mark.carline
Prominent Member
I built myself a HTPC based on vista about 2-3 years ago and now I am looking to update it to Windows 7.
I have been really pleased with it as it was based on an Intel Mobile CPU T7200 CPU and an ASUS m/b as per:
Asus N4L-VM DH i945G, S478 Mobile, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667, SATA I / II, SATA RAID, uATX, VGA - Scan.co.uk
My main problem with this m/b is that it does still have a fan on the CPU and also it doesnt have HDMI (dont really want to put a graphics card in).
I am now looking at Windows 7 and I am very tempted to build a completely new HTPC from scratch and wondered if anyone could recommend a case / motherboard / cpu.
A few years ago when I looked into this I did manage find find some cases that had aluminum cooling on the sides and a totally fanless system which sounds good - Have they moved on since then ??
EDIT: I found that case manufacturer I looked at a few years ago - They are called mCubed and i nearly got one from quietpc.com but there seems to be *alot* more available now...
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/htpccases
I have been really pleased with it as it was based on an Intel Mobile CPU T7200 CPU and an ASUS m/b as per:
Asus N4L-VM DH i945G, S478 Mobile, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667, SATA I / II, SATA RAID, uATX, VGA - Scan.co.uk
My main problem with this m/b is that it does still have a fan on the CPU and also it doesnt have HDMI (dont really want to put a graphics card in).
I am now looking at Windows 7 and I am very tempted to build a completely new HTPC from scratch and wondered if anyone could recommend a case / motherboard / cpu.
A few years ago when I looked into this I did manage find find some cases that had aluminum cooling on the sides and a totally fanless system which sounds good - Have they moved on since then ??
EDIT: I found that case manufacturer I looked at a few years ago - They are called mCubed and i nearly got one from quietpc.com but there seems to be *alot* more available now...
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/htpccases
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