Home Theater PC (with more fans)

Changed the Home Theater PC so that it had better cooling and wire management, also should be, on the whole, even quieter now.


Home Theater PC: Custom
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO (Fans: 2x 140 mm front, 1x 200 mm top, 1x 120 mm exhaust)
MB: MSI 890FXA-GD70
CPU: AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W
HSF: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (setup with 2x 120 mm fans in push-pull)
RAM: 2x 2 GB DDR3 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws PC3 12800 [4 GB total]
GPU: 1x Asus HD6450 Silent (1 GB DDR3)
Sound: On Board
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silnence Mk II 950
HDD: 1x Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD
Networking: Dual Gigabit, Asus Wireless-N PCE-N15 PCIe Adapter, 2x TP-Link Antenna TL-ANT2408CL (because this will be placed in the living room far away from the router)
Optical: LG Blu-Ray Combo Drive UH12NS30
Primary Monitor: Toshiba 37AV50U 37" LCD HDTV
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Home Theater Software: XMBC

Twin 120 mm fans that came with case:

Replaced one 120 mm fan with a Cooler Master Sleeve Bearing 140mm Silent Fan: 

 

Replaced second 120 mm fan with a Cooler Master Sleeve Bearing 140mm Silent Fan and tidied up the wiring from earlier:

Another image of the more tidied wiring, also, one of the 120 mm fans is now a rear exhaust fan and the other is mounted to the rear of the CPU HSF for push-pull configuration:

AeroCool Silent Master 200mm Blue LED Case Fan installed, this fan was selected because it is only 20 mm deep which was necessary to clear the top of the CPU HSF in this case:

Another picture of the top fan. Notice that it is attached with zip ties. This is because while the HAF XB EVO case is supposed to be compatible with 200 mm fans on top the apparently requires different mounting than standard, so Holly suggested using zip ties instead of screws:

Images of computer on and LEDs in fan on:

I still need to get and install a 19 pin USB 3.0 piece from the front ports to the ports on the back of the motherboard. Otherwise this one is all set.