- Dec 20, 2000
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My HTPC case is 9-10 years old (an old coolermaster atc-620)
Airflow has always been bad in the design and it's a bitch to work on.
I recently put a Blu-ray drive in. I had to take all my hard drives out to do it. :thumbsdown:
The drop down cover on the front wont close anymore and my little boy has been running into that edge sometimes if he's playing by the TV. So I need something new.
I'm looking for something under $100 hopefully but $125 max.
minimum needs:
Micro-ATX
2*3.5in HD plus 1*2.5in HD (or 3*3.5in HD)
1 optical drive.
120mm fans preferred.
I have a full size power supply without modular cables, so I need room for those. I use onboard video so no room for a video card needed.
the best choices I see are nMedia or silverstone.
Silverstone GD05
nMediapc 5000B
nMediapc 7000B
Lian Li might be a choice but their deisgns looked cramped.
I don't like that nmediapc has a spot for an LCD display on their cases I won't put one in. But their prices are great.
I'd really like a case that had a full lockable front cover that also covered the power button (kids like to push buttons at the wrong time)
something like the GD06 but with the power butto behind the door.
any ideas are appreciated!!!()
UPDATE:----------------------------------------------
I got the GD05
love it but...my powersupply cables were too short because the power supply of my old case was on the left. I had to get a new power supply, couple new SATA cables.
this thing is a lot more cramped than I thought!!
I got rid of the rubber airflow director thingy, it made it too hard to connect my second hard drive.
My CPU fan wouldn't fit but the good news is with 2*120mm fans blowing on the heatsink so far it hasn't overheated.
all in all I am very happy with it! and it looks great.
thanks everyone.
Airflow has always been bad in the design and it's a bitch to work on.
I recently put a Blu-ray drive in. I had to take all my hard drives out to do it. :thumbsdown:
The drop down cover on the front wont close anymore and my little boy has been running into that edge sometimes if he's playing by the TV. So I need something new.
I'm looking for something under $100 hopefully but $125 max.
minimum needs:
Micro-ATX
2*3.5in HD plus 1*2.5in HD (or 3*3.5in HD)
1 optical drive.
120mm fans preferred.
I have a full size power supply without modular cables, so I need room for those. I use onboard video so no room for a video card needed.
the best choices I see are nMedia or silverstone.
Silverstone GD05
nMediapc 5000B
nMediapc 7000B
Lian Li might be a choice but their deisgns looked cramped.
I don't like that nmediapc has a spot for an LCD display on their cases I won't put one in. But their prices are great.
I'd really like a case that had a full lockable front cover that also covered the power button (kids like to push buttons at the wrong time)
something like the GD06 but with the power butto behind the door.
any ideas are appreciated!!!()
UPDATE:----------------------------------------------
I got the GD05
love it but...my powersupply cables were too short because the power supply of my old case was on the left. I had to get a new power supply, couple new SATA cables.
this thing is a lot more cramped than I thought!!
I got rid of the rubber airflow director thingy, it made it too hard to connect my second hard drive.
My CPU fan wouldn't fit but the good news is with 2*120mm fans blowing on the heatsink so far it hasn't overheated.
all in all I am very happy with it! and it looks great.
thanks everyone.
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