Modding Building a HTPC Case from Scratch

Howdy Folks,

Just planning my summer project. I want to build a Case/HDD enclosure for a HTPC from scratch. Very similar to the Atech's 6000 and Mass Storage Devices. Although more aiming for K2 Look.

So time to source parts, etc. Right now I am trying to source the stuff for the passive cooling, such as heatpipes, copper blocks and large surface heatsinks.

So if anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Cheers

 

Goto www.silentpcreview.com, and www.byopvr.com and www.htpcnews.com and read all you can. If you want a tv card visit www.tv-cards.com you might even see me there

 

Thanks herbs, I have all those sites.

Infact it was a review on silentpcreview.com that led me to believe I could order heatpipes seperately, However the link to AVC America they supply is dead and the Asian site does not list heatpipes.

Hence my reason for posting here.

 

Nobody?

 

Am I really the 1st to think about this?

 

its been done before. Theres a german company who have made passive, large heatsink htpc's (they look like power amplifiers for high end audio, mostly) for a while, i forget their name.