Hybrid htpc.

[eddie]

Going to strip one of my old pc's down to the bare bones to put in an old dead vcr case. Get an ide to compact flash adapter to use compact flash as a hard drive. Then I will use a dc-dc ps with a laptop type power adapter for a super quiet ps, Probably install a light linux with xbmc. Might add a brushlless super quiet fan for the ps. Maybe eventually add an ir port. Wireless keyboard and mouse should do the trick, since may use it to stroll the web also.

[sk8er3810]

For my first MythTV build, I obtained some some old parts from a friend. I gutted an old stereo receiver my dad picked up from a yard sale. I was surprised that I was able to fit an entire PC in that thing. I stuffed a full 500W PS, 2x3.5" hard drives, 5.25" DVD drive, A MicroATX board with 5 PCI slots containing sound card, 2 Tuner cards, ethernet card, and a video card.

That was a fun project. It's always fun see how much PC you can fit into something and make it as quiet as possible. Everything was pretty quiet except for the DVD drive which was extremely loud. Figuring out how/where to mount/screw things in is an interesting challenge.

Have fun

[eddie]

My brother was going to try to put an pc in an old c=64 case, but he ended getting a roku box. I need to go look at it.