Htpc/nas

[Stonerboy779]

PM TGS about some HDDs. I picked up some 2TB ones and I think they were like $75ish each.

I saw but I am in aus and even though I wouldn't mind paying the shipping it is more that I don't trust a mechanical drive to be shipped. SSD sure but not HDD.

Thanks though wish i could get a $75 2TB HDD in aus before the floods the best prices on trusted brands was $80 that I saw.

[Stonerboy779]

Okay I have seriously neglected this and it has sat inside my a/v cab for ages now doing nothing hasn't even had an os installed or anything haha

When I get my SSD back from its RMA I will be installing the remaining stuff and selling this in a few months time once I am allowed to use the OCAU marketplace.
Due to my current circumstances I will not have any use for this whatsoever and holding onto it will be pointless which is a bit of a shame but ahh well **** happens.

[Stonerboy779]

Ahhh times change :lol: I got the SSD back and it went straight into my Arcade Cab build which will be seeing progress at some point. Birthdays, work, and other things have gotten in the way. I have a free day tomorrow and I know what I am working on. I will also be keeping the htpc in some form even if I won't use it properly for some time.

Wonder if anyone can work out what I will be doing tomorrow from this crappy phone pic.

[AmEv]

Technics sound system... nice!

Setting up surround sound?

[Stonerboy779]

Technics sound system... nice!

Setting up surround sound?

Nope the technics set is a 2ch set up haha however if you look closely you'll notice one of the reciever/amps is missing a few knobs. It was something I was modding well over a year ago but the pentium II system that I put in there gave up the ghost on the first power up.

I need to find where I stashed the knobs grrrrr

Ahhh but it is lovely to have a working technics amp and more importantly the rest of the matching stack to go with. The entire thing was given to me for free yesterday and I am over the moon

So now I plan on moving the htpc into the gutted technics reciever/amp (it died when my sister spilt a drink in it while it was running) Need to pick up a Silverstone 450watt small form factor PSU, a auzentech x-fi forte 7.1 soundcard and a vertex 4 120gb ssd later this week to finish the build.

I chucked some mobo standoffs into the case this morning.

And put the mobo in. Naturally I had to go back to the stock cooler as there was no hope of the noctura one fitting.

Hmm its going to be tight. Well good news is it all booted up the CPU, RAM and mobo all seem fine. However the never before used stock cooler has annoying faint click sooooo I will hack it apart and attach a noctura 80mm fan on top with some double sideds foam tape haha.

Will also have a 120mm noctura fan mounted apove the CPU that will pull air in from the vents on the top of the case and will blow it down onto the CPU and chipset. Will likely externally mount on 80mm fan to get air flowing on the other side of the case more.

Will mod the new PSU too and replace the stock fan with a noctura 80mm fan that will run always on and every fan will have a ulna adapter and run at a permanent 6v.

I have only one issue with my technics stack and that is one fried resistor grrr. It blackened casing is making it difficult to make out the bands. So when I have time i will need to fully dissemble the cd player and desolder the resitor and give it a look at under a magnifying glass. However since I got it for free and had been looking for one for the longest time I cannot really complain.

[AmEv]

Ah. Was thinking you could do 4-channel audio, with 2 amplifiers.

But you know how much of a sucker I am for stealth HTPCs.

[Stonerboy779]

Just found the knobs so its looking almost perfect stealth needs a bit of a clean. Will mod the hole where the surround button used to be so that it becomes the additional ir reciever for my haupenguage remote.

Then I am going to try source an LCD display to go where the old one was. Can't get too much done till I get the psu and soundcard. Then I will cut all the holes on the rear panel at once when I see it all fit.

[Stonerboy779]

Well I cut the stock heatsync up haha

So I was left with this

Not too much clearence haha a bit more than you see in this pic though because the case isn't sitting as high as it should in the photo.

Also afer looking around at displays I have decided I will get something very much like this made.

I will put a lot more effort and detail into the proper one and will need to talk with TLHarrell about what he can do as it will probably need to be a etching in a coated piece of plexi. Hopefully he will be able to do it because this would make the sweetest power on light for the stealth htpc.

I am already going to use the stock power button to turn the htpc on and off. Will need to mod it to make it momentary though.

[TLHarrell]

Ha ha. I saw that. That display can be done pretty easily. Hard part will be matching up the lighting color so it looks like it's supposed to.

[Stonerboy779]

Ha ha. I saw that. That display can be done pretty easily. Hard part will be matching up the lighting color so it looks like it's supposed to.

lighting colour is white which will be easy enough to do will also have some red accents here and there which is just crepe paper layers.

Hard bit is really going to be the plexi colour. I can with time acurately get a sketchup pic with mm perfect lines but then the piece that needs to be cut will be a biatch.

Here is a good example of the screen lit. When I have my CD player open next for repairs I will work out how much of the colour comes from the fact the window is like the plastic on IR receivers.

Hmmm I think i make the cd led my hdd activity light :lol: