Ultimate VortexBox case? ITX, 5.5" full-size optical, 1 3.5"
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:28 pm
I'd like to start digitizing my many CD's. After googling 'headless CD ripper" I came across VortexBox. It seems to offer exactly what I want - effortless ripping and organizing -> just insert CD and walk away.
I'd like to build one in the smallest low power box that still has room for a full size optical drive and an internal 3.5" HDD. All of the cases I can find that take a 5.5" external an a 3.5" internal (Eg Apex MI-008, Thermaltake Element Q) also have unnecessary big internal power supplies. Does anyone make a case that would work but has an external brick? I can't imagine this box would ever need more than 60W when paired with a low power Asus C60M1-I fusion mb and single HDD. (Unless the optical drive takes way more power than I realize?)
Anything out there that would sit nicely on an audio rack?
I'd like to build one in the smallest low power box that still has room for a full size optical drive and an internal 3.5" HDD. All of the cases I can find that take a 5.5" external an a 3.5" internal (Eg Apex MI-008, Thermaltake Element Q) also have unnecessary big internal power supplies. Does anyone make a case that would work but has an external brick? I can't imagine this box would ever need more than 60W when paired with a low power Asus C60M1-I fusion mb and single HDD. (Unless the optical drive takes way more power than I realize?)
Anything out there that would sit nicely on an audio rack?