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What case should I buy for HTPC

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August 26, 2014 9:04:59 PM

So I'm building/buying a HTPC for my mother for her birthday Im looking to spend around 500-600 it will mainly be used for PLEX (all media is stored remotely) but I want it to be able to play SOME video games... nothing crazy but some racing games, baseball games ect. Will this build work? Should I get a larger case so I can put a real GPU in it or what?


Right now my build is looking like:

Motherboard/CPU: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/BDL_MM00000103

RAM: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX39111#Continue

Case: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31528

SSD: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX48620#Continue

PSU: I have one left over from an old gaming rig of mine works good tested good 750w

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August 26, 2014 10:27:46 PM

The low profile cases limit your cooling choices , and unless the pc is very low power it either runs hot or is noisy .

IMO use a silverstone GD 05
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August 26, 2014 10:45:55 PM

Honestly Im looking for something that looks nice aswell is functional I would like a larger horizontal sitting case so I can fit GPU's in the future and for better cooling but I find so many lack what I want.

http://it-tech-uk.com/jonsbo-g1-htpc-case-pc-chassis-re...

If I could find that some where that would be cool or something along those lines... has that nice look to it.

Possibly a case that has a IR receiver built in... but I cant find anything.
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