Grandeur

A tiny HTPC mod featuring hand brushed aluminium which will compliment most any sound system and TV entertainment area. This mod used IN WIN UK's stylish Chopin chassis which has a very tiny footprint, to which I added a rediculously large CPU cooler from Be quiet! (English).

This chassis can be used standing vertically or horizontally. I personally like it laying down though.

I am still undecided to remove the single fan in the CPU tower and run this entirely passivly cooled. Both for the looks and reduced sound levels.

There is no discrete GPU or dedicated sound card. I might install an ASUS STX II soundcard if I can get one for the right price.

Performed modifications:
- Altered internal structure to support PSU cable routing behind motherboard
- Sleeved non modular PSU
- Modded PSU chassis to fit extra girth of sleeved cables
- Fabricated custom aluminium panels for both side panels

Specifications:
- Intel Core i3 6100 3.7ghz
- Gigabyte Z170N-WIFI
- Crucial Ballistix Sport LP 8GB DDR4
- Kingston HyperX Predator 256 m.2
- Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
- In Win Chopin
- Stock chassis 150w PSU with custom sleeved cables

Cheers for checking out my gallery, and I hope that you can take the time to rate and comment. If there is anything that you think that I can do to improve my designs, please let me know I am always wanting to improve myself and the standard of my projects.

Kind regards,
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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Cheers bro! More images of this PC with the entire setup coming soon

Kind regards,
Justin

22c idle and 40c load

Thanks bro! I personally love the look too

Cheers man! I decided to go for the newer platform so I could use the m.2 Kingston I had here I plan on using the G3258 for a simple HTPC for the mancave soon though

This question I have gotten soooo many times

Cheers Tim!

That would look so great. I am in love with the Streacom cases, but lost a bid on one here on the forum just just a few weeks ago. If I won, I would have done a small mod similar to this one on that chassis too

/J

Just have to find a good tune amp now

That is awesome! Shame it was not rated higher

/J