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GreenWolf · 04-27-2005, 08:59 PM

Been staring at the Aspire X-Qpack case over at Xoxide and was thinking it would make a super SFF WC HTPC. A 120mm size rad with 2 fans (push/pull) on the back and reverse flow. There is a place for an 80mm fan on the front to pull out the hot air and cool the HD. Looks like a natural for a small 12v pump, 3/8 ID tubing, and a T joint with a DD fillport on top. Maybe even enough room for a water block to the vid card. Oh yea, it comes with a 420 watt PS. So my question is what mATX MB? :shrug:

It needs to be able to OC well (I hate paying high prices for CPU's), support Socket 939, PCI-X vid card and hopefully take 4 sticks of DDR RAM.

It will replace my current HTPC, which is a Athlon 2500 on a Chaintech mATX NForce2 MB that doesn't OC worth a flip (1.964 MHz is the best it will do due to NO voltage adjustment). Case is an old ATX desktop that uses the extra space for a Thermaltake (yea, I know but it was my first WC project) AquariusII WC kit. Sound is a great Terratec 7.1 sound card which will go in the new HTPC.

04-27-2005, 08:59 PM	#1
GreenWolf Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 6	Looking for a mATX OC'n MB Been staring at the Aspire X-Qpack case over at Xoxide and was thinking it would make a super SFF WC HTPC. A 120mm size rad with 2 fans (push/pull) on the back and reverse flow. There is a place for an 80mm fan on the front to pull out the hot air and cool the HD. Looks like a natural for a small 12v pump, 3/8 ID tubing, and a T joint with a DD fillport on top. Maybe even enough room for a water block to the vid card. Oh yea, it comes with a 420 watt PS. So my question is what mATX MB? :shrug: It needs to be able to OC well (I hate paying high prices for CPU's), support Socket 939, PCI-X vid card and hopefully take 4 sticks of DDR RAM. It will replace my current HTPC, which is a Athlon 2500 on a Chaintech mATX NForce2 MB that doesn't OC worth a flip (1.964 MHz is the best it will do due to NO voltage adjustment). Case is an old ATX desktop that uses the extra space for a Thermaltake (yea, I know but it was my first WC project) AquariusII WC kit. Sound is a great Terratec 7.1 sound card which will go in the new HTPC.