[mythtv-users] Silverstone Lascala 17 Case

[Steve Adeff]

On Wednesday 18 January 2006 19:43, Meatwad wrote:
> peter at judge.co.za wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm thinking of replacing my current FE with an HD-capable FE, and was
> > thinking of putting it all in Silverstone Lascala 17 case:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811163055 .
> >
> > Is anyone using one of these? And failing that, any other comments on
> > good, reasonably-priced cases?
>
> I really, really wanted to get that but decided to wait until
> mouse/touchscreen control lands into Myth. That sure seems like some
> overkill on the ventilation, though. 2x80 rear, 80 on the side, optional
> 2x80 or 92, AND the power supply fan?

I know on my 16 the power supply is designed to sit such that its fans never 
blow air into the case, just straight out the side. For the 16 the 2x80/92's 
in the front are so each can cool up to the 3 drives that can be mounted on 
each side, the rear and side 80's are for general case cooling. the nice 
thing is you can get low speed/noise fans so they're quiet and still push a 
good amount of air through the case to keep it cool, cause running 7 
harddrives an Athlon64 3200+, and a bunch of PVR/ATSC tuners can get warm....


> Cannot comment firsthand on the 17 but I'm extremely pleased with the 13
> I just built. Noise is not a problem at all. The ventilation is
> outstanding. The sides are perfed from the front to 1/2 way back which
> shows that they know these pieces are going into A/V environments.
>
> I chucked the 60mm fans that Joe mentioned and sealed up the grills. Not
> using the front fan, yet. PS is a Seasonic SS-330 with intelligent 120
> fan and does the job all by itself so far.
>
> AMD +3500 with Zalman CNPS7000AlCu
> Zalman passive "tower" HS for chipset
> 2 Seagate 300.7200.8 PATA
> 2 HD5000
> 1 PVR-350
> Partridge
> Pear Tree