servers and do the update from within windows.

I forgot to mention the BIOS thing. I was having all sorts of random BSODs until I updated to the F7 BIOS. That seems to have remedied things.

I recently got a UD4H and a 4770k. Using a 212 Evo to cool it right now until my Noctua NH-D14 gets here. I'm out of town for the week so I can't look at my exact specs, but I think I was stable @ 4.4/1.25 on mine. Trying to up the clock speed any was a no go without more voltage, but at 1.25v...

If anyone wants to sell their LotR key send me a PM. I gave mine to a friend, and I wouldn't mind adding it to my own backlog.

This thread makes me want to play through the original again. Cretan Archers ftw

Mortal Kombat - Arcade Kollection, Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition, Batman - Arkham City GOTY and The Lord of the Rings: War in the North for $21.99 on Amazon digital download. Comes in the form of individual steam keys. Ends 8/14/2013 11:59PM PDT Link.

Im interested in the RAM and cpu cooler, sent you a PM

There was still one model available with the discount, I just ordered one myself. Thanks, OP!

This is a great case for a home NAS. I paid full price for one about a year ago when I needed more space for my unRAID box and I've been very happy with it.

I actually ordered a Seasonic X650 when I got the bundle deal. Thanks for the tip though.

In for one, thanks OP!

Awesome! I also see you're up to 50% funded on Indiegogo! Great to see things are progressing, I can't wait to see this in the A/V rack!

Its not a big concern for me, and a single port would also be fine.

Always good advice, lol

Quick question: how feasible would it be to have the GPU area partitioned from the rest of the case? I'm imagining the PCIE riser protruding through an aluminum panel, with a grommet for the power connector to go through. I honestly don't even know if this would be beneficial for temps, just...

Great pictures, DB! What CPU are you using, and what kind of temps are you getting? I'm hopeful that mild overclocking will be possible on air in the M3A2 with the right setup.

Yeah I'd tend to agree. Better safe than sorry.

I've been looking into the power on/off with remote things some more. This IR receiver from HDPlex uses an internal USB header for the IR commands and has a connector that you can plug into the power switch header on your motherboard to power/on off the PC. You also need to connect a single wire...

This could work for that sort of functionality.

Looks like it would need to be behind a non-metallic surface to function. Wiring shouldn't be too hard, looks like you'd just need a +5v, ground, and then a signal wire to the motherboards power switch header. It might be easy to accidentally power on/off the PC with this though.

Here's a great thread on this topic - How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a remote - XBMC forums If you have an Intel or ASRock motherboard with a CIR header, it's as simple as buying an IR receiver that uses said header and plugging it in. Inteset makes these, link for ASrock version here...

I'm probably gonna test one of these as well as a scythe kozuti, though those are becoming hard to find. I like the kozuti because with a case fan you end up with the fins between the case fan and the cooler fan.

You could also use a potentiometer in place of a resistor, would give you an adjustable dimmer.

The power button on the front doesn't bother me. I'll probably opt for the USB ports as well. The only thing that would concern me with the front panel would be the LED, but I can always unplug that or add a resistor if its too bright.

A relatively dim LED would be nice. Bright LEDs can be distracting in an HTPC setup.

True enough. Thought I did say almost :D All that said.. I'll probably still stick to air cooling. It'd be nice to be able to fit water cooling in so you could overclock, but the form factor of this case is a good enough selling point to me without it.

I tend to agree with this. Maybe an alternative model with an extra ~20mm of height? As is, you can almost fit an H90 in this thing. It wouldn't take a whole lot of extra height to fit in a slim 240mm/280mm radiator. I believe this would also allow you to mount a 3.5" HD on it's side.

Using the numbers posted earlier in this thread, and with a typical 25mm thick fan, you'd be left with ~43mm. A slim fan (12-15mm) would leave you with ~53-56mm.

Looks very nice, thanks!

How much clearance is there between the top panel and the back of the GPU? You'd have to mount the fans externally, but those pics make a 240mm radiator look awful tempting lol.

A side note about XBMC - a few of their developers are currently working on adding libretro support to the main XBMC branch. Soon you should be able to browse your rom collection and run emulators within XBMC. More info here.