Gone dedicatin'.

[Sheep]

That is the single awesomest computer case I've ever seen. It should be a must have for every Audioholic. Congrats on the new system.

It's cheap too, $134 dollars. It doesn't have the GREATEST cooling, but definitely usable for a gaming computer of moderate stature (like my new rig).

SheepStar

 

[Davemcc]

Have you got pics of the connections on the back?

 

[ThA tRiXtA]

Let me guess, that cap is from a Molson Canadian under the rack?

 

[mouettus]

Hey... I've been looking for an HTPC too. I was looking for the LC17 in black for the case. Silverstone owns the HTPC case designs!! It would've been very pretty alongside my RX-V1800...

...but then I realized that browsing on a computer in 1080p makes the text unreadable (too small) from an 8-9ft distance. I've actually tried it with my current computer and thought that spending 900$ for that result was quite useless right now. One thing that I would've loved though is recording tv with the pc but there is no options available with my cable company as far as I know (they're sending coded signal and only their boxes (which sucks REAL bad btw -- SA 4250HD) can read that signal).

Where did you buy your parts? Canadadirect?!

 

[Sheep]

Hey... I've been looking for an HTPC too. I was looking for the LC17 in black for the case. Silverstone owns the HTPC case designs!! It would've been very pretty alongside my RX-V1800...

...but then I realized that browsing on a computer in 1080p makes the text unreadable (too small) from an 8-9ft distance. I've actually tried it with my current computer and thought that spending 900$ for that result was quite useless right now. One thing that I would've loved though is recording tv with the pc but there is no options available with my cable company as far as I know (they're sending coded signal and only their boxes (which sucks REAL bad btw -- SA 4250HD) can read that signal).

Where did you buy your parts? Canadadirect?!

Control Z, scroll. You're text issues are a thing of the past.

I bought my parts from www.ncix.com

SheepStar

 

[Davemcc]

Control Z, scroll. You're text issues are a thing of the past.

I bought my parts from www.ncix.com

SheepStar

I just learned two new things today.

 

[Sheep]

Have you got pics of the connections on the back?

It isn't built yet (Tomorrow). But my graphics card has an HDMI dongle and can pass 7.1 audio. The Mobo has Optical and Coaxial digital outputs, but I'm going to buying an M-audio 0 latency sound card for monitoring purposes (mixing school projects at home). I'll need an M-box to go with it, which is why I wanted the front Firewire.

SheepStar

 

[Sheep]

Let me guess, that cap is from a Molson Canadian under the rack?

Ha, you're way off, Stella Artois. Back when I used to drink (don't clean under there very often).

SheepStar

 

[j_garcia]

Mmmmmm Stella. Stella and Urkel are the ones that frequent our fridge.

 

[strube]

Hey... I've been looking for an HTPC too. I was looking for the LC17 in black for the case. Silverstone owns the HTPC case designs!! It would've been very pretty alongside my RX-V1800...

...but then I realized that browsing on a computer in 1080p makes the text unreadable (too small) from an 8-9ft distance. I've actually tried it with my current computer and thought that spending 900$ for that result was quite useless right now. One thing that I would've loved though is recording tv with the pc but there is no options available with my cable company as far as I know (they're sending coded signal and only their boxes (which sucks REAL bad btw -- SA 4250HD) can read that signal).

Where did you buy your parts? Canadadirect?!

Say, that is the exact same case that my custom HTPC is in - crazyness .

 

[ThA tRiXtA]

I tried the bottled Stella, as I enjoy a nice Stella on draught at a pub or restaurant... it just didn't cut it for me for some reason.

The bottled version tasted completely different. I only bought it the once.

 

[mouettus]

Control Z, scroll. You're text issues are a thing of the past.

I bought my parts from www.ncix.com

SheepStar

1. No need to hold Z! I dont want to have to zoom everytime there is some text. There are other text and small icons that you cannot size that much up anyways.

2. Look at canadadirect.com ... I'm shure you could've saved a couple of bucks there -- like enough to make it worth...

 

[Sheep]

1. No need to hold Z! I dont want to have to zoom everytime there is some text. There are other text and small icons that you cannot size that much up anyways.

2. Look at canadadirect.com ... I'm shure you could've saved a couple of bucks there -- like enough to make it worth...

I've never run into a situation where a zoom didn't make everything work better. I only need it for text, I don't zoom everything.

You don't seem to understand, NCIX is the west cost Canadian Direct, but very reliable with 3 store fronts in my area. How much do you think I paid for this rig? $948 after tax. I can afford not to save more then I did. I posted the specs earlier in the thread. I'm actually using this rig right now! For some stupid reason, adblock isn't working. I'll have to keep going at that. Time for Video card drivers and then HL2 install.

SheepStar

 

[Sheep]

Instal pictures.

So I didn't really fill you in on how the install went.

First off, the case is really nice. It looks good in the rack, it has lots of features inside, but it doesn't have that much room. I had to install my HDD in the floppy rack, because there wasn't enough room in front of the graphics card (none in fact). Also, HTPC cases usually have the PSU away from the CPU, unlike most normal cases with the PSU right above the CPU. Because of this extra distance, the 4 pin motherboard connector didn't reach. It took some gentle pulling until we had enough extra wire to connect it. This wasn't the only wire that wasn't Ideal. Pretty much ever wire going to the DVD drive, the Mobo, 24 pin connector, fan control, all had to take the same path to get there, around the giant video card. This means, a giant log of wires, right around where the video card sucks in air. I'm hoping i don't have cooling problems. The new pSU will be a Silverstone Strider Fully Modular unit. They have much longer cables taht i can run in a better fashion.

I'm also thinking about CPU heatsinks. I'm not going to do this until I have the new PSU, but it's hard finding ones that fit in a HTPC case. There is a few, but it's not going to be easy.

Other then these problems, everything else is fine. We installed Windows Vista (32bit) which is going to take some getting used to. I wish it was 64 bit, cause I'm only getting 3.25/4 gigs of ram. I'll just pick up windows 7 when it comes out.

Anywho, here is some shots of the unit with all it's gizzards.

SheepStar

 

[jamie2112]

Sweet sheep looks great...

 

[Sheep]

Zombies in 1080P.

SheepStar

 

[Highbar]

That video card is huge. Can't wait to see updated pics when you get a new PSU with longer wires so you can clean that up some.

Brings back memories of building computers during college. Wish I had a use, or a place for a desk top/tower. I'd build one just to do it

Got any pics of it all closed up and looking pretty?

 

[mouettus]

Get a Scythe Ninja Mini... Good performance, low noise, small and cheap CPU heatsink

 

[Adam]

Zombies in 1080P.

I bet that Hunter was mad at Bill.

 

[Sheep]

Get a Scythe Ninja Mini... Good performance, low noise, small and cheap CPU heatsink

Thermalright makes a HTPC sink. I'll probably go with that, because I'm going to OC. Plus, Thermalright is balloure.

Case in rack.

This was before I built it, but it looks the exact same, but now there is a small blue light on.

SheepStar