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New LC19 chassis squeezes uATX into tiny space

by Steve Kerrison on 21 June 2006, 19:55

Tags: SilverstoneTek

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A new system case from SilverStone was announced today, capable of accommodating a uATX motherboard and a number of other components in a tiny space.

Obviously, Mini-ITX (which the case can accommodate too) can go smaller, but for a Micro-ATX case, this thing is pretty damn small, weighing in at just 390 mm (W) x 68mm (H) x 348 mm (D) and 3.9KG.

A single expansion card is supported, but it'll have to use a riser card. Further, one 3.5" or 2.5" hard drive can be squeezed in, along with a slimline optical drive. Silverstone have even put some front panel ports in for luxury: USB, audio and IEEE1394.

LC19 Silver

The new case is available in black or silver. It has a DC-DC PSU inside (that means there's an external power pack involved too) and can handle up to 120 watts. So, we reckon its slender lines will work well for small media center PCs where break-neck speed isn't the biggest concern.

More details from the horse's mouth.



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HTPC -> :)
other uses -> :(
Heh, I guess I'll just change my writing style and do it like you, awm.
it's still 50% larger by volume compaired to this http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=3#p1146

6,153,300mm/cu compaired with 9,228,960mm/cu

:)

EDIT: does look sleek though
AS long as you build it with a gigabit network controller, the you only need 1 hard drive in it - build yourself a media server, much more durable as it can be built with Raid sets for data protection. That way you can also have a few of these dotted around the house and they dont need large hard disks in each of them :)
if you throw an EPIA board in them then you can network boot if you set up a PXE server. Seen this done with Linux, don't know if it is possible with windows (probably not). if/when i set up a big MythTV setup this is what i'll be doing. Diskless front ends, and perhaps fanless silent front ends are the future :)

And if the MPEG-4 hardware accelerators on the new EPIA boards gets driver support under linux HD TV should be possible too.