Re: What would make a good UHD HTPC
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:07 pm
Awesome Jamie. I got mine a month or two ago, and I'm incredibly happy with it. I'm amazed how quiet it is. I plugged all 3 fans into my motherboard's chassis headers and set them to the quiet/silent mode in the BIOS. I also got that Noctua cooler I mentioned earlier, and it is super nice and fits perfectly in this case.
My only complaints are that Silverstone didn't include an IR port, and the extra USB ports in the front are kind of ugly. But then I came up with a solution for both! I got an Inteset internal IR receiver, model PC-IRS5-01, same as I used in my other HTPC case, and installed it in place of one of the two USB ports. I actually unsoldered the USB port from the PCB mount, and hotglued the Inteset's IR receiver in it's place.
To do this, I had to take the IR plastic off of the receiver, and the bottom plastic with the adhesive sticker was large enough to more than cover the USB port hole. So I traced the hole with blue painters tape, and then cut with a dremel to fit flush in the hole left by the removed USB port.
Here's a shot showing how I mounted everything inside. I put the Inteset's main PCB board near the fan, so I can actually look through the fan from the outside and see if it is powered on without removing the lid.
Almost seems like it came this was from the factory now. I put my Logitech keyboard usb receiver in the other front port, which helps to hide the ugly blue USB port, and provides for the best possible signal path.
My only complaints are that Silverstone didn't include an IR port, and the extra USB ports in the front are kind of ugly. But then I came up with a solution for both! I got an Inteset internal IR receiver, model PC-IRS5-01, same as I used in my other HTPC case, and installed it in place of one of the two USB ports. I actually unsoldered the USB port from the PCB mount, and hotglued the Inteset's IR receiver in it's place.
To do this, I had to take the IR plastic off of the receiver, and the bottom plastic with the adhesive sticker was large enough to more than cover the USB port hole. So I traced the hole with blue painters tape, and then cut with a dremel to fit flush in the hole left by the removed USB port.
Here's a shot showing how I mounted everything inside. I put the Inteset's main PCB board near the fan, so I can actually look through the fan from the outside and see if it is powered on without removing the lid.
Almost seems like it came this was from the factory now. I put my Logitech keyboard usb receiver in the other front port, which helps to hide the ugly blue USB port, and provides for the best possible signal path.