So I've been going to flee markets and garage sales looking for some stupid cheap computer parts to build a HTPC for fun. Finally it's time to begin designing and building the case for it. Been playing around with acrylic samples for a couple weeks now and have finally got to the point where I'm comfortable going forward with a completed build.
The mobo I found was a Gigabyte E350D and after some searching I also came across a slimline optical drive, 2.5" HDD, ram, etc that all work together. The only thing that I'm missing is the case (which I'm building) and a PSU. I was looking at the PicoPSU's and was wondering if that was going to be enough power to run everything (highest I found was 160W). Also was a bit worried about heat. In the design phase I came out with a layout like this:
Red = HDD
Purple = slimline optical drive
Green/Grey = MOBO/CPU
Could get it a little smaller with a rearrangement of the drives underneath but I like the idea of having it be a square. Arranged like that with the PicoPSU, I could build a case sized at around 200x200x60(mm), but that would put the top of the case about 5-10mm away from the cpu fan. Didn't know if that would be enough room for heat without any fans. There is a little room for a few 40mm fans in the case at that size, so I could add them in if needed. Any help would be appreciated. Figured after all parts for the case and the PSU it would be around $150, not too bad for a little project to kill some time.
Short version:
1) 160W PicoPSU work for E350D, slimline optical DVD, 2.5 HDD?
2) For the E350D how much room should a leave above the CPU fan?