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Hi Guys, to cut a LONG story short, I have a HTPC which I built six months ago with the help of the forums and Theydon's site (and advice, thanks)...
I built my system inside a Silverstone LC02 which has been perfect, but now I am wanting to add a few extra HDD's and this case doesn't allow for that and the PSU is tame (100watt I think)
Because of my 1 year old daughter, everything has to be locked away, so my case sits inside a small cupboard (LIKE THIS, but mine has a drawer underneath)
Now I have been looking for cases and then though....."Why bother, it'll only be locked away", so now I am thinking of taking the componants OUT of the PC Case and simply using the cupboard as a case in iteself. I could fit a flush piece of wood across the front opening so when the door is opened you are presented with a wooden "wall" with only the front of my HD/Blu optical drive showing and inside all the gubbins.....
I use a IR receiver which sits on top of the unit so that's not a problem, and I would have all the space I need for extra drives and cooling and would allow a much beefier PSU.
The only problem being that noise could be an issue as the unit itself sits on a wooden floor, I can already get some vibration going though the bottom of the unit when the fan is going hell for leather, so some damping would be needed between the individual parts.....
Has anyone tried this or have any advice, guidance, or simply want to slap me round the side of the head like my wife does at the moment.......LOL
Cheers Guys,
Rich
I built my system inside a Silverstone LC02 which has been perfect, but now I am wanting to add a few extra HDD's and this case doesn't allow for that and the PSU is tame (100watt I think)
Because of my 1 year old daughter, everything has to be locked away, so my case sits inside a small cupboard (LIKE THIS, but mine has a drawer underneath)
Now I have been looking for cases and then though....."Why bother, it'll only be locked away", so now I am thinking of taking the componants OUT of the PC Case and simply using the cupboard as a case in iteself. I could fit a flush piece of wood across the front opening so when the door is opened you are presented with a wooden "wall" with only the front of my HD/Blu optical drive showing and inside all the gubbins.....
I use a IR receiver which sits on top of the unit so that's not a problem, and I would have all the space I need for extra drives and cooling and would allow a much beefier PSU.
The only problem being that noise could be an issue as the unit itself sits on a wooden floor, I can already get some vibration going though the bottom of the unit when the fan is going hell for leather, so some damping would be needed between the individual parts.....
Has anyone tried this or have any advice, guidance, or simply want to slap me round the side of the head like my wife does at the moment.......LOL
Cheers Guys,
Rich