This silent media center PC dissipates heat in a rather clever way; the entire back of the case is one giant heatsink.
Courtesy of computer enthusiast and tinker DeFex, the build isn’t just silent but quite eye catching too. He used a combination of one massive heatsink, custom brackets, acrylic, and bicycle spokes to create a sleek case that looks as much like a computer-inspired work of art as it does a media center computer. Hit up the link below to check out the build gallery and see how he mated the CPU to the heatsink-body with a custom milled aluminum bridge.
Heatsink HTPC [via Hack A Day]
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This silent media center PC dissipates heat in a rather clever way; the entire back of the case is one giant heatsink.