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The case uses an external brick and is fanless. The CPU does although it's beyond quiet when you adjust its settings via the BIOS.Does it have a fan?
Case does have space for two 2.5" drives. You mount the drives behind the motherboard plate (both side panels are removable). Warning, it can get pretty hot. Used this case for a Zacate E-350 build and my Seagate 500GB 5400RPM was regularly in the 50-60° C range (SoCal weather).EDIT: The details say it has no internal bays, but the comments say there are two 2.5" bays.
Thanks. I took that side off as well and never even noticed as I wasn't looking to use a drive.Case does have space for two 2.5" drives. You mount the drives behind the motherboard plate (both side panels are removable).
Did you update the BIOS? It fixed WoL (Wake-on-LAN) and who knows what else. I didn't have a issue slowing the fan and mine is virtually silent. I can't hear it from a few inches.The fan is a little loud. I can't get it to slow down via BIOS, either. I put it down to 12.5% and 40C, and it just won't slow down.
Technically, the Pi already has RAM built in and storage cost would have been the same/similar either way. The RTC is also optional (I don't bother).I was going to get a Pi2, but by the time you add a clock, case, memory, etc., you are at as much or more than this little box.
I just swapped the CPU to the AMD 5350. I returned the barebone kit one for a whopping $20 upgrade. Makes a world of difference across the board especially using the 30 second skip with DVBLink.I decided to try OpenELEC booting off the hard drive (spinner). Glad I did. It boots just as fast as it would have off USB. This is a great little box.
True but it changed its personality. I was getting frustrated waiting on the 30-second skip. Now it advances instantly. Plus if I ever punt it can now be real computer.If you think about it, $20 is a 25% (or more than that including the rebate) increase in price.![]()