I'm toying with the idea of building an HTPC, and I'd like it to be as compact as possible. The main objective is to replace an existing Blu-Ray player, so it has to be capable of streaming Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA to my AVR. Being an HTPC, it will also be able to integrate with the Music and Photo libraries held on our Windows Home Server system. So what I'm thinking about is this list of components:
Now, I'd like to fit all this into an Antec Minuet 350 case. But there's the rub, will it all fit together? I have a feeling that the BD drive is going to clash with the cooler, and possibly even the low profile Graphics card. Has anyone tried this? If it looks as though there will be problems, then I'll resort to plan B: using an Antec NSK 1480 case.
Thanks in advance.
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H |
CPU | AMD Athlon II X3 400e |
RAM | Kingston HyperX DDR3 - 2 GB |
CPU Cooler | Scythe Shuriken Rev.B SCSK-1100 |
Graphics card | Sapphire HD 5450 512 MB DDR3 |
Drives | WD Caviar Green WD5000AADS |
Blu-Ray Drive | LiteOn - Blu-Ray - BD-ROM |
Now, I'd like to fit all this into an Antec Minuet 350 case. But there's the rub, will it all fit together? I have a feeling that the BD drive is going to clash with the cooler, and possibly even the low profile Graphics card. Has anyone tried this? If it looks as though there will be problems, then I'll resort to plan B: using an Antec NSK 1480 case.
Thanks in advance.