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fanless i7 HTPC build
using a heatpipe-based chassis and a low power (45w) i7 haswell cpu.
it has the usual 8-threads (4 real cores), has a pretty good onboard video 'chip' and can play any HD video that I can throw at it.
using the max memory I can install (16gb low profile ram sticks) and a nice m-sata ssd, which dual boots win7 and linux.
psu is a pico-psu that sits right in the atx power header. power to that is via a 19v DC laptop style brick.
there was a wifi pci-e card installed but I'm not using it and removed it. it was an intel ac-rated card and was getting over 800Mbps, which wasn't too bad at all. the onboard wired enet is intel gig-e, which is the preferred NIC chip.
due to the location of the cpu socket (closer to the heatsink) I had to swap out the 'long heatpipes' for the short pipes. those were an expenive ($40, iirc) option but now that I have both, I can 'fit' more motherboards if I want to reuse this chassis next build. and I will, since the chassis is $200 !
photo of the outside: www.flickr.com/photos/linux-works/16558363296/in/photostream
fanless i7 HTPC build
using a heatpipe-based chassis and a low power (45w) i7 haswell cpu.
it has the usual 8-threads (4 real cores), has a pretty good onboard video 'chip' and can play any HD video that I can throw at it.
using the max memory I can install (16gb low profile ram sticks) and a nice m-sata ssd, which dual boots win7 and linux.
psu is a pico-psu that sits right in the atx power header. power to that is via a 19v DC laptop style brick.
there was a wifi pci-e card installed but I'm not using it and removed it. it was an intel ac-rated card and was getting over 800Mbps, which wasn't too bad at all. the onboard wired enet is intel gig-e, which is the preferred NIC chip.
due to the location of the cpu socket (closer to the heatsink) I had to swap out the 'long heatpipes' for the short pipes. those were an expenive ($40, iirc) option but now that I have both, I can 'fit' more motherboards if I want to reuse this chassis next build. and I will, since the chassis is $200 !
photo of the outside: www.flickr.com/photos/linux-works/16558363296/in/photostream