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Thermaltake Tenor HTPC case for $89.99 shipped at Amazon.com

How does the 5.25" access work? It looks like there is only one externally accessible drivebay, and they specifically recommend not to use that one. Huh?
 
Go to the TT website. The entire right side opens up and there are total of three 5.25 bays including the bottom one.

Perconally I think the Ahanix cases are nicer, but you can't go wrong for the price.
 
It uses full height cards. You can use any VFD media kit that fits a 5.25" bay. Also, Sony and Lite On optical drivers are significantly shorter than your standard ones, so if you really wanted to use the bottom bay for an optical, those would be the ones to try.
 
There is one tiny jpg on the TT site showing the right panel dropping down. This case looks great on the front fascia, but if you need to access the optical drives, that looks pretty clunky to me (unless you are using that non-recommended bottom slot).

I take it that this is being recommended more for TIVO / PVR use? I need a HTPC that is being used for access to all my discs, especially for scaling DVD's to my DLP projector's native resolution, and also for many DVD's full of archived lossless audio. Saving $10 or $20 isn't that important -- does someone have a different recommendation?

This is a nice find, by the way. To save even more money, this one at Newegg at $56 delivered seems very functional.
 
I actually went and look at the Thermaltake Tenor before buying it. The panel covering the 5.25" bays just pulls down on some pretty solid gears. The little door is really intended for VFD use. For me personally, I very rarely use the optical drive on my HTPC as I usually access my movie and music library from "backups" that are stored on hard drive, and this case hides the "ugliness" usually associated with PCs (makes the wife happy).

That $56 case is a good choice if you don't need a lot of internal bays.

My main HTPC case is an Antec Overture, which comfortably fits 3 hard drives and then has 2x3.5" and 2x5.25" bay drives left over. I've looked at the Overture II, and while the top ventialation venting is better, you lose one 3.5" internal bay to the placement of the blower-style fans. An Ahanix D.Vine4 also fits a good number od drives, and if money is now object, the Uneed x815e is the way to go.

Take a look at the HTPC cases at www.coolerguys.com for some other good ideas.
 
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