![]() There's also a place just underneath the two drives above for a slimline Blu-ray or DVD drive, but I found I have virtually no use for optical media any more, so I've skipped it. ![]() The top drive tray slides in with 3 screws. This particular PicoPSU and power brick are rated to 60 watts which is enough for what we're doing. Note that everything not directly attached to the motherboard is driven off a single power connector, so there are two SATA splitters in use. Then I mounted the motherboard, attached the front USB and eSATA headers, the power/reset switches, and the aforementioned PicoPSU, which you can see sticking out of the motherboard's power header near the hard drive. Once you factor in the PicoPSU, it's a roomy build despite the compact dimensions. That space is now available for an extra 2TB 2.5" drive, sitting there on some mildly sticky sheets of sorbothane. We're using a more efficient and way smaller PicoPSU. Notice there's a ton of room in the front of the case where the old power supply used to be. I started by removing the overhead drive tray, then pulling out the motherboard and anything attached to it. It's been about 2½ years since my last HTPC build, and (*) all I did this year is swap out the motherboard, CPU, and RAM: Basically, they don't need to – we've reached such an absurd overabundance of computing power that slathering more on top no longer gets us much. In summary:ġ5 watts at idle! Incredible, isn't it? But you probably also noticed how some of these stats aren't improving so much. The longer I work on my HTPC project, the more I believe the evolution of the HTPC is a nice metaphor for the overall future direction of the PC. It is such a versatile, flexible, always-on box. It is a class act, totally at home in any civilized home theater environment. ![]() It's a Mini-ITX case with compact, console-like 3.8" × 8.7" × 12.9" dimensions. In fact, the only traditional computers I own are my triple-monitor desktop home office beast, and the small Home Theater PC (HTPC) that drives all our home entertainment in the living room. Everything in our house is a tablet: multiple Nexus 7s, multiple iPad 4s, and a Surface Pro. ![]()
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