WiNDy Polo Rhapsody Mini ITX HTPC

elpibe10 · Post by **elpibe10** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:20 am

Top view - w/o OD

Top view - OD installed

Side view

Intel X25-V 40GB SSD and WD Scorpio Blue 2.5" 160GB HDD

Idle Power Consumption (PicoPSU --> Power Meter)

SPECS :
- Mobo : Zotac H55-ITX WiFi Mini ITX
- CPU : Intel Core i3-530
- Memory : 2 x 2GB Crucial DDR3-1333 CL9
- SSD : Intel X25-V 40GB
- HDD : WD Scorpio Blue 2.5" 160GB 5400rpm
- OD : Lite-On Blu-Ray
- Gfx Card : On-board
- Case : WiNDy Polo Rhapsody S-Red
- Power Supply : PicoPSU 90W with 90W AC-DC adaptor
- Fan : Intake - Enermax Magma 80mm

frenchie · Post by **frenchie** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:15 am

It's pink. So cute

Anything about the noise or fans speeds ?

Strid · Post by **Strid** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:04 am

Wow, that is an awesome case!

Have you thought of getting a Ninja Mini and running the CPU fanless? Also, if you drilled a hole, do you think it would fit a 120 mm fan?

diver · Post by **diver** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:56 am

Really nice case. Could you under-volt the CPU on that motherboard? Is the fan running stock speed or is it under some kind of control?

elpibe10 · Post by **elpibe10** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:38 pm

Thanks everyone

The case is actually Red (anodized, not painted) in color. They had a choice of colors (Black, Silver, Red, Blue and White) but I went with Red so that my HTPC will stand out amidst the somber earth theme of my living room.

Converted to Intake Fan to minimize dust build-up. It's at stock speed ... around 2200rpm.

Didn't try Ninja Mini but Scythe Shuriken missed by a few mm. Not so much on the height but blocked by the 3.5" HDD cage.

There's no need to undervolt the processor as the system is already idling at 29.5W and max load is only around 70+W. Good enough imo.

diver · Post by **diver** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:23 am

If you don't need to under-volt that is fine. However, I did check the Anandtech review of the Zotac mini ITX board and it will allow voltage reductions. They actually got away with a 150 bclk and a small voltage reduction. The main reason to under-volt is to keep the CPU fan from spinning up over a greater range of CPU loads. However, some noise is acceptable with an HTPC due to its being located reasonably far from the viewer.

ist.martin · Post by **ist.martin** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:32 pm

Where did you buy the case?

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:49 pm

Nice system, and all the systems on your site are great as well. Those WiNDy cases are a work of art, just beautiful. Wish I could afford to buy and import one.

Engineer · Post by **Engineer** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:03 am

frostedflakes wrote:Nice system, and all the systems on your site are great as well. Those WiNDy cases are a work of art, just beautiful. Wish I could afford to buy and import one.

Windy is scheduled to start shipping and selling worldwide in July (per and article that I read about 6 months ago and also posted on their English homepage).

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:25 pm

Yeah I thought I remember reading something about that. Even without having to import, though, the cases are probably way out of my price range.

WiNDy Polo Rhapsody Mini ITX HTPC

WiNDy Polo Rhapsody Mini ITX HTPC

Where Windy?