Unofficial mini-ITX case thread - Page 15

I like it. Personally not crazy about slot loading drives.

I like it a lot actually.

Looks decent, but would have been more appealing to people (I think) if it at least has one expansion slot for a tuner.

You have a link to this?

I like it a lot as well. I still like having a drive available since I'm not going to always rip everything. A black version would be nice as well.

I like that case makers are starting to add a spot for you to add IR receivers.

There's a new nmedia case that has a space for the IR receiver too.

Any news on new z77 ivy bridge boards?

How much did that unit go for?

FYI I just built 2 systems based on the Shuttle XH61. i3-2120T, Crucial M4 SSD and Optiarc slot load DVD.

Great little case. Hard to beat price wise, considering the cost of ITX boards and PSUs.

Unlike other Shuttle cases I have tried this one is SILENT. Only con is the lack of a built in IR receiver.

Highly recommended.

I pre-ordered a Lian Li PC-Q05B for $67 shipped about a month or so ago before provantage bumped the price to the real retail price of about $100. It's for the Intel DH61AG motherboard (thin itx). My goal is to see if I can fit a Ceton InfiniTV 4 into it. My PCIe riser card just arrived so I installed the Intel cooling solution to my DH61AG to see how it would all look, and if it's possible to fit into the PC-Q05 if I mod the case to accept a PCIe card.

Here's what it looks like without the case. I'm hoping the PC-Q05 is tall enough so the PCIe riser card fits inside. If that happens then put the tuner into it should be doable





Here's links to the case. It has some photos of it there. http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product...ndex=64&g=spec

If I angle the fan up slightly it will cool the tuner as well. And if not, at least there is airflow running underneath it. w/ he fan angled up, the tuners temp is a little less the 45°. it was about 61° using a PCIe ribbon cable w/ the tuner outside my previous case w/o any cooling

Here's a photo of the case setup as a demo. As you can see the support beam of the case is above the CPU heatsink, which gives hope that there is some room for the tuner like it is in my pics.

If the riser doesn't fit, then I'll try a PCIe ribbon cable extension I guess. If I'm forced to use the ribbon cable, I might try to mount the rear half of the card to the heatsink (which stays nice and cool).



edit: tuner temps stabilized at 41.8°C after playing for the last hour or so.

When I ordered the black one like the first day it popped up it was $59 too. A few days later it went up to $93. So if the silver is $53 they might bump it up when they notice or someone orders one.

I ordered mine a long time ago, and the case hasn't been released yet. I had to change my creditcard info with them because of fraud that happened while waiting. They didn't say anything about the price I got it for, so who knows if it's an error or just a one time listing for the 1st order.

I'll be sure to post pictures of my little project if the case ever ships lol

These are "ultra-slim" desktop HPs that we've been deploying at work for a while.

They are business systems (Expensive, etc.), but I like the internal design and the fact that they have four USB ports on the front. Powered by an external brick. Techs at work claim Dell makes similar size , but with an internal power supply.

6.6 cm (2.6") high: I assume they will take a half-height PCIe-tuner:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/th/en...865.html?dnr=1

Politby, doesn't that shuttle come with it's own fan for the CPU? Best price I've found it for is $179 - you?

Thanks for the feedback on it, it looks like a winner!

Yes, comes with its own CPU cooler. Very similar to Intel stock HSF only with screw mounts not push pins.

More like ~$200 here in Sweden but still good compared to total cost of mobo, PSU, cooler and case for a separate parts build.

Only 3 cons:

- no expansion slot so no place for e.g. a tuner
- no place for internal IR receiver
- very bright power LED

Best barebone Shuttle ever made IMO.

By silent do you mean there is no fan and everything is cooled in a passive way? I have an Atom based Shuttle with hdmi which is passively cooled. Great little unit which is completely silent. It has a USB port in front and 4 in the back. Takes a 2.5" drive and even an optical if you want that. With an SSD and win7 it makes for an excellent XBMC unit. The only downside is you have to add an external receiver for an ir remote.

Philip

I had this MB with a i5-2400S working in a Morex T-3388 case and a Dynatron T459 fan. I also bought the intel HTS1155LP fan assembly but decided to get a passively cooled HDPlex H3 case. The MB didn't boot after I assemble it so I am waiting on a new MB at the moment.
http://www.hd-plex.com/h3-series/

Its a special model made for a retailer here in Silicon Valley called Mitxpc. It is pretty thin and rated for 65W TDP and runs at about 1500rpm at 50deg CPU temperature and PWM. You can see it running in the attached picture. That's an i3-540 on a Zotac H55ITX MB.

I am using a Dynatron T666 with another 65W i5-2500S CPU. The case is a Lian Li PC-Q07. Because the MB is placed vertically in the case, the T666 is oriented to blow upward. This helped to avoid competing for air with the PS fan. This T666 is a lower rpm, lower airflow but quieter version of the T650.
http://www.dynatron-corp.com/en/prod...81&id=195&in=0

Some times I would place a piece of cardboard to partition airflow inside the case.

No, the XH61 uses a fan on the CPU cooler. Guess I should have said "near silent" as I meant silent compared to the other Shuttles with their whining PSU fans

This is a view inside the Lian Li PC-Q07 case. The Dynatron T666 (silver rectangle) is oriented to blow upward.

The PC-Q07 allows the PSU to be mounted two ways. This power supply is a Mad Dog (out of business) MD-400SCPS with modular cabling to reduce internal clutter with unused cables. This PSU also has selectable fan modes, high, temperature sensing and low. You can see the PSU housing end to the left before sliding in place. I did mount the PSU with fan facing inside instead of facing outside. The PSU in this case can be mounted the other way too. I am tempted to replace this PSU with a higher efficiency unit but most lower power PSU today don't have modular cabling. It seems consumer only pay higher price for modular designs when they get more power. But our HTPS wants lower power to be more efficient.

A 2.5in HDD can be seen mounted at the bottom. This is a WD 7200rpm 250GB single platter HDD which means it is as fast as a 500GB two platter drive with same areal density. All content is stored elsewhere on the network so this drive is just used to run the HTPC. The box at top is a Liteon Blu-Ray drive.

This setup works for most vertical Lian Li ITX case designs using full size ATX PSU.

I also been eyeing a 80+ Bronze SFX PSU. But I can't find a modular cable version. So my MD is tight but I only have the cables I need in the box.