nmediapc HTPC cases

[mls]

Originally Posted by stanger89

The problem I have with mini power supplies is they limit you terribly, ie you can't get them passive or with 120mm fans.

Well, I know you're shooting for a low noise factor, but the noise isn't what bothers me. Besides, most mini ATX power supplies have the fan on the inside, so the sound is less by the time it pass thru to the outside.

What does bother me is the small size, both physically and wattage wise. Somehow I just can't believe that dinky thing would hold up with a P4 CPU, at least a half gig of RAM, and a half way decent AGP vid card. Think it would go poof real quick.

Otherwise though, for my use here, that nMediaPC case would be just about perfect. Could move everything I'm using for SageTV right now out of this machine and get it put into one dedicated machine on the shelf under my TV (which would reduce a bunch of other cable clutter here also and get it hidden out of the way).

Might buy one just for the fun of something to tinker with. Haven't decided yet though.

[mdmint]

Originally Posted by mls

What does bother me is the small size, both physically and wattage wise. Somehow I just can't believe that dinky thing would hold up with a P4 CPU, at least a half gig of RAM, and a half way decent AGP vid card. Think it would go poof real quick.

The external size of a PS has little to do with it's possible capacity. The electronics themselves aren't that big. If you've ever worked on 1U Servers you'll see wee little power supplies with plenty of umph. My Sage Server has TWO 400w hotswap power supplies in a single ATX power supply size enclosure. OTH finding micro ATX power supplies marketed with decent wattage could be another matter, mainly I'd suspect because they don't figure people are looking for higher wattage in such a small case. I did alittle Googling and did find a number of 300w micros which would be fine for the vast majority of needs.

[TopJo]

I bought the nmedia case bare-bones.

I have been very happy with this case.
I have a msi nforce 2 mobo with an amd sempron 2300+
The case is pretty quiet, if the room is dead silent then you will hear the sound of the fans. I have two 150s and a 200gb hard drive. The cpu never goes over 35c and the case never over 40c, usually much lower.