Homemade HTPC size correct ?

MohawkAngel · Apr 26, 2010, 10:15 PM

I'm building up an HTPC and wanna know if the 10¼ by 12½ inches is a good small size ?

Thx

jwebby · May 9, 2010, 10:33 PM

I personally prefer receiver size 17" wide.

ste2425 · May 9, 2010, 11:09 PM

why dont you measure the other devices you have in your living-room? Im guessing its going to live with them so length and width would look best if it was as close to their size as possible? And height would depend on the equipment?

TheLaughingMan · May 10, 2010, 01:24 AM

Pick an HTPC case you like on Newegg.com and keep it close to its measurements. That way you can always copy the organization used on the manufactured 1 and everything should fit just fine.

Apr 26, 2010, 10:15 PM	#1
MohawkAngel Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,814 (1.15/day) Thanks: 87 Thanked 128 Times in 116 Posts System Specs	Homemade HTPC size correct ? I'm building up an HTPC and wanna know if the 10¼ by 12½ inches is a good small size ? Thx

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Motherboard:	Asus P6X58D
Cooling:	Megahalem Push/Pull \| HR-03 Rev.A
Memory:	12GB Crucial 7-7-7-20
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 5750 \| HR-03 Rev.A - Fanless
Hard Disk:	Areca 1231ML Vertex 2 \| 6-F2 Eco's in Raid 1+0
Optical Drive:	HP DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Dual Sony 26"
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Sound Card:	Asus Xonar Essence STX
PSU:	Dual 450w Silverstone Nightjars
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May 9, 2010, 11:09 PM	#3
ste2425 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blackpool, uk Posts: 2,774 (1.52/day) Thanks: 779 Thanked 282 Times in 237 Posts System Specs	why dont you measure the other devices you have in your living-room? Im guessing its going to live with them so length and width would look best if it was as close to their size as possible? And height would depend on the equipment? __________________ Womack & Womack : Duran Duran : The Specials : Madness : Lionel Richie : Indeep : Michael Jackson : Taylor Dayne : Frank Sinatra : The Gap Band : Wild Cherry : Fleetwood Mack : Blondie : Bee Gees : Wham : Snap : MC Hammer : Bill Withers : Louis Armstrong : Percy Mayfield : Ray Charles : Ben E. King : Bob Marley : The Temptations : The Marvelettes : Elvis Presley : Chic : Sister Sledge : The Clash : The Ramones : The Sex Pistols Where's all the talent gone?

System Name:	'Cheeeeese Gromit'
Processor:	E8200 clocked at 3.0Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus P5KC
Cooling:	cooler master hyper tx3, 2x 120mm, 1x 80mm
Memory:	4 GB DDR3 OCZ Black Edition
Video Card:	Palit HD 4850 / Reference HD 4850 625/993 Crossfire
Hard Disk:	500GB WD Sata / 60 GB Samsung IDE
Optical Drive:	DVD RW
CRT/LCD Model:	20" samusng LCD, gaming at 1680 x 1050
Case:	some old amd thing
Sound Card:	external USB mixer
PSU:	650W
Software:	Windows 8

May 10, 2010, 01:24 AM	#4
TheLaughingMan Join Date: May 2009 Location: Douglasville, GA USA Posts: 3,701 (2.51/day) Thanks: 1,365 Thanked 1,264 Times in 930 Posts System Specs	Pick an HTPC case you like on Newegg.com and keep it close to its measurements. That way you can always copy the organization used on the manufactured 1 and everything should fit just fine. __________________ My Heat

May 9, 2010, 10:33 PM	#2
jwebby Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 59 (0.05/day) Thanks: 28 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	I personally prefer receiver size 17" wide.

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Video Card:	2x AMD HD 7770 GHz Edition (1125 MHz, 5800 MHz effective)
Hard Disk:	OCZ Agility 4 512 GB :: WD Caviar Black 2TB
Optical Drive:	LG Blu-ray Drive
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Case:	Rosewill Thor V2
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek 889c + Logitech X-540 5.1
PSU:	Antec HCP 850 80+ Gold
Software:	Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Benchmarks:	I don't benchmark.

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