Shhhhh, Media Centre.
So my media centre is now in place in the lounge, and is looking rather fabulous, even while in black. Why the manufacturers insist on changing colours from silver to black every no and then I don't know.
As you can see the Silverstone LC16M is quite big, slightly taller than my AV receiver and a lot deeper. What doesn't work so well is the amount of noise the whole thing makes. The fan noise that was quite acceptable in its tower case upstairs in the back room, just wont do in the lounge. I have had to order a pair of copper coolers a Zalman CNPS7500-CU to replace the stock AMD 64 3200 stock cooler and a Zalman VF700-CU to replace the XFX Geforce 6800 GT fan and heat sink.
After a lot of poking about in side the case I'm 98% certain the heat sinks aren't going to clash with anything.
So far the only down side from moving away from XBMC is that you have to wait for the PC to boot, but that's not very long. The interface running at 720p is stunning, compared to XBMC. Just hope the new coolers shut the box up.
As you can see the Silverstone LC16M is quite big, slightly taller than my AV receiver and a lot deeper. What doesn't work so well is the amount of noise the whole thing makes. The fan noise that was quite acceptable in its tower case upstairs in the back room, just wont do in the lounge. I have had to order a pair of copper coolers a Zalman CNPS7500-CU to replace the stock AMD 64 3200 stock cooler and a Zalman VF700-CU to replace the XFX Geforce 6800 GT fan and heat sink.
After a lot of poking about in side the case I'm 98% certain the heat sinks aren't going to clash with anything.
So far the only down side from moving away from XBMC is that you have to wait for the PC to boot, but that's not very long. The interface running at 720p is stunning, compared to XBMC. Just hope the new coolers shut the box up.
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