[Case Gallery] erocker's HTPC

erocker · Mar 15, 2010, 04:53 AM

To view this case mod, go here.

Specs:
Athlon II X4 620
Asus M3A78-EM
G.Skill DDR2 1000
HD 5770
Thermaltake 450W

Mods:
Cut the rear of the motherboard tray to allow the w/c tubes to pass through.

blkhogan · Mar 15, 2010, 04:57 AM

How are your temps with all that goodness stuffed in there? Its hard to make a HTPC look clean, yours looks great.

erocker · Mar 15, 2010, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blkhogan

How are your temps with all that goodness stuffed in there? Its hard to make a HTPC look clean, yours looks great.

I'll get a picture up of the temps. They are very good, the case has decent airflow, though I'm sure that all goes away if it's stuck in a television stand.

esberelias · Mar 15, 2010, 05:05 AM

looks pretty good! how do you like that 5770?? i have it and its giving me a heck of a time with driver issues! check out my case ;)

Radical_Edward · Mar 15, 2010, 05:20 AM

Looks great.

MT Alex · Mar 15, 2010, 05:21 AM

Damn good job. I fixed it for you, now it's even better!

(FIH) The Don · Mar 15, 2010, 10:53 AM

looks awesome erocker:D

too bad i couldnt get the case though, but i've found a Rogue instead, so that will do the job :D

HookeyStreet · Mar 15, 2010, 12:39 PM

Very nice. That case looks a lot like the one I used for a couple of HTPC's :)

jmcslob · Apr 24, 2010, 02:58 AM

How tall is that Case?

erocker · Apr 24, 2010, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmcslob

How tall is that Case?

Exactly 9 inches. Btw, the case is on sale for 39.99 free shipping + a $10 dollar rebate for a total of $29.99. Everyone should get one for that price! :D

(FIH) The Don · Apr 24, 2010, 03:49 AM

GRRRRRR!!!!! that pisses me off:D

jmcslob · Apr 30, 2010, 08:29 PM

Did you use a blue LED 80mm fan in the front? or a cathode or something or is that just from 120mm in the back?

I just got mine all put together except I'm waiting for a cpu to get here..Hope it's here tomorrow..

Your right at that price everyone should get this case It was a total pleasure to use this case..
bgears put a lot of thought into the design..Such a clean design If I'd of known it was this nice I would have paid $100 easy...

brandonwh64 · Apr 30, 2010, 08:38 PM

Erocker - Link us to this awesome case!

erocker · Apr 30, 2010, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Erocker - Link us to this awesome case!

$40 bucks shipped to your door and you get a $10 dollar mail in rebate :) http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle

Black Panther · Apr 30, 2010, 09:10 PM

Very neat :)

brandonwh64 · May 3, 2010, 04:04 PM

Ok erocker! on your nice judgement i ordered this same case for my HTPC!

geek33 · Jun 2, 2010, 12:11 AM

we have the same case and very nice mod on H50 at the back. hope i could do that too someday lol

Bravo2Zero · Jun 2, 2010, 09:04 PM

Nice case but i could not fit my motherboard in it so i went for the haf 932 witch was the only case i could find that would take my 12x13 dual cpu board .

Moin · Aug 25, 2010, 07:42 AM

Hi erocker
Admirable case. It's always my favorite ones a case mod with plastic glass. I want to mod my first one with the same material. But I don't know how to cut them clean or join them. Also need some tool idea that you used in modding. Some close shot of joints will help me for sure. Any idea and knowledge will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Moin

Mar 15, 2010, 04:53 AM	#1
erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 31,899 (12.77/day) Thanks: 2,782 Thanked 12,271 Times in 7,813 Posts System Specs	erocker's HTPC To view this case mod, go here. Specs: Athlon II X4 620 Asus M3A78-EM G.Skill DDR2 1000 HD 5770 Thermaltake 450W Mods: Cut the rear of the motherboard tray to allow the w/c tubes to pass through.

