[mythtv-users] Cool ATX cases

[A. Barr]

I bought the Overture case a few monthes ago.  My setup is an AMD 2500,
Asus A7N8x motherboard, 512MB, Chaintech 64MB AGP 
GeForce 4 MX 440 w/S-Video out, Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 (w/the grey 
remote).  

Drawbacks, It does seem to run a little hot.  The PSU and case fan are
noisier then I expected (although this was my first attempt at creating
a quiet PC).  Last the Zalman CNPS 7000a-alcu CPU fan would not fit in
the case because the CPU socket was too close to the hard drive mouting
location.  I ended up with a ThermalRight SLK-800A and panaflo fan.

If I was going to build another system, I would get a micro-atx
motherboard and the CoolMaster ATC 620 case with a quieter PSU.

On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 00:15, Shane Hetzel wrote:
> The Antec Sonata is pretty sexy for a tower, as mentioned earlier. However,
> Antec just started shipping the Overture a couple weeks ago, which is a
> desktop, 17" wide, fits a full size ATX motherboard and full-height PCI
> cards.
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-129-142
> 
> Pretty sweet-looking. Apparently it also has rubber moutings for the hard
> drive (to reduce vibration transfer to the case) and comes with an
> ultra-quiet 380W power supply.
> 
> 
> The drawbacks? I guess it almost 20" deep, so make sure you have a shelf
> that goes back that far. Also, I'm not sure how good the airflow is in
> there, so I wouldn't overclock if I were you. Shipping at newegg isn't free
> on this item, making the total price a bit high ($118), but not too bad
> considering the power supply. I'd look around for better pricing, though.
> You never know until you look. Read some reviews too and make sure you can
> live with it.
> 
> 
> Although I've got a Chaintech 7NIF2 uATX as well, I'll be ordering one of
> these next week for my new system (and get it out of it's crap case). So
> please don't all go out and run every vendor out of stock. Leave at least
> one for me.
> 
> 
> -Shane
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jack williamson" <jackwilliamson at hotmail.com>
> To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 5:32 PM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Cool ATX cases
> 
> 
> > I have an ATX motherboard, which I am going to use to build a Myth Box.
> (By
> > the way) thanks for all of the help on the hardware questions.
> >
> > I want a cool case to put it in.....By cool, I mean something that will
> fit
> > nicely with my stereo system.  i.e. Horizontal, Black, and a clean face.
> >
> > Any idea where I can find them?  I kept trying to do a google search but I
> > couldn't come up with anything but towers.  Do they even make cases like
> > this for anything other than the mini-itx boards?
> >
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