[mythtv-users] call for people with experience with Silverstone HTPC cases

Kevin Hulse jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Dec 3 16:37:20 UTC 2004


> I have a Silverstone LC04 or LC03 I don't remember, and I had to cut in
> some places and drill some holes in order to fit everything, and I am
> having thermal problems. It looks pretty nice though.
> So I am not sure if the case you are talking about is similar to this
> one, but be carefull.

Is this a common sort of problem?

I would imagine a case of this sort would be meant specifically
to avoid that sort of thing, especially since they tend to be
a bit pricey. I am planning on building a system early next year
with a specialty case (HTPC) and if there are ones to avoid I
would certainly be interested in such information.

>
> Juan
>
> Evan Burrows wrote:
>
>>I am looking into getting a case for christmas and came across the
>>SilverStone Lascala SST-LC03-B at pcalchemy and am pretty interested.
>>I really don't have any need for an lcd and I prefereably want
>>something that covers the dvd drive since it is so ugly.  So this
>>looks like it might fit the bill.  Do any of you guys have experience
>>with this case or ones similar to it?  Currently I have a 2-3 year old
>>sony vaio P4 1.8 that I am running mythtv on since it was a spare box.
>> But the only way that i can fit this case is to lay it on its side
>>and put it underneath my tv.  Unfortunately though when it is on its
>>side the weight won't allow the dvd drive to open (which is why i
>>started looking at htpc cases).
>>
>>So whatever case i buy I would like to just dismantle my vaio and drop

Hmmmm.... putting a "brand name" PC into a generic case?

This sounds like something bound to be problematic. The "branded"
PC vendors always seem to be pulling some shenanigans that make
cross compatibility problematic.

>>the pieces into the new case.  I preferably not have to go out and by
>>a new mobo or anything like that since I already have a working myth
>>box with the parts that I have.  So size isn't all that big of an
>>issue, just something around the size of my current setup or smaller.
>>
>>So my only real requirements are that the case accept all my old
>>parts, have decent ventilation, and have front I/O so i can plug in my
>>usb gamepads.
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