Anybody put together a system using the Silverstone LC19?

[AndyHui]

Ideally I'd like to put together a reasonably powerful HTPC with a C2D 6550 using the Silverstone LC19, but its extremely low height makes it difficult to get a heatsink in. Anyone have any experiences with this case?

 

[krotchy]

I dunno if its even possible to get a core 2 duo inside that case. It looks like it comes with only a 120W PSU. Theres some other silverstone slim models that appear to allow a bit more power, and another option is the Lian-Li PC-C35 (350W Powers Supply) as far as slim HTPC cases go.

 

[AndyHui]

I had assumed power wouldn't be too much of an issue. Perhaps I can go down to an E4400. As you can see from our E4300 article, total system power (which includes a GeForce 8800GTX) is around 171 watts under load. As I'll be using onboard video (looking at the ASUS P5K-VM), my power consumption would be much less.

 

[krotchy]

The bigger issue I think is what the amount of power on each of the rails is when you get down to 120W, not so much whether you are actually drawing 120W. Having a power supply that small means that if the rails aren't allocated properly, you could be missing power in one critical area and be underpowered on a single rail causing issues. Not sure what a E4300/4400 or 6550 would draw on each rail even if on a uatx board your total draw is under 120W. Not saying it wont work, just saying you should look into it a bit further before making any purchases.