My MATX P4 HTPC

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CoolGav
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My MATX P4 HTPC

Post by CoolGav » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:02 pm

At last I have taken some pics of my HTPC. Based in a Lian Li PC-9300, with a SFX PSU I tore out the 60mm exhaust fans, the 80mm PSU fan, and didn't bother with the Zalman flower's overhead fan. instead I put in a single 120mm fan to do it all. It's a Nothwood 2.0 overclocked to 2.4GHz happily (stock voltage).

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A cereal (Mmmmm, Shreddies!) packet provided some cardboard to help the air move where I want it.

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I know the cabling's a bit of a mess, but it's a small case then the cables are too long!

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To aid in getting air into the case and cooling the hard drive I added a Panaflo at 5v under the drive. It can't be easily seen, but it's suspended with elastic, and this enhanced pic is as good as you get for now!

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And finally, the front. The Blu-tack to the right of the power switch is to hold an IR reciever. Anyone knopw where I can get some dark plastic to hide it behind along with an LCD in the right hand bay? BTW, I'm in the UK...

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Post by wsc » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:30 pm

Wow... that's a very tight space to work in. Very interesting use of 120mm fan too.. What kind of idle and load temps are you getting?

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Post by CoolGav » Tue Dec 09, 2003 12:51 pm

I've just fired it up (while it's still in my possesion - it returns to my fiancee tomorrow - it's not in an ideal position, on its side with the PSU at the bottom) and speedfan measures:

Idling after 10 mins
Case: 25°C
CPU: 32°C
Hard drive: 36°C

Under full load for 10 mins
Case: 25°C
CPU: 54°C
hard drive: 42°C

The HTPC isn't often at full load in normal usage though.

The small case doesn't help to keep it cool and quiet when there's plenty of heat being dissipated.

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Post by wsc » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:51 pm

Wow, that is quite an increase in your load temps! Have you tried going back to your stock speed and undervolting the CPU? My full load temps only go up about 4-5°C from idle while I'm at 1610Mhz and Vcore of 1.4V

Edit: .... I guess you don't have it to tweak anymore ... :(

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