SilverStone LC11? Or Other HTPC Cases?

[shilakadaddy]

Hi,

I'm wanting to upgrade my case... I currently have a huge tower case which is ugly and takes up a lot of space. I've been looking around and thinking about a case from the SilverStone line (the Desktop style) as these are very attractive IMO.

I've had a hunt around the net for reviews on a couple of the candidates (LC02 and LC11) and have found mixed reviews... the main problems with these cases being the cooling The LC02 seems to have the most problems, and therefore not worth the hassle... however the LC11 sounds much better. I'm still however not convinced that it will be able to support my PC

Computer Specs:

Asus P4P800-VM Micro ATX
P4 3.0GHz Prescott
Thermaltake CPU Fan (nice and noisey )
ATi 9700 Pro
Enermax 433W PSU
1.0Ghz PC3200 DDR Memory
PCI TV Card
PCI Sound Card

The main thing that worries me is whether the built in power supply can power everything (does it make a difference that I use 2 19" Monitors?). SilverStone say that this case / PSU can support up to P4 3.2GHz (so hopefully I'll be ok there - in cooling aswell). Also the Riser card used for the AGP slot is only x4 when I've got a x8 Graphics Card... can you get x8 AGP Riser Cards?

Has anyone built a PC using this case? How is it - Reliability etc? And if it all won't work with this particular case, are there any others out there that look as good as this one, that could actually support the above system? - I'm only really interested in slim Desktop style cases.

Cheers for any help

Chris

[flanzig1]

The risers may be designed to work with that case, so getting an 8x riser could require some research. Also, you will need to find a HSU that will work in a slim line case.