Small HTPC

[aussiestilgar]

I'm thinking about building a small HTPC that can game. I wanna use at least 3 PCI slots for graphics, TV tuner and WiFi, so that rules out a Mini-ITX system. Shuttle seem to be overpriced and not very modifiable so it seems I'm stuck with Micro-ATX. I looked at some cases and a lot of them are 17" deep which is too big for my TV stand, but I found a few smaller 13-14" ones on Newegg:
inwin (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108065)
hec (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121068)
hec (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121027)

However these cases use a TFX power supply. Decent Seasonic (http://www.seasonic.com/pdf/datasheet/01PC/SS-300TFX_APFC.pdf) or FSP (http://www.fsp-group.com/english/1_product/2_detail.asp?mainid=1&fid=125&proid=608) 300W TFX power supplies are available, but I'm not sure how good they'd be with powering graphics, HDD, ODD, TV tuner, WiFi... In theory it should be ok if I stick to mid-range graphics.

Has anyone tried something like this before with any success?

[Andrew1990]

Well I was making somewhat of a small HTPC out of the rig in my sig and I decided to go with a Microfly case. They are 12" deep so it is not as deep as some cases.

[BassBomb]

Depends on what you want to do
ITX and gaming? Good luck unless your board can support 2GB ram, pci-e full rise, lga775 (core2) cpu
ITX and BluRay/1080P HD? Good luck unless your board can support pci-e full rise, dual core cpu

[aussiestilgar]

Here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153114) is a great board for a mini-ITX HD/TV tuner box. But like I said I'm going the Micro ATX route.