Processor:	Intel i7 3770K @ 4.6ghz 1.256v
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Formula
Cooling:	Water
Memory:	2x4gb Patriot Viper 2133mhz 10-11-10-25 2T 1.55v
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 7970 1125/1575 1.14v
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 128Gb / Corsair Force 3 120Gb / Samsung 240Gb / 2Tb Seagate
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Acheiva Shimian 27" IPS 2560x1440
Case:	Corsair 500R White
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	NZXT Hale90 1Kw
Software:	Windows 8 x64

System Name:	Budget Gamer v2
Processor:	Phenom II X4 955BE (3.6GHz)
Motherboard:	Biostar A880G+
Cooling:	Noctua NH-U12P
Memory:	4GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card:	Sapphire 6870 1GB (985/1120)
Hard Disk:	WD VelociRaptor 150GB
CRT/LCD Model:	AOC 2436Vh 24" HDMI
Case:	NZXT H2 Classic
PSU:	Coolmax 700W 80%+
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate

Processor:	Intel i7 3770K @ 4.6ghz 1.256v
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Formula
Cooling:	Water
Memory:	2x4gb Patriot Viper 2133mhz 10-11-10-25 2T 1.55v
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 7970 1125/1575 1.14v
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 128Gb / Corsair Force 3 120Gb / Samsung 240Gb / 2Tb Seagate
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Acheiva Shimian 27" IPS 2560x1440
Case:	Corsair 500R White
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	NZXT Hale90 1Kw
Software:	Windows 8 x64

Processor:	Intel i7 950 3.06GHz
Motherboard:	Asus Sabertooth x58
Cooling:	Corsair H70 Watercooled heatsink
Memory:	Corsair XMS3 Tri-channel 3x2GB
Video Card:	2x XFX Radeon ATI 5770 (crossfireX)
Hard Disk:	Two OCZ Vertex SSD (RAID0 for OS), WD Caviar Black 1TB (Storage), WD Caviar Green 2TB (Backup)
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-B083L Blu-Ray ROM & DVD Writer
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 2343 23" LCD
Case:	Cooler Master Storm Scout
PSU:	Corsair HX850W
Software:	Windows Seven Ultimate 64-Bit

Mar 15, 2010, 04:57 AM	#2
blkhogan Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: If I told u.. I'd have to kill u Posts: 1,845 (0.87/day) Thanks: 823 Thanked 648 Times in 446 Posts System Specs	How are your temps with all that goodness stuffed in there? Its hard to make a HTPC look clean, yours looks great.

Mar 15, 2010, 05:05 AM	#4
esberelias Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alberta, CA Posts: 24 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts System Specs	looks pretty good! how do you like that 5770?? i have it and its giving me a heck of a time with driver issues! check out my case ;)

Mar 15, 2010, 05:20 AM	#5
Radical_Edward Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3,139 (2.59/day) Thanks: 2,559 Thanked 1,964 Times in 1,073 Posts System Specs	Looks great. __________________ My heatware My FS thread Solaris Utility DVD TacticalHandleGaming

System Name:	GLaDOS
Processor:	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8 ghz
Motherboard:	MSI 990FXA-GD65
Cooling:	Corsair H50
Memory:	Corsair DDR3 1333Mhz (2 x 4GB)
Video Card:	MSI R7970
Hard Disk:	2 WD Blue 500GBs, 1 WD 1TB
Optical Drive:	MSI 24X DVD-RW SATA DH-24AS
CRT/LCD Model:	2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand
Case:	Corsair 600T White edition
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Corsair 850HX 850W
Software:	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Mar 15, 2010, 05:21 AM	#6
MT Alex Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montana Posts: 2,018 (1.45/day) Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,323 Times in 917 Posts System Specs	Damn good job. I fixed it for you, now it's even better! __________________ “growing up, i always wanted to be a vet. til i learned there was more to being a vet than just putting down cats all day.” -digibucc My 700D

