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CrimandEvil said:You should know that many have been having problems with heat and highend hardware with the Antec cases. That Coolermaster case is a great one but it is MicroATX. I actually don't like alot of the cases out there so I'm drawning up plans for my own.
He may already have a full atx mobo. I know it goes against-the-grain with the HTPC community but i prefer desktop full-atx cases myself. More roomy for extra HD's and good for those spare mobo's always lying around...forcemac101 said:Honestly you don't need much more than mATX for home theater. What on earth do you need more than 3 slots for?
Maybe if you were making a media server, but then again I wouldn't be putting that in my AV rack....it would go in a closet or utlitility room.
PruBowl300 said:I am really satisfied with the Antec Aria. It is more of a cube design, but it blends in nicely. The other Antec HTPC cases are also nice. The Overture and the Minuet are both really nice.
forcemac101 said:Honestly you don't need much more than mATX for home theater. What on earth do you need more than 3 slots for?
Maybe if you were making a media server, but then again I wouldn't be putting that in my AV rack....it would go in a closet or utlitility room.
CrimandEvil said:Okay: Two 250MCE tuners, One VPU, One Envy24 based Sound card, One A/V Capture card (for some console gaming), And maybe One Wireless G card..maybe. That comes to five slots, four PCI and one AGP. I don't see anything there out of the ordinary or anything for a media server either. Now if I just had it sitting somewhere recording things for later playback then I guess you'd have a point about it but I would like to use mine for something more then that. Almost forgot the heat thing too, going with a full ATX board means that I could space out the parts so that they aren't cramp and have some breathing room.
That Cooler Master case listed in the second post ... can it accept a full size card in the AGP slot? I would like to put a 9800pro in there ... will it fit?
Add HDTV tuner, video scaler (Holo3D), maybe a 6+ port Serial ATA controller card, etc.CrimandEvil said:Okay: Two 250MCE tuners, One VPU, One Envy24 based Sound card, One A/V Capture card (for some console gaming), And maybe One Wireless G card..maybe. That comes to five slots, four PCI and one AGP.
Now thats [H]ard!xonik said:Add HDTV tuner, video scaler (Holo3D), maybe a 6+ port Serial ATA controller card, etc.
have any more pics of it? front inside etc?isugoat said:this is the case i used:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=11-145-009&DEPA=1
not aluminum, but still decent looking...and it matches my ht setup perfectly.