Well, I’m in a bit of a pickle currently. I’ve outgrown my mini-itx case which is similar to the Travla C150. As such I’m on the hunt for something that will allow for some expansion, as the web server/print server/file server, is about to become a mythtv box as well. I’ve found my hauppauge Wintv-PVR 350 and installed it into the box. However much to my chagrin after I installed it into the above mentioned case. I realized that the 3.5 inch hard drive did not clear the signal converters.

So, currently my server is up without its top on, and that isn’t what it should be. So this is a question to see what people are using for their cases. As it is also going to be a mythtv box I’ll no doubt have to add some storage to it. I’ve looked at even a 1u type of chassis for it but all the ones I’ve seen are 250 bucks and I just don’t feel that its worth spending that much for a case.

So let me hear what you have, what you use, and what you’d recommend for someone who wants to keep a small footprint but be able to have a few hard drives, as I’m not sure how much space I’ll ultimately take up. If I do  add hard drives, I know that I’ll start moving dvd’s over to a compressed format, which will probably at this point be h264.

So please let me know what you think.