System Name:	Abacus
Processor:	i5 2500K
Motherboard:	ASRock p67 Extreme4 Gen3
Cooling:	Swiftech MCP35X, 2 DD 5870 WB, EK HF Copper, 2.120 rad, 3.120 rad
Memory:	2x4GB G.Skill Sniper 1600
Video Card:	2 Sapphire HD 5870 w/ Danger Den WBs
Hard Disk:	WD 640BG x2/WD 250GB/Samsung 2TB
Optical Drive:	Silly
CRT/LCD Model:	ASUS VH242 23.6" LCD
Case:	Corsair 700D
Sound Card:	X-Fi XtremeGamer
PSU:	Thermaltake Toughpower 700w Modular
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM

Mar 15, 2010, 10:53 AM	#7
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,406 (3.92/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,962 Times in 1,834 Posts System Specs	looks awesome erocker:D too bad i couldnt get the case though, but i've found a Rogue instead, so that will do the job :D __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

System Name:	Ivy Biatch
Processor:	i5 3570K
Motherboard:	ASSRockzz z77TOTHEEXTREME!!!!
Cooling:	bleh
Memory:	2x4gb crucial 1866
Video Card:	HD7770, yes it does BF3
Hard Disk:	120gb Vertex
Optical Drive:	hmm
CRT/LCD Model:	226BW
Case:	whats that, oh my table
Sound Card:	stock onboard thing
PSU:	HX850W
Software:	7

Mar 15, 2010, 12:39 PM	#8
HookeyStreet Eat, sleep, game! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Great Yarmouth, England Posts: 5,321 (1.67/day) Thanks: 614 Thanked 530 Times in 430 Posts	Very nice. That case looks a lot like the one I used for a couple of HTPC's :) __________________

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Processor:	3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Motherboard:	Jasper (sweet, cool at last)
Cooling:	Nidecs Double Fan
Memory:	700MHz 512 MB GDDR3 + 10MB Embedded DRAM
Video Card:	500 MHz ATI Xenos
Hard Disk:	Fujitsu 120GB SATA
Optical Drive:	12x LiteOn DVDROM / Toshiba HD-DVDROM
CRT/LCD Model:	42" LG LG5000 1080p LCD TV
Case:	Black XBOX 360
Sound Card:	32 Bit Multi-channel Surround Sound
PSU:	150W
Software:	NXE Dashboard
Benchmarks:	CPU Game Math Performance: 9.6 billion dot product operations per second + more....

System Name:	CoolCow/Measly Cow
Processor:	Intel I5-3570AMD/Phenom X4 B60
Motherboard:	MSI Z77A-G45/Gigabyte 78LMT-S2P
Cooling:	Xigmatek Gaia/Scythe Katana 3
Memory:	G.Skill Ripjaws Z Unknown still tweaking/Kingston 2x4gb DDR3 1600
Video Card:	6950 unlocked/ Sapphire HD4830 512mb 575/700
Hard Disk:	2 Sandisk Extreme SSD in RAID0/2 WD BLACK 500GB 500AALS in raid0
Optical Drive:	Lite on Blu Ray/ same
CRT/LCD Model:	24" LCD 1920x1080/22" LCD 168x1050
Case:	Xigmatek Utguard/ B.Gears B Envy
Sound Card:	Reaktek 7.1/same
PSU:	Xigmatek 700w/ Rosewill 500w
Software:	Windows7 Pro x64/ Windows 7 pro x64

Apr 24, 2010, 02:58 AM	#9
jmcslob Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Internet Heaven Posts: 2,701 (1.77/day) Thanks: 782 Thanked 420 Times in 324 Posts System Specs	How tall is that Case?

Apr 24, 2010, 03:49 AM	#11
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,406 (3.92/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,962 Times in 1,834 Posts System Specs	GRRRRRR!!!!! that pisses me off:D __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

Apr 30, 2010, 08:29 PM	#12
jmcslob Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Internet Heaven Posts: 2,701 (1.77/day) Thanks: 782 Thanked 420 Times in 324 Posts System Specs	Did you use a blue LED 80mm fan in the front? or a cathode or something or is that just from 120mm in the back? I just got mine all put together except I'm waiting for a cpu to get here..Hope it's here tomorrow.. Your right at that price everyone should get this case It was a total pleasure to use this case.. bgears put a lot of thought into the design..Such a clean design If I'd of known it was this nice I would have paid $100 easy...

Apr 30, 2010, 08:38 PM	#13
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,560 (10.03/day) Thanks: 2,138 Thanked 5,338 Times in 3,695 Posts System Specs	Erocker - Link us to this awesome case! __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

System Name:	The StarCrunch Defender!
Processor:	I7 2600K @ 4.5ghz 1.32V
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair A70 Push/Pull
Memory:	G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR3 1866mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte 7970 3GB Reference Card at boost clocks
Hard Disk:	2x 500GB WD Blue Raid 0 / 1TB WD Black
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/R/RW SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic VG2227wm 1080P
Case:	NZXT Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek (Azalia)
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 Home X64

Apr 30, 2010, 09:10 PM	#15
Black Panther Senior Moderator™ Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,057 (3.23/day) Thanks: 2,167 Thanked 1,837 Times in 1,103 Posts System Specs	Very neat :) __________________ *My Great White Bengal build* Join the techPowerUp! Official Group on Facebook.

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Memory:	2x2048 DDR2 Apacer 890Mhz -- 3 x 2048 DDR3 Mushkin black line
Video Card:	Sapphire OC 5970 --Zotac 670 4GB
Hard Disk:	Intel 160GB SSD, eSata Seagate 250GB -- 240GB SSD Sandisk Extreme
Optical Drive:	LG DVD-RAM -- Sony BWU-500S-WW
CRT/LCD Model:	22" 1680x1050 LG Flatron -- 27" 2560x1440 Dell U2711
Case:	Aeroengine Jr -- NZXT Switch 810 White
Sound Card:	X-Fi Xtreme Music 5.1 -- Onboard sound & Z5500 Speakers
PSU:	Corsair HX850W Modular -- NZXT HALE90 850W PSU
Software:	Windows 7 x64 on both systems

May 3, 2010, 04:04 PM	#16
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,560 (10.03/day) Thanks: 2,138 Thanked 5,338 Times in 3,695 Posts System Specs	Ok erocker! on your nice judgement i ordered this same case for my HTPC! __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

Jun 2, 2010, 12:11 AM	#17
geek33 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 103 (0.08/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts System Specs	nice case!!!! we have the same case and very nice mod on H50 at the back. hope i could do that too someday lol __________________ Heatware: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=69070

System Name:	Lynnfield
Processor:	Intel Core i5 760 @ 3.6Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus III GENE
Cooling:	CoolIT Vantage ALC
Memory:	4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600
Video Card:	XFX AMD Radeon HD6850
Hard Disk:	OCZ Onyx SSD 32GB
Optical Drive:	SAMSUNG BD-ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer E211H 22" LCD Monitor
Case:	Thermaltake V3
Sound Card:	Supreme FX-X-Fi
PSU:	Antec Hi Current Gamer 520W+
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Benchmarks:	3D Mark 06 : http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=13802324 3DMark Vantage: http://servic

Jun 2, 2010, 09:04 PM	#18
Bravo2Zero Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 53 (0.05/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts System Specs	Nice case but i could not fit my motherboard in it so i went for the haf 932 witch was the only case i could find that would take my 12x13 dual cpu board .

System Name:	Demonic.Operations
Processor:	2x X5680 6 core xeon's
Motherboard:	Tyan S7025 S7025WAGM2NR
Cooling:	passive + fans
Memory:	8x 8gig Corsair ECC registed 1366MHZ DDR3 3 channel
Video Card:	2x XFX 295 GTX 1792MB DDR3 1x C1060
Hard Disk:	8 sas segate 750gig drives
CRT/LCD Model:	2 42 inch plasma screens
Case:	coolermaster haf 932
Sound Card:	xfi utimate
PSU:	2x corsair HX1000W
Software:	Custom built linux . no dual boot at the moment .

Aug 25, 2010, 07:42 AM	#19
Moin Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How do u cut plastic so clean and join them tidy? Hi erocker Admirable case. It's always my favorite ones a case mod with plastic glass. I want to mod my first one with the same material. But I don't know how to cut them clean or join them. Also need some tool idea that you used in modding. Some close shot of joints will help me for sure. Any idea and knowledge will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Moin

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